Pixel A Day implores critics to look outside of games

Kat (she/her) makes video essays on games and pop culture as Pixel a Day. Her work seeks to diversify games criticism by invoking her knowledge of art and psychology, interrogating unexplored aspects of games and games culture. In this episode we discuss what drew her to video essays as a form, the importance of looking outside of games, and the challenge of getting noticed as a smaller channel.

You can find Kat’s videos on Youtube, her writing on Medium, and follow her on Twitter @pixel_a_day.

Kat’s Cool Thing to Share
If On A Winter’s Night, Four Travelers (Dead Idle Games, 2020) - a free spooky point-and-click on a train

Things Discussed
”ECHO: Self-Transcendence In Space” (Pixel a Day, 2020)
”Fearful Beauty: Subnautica and The Long Dark” (Pixel a Day, 2020)
”Playing With Death: The Long Dark and Pathologic 2” (Pixel a Day, 2020)
”COVID Kingdom” (Pixel a Day, 2021)

Channel Shoutouts
Transparency
Pim Is Online
I am Error
Thomas Ife

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