Episodes 99
Avg. Duration 1h 30m
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Apple Rating 4.7 (32)
Since Sep 2020
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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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/

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Pixel Therapy's Games of the Year 2025

Jan 20, 2026 2h 4m

In 2025, so many video games helped us laugh, helped us escape, and helped us connect. Join us for our annual discussion and celebration of the games that made our year.00:00:46 - Some bittersweet…

Demonschool, Because It's Turn-Based RPG Season

Dec 23, 2025 1h 24m

As the temperatures drop, the coziness factor turns up, and the impending arrival of a new year looms ominously on the horizon inviting us to dissociate from reality for just a little bit (just us?),…

Fight Time and Flirt with Doom in Hades II

Dec 02, 2025 1h 34m

This week we're chatting about Hades II, the long-in-early-access follow up to 2020's Hades from Supergiant Games. Like its predecessor, Hades II is an action RPG roguelike chock full of eye-popping…

What do Dispatch, Consume Me, and BALLxPIT Have in Common?

Nov 04, 2025 1h 44m

Idk, but let us know in the comments! We continue our scattershot indie game revue reviews this week with Dispatch (AdHoc Studio, Critical Role), a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter,…

A Bunch of Games About Little Guys

Oct 07, 2025 1h 16m

Bricks and sticks, pixels and lines. This week we cover a crop of endearing and surprisingly emotional indie games that have carried us through some tumultuous past few weeks. Also, Spencer draws an…

Queer Theory? In Front of MY Death Stranding 2: On the Beach?!

Aug 26, 2025 1h 59m

It's more common than you think. Join us this week as we load up our top-heavy backpacks, strap our tiny sentient dolls to our hips, and unpack DEATH STRANDING 2: On the Beach, Kojima Productions'…

Everdeep Aurora Mines for Truth in the Midst of the Apocalypse

Jul 22, 2025 1h 6m

In the midst of an ongoing apocalyptic meteor shower that has forced the world's population of adorable pixelated animals underground, a kitten named Shell awakens to discover her mother missing.…

Slay the House Down Boots, Body is Tree and Forest is Mother

Jun 24, 2025 1h 25m

This Pride Month, we played three iconic LGBTQ+ visual novels that are each a little spooky, a little spicy, and have a whole lot of heart: Midnight Scenes: From the Woods (White Blanket Games),…

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has a Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi

Jun 10, 2025 2h 21m

Could it really be a contender for Game of the Year 2025? Join us as we break down Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a turn-based RPG...or maybe...J'RPG (with MANY a twist) from French studio Sandfall…

HBO's The Last of Us Season 2 Spoilercast

Jun 03, 2025 2h 42m Bonus

We didn't mean to record a 2 hour, 42 min podcast, but sometimes these things just happen. Join us as we dissect the second season of the show the internet loves to hate: HBO's The Last of Us.…

Blue Prince, Your House, and the Allure of the Abandoned Space

May 13, 2025 1h 25m

Spencer is freshly back from Tokyo and the jet lag is strong, but they're pushing through it for this month's double hitter of an episode that has the Pixel Therapy pals discussing a pair of recently…

Burning Out and Embracing Boredom in Wanderstop

Apr 08, 2025 1h 25m

Join us as we chat about Wanderstop, a "cozy" tea shop management game about "change and tea" from the new indie developer Ivy Road, co-founded by the creator of The Stanley Parable and folks who've…

In Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Lost Memories and Found Family

Feb 25, 2025 1h 30m

Jump Over the Age and Fellow Traveller's Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector is a dice-driven RPG focused on choice, risk, and survival in a hostile interstellar world. A game that is inherently queer…

Crushes and Coalition-Building in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Feb 04, 2025 2h 3m

In light of a slew of layoffs at BioWare, the future of the Dragon Age series is unclear. But at a time when storytelling like this -- of building community across differences to fight back against…

Pixel Therapy's Games of the Year 2024

Jan 07, 2025 1h 46m

It's time for our fourth annual totally unserious end of year roundup! Let's revisit the games that got us through the trash fire that was 2024, and get excited for a new year of gaming ahead of…

Metaphor: ReFantazio Will Radicalize You

Dec 19, 2024 1h 34m

From developer Studio Zero and publisher Atlus (creators of the beloved Persona series) comes Metaphor: ReFantazio, the developer's first foray into the fantasy genre -- with a sprawling epic RPG…

In Neva, Making Meaning and Moving Forward

Oct 30, 2024 1h 21m

From Nomada Studio, the creators of Gris, comes new puzzle-platformer Neva: the moving tale of a young swordswoman named Alba and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a…

Our Favorite Games from PAX West 2024: Part 2

Sep 29, 2024 1h 43m

Welcome to Part 2 of our PAX West 2024 coverage! PAX West is one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world, existing as a celebration of gaming and gaming culture and featuring panels, a massive…

Our Favorite Games from PAX West 2024, Part 1

Sep 21, 2024 1h 50m

At the beginning of September, we spent a jam-packed whirlwind of a weekend at this year's PAX West Convention in Seattle, WA. A celebration of gaming and gaming culture featuring panels, a massive…

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is More Than Meets the Eye

Aug 27, 2024 1h 15m

You give me a genderless, silent protagonist, and you bet I will project ALL OF THE FEELINGS onto your tower defense game. A unique blend of action and strategy, Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the…

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