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Electronic Wireless Show

Every week, on Rock Paper Shotgun's Electronic Wireless Show, listen to a few friends dive into a topic that revolves around PC gaming. Also, you'll hear them go off-topic and chat about fish tanks and traffic cones, too.

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Electronic Wireless Show
#174: Palentine's Day Special! from 2022-02-17T16:00:34

Happy Valentine's day to you, even though we are a bit late. If any annoying colleagues or relatives ask, you can say that we're all your girlfriend. We at the Electronic Wireless Show podcast like...

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#173: The Best MacGuffins In Games Special from 2022-02-10T16:00:17

Inspired by how much Matthew made me laugh with his withering assessment of the MacGuffin in the film Red Notice being an egg, this week the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is all MacGuffin, all t...

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#172: The Best Finishing Moves In Games Special from 2022-02-03T16:00:35

This week the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is going all in on our favourite finishing moves. This doesn't just mean things from fighting games, although they do obviously make a good showing. A...

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#171: The Best Inventories In Games Special from 2022-01-27T16:00:44

This week the Electronic Wireless Show podcast discusses some of our favourite (and least favourite) inventory configurations. A humble beast, the inventory, yet a feature of many games - sometimes...

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#170: The Best Houses To Live In In Games Special from 2022-01-20T16:00:24

There was a small recording blip at the start of this week's podcast, but apart from the opening banter we've got a great episode this week. We open an estate agent to appraise the houses in games ...

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#169: Our Most Anticipated Games of 2022 from 2022-01-13T16:00:28

Happy 2022! New year, same old us. The Electronic Wireless Show Podcast will make no effort to change or better ourselves; this is our promise to you, listener. For our first episode of the new yea...

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#168: BAH GAWD! That's The Christmas Special 2021's Music! from 2021-12-16T16:01

God rest ye merry listener, let nothing you dismay - for today, for one night only, the EWS Podcast wrestling promotion rolls into your town for a show stopping tag team match. Each of your pod hos...

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#167: The Best Children In Games Special from 2021-12-09T16:00:22

I'm not normally a fan of children in games because, as noted in this episode of the Electronic Wireless Show podcast, they get into the uncanny valley pretty quickly. But it's the season to be jol...

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#166: The Best Cars In Games Special from 2021-12-02T16:00:32

Let me start out by immediately apologising to our podcast editor Alix for the fact that this best cars in games episode of The Electronic Wireless Show Podcast does not mention the Regalia from Fi...

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#165: The Best Drinks In Games Special from 2021-11-25T16:00:29

This week, based almost entirely on the fact that we have been enjoying Rio Tropicale (other fizzy drinks are available) the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is doing an episode all about our favou...

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#164: The Best AI Characters In Games Special from 2021-11-18T16:00:39

I can't remember why I picked this theme, but for this episode of The Electronic Wireless Show podcast I wanted to talk about AI characters - as in, characters that are, in game, an artificial inte...

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#163: The Best Celebrities In Games Special from 2021-11-11T16:00:11

I'm once again back, and I'm badder than ever! To mark my triumphant return to the Electronic Wireless Show podcast, I (Alice) suggested we talk about our favourite non-game celebrity appearances i...

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#162: The Best Literary Adaptations In Games Special from 2021-11-04T19:30:04

Hey podcast fans. Mum’s away this week, which means the inmates have taken over the asylum once again. The temptation was to play another round of Sweeten The Deal, but instead Nate and I were good...

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#161: The Best Songs In Games Special from 2021-10-21T15:00:22

It occurs to me now that "best songs" is probably not a great topic for the podcast, given that we do not perform any of the songs, or put them in the show. But on this week's episode of The Electr...

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#160: The Best Cities In Games Special from 2021-10-14T15:00:30

This week the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is going the place you can always go when you're alone and life is making you lonely. That's right: down town! We're talking about our favourite citie...

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#159: Deal Sweeten With A Vengeance from 2021-10-07T15:00:37

Matthew once again has the temerity to be away, so this week Nate and I play another round of Sweeten The Deal (per a vote in the podcast Discord), in which, as Nate says, we both lose. On the upsi...

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#158: The Best Spaceships In Games Special from 2021-09-30T15:00:36

In honour of the new DLC for Outer Wilds, this week on The Electronic Wireless Show Podcast we're discussing our favourite spaceships in games. In the process, while we do discuss some games, there...

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#157: The Best Animal Companions In Games Special from 2021-09-24T12:40:06

This week on The Electronic Wireless Show podcast I was inspired by the extremely cute little monsters the Rot, who are you besties in Kena: Bridge Of Spirits, to ask Matthew and Nate about their f...

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#156: The Best Doctors In Games Special from 2021-09-16T15:00:26

The recording of this episode of The Electronic Wireless Show podcast turned out to be unfortunately cursed with technical issues, which means I am (probably noticeably) tired and grumpy, and don't...

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#155: The Best Puzzles In Games Special from 2021-09-09T15:00:37

We here at the Electronic Wireless Show podcast have done an episode about puzzles before, but Matthew and I just love puzzles a whole lot. We're talking about our favourite puzzle, as well, not pu...

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#154: The Best Seasonal Updates Special from 2021-09-02T15:09:57

With an unseasonal theme this week, the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is about our favourite seasonal updates in games. You know, where they make it all snowy or put pumpkins everywhere. That ki...

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#153: The Best Weird Currencies In Games Special from 2021-08-26T13:41:37

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast is playing with a full hand today, as Matthew rejoins us! Inspired by the reveal of new games like theme park sim Park Beyond, which uses a resource currently e...

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#152: Another Nightmarish Gameshow Special from 2021-08-20T15:00:55

This week Matthew is away doing other things - how dare he! But Alice and Nate are here with another episode of Sweeten The Deal, featuring travelling around the world on a raft with Geoff Keighley...

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#151: The Best Collectibles In Games Special from 2021-08-12T15:00:36

This week on the Electronic Wireless Show podcast you see us trudging back and forth over a field, grimly trying to locate the little bit of rock or feather that our map tells us is right here<...

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#150: The Best Weapons In Games Special from 2021-08-05T15:00:34

This week on the Electronic Wireless Show podcast we discuss our favourite weapons, which I was reasonably sure we hadn't done before but as we started recording I lost that confidence... Today is ...

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#149: The Best Robots In Games Special from 2021-07-29T15:00:31

This week, the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is all about the best robots in games, which is another one of those topics we might have done before. But we're doing it again because darn it, robo...

