Pixel Spectrum
Join host Derek Van Dyke and guests for discussions about the art and industry of gaming, as well as all that it touches. With over a decade forging connections in the gaming space, and career experience in both the games industry and news media, Derek provides a unique highly-educated perspective from just outside the industry. It's a gaming podcast (un)like any other.
Episodes
Meeting fellow queer folks online in gaming spaces can be a huge source of support, but it can also drive you mad. I'm joined today by Christie J aka theanarchristie to talk about some of the complicated feelings around Pride as a spectacle, how we stay grounded and focused on the things that matter, and how we intersect with a mixture of fellow queer and trans folks and well-intentioned allies, both online and off.
You can follow C...
Monster Hunter Wilds looked like it was going to be one of The Games Of All Time, and then it launched. On today's episode, I'm joined by Danny and Conner, two very different flavors of Monster Hunter player, to talk about where Wilds fell short and what the upcoming (perhaps soon-to-be-revealed) expansion needs to do to win us back.
You can follow Danny on most platforms as CGDannyB, the Playlog podcast anywhere you get your podcas...
A raw, unscripted dialogue with the void about the emotional complexities of managing mental health and creating content as the world falls down.
No guests on this one, it's 100% personal.
Miss our panel at PAX East 2026? No you didn't!
Licensed videogames have a long and weird history. They ran the quality gamut from shovelware to masterpieces, and filled the libraries of consoles up until they fell out of favor. On this panel, we discuss how videogames based on licensed properties came in and out and back in to fashion over the years.I was joined for this panel by my sister and Castle Bravo cohost Charlotte Landale,...
PAX East is upon us once again, and it's time for Pixel Spectrum's first annual show floor report! I'm joined by my sister and Castle Bravo cohost Charlotte Landale to check out games, run and go to some panels, and give folks who didn't attend an idea of what they missed out on and what they can look forward to from the gaming world.
You can follow Charlotte on bluesky at dollblood.garden. You can also catch more of both of us toge...
Collectible trading card games are a point of strong nostalgia for many, but they don't have to remain a happy memory. In fact, TCGs have been resurging for some time now both in physical and digital formats. We're joined today by writer, critic, journalist, guidesmaker, and card game sicko Veerender Jubbal to learn about how card games can shape our relationships with our communities and maybe get some advice on how to fall back i...
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Pixel Spectrum! We're joined today by writer, critic, and journalist Ashley Schofield to talk about the ways games media is failing its professionals top-to-bottom, and how that's bad for everyone. With layoffs and lack of opportunities becoming the norm, it rapidly leaves behind a space where only the most well-established have any security, and the void ends up filled by content creator types (...
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