Electronic Wireless Show

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 29 - The party podcast Jan 17, 2018

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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 Brendan will always adore the playdough wrestlers of Gang Beasts. But it's also a minigame special. We've got two new quizzes. One called Pure Steamin' and the other called, er, Patch Alice. What a good party.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 28 - Our list of demands for 2018 Jan 03, 2018

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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 creativity from big developers, but also Pathologic 2. Alec desires something that will confound and delight him as much as Twin Peaks. And Brendan wants a large city to explore, maybe Cyberpunk 2077. Our listeners also shout their demands, making the list quite a long one. But you had better deliver, 2018. Or else. Links: Dead Cells was our game of the year: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/25/best-pc-games-of-2017/25/ Steam's 100 bestselling games of 2017: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/01/02/biggest-steam-games-2017/ Platinum self-publishing games of their own: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/01/03/platinumgames-self-publishing/ Have you played... Anatomy? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/10/23/have-you-played-anatomy/ The games that channel Twin Peaks: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/03/twin-peaks-games/ The Pathologic remake is called Pathologic 2 for some reason: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/31/pathologic-remake-renamed-pathologic-2/ Prey review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/09/prey-review/ Adam loves the skill trees of Kingdom Come: Deliverance: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/27/kingdom-come-deliverance-skill-trees/ The annual screening of Jaws on a lake in the US: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/this-is-surely-the-best-way-to-watch-jaws-10363456.html Have you played... Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/01/03/have-you-played-metal-gear-rising-revengeance/

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 27 - The worst games of the year Dec 13, 2017

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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 survival game Rokh. But Matt can't bring himself to call any game terrible, not even Star Wars Battlefront 2. It's not all negative vibes, however. We've also been smiling at pretty and poignant Gorogoa, climbing a mountain in Getting Over It, and shooting our way through Destiny 2's Curse of Osiris expansion. Links: Edith Finch is good, actually: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/24/edith-finch-secret-stories/ Star Wars Battlefront 2 multiplayer review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/21/star-wars-battlefront-2-multiplayer-review/ Mass Effect Andromeda review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/20/mass-effect-andromeda-review/ Don't play Agents of Mayhem: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/15/agents-of-mayhem-review/ Or martian survival game Rokh: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/23/review-rokh-early-access/ Play Empyrion: Galactic Survival instead: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/10/10/empyrion-galactic-survival-review-early-access/ Podcast chat about Need For Speed Payback: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/16/podcast-star-wars-battlefront-2-and-need-for-speed-payback/ Consider not playing House Party: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/14/so-you-could-consider-maybe-not-playing-house-party/ Caveblazers is good, shame about the ending: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/05/31/caveblazers-review/ We took a real comedian to Comedy Night: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/04/ridealong-a-real-comedian-goes-to-comedy-night/ Beat Cop review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/28/beat-cop-review/ Ghost Recon Wildlands review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/10/ghost-recon-wildlands-review-pc/ Fortnite's 50 vs 50 mode is good, says Fraser: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/12/fortnite-battle-royales-new-mode-needs-to-be-a-fixture/ Gorogoa is magic, says John: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/12/gorogoa-review/ Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris trailer: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/01/destiny-2-curse-of-osiris-trailer/ Bungie admit Destiny 2 endgame was daft: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/12/bungie-admit-their-plans-arent-working-and-address-endgame-destiny-2-content-lockout/ Matt tries Getting Over It: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/07/getting-over-it-is-out-now-watch-me-flail-and-fail-in-it/ And so does Brendan: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/12/getting-over-it-with-matt-and-brendan/

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 26 - The most overlooked games of 2017 Dec 07, 2017

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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 unsettling tales of Stories Untold. Brendan just wants more people to slap in skinny biffing game Absolver. We've also been playing the magical realist family chronicle What Remains of Edith Finch and naval tactical battler Mare Nostrvm. Links: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/12/hellblade-senuas-sacrifice-review/ Stories Untold review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/28/stories-untold-review/ The joy of Absolver's fight clubs: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/21/absolver-social-combat/ Absolver's most insulting move is a slap: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/09/11/absolver-slap-how-to-learn/ Get Even review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/30/get-even-review/ Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/07/26/zero-escape-zero-time-dilemma-review/ Tim looks at Mare Nostrvm: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/10/the-flare-path-never-mind-the-rollocks/ What Remains of Edith Finch review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/24/what-remains-of-edith-finch-review/

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 25 - The PC games to look forward to in 2018 Nov 30, 2017

