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Pixel Therapy Pod

Pixel Therapy Pod is a monthly podcast and Let's Play YouTube Channel queering and transcending video games for all kinds of gamers. We believe that games can serve as tools for understanding ourselves, each other, and the world around us— and we want to celebrate gaming in its many contexts: as a hobby; as an art form; as therapy.

Learn more on https://www.pixeltherapypod.com/

Leisure Games Documentary Video Games Society & Culture
Update frequency
every 16 days
Average duration
89 minutes
Episodes
94
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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To the Moon and the Spider Diagram of Autism with Laura Kate Dale

To the Moon and the Spider Diagram of Autism with Laura Kate Dale

Note: This episode contains some light spoilers for To The Moon starting around 1:09:00!

Happy Halloween, gamers!! Pick out your favorite candy from the pile and join us around the pixelated fire as S…

01:35:59  |   Tue 26 Oct 2021
The Antidote to Doomscrolling and The Witcher 3 with Games Journalist Isaiah Colbert

The Antidote to Doomscrolling and The Witcher 3 with Games Journalist Isaiah Colbert

Happy SpOoKy SeAsOn!! Spencer has orange hair and Jamie wants a 12-foot tall skeleton! We're on theme with the games this week, too: join us as we dive into the bleak, unsettling-yet-sweet visual nov…

01:38:45  |   Tue 12 Oct 2021
It's Our 1-Year Anniversary! with Your Co-Hosts, Jamie and Spencer

It's Our 1-Year Anniversary! with Your Co-Hosts, Jamie and Spencer

Do you feel that fresh, crisp mountain breeze? Catch the light scent of weed smoke lilting jauntily in the air? This week, Spencer and Jamie kick things off from the sun-soaked roof deck of Alex Chen…

01:46:05  |   Tue 28 Sep 2021
How Kena: Bridge of Spirits was Shaped by Balinese Gamelan with Dancer and Artist Ayu Larassanti

How Kena: Bridge of Spirits was Shaped by Balinese Gamelan with Dancer and Artist Ayu Larassanti

It's an exciting time to be a Playstation fan, or a Sony pony, as Jamie always says! Fresh off of the forthcoming God of War: Ragnarok trailer that debuted at Sony's Playstation Showcase 2021, we kic…

01:42:56  |   Tue 14 Sep 2021
DIYing Game Dev with Game Designer in Residence and Author Anna Anthropy

DIYing Game Dev with Game Designer in Residence and Author Anna Anthropy

Hi, everybody! This week, Spencer returns to the fold of Microsoft after a long hiatus (like, since the Xbox 360 in 2005!) and joins the rest of you gamers in the future with a brand-new Game Pass-in…

01:41:03  |   Tue 31 Aug 2021
Envisioning Our Best Selves in Mass Effect with Professional Trekkie Swapna Krishna

Envisioning Our Best Selves in Mass Effect with Professional Trekkie Swapna Krishna

Can YOU nonchalantly say that LeVar Burton has been a steadfast friend to you? This week's guest can, and we're still recovering. But before we get to that, Jamie and Spencer kick things off by divin…

01:40:57  |   Tue 17 Aug 2021
Adapting to Change and Shifting Perspectives with Beekeeper Ang Roell

Adapting to Change and Shifting Perspectives with Beekeeper Ang Roell

Sup y'all! August already?! Spencer kicks things off this week by hurling baseless accusations at Jamie for not vocally praising Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart enough (which has dimensionated itself…

01:26:21  |   Tue 03 Aug 2021
Games as Explorations of Desire with Writer and Adult Developer Ana Valens

Games as Explorations of Desire with Writer and Adult Developer Ana Valens

Note: This episode includes discussions of sexuality, with some references to BDSM and kink.

Howdy, y'all! Spencer and Jamie kick things off this week with a little HOT, SPICY, and SPIRITED debate (f…

01:44:28  |   Tue 20 Jul 2021
Navigating Hope and Despair in Danganronpa with Indie Developer Courtland Messam

Navigating Hope and Despair in Danganronpa with Indie Developer Courtland Messam

We're so excited to kick things off this week by gushing about a brand-new masterpiece called Chicory: A Colorful Tale by Greg Lobanov, Lena Raine, Em Halberstadt, Alexis Dean-Jones, and Madeline Ber…

01:22:06  |   Tue 06 Jul 2021
How QTBIPOC Theatremakers Built a Solarpunk Mystery Game! with Gregory Keng Strasser and Sara Eskandari

How QTBIPOC Theatremakers Built a Solarpunk Mystery Game! with Gregory Keng Strasser and Sara Eskandari

Content warning: This episode contains discussion between Spencer and our guests about some of our personal experiences navigating our biracial identities, which have been painful at times.

