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#100: We give PC gaming a score Jun 25, 2020

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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 comforting certainty of math(s). Over the course of the episode, Matthew, Nate and special guest host Graham (hi) assign numerical scores to 100 games, and then average out the results to deliver a single, definitive score for the entirety of PC gaming. Full show notes: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/06/26/podcast-episode-100/ Discord: https://discord.gg/rockpapershotgun

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#99: The best bits from not-E3 Jun 18, 2020

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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 underway Steam Game Festival) we decided to behave like proper games journalists. We pick out some favourites and standouts from the Guerrilla Collective streams and the PC Gaming show – links to the complete roundups of every trailer and announcement can be found in the show notes. Discord: https://discord.gg/rockpapershotgun Full show notes: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/06/18/podcast-not-e3-best-bits/

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#98: June Halloween special Jun 12, 2020

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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 enjoy being afraid? Well, many people, obviously, so we thought Tom's suggestion was a good one. A lot of games come up, from The Evil Within to Soma to Chronicles Of Riddick. Talk about this episode on our Discord: https://discord.gg/rockpapershotgun Read the full show notes here: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/06/13/podcast-june-halloween-special/

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#97: Games to play while you listen to podcasts Jun 04, 2020

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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 to podcasts. Come, stand betwixt these two mirrors with us! Discord: https://discord.gg/rockpapershotgun Show notes: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/06/05/podcast-games-to-play-while-you-listen-to-podcasts

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#96: Our most wanted games this summer May 28, 2020

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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 approximately next January. We’re in a bit of a hopeful mood for this week’s podcast, so the gang discuss their most anticipated upcoming releases, as well as their most anticipated and/or hoped for reveals that might come from the 2020 digital events. Discuss this episode on our Discord: discord.gg/rockpapershotgun Links: Desperados III has a nice big trailer: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/05/20/desperados-3-gets-a-lengthy-gameplay-trailer-before-launch-next-month/ You can play a demo of Desperados III right this hot second: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/05/27/play-demos-for-desperados-3-and-system-shock-right-now-via-gog/ Iron Harvest had a multiplayer alpha last year: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/12/19/iron-harvest-preorder-alpha-released/ Alice is already well excited for Valhalla, and has been doing lots of speculation: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/04/30/7-things-i-demand-from-assassins-creed-valhalla/ Here are some sober facts about AC Valhalla: everything we know and all the release dates: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/05/19/assassins-creed-valhalla-release-date-gameplay-and-trailers-4/ Likewise, here’s everything we know about the cyberbants of Cyberpunk 2077: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/08/13/cyberpunk-2077-release-date-trailer-news-and-gameplay/ Nate is extremely excited for Horizon Zero Dawn to come to PC: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/01/17/5-reasons-im-desperate-for-horizon-zero-dawn-on-pc/ Here’s a preview of XCOM-but-gangsters game Empire Of Sin: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/09/empire-of-sin-is-looking-so-good-enough-it-should-be-illegal/ Here’s a preview of nice game about death Spiritfarer: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/07/08/spiritfarer-is-about-death-but-its-how-it-treats-life-that-makes-it-unusual/ Microsoft closed Lionhead Studios: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/04/29/lionhead-studios-closed/ Apple bought the company which made Kinect's 3D sensor: https://www.theverge.com/2013/11/24/5141416/apple-confirms-primesense-acquisition Age Of Empires IV has a trailer and not much else: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/11/14/age-of-empires-4-trailer-shows-off-its-medieval-setting/ Everything we know about Humankind, the challenger to Civ’s throne: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/08/27/humankind-release-date-trailer-gameplay-everything-we-know-about-amplitudes-new-4x-magnum-opus-2/ Bloodlines 2 release a very, very good new trailer: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/05/07/this-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2-trailer-has-come-to-dance/ One of our excellent videos on Baldur’s Gate 3, on 15 features you didn’t see in the public demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0mdQF92N_w Dragon Age 4 teases dragons, won’t be out for ages: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/12/07/dragon-age-4-teaser-trailer/ Nate’s Dwarf Fortress Basement Of Curiosity: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/the-basement-of-curiosity/ A peek at Dwarf Fortress’s non-ASCII look: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/03/27/heres-a-preview-of-dwarf-fortress-texture-overhaul/ This week Matthew recommends The Borrowed by Chan Ho-Kei: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30119105-the-borrowed Nate corruptly recommends his own book: https://twitter.com/FrogCroakley/status/1265306814150848512 And Alice recommends making your own pizza: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/no-yeast-pizza-dough

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#95: Happy birthday, Geralt of Rivia! May 21, 2020

