THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Don Flamenco on February 03, 2010, 08:12:53 PM

Title: "Pixel" is cruise-control for cool
Post by: Don Flamenco on February 03, 2010, 08:12:53 PM

Anyone else notice that any game/videogame-related enterprise gets instant gamer cred if you have the word "pixel" in it?  Pixeljunk, Broken Pixels, Axel and Pixel, a shit ton of Xbox Indie games and PC games, dead pixel, etc. etc.  It's more ubiquitous than "Super" on a SNES game. 


Starting to feel patronized when I see that word in anything game related.

/bizarre procrastination rant

Title: Re: "Pixel" is cruise-control for cool
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on February 03, 2010, 08:33:48 PM

Yes.

Title: Re: "Pixel" is cruise-control for cool
Post by: Don Flamenco on February 03, 2010, 08:37:35 PM

cool. I was just wondering if anyone else, as in, any other single person had noticed.  Now that I have confirmation, this thread can be locked. 

Title: Re: "Pixel" is cruise-control for cool
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on February 03, 2010, 08:54:30 PM

"Pixel" is now cool because of the minimalist approach to Web 2.0.  It doesn't really get much more minimalist than "pixel."

In the future, we'll be playing Voxeljunk Shooter.

Title: Re: "Pixel" is cruise-control for cool
Post by: pilonv1 on February 03, 2010, 08:56:28 PM

pixel is the hipster of gaming

Title: Re: "Pixel" is cruise-control for cool
Post by: Raban on February 03, 2010, 09:24:37 PM

Quote from: T EXP on February 03, 2010, 08:54:30 PM

"Pixel" is now cool because of the minimalist approach to Web 2.0.  It doesn't really get much more minimalist than "pixel."

In the future, we'll be playing Voxeljunk Shooter.

I'd say more in video games it's popular because of Cave Story, but maybe I'm wrong.

Either way, this doesn't really bother me. I don't care what games are titled, I care what they play like.

Title: Re: "Pixel" is cruise-control for cool
Post by: Don Flamenco on February 03, 2010, 09:32:10 PM

Quote from: Raban on February 03, 2010, 09:24:37 PM

Quote from: T EXP on February 03, 2010, 08:54:30 PM

"Pixel" is now cool because of the minimalist approach to Web 2.0.  It doesn't really get much more minimalist than "pixel."

In the future, we'll be playing Voxeljunk Shooter.

I'd say more in video games it's popular because of Cave Story, but maybe I'm wrong.

Either way, this doesn't really bother me. I don't care what games are titled, I care what they play like.

same here.  it's just an interesting phenomenon to me.  I think it has more to do with 8-bit/16-bit nostalgia, which pushed games like Cave Story.

Title: Re: "Pixel" is cruise-control for cool
Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 03, 2010, 09:34:59 PM

I'd like to see the 3D Dot Game genre take over.

Title: Re: "Pixel" is cruise-control for cool
Post by: GoofyGoober on February 04, 2010, 09:52:01 AM

I never noticed. But it's mostly development house names that have it isn't it? SNES Days every game had super in it. Super F-zero, super castlevania, super r-type, etc. That was bad.

Title: Re: "Pixel" is cruise-control for cool
Post by: Brehvolution on February 04, 2010, 10:28:38 AM

Name change to Zero Pixel please. :smug