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#148: The Best Heat In Games Special from 2021-07-22T15:00:31

Here at the Electronic Wireless Show podcast we are struggling with the heat. Yes, I understand that other places in the world are hot, but right now it is hot where I am and we're not used to it, ...

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#147: The Game Show Special from 2021-07-15T15:00:36

This week, the Electronic Wireless Show podcast finds itself briefly rudderless once more, as skipper Alice heads off to the Realm of Spiders to settle an old score. In her absence, Nate decides it...

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#146: The Best Hub Areas In Games Special from 2021-07-08T15:00:32

This week the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is looking at our favourite hub areas in games, which necessitates a brief discussion as Nate had entirely misunderstood what that meant. That doesn't...

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#145: The Best DLC In Games Special from 2021-06-24T15:00:39

This week the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is all about DLCs and expansions. We even briefly flirt with actual journalism by discussing some of the controversy associated with expansions and DL...

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#144: The Best Box Art In Games Special from 2021-06-17T15:00:45

After last week's fun on the Electronic Wireless Show podcast, we then actually had to live through E3, and I, especially, am very tired. This week the show is all about our favourite box art or ke...

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#143: The Ideal E3 Special from 2021-06-10T15:00:33

This week we have a special E3-themed episode of The Electronic Wireless Show podcast, which will be of no use to you if you want actual information about E3 2021. Rather, we imagine what we would ...

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#142: The Best Backstories in Games Special from 2021-06-03T15:00:31

My own tragic backstory is that I grew up without any real tragedy, thus meaning my life will never be serialised on Netflix. I have lobbied producers many times, but they just say things like "Hal...

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#141: The Best Narrators In Games Special from 2021-05-27T15:00:43

I was going to write this as a whole bit where it was like a narrator describing you reading this post and then listening to the podcast, but I respect you too much to lie to you: it is after lunch...

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#140: The Best Mysteries In Games Special from 2021-05-20T15:05:36

It seems, after weeks of investigation, we have uncovered the truth: it was you, podcast listener, who was the culprit all along. Well, well, well. Don't bother trying to defend yourself. We can't ...

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#139: The Best Giants In Games Special from 2021-05-13T15:00:46

The EWS podcast was on hiatus last week, because I was in a cottage where milk gets delivered in old-school glass bottles and then isn't drunk but left in the fridge unopened so it curdles but stil...

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#138: The Best Water In Games Special from 2021-04-29T15:00:32

Back once again with a topic that I suspect we may have done before, it's the Electronic Wireless Show podcast. This week we're talking about the best water in games, but we also take the time to d...

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#137: The Best Combat In Games Special from 2021-04-22T15:00:41

This week, after a post by Graham inspired a big discussion in the RPS Discord, the Electronic Wireless Show Podcast is having a best combat in games special. In a surprising move we manage to not ...

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#136: The Best Weather In Games Special from 2021-04-15T15:00:36

What's up? The thermostat, that's what! After a very brief hiatus last week (when Nate and I were both away and Matthew didn't want to rant into thin air by himself) we return in time to greet the ...

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#135: The Best Co-op Games Special from 2021-04-01T15:06:28

After what's becoming a chillingly regular meditation on the concept of Matthew extinguishing the lives of astronauts, this week's podcast waded into some staunch reminiscence about classic co-op g...

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#134: The Best Journeys In Games Special from 2021-03-25T16:00:40

After being on holiday last week, Alice makes a stunning return to The Electronic Wireless Show podcast, just in time to wrangle Matthew and Nate away from excessive egg chat (Nate genuinely mooted...

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#133: The Best Eggs In Games Special from 2021-03-18T16:00:33

Cats went chasing after dogs on the Electronic Wireless Show podcast this week. Birds flew upside down, water fell upwards, and men became beasts, as Nate and Matthew plunged headlong into the chao...

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#132: The Best Buildings In Games Special from 2021-03-11T16:00:38

If you build it, they will come, as the old saying goes. In this week's episode of The Electronic Wireless Show podcast, we discuss some of our favourite buildings in games. At least, that is the s...

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#131: The Best Bosses In Games Special from 2021-03-04T16:00:32

Protect your glowing red weak spot, reader, because this week the Electronic Wireless show podcast is on the hunt for the best bosses in games. we're actually fairly sure we've done this topic at l...

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#130: The Best Least Favourite Games Special from 2021-02-25T16:00:32

You've heard of loving to hate something? Well, this week the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is talking about things we hate to hate. It's the games that we know are good, and really wished we en...

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#129: The Best Sewers In Games Special from 2021-02-18T16:06:17

Once again stealing a concept from a post by Alice0, this week we the Electronic Wireless Show podcast straps on waders to discuss our favourite sewer levels in games. We start off by talking about...

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#128: The Best Fictional Brands In Games Special from 2021-02-11T16:00:42

This week on the Electronic Wireless Show podcast, we buy in to that corporate lifestyle by talking about our favourite fictional brands in video games. We talk about some absolute classics. Mmm, w...

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#127: The Most Underrated Games Special from 2021-02-04T16:30:24

This week the Electronic Wireless Show podcast has been inspired by a post wot Graham did asking what the most underrated game is. We have ignored all the comments underneath and are going our own ...

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#126: The Best Magic In Games Special from 2021-01-28T15:59:14

Here at the Electronic Wireless Show podcast, we believe in magic because, as regular listeners will know, we are all lighthearted, cheery souls, with nary a curmudgeon who bangs on aquarium walls ...

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#125: The Best Sneakings In Games Special from 2021-01-21T16:00:29

Welcome once again, gentle listener, to the Electronic Wireless Show podcast. This week's episode demands that you tread carefully and quietly, in case you disturb Nate, or awaken the Ken Loach he ...

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#124: The Best Maps In Games Special from 2021-01-14T16:00:46

Excuse me do you have the directions to a good podcast episode? Actually, I don't know why I'm asking: here at the Electronic Wireless Show we practically wrote the map. Ahahaha. Yes, episode 124 i...

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#123: The Wales / Whales / Wails Special from 2021-01-07T16:00:20

It's the new year! And, like everyone else, as the first weeks of January creak by, we turn our thoughts to Sir Anthony Hopkins, two versions of whom join us on this week's Electronic Wireless Show...

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#122: The Christmas 2020 Specialette from 2020-12-24T16:00:19

The RPS podcast network (comprising this podcast and The PC Gaming Weekspot) didn't want to leave you bereft over the break, so we've got a little Christmas Eve treatette for you, stuffed right dow...

