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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 91 - The post-Gamescom mop-up Aug 28, 2019

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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 lot more! Brendan, meanwhile has been monkeying around at home in Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey. Links: All our Gamescom 2019 coverage: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/gamescom-2019/ Angela Merkel is unwell: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/11/angela-merkel-sits-anthems-after-latest-shaking-episode The Longing is a 400-day game: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/game/the-longing/ The Eternal Cylinder looks wonderfully strange: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/08/16/the-endless-cylinder-launching-in-2020/ Seed is an ambitious MMO city builder: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/30/the-games-chasing-eves-vision-of-a-single-shard-mmo/ In Empire of Sin your gangsters can become serial killers: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/18/empire-of-sin-preview-e3-2019/ Spiritfarer is about ferrying souls to the afterlife: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/15/spiritfarer-looks-like-utterly-magical-heartbreak/ The Bloodlines 2 demo can be violent or talky: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/08/22/spend-30-minutes-in-the-company-of-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-2/ The Settlers is being rebooted: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/08/22/new-settlers-game-due-autumn-2019/ Humankind is a new upcoming 4X game: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/08/19/amplitude-studios-announce-humankind/ Kine is a puzzler about musical instruments: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/09/26/kine-is-a-beautiful-musical-puzzle-game-to-watch-out-for/ Atomicrops is like a twin-stick Stardew Valley: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/08/28/atomicrops-hands-on-the-twinstick-stardew-valley-game-you-didnt-know-you-wanted/ Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is not a great ape: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/08/26/ancestors-review/ Magnum's Cookie and Cream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kB_OV9SBiw Sorry to Bother You is a surreal comedy and very good: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5688932/

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 90 - The Gamescom 2019 warm-up Aug 14, 2019

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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. Alice is looking forward to playing some Watch Dogs Legion, and seeing how much Laaaaahndaaaan they can fit into their game. Matthew is eager to see the Cyberpunk 2077 demo that was shown at E3, to see what’s what. Links: Matthew and Brendan played Mount and Blade 2 at Gamescom last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ByrC0GoQrE& Matt played Watch Dogs: Legion at E3: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/14/watch-dogs-legion-does-a-good-lahndan-but-the-npcs-left-me-cold/ Desperadoes 3 looks interesting: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/08/21/desperados-3-announced/ Matt had problems with Cyberpunk 2077’s latest demo: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/12/cyberpunk-2077s-e3-demo-has-weak-gunplay-and-unimaginative-stereotypes/ The Longing is a 400-day game: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/24/the-best-games-from-a-maze-festival-in-berlin/ Alice’s Ritual of the Moon diary: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/12/ritual-of-the-moon-diary-day-one/ Empire of Sin is all about them gangsters: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/18/empire-of-sin-preview-e3-2019/ Steve Coogan gets off driving ban: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/aug/13/alan-partridge-saves-steve-coogan-from-lengthy-driving-ban Brendan’s Dicey Dungeons review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/08/13/dicey-dungeons-review/ Horace is a platformer about a sad robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESmao3XvT2E The Lehman Trilogy is good: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/13/the-lehman-trilogy-review-lyttelton-sam-mendes Midsummer Nights Dream has her from Game of Thrones: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jun/11/a-midsummer-nights-dream-review-bridge-theatre-london-gwendoline-christie-nicholas-hytner Kurzgesagt is doing a series about ants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_e0CA_nhaE

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 89 - Why we’re playing Streets Of Rogue Aug 07, 2019

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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 favourite characters, from a drug-addicted investment banker to a tiny naked body snatcher. Also, it’s Astrid’s first appearance! Well, her first time on the main pod, anyway. Plus, a special patch notes quiz! Links: Astrid is our new video person: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/07/17/welcome-astrid-johnson-the-newest-member-of-rps-video/ We can’t stop playing Streets Of Rogue: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/08/02/august-cant-stop-playing-streets-of-rogue/ Brendan’s Streets Of Rogue review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/07/19/streets-of-rogue-review/ The moment Nate swore to play Final Fantasy: https://youtu.be/qIu_e75a6qs?t=2361 Man and mantis can be friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0_NtUhOw_g Idles are the band that Astrid likes: https://www.youtube.com/user/Idlesband Follow Tony Hawk on Twitter, he’s good: https://twitter.com/tonyhawk

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 88 - Our favourite cities Jul 17, 2019

