Howl’s Moving Castle, released in 2003, is one of the most famous movies in the Ghibli canon of films. Clearly, Hayao Miyazaki had some interesting ideas for this film when he first conceived of it – apparently being directly inspired to make the film by the horror he was feeling from the American invasion of … Continue reading #56 How to End a War (Howl’s Moving Castle)

Would you choose to live forever? It’s an age-old question, and while the thought of not dying is tantalizing, the Greek gods might be one of our best glimpses into what life would really be like if we were to live forever. Sure, you have power, and life is relatively easy, but would there be … Continue reading #55 Do you want to live forever? (Circe)

This pandemic has certainly shifted human behavior in ways that we hardly imagined possible only a few months ago. For one, we are spending a lot more time inside than we regularly would. Like many people, we have found this time challenging, but also interesting and in this episode we try and address how you … Continue reading #54 Finding Nature Indoors

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In this episode of the Pixel Meditations, we discuss minimalism, a topic that has been steadily growing in popularity in recent years. We discuss the various reasons why minimalism has become popular and some possible applications of it in our own personal lives. We talk about it from a physical perspective, as well as just … Continue reading #53 Exploring Minimalism

In this episode, we discuss the rise of Sega in the console hardware market. We talk about the Sega Master System, Genesis, Game Gear, CD, and 32X. The history of Sega's golden years are retold here.

In this episode of the Pixel Meditations, we talk about the preponderance of remakes in media right now. We start by talking about if this is a new trend in media and whether or not it has historical precedence. We get into the ways in which video games, movies, and tv shows have been remade … Continue reading #51 Remake the World (Remakes and Reboots in Media)

In the 50th episode of the Pixel Meditations, we cover one of the greatest game that has been released for the PS4 thus far, Nier: Automata. We cover all of the amazing aspects of this game from the incredible music, gameplay, and enigmatic story – getting deep into the meaning and underlying philosophy that motivated … Continue reading #50 Robots vs. Androids (Nier: Automata)

What was it like to grow up playing video games in the 90s? In this episode, the consoles, the Pokemn craze, the lack of internet, and growing up with video games is all covered.

Subscribe to our podcast on your favorite podcast app! Such as Stitcher, Overcast, Spotify, and Pocket Casts. In this episode, Steve and Toby talk about Jack London’s famous novel, Call of the Wild. Seeing as Hollywood just released a movie based on the novel, it seemed like an appropriate time to make a podcast episode … Continue reading #48 Call of the Wild