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#121: The 2020 Awards Special from 2020-12-17T16:00:49

Welcome, gentle listener, to the 2020 Electronic Wireless Show game awards special! No, not an entire show like Geoff Keighley's cavalcade of trailers (and some awards sometimes), but a bumper epis...

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#120: The Cyberpunk Special from 2020-12-10T16:00:30

This week sees the triumphant return of Nate - or should I say The Electricity Cop, as this episode of the Electronic Wireless Show podcast goes down to Cyberpunk 2077 town.

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#119: The Fashion In Games Special from 2020-11-26T16:00:32

Today we hit the yearly milestone of deciding it was finally cold enough to turn the heating on. You hold out as long as you can, obviously. Not made of money. Perhaps we could have lasted longer i...

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#118: The Best JRPGs Special from 2020-11-19T16:00:42

I don't want anyone to be disappointed, but Nate is away this week so you've got an Alice 'n' Matthew special, since I couldn't draft in a third body in time. Nevertheless, this week we had a grand...

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#117: The Best Small Details In Games Special from 2020-11-12T16:00:38

This week, dear listeners, we urge you to think small, as we take a look at our favourite little details in games that don't need to be there, and yet are. The strange Easter eggs, the loving littl...

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#116: The Best Food In Games Special from 2020-11-05T16:00:34

Welcome again, dear listener, to the Electronic Wireless Show, the best and most solidly on-topic PC gaming podcast the world has ever seen. This week, we invite you to be our guest, take a seat at...

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#115: The Wintery Games Special from 2020-10-29T16:00:24

After the rip-roaring success that was last week's episode of The Electronic Wireless Show, where we talked about autumnal games and Matthew and Alice almost came to blows, this week's podcast is a...

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#114: The Autumnal Games Special from 2020-10-22T15:00:36

I won't lie to you listener, the ratio of games to not-games chat on this week's episode of the Electronic Wireless Show is pretty... it's pretty low. This may be the least amount of games chat we'...

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#113: The Dinosaurs Special from 2020-10-15T15:00:24

Yesterday, Nate observed that he is increasingly becoming a single issue voter and that single issue is "beasts". This week, therefore, the podcast is about the best dinosaur games. There is, of co...

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#112: The Excuse To Talk About Baldur's Gate 3 Special from 2020-10-08T15:00:37

Alice Bee is back from holiday in time for a massive CRPG to enter early access, so this episode is supposedly about our favourite companions in games, but it's really mostly about Baldur's Gate II...

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EWS111: The Death Special from 2020-10-01T13:41:29

Alice is on holiday, which means it falls to Graham to lead Nate and Matthew in cheerful conversation. Unfortunately I've been playing a lot of Spelunky 2 over the past two weeks, which means all o...

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#111: The Death Special from 2020-10-01T11:41:29

Alice is on holiday, which means it falls to Graham to lead Nate and Matthew in cheerful conversation. Unfortunately I've been playing a lot of Spelunky 2 over the past two weeks, which means all o...

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Ep 110: The 'If You Could Have One Superpower' Special from 2020-09-24T17:00:14

In a change of pace for the Electronic Wireless Show this week, Nate is on holiday and we're joined by special guest VidBud Colm Ahern to discuss our favourite special powers from video games. The ...

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#110: The 'If You Could Have One Superpower' Special from 2020-09-24T15:00:14

In a change of pace for the Electronic Wireless Show this week, Nate is on holiday and we're joined by special guest VidBud Colm Ahern to discuss our favourite special powers from video games. The ...

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Ep 109: The Living A Normal Life Special - Live! from 2020-09-17T17:00:18

As you all know, we here at The Rock Paper Shotgun Electronic Wireless Show podcast love to innovate and do things that nobody has ever done before. That’s why we did a live podcast episode! I know...

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#109: The Living A Normal Life Special - Live! from 2020-09-17T15:00:18

As you all know, we here at The Rock Paper Shotgun Electronic Wireless Show podcast love to innovate and do things that nobody has ever done before. That’s why we did a live podcast episode! I know...

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Ep 108: The Movie Tie-Ins Special from 2020-09-03T18:00:34

This week the podcast moves out of Nate's dad wheelhouse and into Matthew's film wheelhouse. It's a bumper and bumpy ride this week, as we discuss video game adaptations of them there Hollywood tal...

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#108: The Movie Tie-Ins Special from 2020-09-03T16:00:34

This week the podcast moves out of Nate's dad wheelhouse and into Matthew's film wheelhouse. It's a bumper and bumpy ride this week, as we discuss video game adaptations of them there Hollywood tal...

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Ep 107: The Dad Games Special from 2020-08-27T17:12:13

This week the podcast truly is the daddy of all podcasts, as we decide to talk all things dad in games. This, of course, means we must first establish what a dad game is. Are we talking about games...

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#107: The Dad Games Special from 2020-08-27T15:12:13

This week the podcast truly is the daddy of all podcasts, as we decide to talk all things dad in games. This, of course, means we must first establish what a dad game is. Are we talking about games...

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Ep 106: The Rezzed Tabletop RPG Special from 2020-08-20T15:30:06

This week we have an extra special treat for you! It does mean we don't talk about PC games at all, though. Well, we do, but we talk about fake ones that we've made up. Today we're joined by specia...

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#106: The Rezzed Tabletop RPG Special from 2020-08-20T13:30:06

This week we have an extra special treat for you! It does mean we don't talk about PC games at all, though. Well, we do, but we talk about fake ones that we've made up. Today we're joined by specia...

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Ep 105: The Romans In Video Games Special from 2020-08-13T18:37:34

Ave, citizens! Rome wasn't built in a day, but this podcast was built in a few hours, so you tell me which is better? This week, we're doing a Romans special. We talk about the games Romans appear ...

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#105: The Romans In Video Games Special from 2020-08-13T16:37:34

Ave, citizens! Rome wasn't built in a day, but this podcast was built in a few hours, so you tell me which is better? This week, we're doing a Romans special. We talk about the games Romans appear ...

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Ep 104: Mr Animal Peperami from 2020-08-06T18:00:52

This week's Electronic Wireless Show is a bit quick and dirty - like a spiced pork meat snack. We loved talking about baddies so much last time that we've done a bit of a lateral move, and have eac...

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#104: Mr Animal Peperami from 2020-08-06T16:00:52

This week's Electronic Wireless Show is a bit quick and dirty - like a spiced pork meat snack. We loved talking about baddies so much last time that we've done a bit of a lateral move, and have eac...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 103 - The Worst Villains Ever (By Which We Mean Best) from 2020-07-30T17:37:52

This week the podcast talks bad, meaning good, and if we say a villain is bad then we mean they are not good, but bad. Make sense? Of course it does! Yes, we're talking about some of our favourite ...