This week…

01:45:38  |   Tue 22 Jun 2021
The Future of VR and Learning to Drive in GTA V with Sugar Gamers' Esha Todd

The Future of VR and Learning to Drive in GTA V with Sugar Gamers' Esha Todd

Our little break behind us, we're so happy to be back! This week Spencer and Jamie kick things off with a deep dive into the mysterious island of Die Gute Fabrik's Mutazione -- a breathtaking game ab…

01:37:15  |   Tue 08 Jun 2021
Uplink 2021: Gaming as Therapy with Pixel Therapy Pod

Uplink 2021: Gaming as Therapy with Pixel Therapy Pod

Hey y'all! Your co-hosts both have some stuff going on: big house moves for both of us, and an opportunity to see family after over more than a year for Jamie! With that in mind, in lieu of introduci…

01:01:28  |   Tue 25 May 2021
Laziness is a Lie and Ico is Trans! with Social Psychologist Dr. Devon Price

Laziness is a Lie and Ico is Trans! with Social Psychologist Dr. Devon Price

OMG y'all, why's everyone keep talking about "return to work" when we never stopped working? Not just in places like jobs, but literally working to emotionally, physically, and mentally survive a lit…

01:32:07  |   Tue 11 May 2021
Practicing Failure in Breath of the Wild with Poet Angbeen Saleem

Practicing Failure in Breath of the Wild with Poet Angbeen Saleem

Spring has sprung and our backlogs are already piling up! Spencer kicks things off by spotlighting a few under-hyped indie titles that have come out recently: Studio Seufz's 9,600hr long idle adventu…

01:37:40  |   Tue 27 Apr 2021
The Quest for a Trans Tag on Twitch (plus, Pokemon!) with The Juliancito

The Quest for a Trans Tag on Twitch (plus, Pokemon!) with The Juliancito

Hey, y'all! This week we're so excited to welcome the_juliancito to hang with us in the virtual studio! Juliancito is a queer, trans, Puerto Rican, and Jewish Twitch streamer who is a member of Radic…

01:31:21  |   Tue 13 Apr 2021
Alternative Controls and the Importance of Touch with Designer Amanda Hudgins

Alternative Controls and the Importance of Touch with Designer Amanda Hudgins

CW/TW: Since this is a space where we hold our pain as well as our joy, we just wanted to note that Spencer takes a moment [3:44 - 9:49] to share some feelings about the recent rise of anti-Asian vio…

01:26:08  |   Tue 30 Mar 2021
Facing Our Fears in Super Mario 64 with Game Critic Gameonysus aka Janet Garcia

Facing Our Fears in Super Mario 64 with Game Critic Gameonysus aka Janet Garcia

Note: Major plot spoilers for 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim from 38:15 to 50:00.

We recently hit 10k downloads - thank you so much! This week, Jamie concludes her journey with the sprawling, 2019 sci-fi epi…

01:48:27  |   Tue 16 Mar 2021
Crafting a Modern Dystopia with Backbone's Narrative Designer Alex Korabelnikova

Crafting a Modern Dystopia with Backbone's Narrative Designer Alex Korabelnikova

We got tea to spill this week! Turns out Troy Leavitt, the lead developer of Hogwarts Legacy (an upcoming open-world Harry Potter RPG), is a far-right conspiracy theorist with the YouTube receipts to…

01:32:04  |   Tue 02 Mar 2021
The Emotional Benefits of Gaming with Counselor Jamiere Leslie

The Emotional Benefits of Gaming with Counselor Jamiere Leslie

Y'all been hitting that pandemic wall lately? Us too. Spencer's coping by working through half the Assassin's Creed series, which just HAPPENED to be super on sale in the Playstation Store, and getti…

01:29:24  |   Tue 16 Feb 2021
Queer Theory, Fandom, and Relationship Dynamics with Power Couple Jude and Kerey

Queer Theory, Fandom, and Relationship Dynamics with Power Couple Jude and Kerey

We're joined by Keridwen Luis (she/her) and Jude McLaughlin (they/them) this week, a queer power couple who share decades of experience making games, running games, teaching on the intersections of q…

01:35:19  |   Tue 02 Feb 2021
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