Pixel Project Radio: A Video Game Podcast

(00:00:00) Introduction to the Podcast

(00:04:07) Personal Histories and Community Forum

(00:12:42) Development and Design Philosophy

(00:30:51) Mechanics

(01:01:41) Music and Sound

(01:17:27) Lore and Story

(01:58:32) Wrapping Up

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"No cost too great. No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Born of God and Void."

We're finally doing it: might be pretty late to the party, but today we're talking all about Hollow Knight, the metroidvania that had — and arguably still has — the gaming world rapt since 2017. Co-host Doug (Nostalgium Arcanum, Playing by Ear) joins the show to look into just what makes this game work...and what makes it work so impeccably well. Hollow Knight is rich with thematic strands, lurid visuals, affecting music, and enough lore to make even the most dedicated Wiki editor blush. Hope you love the show today. Enjoy!

Kotaku interview w/ Kirk Hamilton 
Team Cherry AMA 
Larkin Interview 
Full game script c/o mossbag

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Hey folks! Please enjoy this bonus episode from the Patreon vaults. This episode was recorded and released in January of 2025.

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Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for a fantastic year. Creating this podcast and bringing fiction off of the page/screen brings me a lot of meaning. Here's to 2026!

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"A future is not given to you. It is something you must take for yourself."

The NieR Automata analysis concludes! Joined by Dave (Tales from the Backlog), we talk through the final three endings of the game in detail. One of the game's main themes — that of a Will to live, a meaning to life to stave off what has been variously called "The Absurd," "Nihilism," and more — is on full display as we see more characters than not grapple with it. Between what the game presents and the supplemental lore canon, there's loads to talk about. Hope you love the show today. Enjoy!

Smash Interview with Yoko Taro
Interview with Yoko Taro and Yosuke Saito
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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(00:00:00) Intro Discussion

(00:15:26) Adam and Eve

(00:26:17) The Forest Kingdom

(00:35:44) Mecha-Kaiju

(00:40:38) The Copied City

(00:53:03) Become as Gods

(01:04:44) flowers for m[a]chines

(01:34:34) Route B

(02:07:28) Adam Captures 9S

(02:25:08) Revelations (Replicant Spoilers)

(02:43:28) or not to [b]e

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"And we need a God worth dying for."

The NieR Automata analysis continues! Joined by Dave (Tales from the Backlog) once again, we proceed through the ending of route A and through the entirety of route B. The view from 9S's perspective unearths new information not yet known to 2B...or to most of the YoRHa troops. How will 9S temper the friction between his loyalty — indeed, his "essence" — with an earth-shattering revelation? Further conversations on existentialism, Simone de Beauvoir, the importance of perspective, and more. Hope you love the show today. Enjoy!

Smash Interview with Yoko Taro
Interview with Yoko Taro and Yosuke Saito
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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