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Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

The Moving Pixels Podcast Plumbs the Depths of the ‘Darkest Dungeon’

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 4 April 2016
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

Addicted to Death: More Thoughts on Gaming and Masochism

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 9 March 2016
‘Darkest Dungeon’, a Masochist’s Dream
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

‘Darkest Dungeon’, a Masochist’s Dream

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 21 October 2015
For as much as you level up in Darkest Dungeon, you will also level down. This is not power fantasy. This is a fantasy of cruelty and self inflicted pain.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

Moving Pixels Podcast: Spaceships and Sadism, The Universe of ‘FTL’

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 22 October 2012
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

The Moving Pixels Podcast Is Being Difficult

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 19 September 2011
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

A Study in Sado-Masochism: ‘Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars’

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 13 April 2011

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