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#103: The Worst Villains Ever (By Which We Mean Best) from 2020-07-30T15:37:52

This week the podcast talks bad, meaning good, and if we say a villain is bad then we mean they are not good, but bad. Make sense? Of course it does! Yes, we're talking about some of our favourite ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 102 - Here's To The Glorious 7s from 2020-07-23T17:45:49

This week the Electronic Wireless Show celebrates the 7/10 game. Yes, we know RPS doesn’t have scores but the 7/10 is as much a feeling or a way of life. It’s those games that are a bit jank at the...

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#102: Here's To The Glorious 7s from 2020-07-23T15:45:49

This week the Electronic Wireless Show celebrates the 7/10 game. Yes, we know RPS doesn’t have scores but the 7/10 is as much a feeling or a way of life. It’s those games that are a bit jank at the...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 101 - Chiefing Death (a pun) from 2020-07-16T18:43:33

We're back! This week, we've reverted to a more traditional gaming podcast format by spending the first five to ten minutes talking about 90s kids' TV shows we watched. Did you miss us?? Remarkably...

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#101: Chiefing Death (a pun) from 2020-07-16T16:43:33

We're back! This week, we've reverted to a more traditional gaming podcast format by spending the first five to ten minutes talking about 90s kids' TV shows we watched. Did you miss us?? Remarkably...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 100 - We give PC gaming a score from 2020-06-25T23:53:59

Rock Paper Shotgun doesn't do scores - until today! For a very special episode 100 of the Electronic Wireless Show, we've decided to finally ditch coherent critical analysis in favour of the comfor...

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#100: We give PC gaming a score from 2020-06-25T21:53:59

Rock Paper Shotgun doesn't do scores - until today! For a very special episode 100 of the Electronic Wireless Show, we've decided to finally ditch coherent critical analysis in favour of the comfor...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 99 - The best bits from not-E3 from 2020-06-19T00:44:24

This week we’re being vaguely topical! Imagine that. Today, because we’ve come through what we might call phase one of the not-E3 livestreams (with phase 2 being Thursday's EA stream and the underw...

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#99: The best bits from not-E3 from 2020-06-18T22:44:24

This week we’re being vaguely topical! Imagine that. Today, because we’ve come through what we might call phase one of the not-E3 livestreams (with phase 2 being Thursday's EA stream and the underw...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 98 - June Halloween special from 2020-06-12T02:34:02

This week we got an email from listener Tom from Melbourne, who suggested that it would be fun for us to talk about the scariest games we've all played. Would it, Tom? WOULD IT? What sort of pervs ...

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#98: June Halloween special from 2020-06-12T00:34:02

This week we got an email from listener Tom from Melbourne, who suggested that it would be fun for us to talk about the scariest games we've all played. Would it, Tom? WOULD IT? What sort of pervs ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 97 - Games to play while you listen to podcasts from 2020-06-04T23:52:23

Remember when podcasts weren’t even a thing? Us neither. This week, you can join us in an ouroboros of podcasting where we, on a podcast about games, talk about games that we play whilst listening ...

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#97: Games to play while you listen to podcasts from 2020-06-04T21:52:23

Remember when podcasts weren’t even a thing? Us neither. This week, you can join us in an ouroboros of podcasting where we, on a podcast about games, talk about games that we play whilst listening ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 96 - Our most wanted games this summer from 2020-05-29T00:34:49

The big physical summer expos all got cancelled, but instead we have a whole load of great digi-vents to replace them. Looking at the schedule, it seems the Summer Of Games is going on until approx...

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#96: Our most wanted games this summer from 2020-05-28T22:34:49

The big physical summer expos all got cancelled, but instead we have a whole load of great digi-vents to replace them. Looking at the schedule, it seems the Summer Of Games is going on until approx...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 95 - Happy birthday, Geralt of Rivia! from 2020-05-22T00:34:02

Technically it should be happy birthday to The Witcher 3, but it’s always better to put a face to an event, don’t you think? Yes, this week we all celebrated the fifth anniversary of CD Projekt’s m...

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#95: Happy birthday, Geralt of Rivia! from 2020-05-21T22:34:02

Technically it should be happy birthday to The Witcher 3, but it’s always better to put a face to an event, don’t you think? Yes, this week we all celebrated the fifth anniversary of CD Projekt’s m...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 94 - Gears Tactics vs. XCOM: Chimera Squad from 2020-05-07T23:46:39

We’ve been away from podcasting for a while, ever since Bungus Humongous (who used to record and edit it) fell off his skateboard and exploded into a pile of coins. But now we’re back! And because ...

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#94: Gears Tactics vs. XCOM: Chimera Squad from 2020-05-07T21:46:39

We’ve been away from podcasting for a while, ever since Bungus Humongous (who used to record and edit it) fell off his skateboard and exploded into a pile of coins. But now we’re back! And because ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 93 - Why we can't stop playing Wilmot's Warehouse from 2019-09-18T12:44:34

Wilmot's Warehouse is a good game about sorting boxes. Alice B likes to pile beautiful sunsets on top of one another. Brendan likes to store dangerous buttons next to the nuclear missiles. And I ca...

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#93: Why we can't stop playing Wilmot's Warehouse from 2019-09-18T10:44:34

Wilmot's Warehouse is a good game about sorting boxes. Alice B likes to pile beautiful sunsets on top of one another. Brendan likes to store dangerous buttons next to the nuclear missiles. And I ca...

