Pixels & Dice

Doom and gloom, and Scormey being a little bitch, on today’s show! Intro (0:34) – Scormey bows to his Microsoft overlords, and Beoulus has been running a guild? Tabletop Games (9:37) – With the Pandemic “over“, are TTRPGs doomed to fade back into the shadows? Wrap (34:05) – More “Knave 2e” drama, which really puts […]

Putting the Knave in “Knave 2e”, and other bullshittery, or today’s show. Intro (0:34) – Scormey has given up on BG3, while Beoulus has been playing “No Man’s Sky” Tabletop Gaming (10:34) – How not to run a Kickstarter project, Lesson #1265 Wrap (33:23) – Scormey has received his copy of “Cthulhu Awakens!“, and has […]

The boys lay the smackdown on fake “Gamer Girls”, and discuss the true rot infecting TTRPGs: Wokeness! Intro (0:34) – Scormey and Beoulus have been dominating their opponents, as usual Gaming (1:20) – Thots will not take over OUR games! Wrap (7:29) – WotC is finally facing the hard truth: “Go Woke, Go Broke!” “Burn […]

Today, for this extra-noice episode, we discuss the “Giggity” in Gaming. Intro (0:34) – More general gaming talk, as usual. WTF? (6:28) – Which games best deliver the Giggity? Scormey and Beoulus embrace their inner “preteen boy”-selves Wrap (37:27) – Beoulus discusses finding a game for his whole family to enjoy “Burn The World Waltz” […]

Is “Daggerheart” living up to the early hype for the game, or will it simply be another pretender to the throne? Intro (0:34) – Scormey romances Andreja (finally), and Beoulus tries to kick his Altaholism Tabletop Roleplaying (6:26) – Scormey and Beoulus talk about the “Daggerheart” open beta. Wrap (47:14) – Blizzard and their full-court […]

New. Discworld. TTRPG. Listen to Scormey squeal in delight about this, on today’s show! Intro (0:34) – Our week, in brief. TTRPG (11:05) – There’s a new TTRPG based on Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld“, from one of Scormey’s favorite publishing houses (Modiphius)! YAY! Wrap (32:53) – Final thoughts. “Burn The World Waltz” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed […]

“Dune: Part 2” is in theaters, and Funcom is finally dropping some hype for their upcoming “Dune” MMORPG! How much will Beoulus trash this game? Find out on today’s show! Intro (0:34) – Our week, in brief. MMORPG (6:01) – Finally! We have some meaty hype coming for the Dune MMO… whatever! Wrap (37:32) – […]

Sony is inexplicably giving up on the PS5, only halfway through this console generation. We discuss why that might be. Intro (0:34) – Our week, in brief. Video Games (7:01) – Sony gives up on the Playstation 5. Wrap (37:36) – Let’s talk about our favorite monsters in TTRPGs “Burn The World Waltz” Kevin MacLeod […]

I guess Evil Genius really was the loser in that lawsuit against Netflix, after all… Intro (0:34) – Our week, in brief. Tabletop Roleplaying (3:17) – Evil Genius Games is in a death spiral, but… why? Wrap (38:40) – Daybreak sold off “Planetside” from their stable of IPs, and outlook for Hasbro looks not so […]

Is a successor to the Nintendo Switch coming later this year? We discuss it on today’s show. Intro (0:34) – What have we been up to? Video Games (6:37) – Is Nintendo making a Switch 2? No, they’re making 10 million of them. Wrap (26:38) – Scormey got a few new TTRPGs recently. “Burn The […]

Is Hasbro selling the D&D IP off? Okay, no… but should they? We discuss on today’s show! Intro (0:49) – What have we been playing? Tabletop Gaming (7:30) – Hasbro reportedly is negotiating with Tencent to buy the D&D IP!… Except it was nothing but bulls**t. That said, should Hasbro sell it off? Wrap (44:41) […]

Beoulus and Scormus discuss how video games used to be released, as opposed to the new models, and which is superior. Intro (0:49) – Our week, in brief. Video Games (10:36) – BG3’s director thinks the game shouldn’t be on subscription services. Is this old-school mindset hurting the game, in the long term? Wrap (34:06) […]

Today, Scormey and Beoulus break out our nearly 100 years of combined tabletop roleplaying experience to lay down some knowledge regarding the Golden Age of Roleplaying. Intro (0:49) – Our week, in brief. Tabletop Roleplaying (3:28) – No, the Golden Age of Roleplaying is NOT over. Wrap (38:22) – Final thoughts. “Burn The World Waltz” […]

MidJourney manages to shoot themselves in the foot, during an ongoing lawsuit, and “City of Heroes” is back! Intro (0:49) – What Scormey and Beoulus have been playing lately. Other (10:38) – AI art is plagiarism. Just ask the CEO of MidJourney… Wrap (44:19) – “City of Heroes” is no longer a zombie MMORPG, and […]

The holidays are over, so let’s catch up on gaming news! There’s only one story worth discussing in depth, though, and that is Hasbro eating itself alive through gross mismanagement! Intro (0:49) – How were our holidays? Tabletop Gaming (5:57) – Let’s talk about Hasbro’s huge layoffs, including 1,100 WotC employees, just two weeks before […]

Hey, look… We don’t want to record during the holidays, like we did last year (shudder!), so instead you get… this. It’s a retrospective of the ‘best’ segments of our show over the last year, which is totally subjective so just shut up, okay? Intro (0:49) – Our thoughts on the year just past Tabletop […]

Take a few minutes away from your Christmas Cheer™, and listen to Beoulus and Scormey discuss their choices for the Best and Worst Games of 2023! Intro (0:49) – Holiday Wishes from Lunatics. Other (4:23) – The Best Games of 2023 Other (24:09) – The Worst Games of 2023 Wrap (52:23) – Final thoughts. “Alchemists […]

Yes, we’re doing this tired old joke again. Sue me, it’s the Holidays, and we needed quick content so Beoulus and I can go enjoy them, rather than sitting at our computers recording shows! Intro (0:49) – Have we been playing any Holiday-themed games? No? Then what have we been up to? Other (4:33) –...Read More “The Not Quite, Almost, Sort Of Last-Minute Holiday Gift Guide – Loot Mechanics #355” »

The last kinda-topical show of 2023! Intro (0:49) – Scormey is Doing The Thing™, while Beoulus plays what he can. Main (2:54) – The Return of “GM/DM Advice”… or something like that. Wrap (48:07) – Thoughts on “Palia”, and whether it is ‘Too little, Too late’. “Alchemists Tower” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons:...Read More “But is it really topical? – Loot Mechanics #354” »

An innovative TTRPG system set aside in favor of being 5e-Compatible, and other crimes against Humanity, on this week’s show. Intro (0:49) – Scormey unconsciously embraces a questline in “Starfield”, and other gaming stuff. TTRPG (9:39) – Adventure Time, or Adventure Crime? Wrap (27:55) – Matt Colville’s upcoming TTRPG hits Backerkit this week! “Alchemists Tower”...Read More “… and they blame it on Fan Feedback? – Loot Mechanics #353” »