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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, Dave appreciates the big lights and fist fights of Kamurocho in Yakuza 0. We also talk about taxi murder-mystery game Night Call, the roguelike spaceship stormer Void Bastards, and another chaotic city in Streets of Rogue. Links: Everyday life in Yakuza’s Kamurocho: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/08/14/gallery-everyday-life-on-the-streets-of-yakuza-0/ The cat cafe is in Yakuza 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsuUSUsvRuE Outer Wilds is good, have you played it yet? Hurry up: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/05/29/outer-wilds-review/ A landscape designer inspects the gardens of Dunwall: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/02/dishonored-garden-design/ Matt’s Resident Evil 2 review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/22/resident-evil-2-review/ New York is cool in the Division: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/03/15/the-division-pc-review/ Have you played… Else Heart Break? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/20/have-you-played-else-heart-break/ Alice’s Night Call review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/07/17/night-call-review/ Graham’s review of Void Bastards: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/05/30/void-bastards-review/ Have you played… Streets of Rogue? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/01/12/have-you-played-streets-of-rogue/ Derry Girls is on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80238565 Fleabag is on BBC: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5687612/ The rise and fall of the English sentence: http://nautil.us/issue/54/the-unspoken/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-english-sentence Our reader’s favourite cities (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/rockpapershot/posts/2296969467055908 Our reader’s favourite cities (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kyotocosmology/status/1151102507738980357

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 87 - The best horses in games Jul 11, 2019

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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 likes Argo from Shadow of the Colossus, even though it’s NOT ON PC YOU IDIOT. And Sin Vega joins us for the first time to sing the praises of the woman who runs around like a horse in real life. Which is ALSO NOT A PC GAME. Honestly, gang, you have one job. Links: Sin Vega is our new staff writer: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/07/03/welcome-sin-vega-rpss-newest-staff-writer/ Unknown Pleasures is Sin’s regular column: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/unknown-pleasures/ Woman who can gallop like a horse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhlWbnl_qM Ostwind is the game about the 13-year-old with a horse and a crossbow: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/03/best-new-steam-games-august-2017/ The battle nug from Dragon Age: Inquisition: https://youtu.be/VoQY0j4SkY4?t=31 The bog unicorn: https://youtu.be/_ZeD1uyhlco?t=81 Have you played… Horse Master? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/12/have-you-played-horse-master/ Sin’s Chinese Parents review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/07/11/chinese-parents-review/ The Miami Showband Massacre on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/TITLE/80191046 Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7767021-who-fears-death The Mastermind by Evan Ratliff: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41181600-the-mastermind

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 86 - The shipping forecast Jul 04, 2019

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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. Brendan disagrees, putting Lara into a doomed relationship with Adam Jensen from Deus Ex. And Nate thinks the Stardew Valley protagonist would have a four-month affair with the engineer from Factorio. We’ve also been playing stuff. Brendan is clawing through rubbish bins in Pathologic 2. Alice L is enjoying the waves of The Sims 4: Island Living. And Nate has been off to the Baltic in both real life and in Crusader Kings 2. Nice. Links: Dance, Voldo, Dance: https://youtu.be/XNGjSll2_Uc No, they still make Matchmakers: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/search?query=matchmakers Alice L flipping out in The Sims 4 Island Living: https://youtu.be/6NPSlsSUGyc Our Battlefleet Gothic Armada II review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/24/battlefleet-gothic-armada-2-review/ Pathologic 2’s spooky train summoning: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/05/24/pathologic-2-train-summoning/ The spooky Twitter video that scared Alice L: https://twitter.com/angelachavezz/status/1146116162305970176 The Vocal Coach videos Alice L likes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CDCOdZKTU8 The Ants Man wot Nate likes, keeping them as pets: https://youtu.be/UUCoajYwo8s The Fixer by Barnard Malamud, just to remind you life is bad: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3066.The_Fixer

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 85 - The post-E3 breakdown Jun 27, 2019

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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 their favourite games from the show, their thoughts on the many E3 press conferences, and why it's all a bit cult-like, really. Games discussed: Ubisoft's roller derby-derived future sport Roller Champions, Obsidian's stop-getting-the-name-wrong open world RPG The Outer Worlds, and the turn-based tactics of Desperados 3. Plus we talk about Keanu Reeves, inevitably. Links: Roller Champions' E3 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PYfi7DqJZ8 Matt's The Outer Worlds preview from E3: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/17/the-outer-worlds-preview/ Matt's Desperados 3 preview from E3: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/19/desparados-3-preview/ Brendan and Matt's liveblogs of all the E3 press conferences: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/the-cheerer-and-the-jeerer/ All our E3 2019 coverage: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/e3-2019/