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Heroes of the Brinelands, ep 165 - Waking up in Snarlgrove from 2019-09-12T17:22:36

Welcome back, brine fans. Our pen and paper RPG podcast is continuing its salty journey to the top of the pod charts with its fantasy tales of bravery and fishmongering. This week, the gang find th...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 92 - It's a family thing from 2019-09-06T15:19:37

We're talking about families in games this week. Brendan likes the Mishima family from Tekken, who throw each other into volcanoes. Sin prefers the simple life of the Sims, and Matthew enjoys the m...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 91 - The post-Gamescom mop-up from 2019-08-28T14:50:29

Gamescom is over and the team have returned. Well, only one survivor has made it back to the podcast room - Alice B, who is here to tell us about Atomicrops, Empire of Sin, The Longing, and a whole...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 90 - The Gamescom 2019 warm-up from 2019-08-14T15:14:06

Gamescom is next week, and it will see a few of the RPS treehousers zipping off to Cologne. In this pod, they prepare themselves for the mission ahead. Thumbs at the ready, maggots.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 89 - Why we’re playing Streets Of Rogue from 2019-08-07T15:17:28

Streets Of Rogue is a tiny immersive sim full of angry gorillas. We can’t stop playing it. This week, the pod squad are gathering to chat about why they think it’s so good. But also choose their f...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 88 - Our favourite cities from 2019-07-17T15:50:47

This week: the best cities in games. Alice B reckons the streets of Dishonored's Dunwall are perfectly safe. Brendan likes the upside-down buildings of the Hanging City from Outer Wilds. Meanwhile,...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 87 - The best horses in games from 2019-07-11T14:58:50

Horses, that’s this week’s topic. Big galloping buddies full of teeth and flies. Alice B likes the creepy horse from Kingdom Come Deliverance, who appears behind you like a tall ghost. Brendan like...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 86 - The shipping forecast from 2019-07-04T09:01

Oh no. This week we're forcing game characters into romantic couples. It's the shipping forecast. Alice L reckons Chell from Portal and Lara Croft would make a good couple, raiding tombs together. ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 85 - The post-E3 breakdown from 2019-06-27T14:34:29

E3 2019 is finished! More importantly, we have almost recovered from E3 2019. To celebrate their convalescence, Alice B and Matt piled into the podcast studio for a 40-minute post-show chat about t...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 84 - What’s happening at E3 2019? from 2019-06-06T10:03:32

E3 is getting started this weekend. Let us be your digital sherpa through the show. Matt and Brendan join Alice B to have a big group natter about the upcoming games.

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Soundbyte, Episode 3 - Why sex games are important from 2019-06-03T11:37:44

In this Soundbyte, we’re talking sexy, sexy sex games, why they’re interesting, and the queer erasure that comes along with blacklisting them from websites like Twitch.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 83 - Journeys of discovery from 2019-05-30T16:10:12

Let's chat about games about discovery! Matthew likes the oceans and scoundrels of Sea of Thieves. Alice B likes finding things in the smaller locale of Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture. And Brendan...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 82 - Games you might have missed in 2019 so far from 2019-05-23T15:42:19

This week: games you might have missed recently. Alice reckons you might like Glass Masquerades 2, a jigsaw puzzler about stained-glass windows. And Brendan wants more folks to try tiny chess game ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 81 - The strongest friendships from 2019-05-17T13:16:19

We’re talking about good friends. Strong companions and fun-loving drinking buddies. Brendan reckons Biggs and Wedge from the Final Fantasies are a good pair. While Katharine enjoys the jibes of Al...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 80 - What game is the biggest "time sink"? from 2019-05-02T12:49:25

"Time sinks". That’s what we're talking about this week. Games that eat up your precious minutes and hours and days. Nate says Civilization V is the worst contender. Alice B points a cannibalistic ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 79 - Betrayal, backstabbery and rebel scum from 2019-04-25T16:03:15

This week is all about treachery, traitors and multiplayer backstabbing. Graham tells the story of his traitorous actions in sci-fi strategy game Neptune’s Pride. Brendan enjoys the double-crossing...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 77 - Live at EGX 2019! from 2019-04-17T14:38:27

You can watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qIu_e75a6qs

This podcast takes place in a real room in front of a real audience! At Rezzed in London, we thought it’d be fun to re-e...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 78 - Goodbye to Alec and John from 2019-04-11T16:04:34

That quiet sobbing is coming from the RPS treehouse. Alec has left us. And John is leaving later this month. The boards will creak no more with the weight of their knowledge. The last of the old g...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 76 - Games we changed our minds about from 2019-03-28T17:13:51

Sometimes you change your mind about a game partway through. John realised the caves of Spelunky weren’t so bad after all. Alice B’s feelings on the castles of Dark Souls flip-flopped all over the ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 75 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - what we think so far from 2019-03-21T17:37:47

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is the new demi-Souls from those sadists at From Software. It’s about being a ninja with a sword and a grappling hook for an arm. Matthew and Brendan have played a few hou...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 74 - Our proudest gaming achievements from 2019-03-07T17:22:04

Warning: contains some icky eyeball chat... Be proud of your achievements! Even if they are just in a game. Matt is proud of getting all the achievements in Spelunky. Brendan is pleased he got thro...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 73 - Lies, tricks and twists from 2019-02-28T16:37:20

LIES. Not a game is made without some use of smoke and/or mirror. Dave’s favourite lies come from Frog Fractions, which seems to be a child’s maths game. Brendan likes how enemies in shooters are p...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 72 - What are our favourite puzzle games? from 2019-02-20T15:46:25

A ten-sided shape appears in your hands. It's this week's podcast! And it's all about puzzle games. John enjoys number puzzles like Hexcells and Globesweeper. Matt enjoys the Jindosh box of Dishono...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 71 - Guns, guns, guns from 2019-02-15T16:32:17

This week: the best guns. The pod squad are stocking a chest full of videogame firearms. Matthew is stocking a laser pointer from Gears of War, Alice wants the exploding teddy gun from Sunset Overd...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 70 - The best booby traps from 2019-02-07T16:37:30

Oh, grow up. Booby traps as in “dangerous mechanisms that kill over-confident explorers”. Be they in temples, tombs or tunnels - traps can be anywhere (so long as it begins with a “T”).

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 69 - Wargroove! Resident Evil 2! Subnautica: Below Zero! from 2019-01-31T18:48:26

Videogames! That’s the topic this week. Okay, you got us, we couldn’t be arsed to do a theme. But we've been playing a lot of games.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 68 - A young person explains battle royale to us from 2019-01-24T15:59:43

Battle royales. The RPS treehouse is unable to comprehend these destructive influences on society. Well, this week we’ve got a young person to help us decipher them.

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Soundbyte, Episode 2 - Accessibility in games from 2019-01-22T12:34:03

In this episode, we’ll take a look at accessibility in gaming. We talk to the studios making specialist hardware, the people that use it, and the activists and advocates who are trying to do even m...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 67 - Games to look forward to in 2019 from 2019-01-17T10:23:54

New year, old friends. The RPS podcast have not been reborn, they have no resolutions, no goal to learn German or eat more spinach. They just want to play more games.

Alice B is looking f...