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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 most favoured baby (until later this year, at least). Join Alice Bee, VidBud Matthew and Nate as they discuss how Geralt would do on Come Dine With Me, if he’d be alright to have a pint with, and also maybe the game itself a bit. Discuss this episode on our Discord: https://discord.gg/rockpapershotgun Links: The Witcher 3 is going cheap for the next couple of weeks, if you don't have it yet: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/05/19/the-witcher-sales-on-steam-and-gog/ Nate is fairly certain he knows the plot of The Witcher 3 now: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/05/19/i-am-fairly-certain-this-is-the-plot-of-the-witcher-3/ Alice likes The Witcher 3 more if she ignores almost all of The Witcher 3: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/05/19/the-witcher-3-is-most-fun-if-you-ignore-almost-all-of-the-witcher-3/ Matt enjoyed the Blood And Wine DLC almost as much as Matthew: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/05/19/the-witcher-3s-blood-and-wine-dlc-puts-geralt-where-he-truly-belongs/ Our original review from all those years ago: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/05/29/the-witcher-3-review-pc/ And the review for Blood And Wine, which Matthew says is the best DLC for anything ever: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/05/25/the-witcher-3-blood-and-wine-review/ The best thing that has ever happened on television happened on Come Dine With Me: https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/scene-by-scene-come-dine-with-me-658079 This week Alice recommends The Last Dance documentary: https://www.netflix.com/title/80203144 Matthew recommends the ultraviolence of Gangs Of London: https://www.sky.com/watch/gangs-of-london And Nate recommends putting Bovril over your roast potatoes just before you take them out of the oven: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovril Get these links and more on the RPS site: https://wp.me/pkbbD-3vot

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#94: Gears Tactics vs. XCOM: Chimera Squad May 07, 2020

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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 we all need a chat with mates at this difficult time, we’re just having a nice chat about the games we’re playing every week. This time: Gears Tactics vs. XCOM Chimera Squad, and family bonding in Sea Of Thieves. Plus: the best way to store a body in a freezer chest, the secret to delicious veggie mince, and the best Scampi merch. Discuss this episode on our Discord: https://discord.gg/rockpapershotgun Links: Nate's Gears Tactics review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/04/27/gears-tactics-review/ Ways gears tactics will appeal to Gears fans as well as XCOM fans: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/04/02/gears-tactics-will-appeal-to-xcom-fans-and-classic-gears-of-war-fans-alike/ Matthew's video review of Gears Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaOPS7L882c XCOM: Chimera Squad's surprise announcement: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/04/14/theres-a-brand-new-xcom-spin-off-coming-out-next-week/ Matt (Cox)'s Chimera Squad review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/04/23/xcom-chimera-squad-review/ Firaxis talking about taking XCOM in a new direction: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/04/24/firaxis-on-taking-xcom-in-a-new-direction-with-xcom-chimera-squad/ VidBud Colm's Chimera Squad video review: https://youtu.be/ELjfi0KlwR4 The VidBuds' Sea Of Thieves Stream: https://youtu.be/g8TmL28f1xU Sea Of Theives' original review, back in 2018: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/23/sea-of-thieves-review-pc/ Sea Of Thieves' most recent update (feat. cats): https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/04/22/recruit-a-kitty-as-your-first-mate-in-sea-of-thieves-ships-of-fortune-update-today/

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#93: Why we can't stop playing Wilmot's Warehouse Sep 18, 2019

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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 can't remember what boxes Nate likes. Probably eggs. Links: We can't stop playing Wilmot's Warehouse: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/09/cant-stop-playing-wilmots-warehouse/ Nate's Wilmot's Warehouse review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/11/wilmots-warehouse-review/ The posters of the warehouse: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/12/wilmots-warehouses-motivational-posters-are-a-deadpan-anti-reward/ It's a language game, says Philosophy Matt: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/04/wilmots-warehouse-is-a-language-game-please-discuss/ The timelapses are cool: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/02/timelapses-in-wilmots-warehouse-are-supremely-satisfying/ Wasteland Baby by Hozier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSye8OO5TkM&list=PL9tY0BWXOZFtpgUO2E_VBDIMKrNZuLU5f The Mind Explained is on Netflix and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzZTTHbj-8 F***ing rawwwwwwww: https://youtu.be/id-M2S5JyC8?t=6

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Heroes of the Brinelands, ep 165 - Waking up in Snarlgrove Sep 12, 2019

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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 themselves waking up in the cavernous city-state of Snarlgrove, nursing some terrible hangovers. Can Nate, Astrid and Alice B uncover the events of their previous night in the settlement? Or did they get so blackout wasted that it's impossible to tell? As usual, the only way to find out is to listen along.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 92 - It's a family thing Sep 06, 2019

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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 magical tales of the Finch family in What Remains of Edith Finch. We've also been playing stuff. Children of Morta continues the family theme with some dungeon crawling. Gears 5 has some mother-daughter tension as well. And Ghost Recon Breakpoint ... well, I guess a special ops squad is like a family? Links: The Sims 4 new mermaid DLC: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/21/the-sims-4-island-living-expansion-released/ What Remains of Edith Finch is good: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/24/what-remains-of-edith-finch-review/ The Mishima family is complicated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozjp_TcB2EA Hong and Kong: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49603717 Alice B liked A Plague Tale: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/05/13/a-plague-tale-innocence-review/ Sin's review of Children Of Morta: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/05/children-of-morta-review/ Valhalla is a cyberpunk bartending game: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/06/21/va-11-hall-a-review/ Matthew's Gears 5 review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/04/gears-5-pc-review/ Matt and Brendy played some Ghost Recon Breakpoint: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/09/05/the-first-couple-of-hours-with-ghost-recon-breakpoints-beta/ Money Heist is on Netflix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvCdLmxnkj0 Green Leaf is on Netflix too I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVIgWhOrWes Skateboard Bruh delivers Uber Eats on a skateboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvcuEHa4BIo

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