It's my pleasure to present to all of you the latest iteration of PixlBit! It feels unreal to finally be launching this new version of the site - I've spent a lot of hours over the past few months building everything out and getting things in a state to launch. It's particularly unreal to be typing this in the brand new editor and getting this new content posted after such a long dry spell.

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen an entry in the Metroid Prime series - 18 years, in fact. It was 8 years ago that Metroid Prime 4 was originally announced and its development was more than a little turbulent. Initially developed by Bandai Namco, it was later scrapped completely and development was shifted back to Retro Studios to start the project over. In the end, Retro has delivered a solid new entry in the series, but one that doesn’t totally capture what originally made the series so compelling.

When 1up started the process of shutting down, there was one person who seemed to lead to charge to congregate the community in a single place. After his first visit here, it wasn't long before a slew of new members arrived. The site came alive and the real story of PixlBit began - the one that involves all of you. The person I'm referring to is, of course, Michael Alvarado, otherwise known as Michael117.

All good things come to and end, and by now you know that Nerds Without Pants has ended after over 11 years of pantsless podcasting. But that doesn’t mean Julian and Justin are done. Far from it! Introducing The Stage Select, a video game variety podcast launching in 2024. What we have for you here is a repost of the pilot episode, in case you don’t follow us on social media and didn’t know the show has had its soft launch.

Welcome to the final Nerds Without Pants of 2023! It’s that time again, time to talk about the state of the generation! This is a really great episode that has some deep discussion on where the games industry is at the end of an amazing and terrible year for it at the same time.

Welcome to the penultimate episode of Nerds Without Pants for 2023! It’s a pretty chill and low-key show, as we talk about a small handful of games and then hop on the Email Banana Boat one more time before the end of the year. Enjoy!

Welcome to the annual Nerds Without Pants music special, which is also the LONGEST EPISODE OF NWP EVER. Sorry (not sorry). Yeah…nothing else to say; but please enjoy some fantastic music!

Welcome to the final Headlines Edition of Nerds Without Pants for 2023! This was a fun experiment, going weekly and getting to talk about news every other week, but we’ll probably do something different for 2024. This time it’s all about that Grand Theft Auto VI reveal and everything Game Awards related, so sit back and enjoy!

Welcome to the final listener interactive episode of Nerds Without Pants of 2023! It’s a fun discussion about our favorite third party accessories. This is a wild ride you’re about to embark on. We also have an NWP Video Game Cage Match Championship bout between Winter Heat and Elden Ring. Elden Ring has been a strong champ. Can it retain as we go into the new year? Listen and find out!

Oh no, it’s a news edition of Nerds Without Pants with not a lot of news! Whatever shall we do? Er, talk about games, I guess. And Justin READ A BOOK.

Wow, we’re really coasting into hiatus without a care, aren’t we? We didn’t even realize that this is the penultimate listener interactive episode of the year, but here we are! At least it’s a fun little discussion, plus lots of games, including a dedicated spoiler conversation about Spider-Man 2 (check the show notes if you need to skip that). Enjoy!

Welcome back to a games-packed edition of Nerds Without Pants! We have most of the big recent releases to talk about, some smaller ones that may or may not be up your alley, and even a little movie talk. Plus, headlines and your emails! Well, email, singular. Should the Banana Boat be drydocked?

Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! Julian is in a weird place with time, since he has continued to upload our old episodes to YouTube, so it’s hard to even say what we did this week. Pretty sure we talked about stuff, though!

Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! Julian has a big announcement this week: the beginning of a project to upload and archive the entirety of NWP’s 11 year history on our channel! Then we talk about a ton of games before getting into some light headlines.

And lo, a Deadly Alliance formed in the background of Nerds Without Pants. Could Julian withstand a dual assault from Rob Ottone and Mike Fallek? Tune in to find out! It’s not quite a Halloween Havoc, but it’s certainly scary!

Nerds Without Pants is back a wee bit late with some of the biggest news of the year. What a whopper! Can you tell I don’t remember what we talked about? Shh! It’s a secret to everybody.

It’s yet another episode of Nerds Without Pants! Is anyone even reading this? I doubt it. Purple monkey dishwasher.

It’s another newsie edition of Nerds Without Pants! You know the drill by now.

Well lookie here: it’s another episode of that there Nerds Without Pants podcast, y’all! I recon we should have a listen and see what them boys have to say about that there new Mortal Kombat game. You know, the first one!

Julian’s exhausted, so there’s not a lot of time to welcome you to this episode of Nerds Without Pants. We talk some more Starfield and a ton of news, plus your emails. It’s fun!

Welcome back! On this episode of Nerds Without Pants we are joined by Xavier Kreiger and we talk about SO MUCH BALDUR’S GATE. Also, game characters we love to hate, and some Starfield for good measure. Enjoy!

Welcome to Nerds Without Pants! No time for a lengthy intro, because Julian got carried away playing games on the holiday weekend. Enjoy some really fantastic discussions around the news!

Welcome back to Nerds Without Pants! Julian totally forgot to come up with a Stage Select this week, so we just have a beefy Consumption Junction for you, and another Video Game Cage Match that rhymes. We hope you enjoy it!

Well, here we are at last! It’s the special episode of Nerds Without Pants that no one asked for, but Julian and Justin needed to record. We’re joined by special guest Xavier Kreiger to talk all about Final Fantasy XVI from beginning to end. This is a spoilercast that reveals the ending in the first ten seconds of the show. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.