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Electronic Wireless Show - The People Who Think We've Made The Game from 2018-12-20T19:43:43

Sometimes we get emails from people who think we create the videogames we're writing about. They report bugs, complain about crashes, demand refunds, or gush enthusiastically while asking for DLC.<...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 66 - Only 3 games will survive 2018 from 2018-12-13T18:05:21

The year 2018 is going down in a storm. Hundreds of games will perish. But there’s one tiny lifeboat, and enough room for three games. It falls on the sorry shoulders of the RPS podcast crew to dec...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 65 - Every game released in November (that we can think of) from 2018-12-06T16:55:55

There were too many games in November. So we're running through as many newly released games as we can, from Hitman 2 to Darksiders 3 to Just Cause 4 to… well, lots more.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 64 - Our first impressions of Artifact from 2018-11-29T15:14:24

This week, three of the boyz chat about their early impressions of card game Artifact. Matt quite likes the nitty gritty complexity of it all, but Dave says it needs to be streamlined, and Brendan ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 63 - The best post-apocalyptic games from 2018-11-14T16:24:30

The world is ending, so here's the team screaming about the best post-apocalyptic games.

Brendan enjoys the dark tunnels of the Metro shooters, and Alice B likes the river navigation of Th...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 62 - Murders and mysteries from 2018-11-08T16:38:10

It's a real mystery this week. Matthew has been solving murders in Return of the Obra Dinn and indulging his detective skills. Meanwhile, Alice has fond memories of a creepy Watson, and Brendan scr...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 54 Again - The best kings and queens from 2018-10-24T16:35:03

We're talking kings and queens this week. Brendan likes the off-hand lieges of Mount & Blade, while Alice B pitied the downfall of the Lich King of Warcraft. And Katharine appreciates the wholesome...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 60 - Panic! from 2018-10-10T15:19:57

This week we are talking: panic. Matt describes the panic he felt in Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs, but also an unnerving encounter in the terrible land of DayZ. Meanwhile, Brendan praises the panic ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 59 - What game has the most satisfying kick? from 2018-10-03T14:45:51

From the powerful hoof of Kassandra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey to the zombie-launching boot of Dying Light, we are chatting about the most forceful feet in games. Alice likes the rapid kicks of St...

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Electronic Wireless Show - Live at EGX 2018 from 2018-09-26T14:14:35

We went to EGX, the games show in Birmingham, England. And there were TOO MANY GAMES. Alice Bell, Matthew, Katharine and Graham gathered together live on stage and spoke about the best games at the...

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Toby guesses this week's Steam Charts from 2018-09-24T10:59:09

John drafts in his three-year-old son Toby to describe the games in this week's Steam Charts. Kingdom Come Deliverance becomes a horrible fighting game called 'Meanies', SCUM becomes 'The Horrible ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 58 - The funniest bugs we've encountered from 2018-09-12T15:46

We're talking about funny bugs. Alice Liguori of the video squad joins us to say hello, and to celebrate the twitchy bodies of the Sims. Meanwhile, Alice Bell tells us about a rude Wyvern who keeps...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 57 - What games should be remade? from 2018-08-29T13:35:57

Onimusha is back, so let's talk about our dream remakes. Dave wants the turn-based tactics of Shining Force to make a comeback, and Brendan is angry that Capcom have said nothing about Dino Crisis....

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 56 - The Gamescom Special 2018 from 2018-08-23T15:27:03

We're in Cologne! It's Gamescom, the yearly games show, where we've been looking at Cyberpunk 2077, Metro Exodus, Biomutant, Dying Light 2, Ape Out, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot and many more.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 55 - The worst endings from 2018-08-16T08:53:06

Good end, bad end, noncommittal end. But what are the worst endings of all time? Matt reckons the big ol’ fart noise at the end of Mass Effect 3’s deserves a mention. And Noa thinks Dragon Age: Inq...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 54 - The best openings from 2018-08-02T10:31:10

Then the bus EXPLODED. Hello, we're talking about the best game openings this week. Cold opens or slow burns, we love a good first impression.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 53 - What is your dream game? from 2018-07-26T10:22:59

We’re talking about our dream games - games we want but don't exist so far. John wants a Robinson Crusoe style survival game that isn’t so punishing to those who can’t reach the good coconuts. Bren...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 52 - The best music, songs and soundtracks from 2018-07-19T17:08:08

We're talking about music in games this week, and what makes a good soundtrack. The bleeps and bloops of Pac Man, or the orchestras of Oblivion? We’ve also done a music quiz! Can you guess the game...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 51 - The best magic and spells from 2018-07-12T12:00:56

Let's chat magic in games! What are our favourite spells? Should magic be chaotic? Or should it be arranged in an orderly tome?

Alice likes the competing forces of technology and magic in...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 50 - Who are our favourite NPCs? from 2018-07-04T16:52:04

Non-player characters! Whether they’re annoying companions, side characters, or disembodied human heads, let’s talk about some of our favourites.

John likes nice people, like Nicole Colla...

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Soundbyte, Episode 1 - Unionising The Games Industry from 2018-06-29T16:00:35

Welcome to Soundbyte, an audio mini-series that explores topics in the games industry. In our first episode, Astrid Johnson talks us through unionisation in the games industry.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 49 - The games we weren't allowed to play from 2018-06-28T12:51:59

Let's talk about the naughty games we weren’t allowed to play as youngsters (but did anyway). Alice suffered strict rationing of The Sims 2, and Dave was scolded about Silent Hill. Although, Brenda...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 48 - The best and worst of E3 2018 from 2018-06-21T16:00:24

E3 is over, but that won’t stop us. We pick out our favourite games and oddest moments from the LA show. But we’re also introducing two new voices this week: Alice Bell and Noa Smith.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 47 - The games to look forward to at E3 2018 from 2018-06-06T15:14:44

E3 is coming! So here are some of our predictions, hopes and fears for this year’s dreaded multimedia assault on the nervous system.

Alec is dreaming of XCOM sequel news but is more realis...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 46 - What are the best shooters? from 2018-05-24T11:28:25

Let's talk about the shooters we love in particular, following our recent list of the top 50 first-person shooters. Matt loves the backstabbing spy of Team Fortress 2. John adores Dark Forces and i...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 45 - Creating your character from 2018-05-17T16:35:11

This week's topic: character creation! Matthew makes his debut on the podcast and tells us he always creates the same persona – a silver-haired man with a pencil moustache called “Mr Basil Pesto”. ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 44 - What do we play with our kids? from 2018-05-10T15:02:22

We’re going full Dad this week, talking about the games we play with our children. Alec’s daughter is excited by the characters of Rayman Legends (and is strangely fascinated by Battletech). John’s...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 43 - Feeling the cold with Frostpunk from 2018-05-03T16:34:37

Let's talk about freezing cold city-builder Frostpunk. Katharine lost a third of her people when she forgot to turn the heat on, while Brendan dug up his society’s dead. Matt is horrified by these ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 42 - Who's your favourite robot? from 2018-04-25T16:22:59

This week we're chatting about our favourite robots. Alec likes the robo-ostrich from World of Warcraft. Brendan is fond of the abandoned bots of Hackmud. And John loves little BUD of Grow Home bec...

