Get cozy – this is Pixel Therapy.

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.

Latest Episodes

‘Sup, gaymers and theymers? This week, Spencer and Jamie dust off their Nintendo Switches and kick off Wrath Month! Join us as we explore Spencer’s extremely late arrival to Sid Meier’s Civilization VI and Jamie’s dive into Triangle Strategy’s SALTY political intrigue. Then we’re joined by Ace (they/she), aka @A_TypicalQueer: a content creator, activist working...
This week, Spencer toils in a mine for fun and lives to tell the tale – and rolls merrily along in Lovable Hat Cult’s Journey of the Broken Circle. Then Jamie shares her experiences with Lego Builder’s Journey, a surprisingly deep and incredibly satisfying puzzler that’s inspired her to engage with a new IRL hobby...
It’s time to find your place in space and join the big, beautiful, worker-owned rotating city in the sky! We’re talking about developer Jump Over the Age’s Citizen Sleeper of course, a cyberpunk narrative RPG centered on an escaped worker’s efforts to evade their corporate would-be captors and maybe build a little life for themself...

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It’s really opened my mind thinking about how queerness and gaming can intersect.

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This podcast is absolutely amazing. I have never heard people talk about this aspect of video games.

5-Star Listener Review

I love the insightful yet slightly controversial recurring question of “do you identify as a gamer?” to guests — always prompts a reaction!

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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 digital product designer, and Jamie Siebenaler (she/her), a queer team and project manager with a deep passion for games.

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