Heavily Pixelated
Summary: Hosted by veteran writer and TV host Scott C. Jones, Heavily Pixelated examines the moments when gamers are at their most vulnerable, and the ways video games helped them endure those difficult moments. Half Freudian-style therapy session, half celebration of a particular video game, Heavily Pixelated is a heart-felt journey into the ways technology and storytelling can be used to heal broken bodies and spirits. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll be genuinely amazed by the incredibly positive things that games actually do for us.
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Kira is a poet who lives in the Midwest. But she comes from a hard background. Kira’s father was a drug dealer. Her mom was an addict. Kira is the youngest of six. Not surprisingly, she grew up feeling unwanted, feeling like she shouldn’t exist. But a Kingdom Hearts game taught her an important lesson […]
Steve is a gamer from Toronto who was born with an eye condition called nystagmus. As a result, his vision is severely compromised. Steve is legally blind. Despite his condition, Steve still plays games. And, surprisingly, he does this publicly on his Youtube channel, Blind Gamer. On this episode of Heavily Pixelated, Steve revisits a […]
Jason is a nerd from the U.K. who, thanks to his mother, grew up with a gigantic computer in his bedroom. Then Jason met a girl named Paola. The two fell in love and got married. Then Paola contracted a rare, life-threatening illness that would change both of their lives forever. Though they were housebound […]
It’s a tale as old as time, people: A sweet kid from the heartland (Matt) moves to Los Angeles and – POOOOF! – magically transforms into a glam rocker. One day the glam rocker goes to the dentist to have his teeth cleaned. But what Matt doesn’t know is that his life will never be […]
A brother telephones his older sister in 2018 and asks her to help him install Red Dead Redemption 2 on his PS4. But the sister — Christine — is distracted that night and tells her brother that she’ll phone him the next day, promise. But what Christine doesn’t know is that this phone call is […]
Simon and Abi are a father & daughter from the UK, now living in New York City. During a particularly trying moment in Abi’s teen years, Star Wars Battlefront 2 (along with ample amounts of familial love) emerges as an unexpected source of camaraderie and comfort. CAUTION: If you’re particularly sensitive to the subjects of […]
In the final episode of Season 1 host Scott C. Jones asks his macho, insecure father about the incident that happened 40+ years ago and what he did (and, unfortunately, didn’t do) on Scott’s behalf. Also: Scott revisits the woods—his Ground Zero—for a final reconciliation. (Part 3/3) Part 1 and Part 2 can be found […]
Scott returns to rural Upstate New York and sits down with his mother, to ask her a series of questions he’s needed to ask for four decades. (Part 2/3) Part 1 and Part 3 can be found here and here.
Scott heads back to his childhood home in Upstate New York and unravels a personal story he’s needed to tell for decades. (Part 1/3) Part 2 and Part 3 can be found here and here.
When his parents separate, Shane uses a vintage NES game to reunite his newly fractured family.
After a painful divorce Adam becomes a virtual rock star in a fake rock band, introducing a new significant other to his family.
Sarah and Dave suffer a tragic loss and use a video game set in the South Park universe to grieve.
A thank you note, and a brief message about the future of Heavily Pixelated.
Scott pays tribute to super-collector/PC Museum curator Syd Bolton. Syd talks about a certain vintage PC game that resolves a 30-year heartache.
Trailer for Heavily Pixelated S01:E04 – “Syd” For more info go to scottcjones.com/heavilypixelated