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EGX Rezzed - The weird, wild and wonderful from 2018-04-24T09:33:31

Astrid Johnson takes us through the halls of London game show EGX Rezzed, on a search for oddities like Stereopolis, a game projected onto a disc of frosted glass, or Wobble Garden, which is played...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 41 - Does being a critic mean you enjoy games less? from 2018-04-19T17:07:34

We're talking about how being a critic changes the way you play. Don’t blame us, blame listener Aleksei, who sent in the theme as a suggestion. But please also forgive Adam, because it’s his last w...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 40 - Great story, shame about the game from 2018-04-11T15:32:36

Last week we talked about good games with rubbish tales. This week, it's the reverse - great stories with bad games attached to them.

John thinks Dreamfall had an moving story about faith...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 39 - Good games with bad tales from 2018-04-04T16:59:47

It's a common problem. A good videogame let down by a terrible story - whther that's cheesy dialogue, dull characters, nonsensical plot. Try harder or let us go back to shooting the things.
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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 38 - The GDC Special (plus Far Cry 5) from 2018-03-29T15:37:53

The crew were in San Francisco last week for the Game Developer's Conference, where they spoke to developers and gambled on the results of the annual awards show. Now they’re back to tell you all a...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 37 - Remember the rats from 2018-03-14T16:17:38

With the release of Warhammer: Vermintide 2, we decided to celebrate the lovable dirtbag of videogames. The lowly, filthy, wonderful rat.

Adam respects the helpful rats of Dishonored, who...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 36 - Who are our best friends? from 2018-03-07T17:26:53

Best pals John and Brendan discuss friendship in videogames. What characters feel like close buddies to them? John felt a kinship with Alistair from Dragon Age: Origins and a lesser attachment to L...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 35 - Is weather in games good, or just annoying? from 2018-02-28T16:50:16

This week the team is snowed in. So let’s talk about the weather. Blizzards, thunderclouds, sandstorms and, er, night-time? All of it classifies as weather to us if it appears in a game.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 34 - What counts as a JRPG? from 2018-02-21T17:02:07

This week the gang are talking JRPGs, or Japanese role-playing games to use words. Does a game have to be made in Japan to be a JRPG? Or does it just need bright colours and turn-based battles? We ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 33 - The toughest moral choices we've made from 2018-02-15T19:08:07

We're talking morality. Paragons, renegades, sith, jedi, and everything in between. Matt thinks the decision to reprogram the Geth in Mass Effect 2 is full of complexity. Brendan prefers the moral ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 32 - Monsters in games from 2018-02-07T16:33:29

They lurk, they creep, they skulk and weep. This week the team is talking about their favourite monsters in games. Alice reckons you can’t beat a good Dark Souls skeleton. And Katharine tells us ab...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 31 - Remakes, reboots and remasters from 2018-02-01T16:51

We're talking about remakes, remasters and recurrent nightmares. What would we like to see remade? Katharine wouldn’t mind a spruced up Deus Ex. Brendan thinks a rejigged Assassin’s Creed could wor...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 30 - Should survival games die? from 2018-01-24T18:41:17

The answer is no, by the way. But there are so many examples of bad survival games that it’s important to remember the good ones. Adam wraps himself up in the Long Dark, while Matt gets sea sicknes...

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Electronic Wireless Show - The Subnautica interview from 2018-01-24T12:51:17

We speak to Charlie Cleveland, director on underwater survival game Subnautica about why there are no guns in their game and why "terror" is a better way to describe the depths than "horror".

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 29 - The party podcast from 2018-01-17T16:38:49

It's a party podcast this week and you are all invited. Adam likes the shouting and panic of co-op chef game Overcooked. Alice enjoys throwing people around paddling pools in Jelly Stompers. And Br...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 28 - Our list of demands for 2018 from 2018-01-03T17:01:18

Listen up, 2018! The team have a list of demands and they're not leaving until you've delivered. Or until the one hour playtime is up, whichever comes first.

Adam wants more surprises and ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 27 - The worst games of the year from 2017-12-13T19:05:48

The team discuss the worst games they've played in 2017. John thinks the misogyny of House Party puts it firmly in the bin, and Brendan is still wiping the red dust from his eyes after woeful survi...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 26 - The most overlooked games of 2017 from 2017-12-07T18:53:06

The pod squad chat about some of the most overlooked and underappreciated games of this year. Katharine thinks head-in-a-sack sim Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice might qualify, while Adam praises the ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 25 - The PC games to look forward to in 2018 from 2017-11-30T17:12:54

The team look at some upcoming games of 2018. Adam is looking forward to smashing big robots with other, bigger robots in Battletech. Matt wants to make trousers from dinosaur skin in Monster Hunte...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 24 - Into The Breach, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds and "running away" from 2017-11-22T18:56:32

Let's talk about "running away". Ie. games that encourage you to flee from danger, rather than face it. Adam runs from the soldiers of ARMA. Brendan scarpers from poor odds in For Honor. And Alice...

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Electronic Wireless Show - The Opus Magnum Interview from 2017-11-22T18:47:12

We like Opus Magnum, the new alchemy-based puzzler from Zachtronics. So we decided to have a chat with developer Zach Barth about it. We also talk to him about researching life in China, his short ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 23 - Star Wars: Battlefront 2 and Need For Speed Payback from 2017-11-15T17:14:07

The team have accidentally overdosed on EA games, and they don't like it. You could say they're in a ... critical condition! Ha ha ha. But seriously, don't buy the new Need For Speed.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 22 - Call of Duty WWII and Assassin's Creed Origins from 2017-11-08T17:32:26

The team assemble to pass judgement on the latest shootwar, Call of Duty WWII. John says single player is better than usual and our multiplayer reviewer Matt says he misses the jetpacks. Meanwhile...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 21.5 - The Sick Day 'Special' from 2017-11-01T11:52:30

Oh no, Brendan is sick. That means there's no new episode this week. But we don't want to leave you hanging, so we've ventured down to the dusty audio archives and pulled out a recording of an old ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 21 - Guilty pleasures and Opus Magnum from 2017-10-25T14:49:50

This week we're talking guilty pleasures - the games that make us feel embarrassed but not so much that we won't play them to death.