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 84 - What’s happening at E3 2019? Jun 06, 2019

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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. Halo Infinite has Brendan glancing furtively sideways. Alice B is pretending she hasn’t seen Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order when really she has. And Matt is bouncing his knee up and down with nervous excitement for his date with Cyberpunk 2077. Links: All the games confirmed for E3: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=688727 Cyberpunk 2077 demo from last year: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/08/28/cyberpunk-2077-gamescom-2018-gameplay-video/ Halo Infinite is coming to PC: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/06/10/halo-infinite-announced-returning-to-pc/ Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is coming out in November: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/13/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-emerges-from-hiding-this-november/ Watch Dogs 2 was good but probably didn’t need guns: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/12/06/watch-dogs-2-review-pc/ Xbox Games Pass for PC is a rental service basically: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/05/30/xbox-game-pass-the-monthly-subscription-games-buffet-is-coming-to-pc/ Bee Simulator is about being a bee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40x46MWPdOE What Elder Scrolls VI should fix: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/11/04/elder-scrolls-5-skyrim-sequel/ But it should be set in Elsweyr (supporters only): https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/06/18/the-elder-scrolls-vi-will-be-set-in-elsweyr/ Dragon Age 4 was supposed to be about wizard heists: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/09/before-a-2017-reboot-dragon-age-4-was-about-wizard-heists/ Matt’s Apex Legends review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/02/19/apex-legends-review/ Dino Crisis 2 was the best one: https://youtu.be/vaEMpf-9Z7s?t=4091 Outer Wilds is really good: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/05/29/outer-wilds-review/ But The Outer WORLDS isn’t out yet: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/03/26/the-outer-worlds-release-date-trailer-gameplay-setting-details/ Borderlands 3 is due out in September: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/03/borderlands-3-release-date-announced/ Vampire Bloodlines empowered Alice B by accident: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/03/15/vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-accidentally-gave-me-a-power-fantasy/ Watch Dogs 3 will be set in London: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/06/04/watch-dogs-3-will-be-set-in-london-says-rogue-amazon-listing/ Good Omens is a good TV adaptation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUJoR4vlIIs Technique Critique is about professionals pointing out bad movie scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUqeBMP8nEg So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed is a good book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22571552-so-you-ve-been-publicly-shamed

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Soundbyte, Episode 3 - Why sex games are important Jun 03, 2019

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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. Astrid speaks to Robert Yang, NYU arts professor and renowned gay video game developer about the homophobic portion of his audience. Christine Love talks about the importance of consent through dialogue in her BDSM visual novel Ladykiller in a Bind. And Kenzie Stargrifter shares her excitement about trans cyberpunk porn game Hardcoded. But let's ask them: what makes a good sex game? Links: Robert Yang’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/radiatoryang Hurt Me Plenty itch.io page: https://radiatoryang.itch.io/hurt-me-plenty Christine Love’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/christinelove Ladykiller in a Bind Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/560000/Ladykiller_in_a_Bind/ Kenzie Stargrifter’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/yoplatz Hardcoded Demo itch.io page: https://yoplatz.itch.io/hardcodeddemo My thoughts on Hardcoded: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/11/26/hardcoded-lets-trans-women-be-horny-without-being-a-fetish/ Tusks: The Orc Dating Sim itch.io page: https://hxovax.itch.io/orc-dating-sim

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 83 - Journeys of discovery May 30, 2019

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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 enjoys getting his flippers wet in Subnautica. But we’ve been playing some games that fit the theme too. Outer Wilds has got both Matthew and Brendan chewing their cheeks to tell people how good it is. Meanwhile Alice has been poking her head around another abandoned village in Draugen. Links: Sea of Thieves review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/23/sea-of-thieves-review-pc/ Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/04/15/everybodys-gone-to-the-rapture-pc-review/ Doom 2016 digress-o-review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/05/16/doom-review-pc/ Thi4f review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/24/thief-review/ Subnautica review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/01/24/subnautica-review/ Sub Culture is an old Ubisoft game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub_Culture Journey is out on PC soon: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/12/07/journey-pc-release-announced/ Outer Wilds review in words: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/05/29/outer-wilds-review/ Outer Wilds review in video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kYtnjmpPg4 Edge of Tomorrow is a good sci-fi Groundhog Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw61gCe2oqI Draugen is ut now: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/05/29/fjord-noir-mystery-adventure-draugen-is-out-now/ Chernobyl trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8 Dead To Me trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwYBw1raC2o Lingo by Gaston Dorren: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23534636-lingo

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