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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 Hunter World. And Brendan forgot all about the surreal isometric detective game No Truce With The Furies. We've also got some chat about viking strategy Northgard and some more love for FTL follow-up Into The Breach. Plus, our quiz Patch Adam is back! Links: Surreal detective game No Truce With The Furies: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/13/no-truce-with-the-furies/ Turning dinos into pants in Monster Hunter World: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/09/01/monster-hunter-world-preview-pc/ Anthem looks borrrrring: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/11/anthem-e3-2017-reveal-trailer/ But Frostpunk looks good: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/26/frostpunk-preview-survival/ The Crew 2 is accidentally a transformers game: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/12/the-crew-2-e3-gameplay-trailer/ A road trip in The Crew: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/09/20/the-crew-free-road-trip/ Phoenix Point is XCOM man's new game: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/06/14/phoenix-point-new-xcom-julian-gollop/ Cyberpunk 2077 doesn't have a release date :( but looks good: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/10/06/cyberpunk-2077-release/ Civilization VI's Rise and Fall expansion is out next year: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/28/civilization-6-rise-and-fall-expansion-details/ Adam loves Kingdom Come: Deliverance's skill trees: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/27/kingdom-come-deliverance-skill-trees/ My Summer Car review (early access): https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/11/07/my-summer-car-early-access-review/ Into The Breach is ace, so say we all: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/27/into-the-breach-preview-tactics/ So is Northgard: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/02/27/northgard-review-early-access/

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 24 - Into The Breach, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds and "running away" Nov 22, 2017

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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 only *pretends* to run away in Playerunknown's Battlegrounds. We also have some Quickfire Questions with Zach Barth of Zachtronics about their alchemy-based puzzler Opus Magnum. Links: How do Alien Isolation's lockers work? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/12/18/alien-isolation-lockers/ Overwatch's cowardly hacker, Sombra: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/11/04/overwatch-hero-sombra-finally-revealed-in-animation/ Outlast 2 review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/24/outlast-2-review/ Have you played... Metal Gear Solid V? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/09/20/have-you-played-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain/ Have you played... Company of Heroes? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/28/have-you-played-company-of-heroes/ How Rimworld generates great stories: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/08/12/how-rimworld-generates-great-stories/ NEO Scavenger's scrappy, excellent combat: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/12/06/best-combat-2014-neo-scavenger/ Opus Magnum interview with Zach Barth (article): https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/22/opus-magnum-interview-zach-barth/ Opus Magnum interview with Zach Barth (podcast): https://soundcloud.com/rockpapershotgun/electronic-wireless-show-the-opus-magnum-interview Into The Breach is smart and tense: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/03/01/into-the-breach-details-preview/ Playerunknown's Battlegrounds adds vaulting to test servers: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/13/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-climbing-vaulting-on-test-servers-tonight/ Spelunky 2 is happening: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/30/spelunky-2-announced/

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Electronic Wireless Show - The Opus Magnum Interview Nov 22, 2017

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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 stint at Valve and the reasons he sold his studio.

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 23 - Star Wars: Battlefront 2 and Need For Speed Payback Nov 15, 2017

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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. Links: Need For Speed Payback is really very terrible indeed: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/14/need-for-speed-payback-review/ ‘We don’t attempt to be too serious’, says Need For Speed developer: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/25/need-for-speed-payback-preview/ Have you played… Burnout Paradise? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/10/21/best-burnout-game/ EA respond to loot crate concerns: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/13/ea-respond-to-star-wars-battlefront-2-loot-crate-concerns/ Battlefront 2 cuts hero unlock costs: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/14/star-wars-battlefront-2-hero-unlock-costs-reduced/ For Honor ups steel rewards after threatened boycott: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/02/for-honor-update-increases-steel-rewards/ A Way Out, the co-op prison escape game: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/10/a-way-out-prison-game/

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 22 - Call of Duty WWII and Assassin's Creed Origins Nov 08, 2017

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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, Brendan has concocted a war-based quiz game. There's also time to horse around in the ancient Egypt of Assassin's Creed Origins, which has psychic eagles, glittering unicorns and a nice photography mode. Links: Call of Duty WWII single player review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/03/call-of-duty-ww2-review/ Call of Duty WWII multiplayer review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/08/call-of-duty-ww2-multiplayer-review/ Wolfenstein 2 review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/26/wolfenstein-2-the-new-colossus-review-pc/ Assassin's Creed: Origins review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/01/assassins-creed-origins-review-pc/ The photo mode is real good: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/02/assassins-creed-origins-photo-mode/ But the animals are weird: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/30/assassins-creed-origins-humanoid-animal-bug/

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Electronic Wireless Show Ep 21.5 - The Sick Day 'Special' Nov 01, 2017

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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 misadventure. Arma 3 is a realistic military sim. But one of its mods, Altis Life, is a strange world in which players become police officers, ambulance drivers and outlaws. In this Ridealong, Brendan joins one of the island's bandits on a cross-country jaunt that ends, unsurprisingly, in bloodshed. Links: A written version of the Arma 3 ridealong: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/10/16/altis-life-my-ridealong-with-a-rebel/ All our Ridealongs: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/ridealong/

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