Alec feels a bit sheepish about American Truck Simulat...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 20 - Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Evil Within 2 and nemeses from 2017-10-18T15:32:07

The gang talk about their worst nemeses from gaming. Dota 2 magicians, evil JRPG electricity corporations, and giant '@' symbols all deserve our animosity.

But there's also the orcs of Mi...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 19 - Destiny 2, Steamworld Dig 2 and binge gaming from 2017-10-11T15:53:14

The team talk about "binge" gaming, the grubbiest and unhealthiest form of digital entertainment. Adam has been gorging on Bungie's alien shootfest Destiny 2, along with Alec, who insists he will b...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 18 - Heat Signature, Divinity: Original Sin 2, and things going wrong from 2017-09-27T17:29:49

The RPS team talk Things Going Wrong. Adam once accidentally murdered many more people than he intended in Dishonored 2, while Brendan threw a gun at a guard's head in Heat Signature, to no effect....

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 17 - Roguelikes and Divinity: Original Sin 2 from 2017-09-20T13:37:09

We're chatting roguelikes, roguelites, roguefites and roguelifes. None of these things mean anything. Pip is enjoying the blocky scampering of Rogue Islands, while Adam is fantasy-ing all over the ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 16 - Pets in games, Fugl, Tooth and Tail from 2017-09-14T17:06:42

It's an animal extravaganza! We're talking pets in games this week. Alice joins us to praise a terrible raccoon Pokémon who's great at surfing. Pip adores the ghostly holo-cat of Tacoma. But I pref...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 15 - Life Is Strange: Before The Storm and XCOM 2: War of the Chosen from 2017-09-07T09:43

The podgang love videogames so much they met up in *real life* to talk about them in a room. Pip likes the new teen angst drama Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, in which she's been talking back l...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 14 - Destiny 2, Absolver and XCOM 2: War of the Chosen from 2017-08-31T14:03:09

The gang are back from Gamescom and ready to CHAT HARD. Pip has been shooting aliens in the Destiny 2 beta, while Adam has been shooting other, slimier aliens in XCOM 2's massive War of the Chosen ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 13 - Gamescom build-up, The Long Dark, Plunkbat from 2017-08-16T16:41:05

Pip, Alice and Adam gather round the podfire for warmth to talk about the lies (told by Adam) of Gamescom, the chilly wastes of The Long Dark, the beautiful rain of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, a...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 12 - INSIDE, Foxhole and TV show adaptations from 2017-08-08T23:22:46

Graham and Brendan man the podcast all by themselves. The topic: "What TV show deserves to have a good videogame adaptation?" Graham desires a road trip game based on anime Kino's Journey, whereas ...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 11 - Tacoma, The Shrouded Isle and comfort games from 2017-08-04T00:42:33

We're talking comfort games - things you play when you feel down, stressed or sick. Adam cosies up in his cottage in the Long Dark, Pip faffs around in Zelda, and Brendan renames characters in Fina...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 10 - Pyre, Dream Daddy and horror from 2017-07-27T00:21:52

The gang are talking horror in games this week, though not necessarily "horror games". Adam and Brendan are scared witless of the depths of Subnautica, while Pip likes the water just fine.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 9 - Sun Dogs, Black Crown and rubbish merchandise from 2017-07-20T01:06:35

The RPS team gather to talk merch, and why it's often a bit rubbish. Pip will regale you with a story about a hidden dagger, while Adam has his own bloody airport tale. Brendan doesn't have any mer...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 8 - Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, Slime Rancher and replayability from 2017-07-13T01:41:44

The RPS team talk "replayability". Why do we always go back to our comfort games? What makes something replayable? How many hours does Adam have in Crusader Kings II? (hint: a lot)

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 7 - Gamelab, Worlds Adrift and Get Even from 2017-07-06T01:44:06

Pip, Adam and Brendan gather to talk about the gossip from Barcelona's Gamelab, including tales from a RiME developer and the creator of the Cyberpunk 2020 pen and paper RPG. We've also been fallin...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 6 - Caveblazers, The Witcher 3 and Orcs Must Die! from 2017-06-28T23:15:13

The RPS team talk about the Steam summer sale and their respective piles of shame. Our editor Graham joins us to talk about his spelunking in Caveblazers, while Pip takes on the free-to-play Orcs M...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 5 - Frostpunk, Destiny 2 and Middle Earth: Shadow of War from 2017-06-22T03:16:22

Adam of the RPS podcast crew returns from E3 and we interrogate him about the games he's played, including Destiny 2, Frostpunk and Middle Earth: Shadow of War.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 4 - The E3 Special 2017 from 2017-06-15T03:57:06

We take on the tidal wave of news from E3 to talk about Beyond Good and Evil 2, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, Anthem, Sea of Thieves, Wolfenstein 2 and much more. We've so much news that we ne...

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 3 - RiME, Endless Space 2 and OrbLands from 2017-06-08T02:33:47

Pip, Adam and Brendan talk about sun-drenched platformer RiME, imperial strategy Endless Space 2 and some of the best board games from the UK Games Expo.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 2 - Friday the 13th, Gwent and CrossCells from 2017-06-01T18:54:18

Pip, Adam and Brendan talk about their E3 expectations, the multiplayer slasher Friday the 13th, Witcher card game Gwent and mathematical puzzler CrossCells.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 1 - Far Cry 5, Prey & Old Man's Journey from 2017-05-30T19:30:53

The Electronic Wireless Show makes a triumphant return!

Pip, Adam and Brendan talk about Far Cry 5's "Last Supper" image, the layoffs at Hitman developer IO Interactive, and the peaceful j...

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Electronic Wireless Show - IGF Special #4: Visual Storytelling from 2017-03-13T15:59:17

We chat to the creators of Hyper Light Drifter and Virginia about how to tell a story with no words

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Electronic Wireless Show - IGF Special #3: Sex from 2017-03-10T17:35

We have the makers of Ladykiller in a Bind and One Night Stand on to talk about sex in games and why it is usually so bad

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Electronic Wireless Show - IGF Special #2: Politics from 2017-03-09T15:55:04

This time we host the creators of Orwell and 1979 Revolution: Black Friday and talk to them about politics in games

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Electronic Wireless Show - IGF Special #1: Science Fiction from 2017-02-23T19:36:48

We gather the creators of Duskers, Event[0] and Quadrilateral Cowboy to talk about science fiction in games and the joy of pressing buttons on old machines.

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