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We believe that video games can serve as tools for understanding ourselves, each other, and the world around us— and we celebrate gaming in its many contexts: as a hobby; as an art form; as therapy.

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We believe that video games can serve as tools for understanding ourselves, each other, and the world around us— and we celebrate gaming in its many contexts: as a hobby; as an art form; as therapy.

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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is the Horny Card Battler We All Need – Pixel Therapy Pod

I was an agender explorer in a polycule with a hot alien and a goth loner. I was a lesbian scientist who betrayed my lover to save our home, my relationship torn apart by regret and shame. I was a queer botanist who saved our space colony from famine and discovered an ancient civilization. I was all of these people and more in Northway Games and Finji's award-winning I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, released in 2022! Join us as we dive into this story-rich and lovingly rendered RPG/life sim!2:56 – Guardians of the Galaxy 3!11:37 – Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom FOMO16:17 – I was a Teenage Exocolonist discussionSide Questsafewithusanimalrescue.orgSafe With Us Animal Rescue is a registered, nonprofit 501(c)(3) animal rescue located in Massachusetts. They are an all-volunteer, shelter-less rescue. Check them out, get involved, and donate at the link above!About Pixel TherapyNew episodes every three weeks! Learn more at pixeltherapypod.com or follow us on social media @pixeltherapypod. If you like what you hear, please take a moment to rate us, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (or your listening app of choice) and subscribe! Want more? Unlock monthly bonus episodes for $2/mo at patreon.com/pixeltherapypod
  1. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is the Horny Card Battler We All Need
  2. Persona 3 Portable is 14 Years Old and Still Serving
  3. HBO's The Last of Us Spoilercast!
  4. SEASON: A Letter to the Future is Everything, and to Everything There is a Season
  5. Love at the End of the World in A Space for the Unbound
  6. Peeling Back the Layers of Pentiment's 16th-Century Onion
  7. Marvel's Midnight Suns is a Queerplatonic Polycule

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We’re a bi-weekly podcast bringing you new perspectives on video game culture and current events with folks who may or may not identify as gamers– from streamers and industry folks to artists and activists, everyone deserves a little pixel therapy. Launched September 2020, we have fun, we go deep, and we explore the love of games within a broader social and cultural context while challenging conventional notions of what it means to be a “gamer”— and who gets to call themselves one. Pixel Therapy Pod is independently produced and co-hosted by Spencer Icasiano (they/them), a queer and trans, mixed race Filipino writer and UX designer, and Jamie Siebenaler (she/her), a queer team and project manager with a deep passion for games.