The Electronic Wireless Show episode 194: the best towers in games special Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The Electronic Wireless Show episode 194: the best towers in games special The bigger they are, the harder they fall Podcast by Alice Bell Deputy Editor Published on July 14, 2022 2 comments Matthew is away this week, which leaves me and Nate to take over The Electronic Wireless Show podcast and turn it into a big ol' tower with loads of flamethrowers. That's because we're talking about our favourite towers in games. This means we need to draw a distinction between towers (the gamified concept as most popularly complained about in Ubisoft games) and towers (the architectural thing). Luckily, games have a lot of both. Meanwhile, Nate's fish issue (fisssue?) is growing worse, I am enjoying the local acts performing on the summer bandstand, and we talk about Lord Of The Rings and Lord Of The Rings related things. What fantasy creature would you like to conjure into real-life existence? We both said orc. Watch on YouTube To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings You can listen on Spotify, or above, or go straight to Soundcloud where you can download it for later. You can also now discuss the episode on our Discord channel, which has a dedicated room for podcast chat. You can also get the RSS feed here or find it on iTunes, Stitcher or Pocket Casts. Music is by Jack de Quidt, who has probably climbed some impressively tall towers. Links Starting inspiration this week is Horizon Zero Dawn, which has towers that are big metal satellite dish giraffes. Nate has a lot of affection for girders, in particular the girders in a tower in Metro Exodus and Far Cry 3. Speaking of Ubisoft, how do we feel about Ubisoft towers? Because I think they're good, and they're also good in games not made by Ubisoft, when people kind of don't notice they exist. You can find towers as far apart as New York in Spider-Man, and Middle-earth in Shadow Of Mordor. By the way, if we're being cheeky with our definition of game towers, remember The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers game? Necrosmith is a recent (in fact, not technically out yet but I played the demo) tower defense game where you make a lil zombie army. Shout out to the Facing Worlds level of Unreal Tournament, and Slay The Spire, which is a very good tower that everyone loves. Recommendations this week are to check out the work of Dublin-based artist Ciara Mulherin and the true crime podcast by chilled out ex-marine MrBallen. More Podcasts The Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 204: the best eco-themed games in games We are the world Alice Bell 1 day ago 3 Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 203: the best villainous breakdowns in games special Stay still while I monologue at you Alice Bell 1 week ago 2 Ultimate Audio Bang #25: was Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer beta any good? Expect lots of nerdy COD chat Ed Thorn 2 weeks ago The Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 202: the best era changes in games special Time and time travel and art Alice Bell 4 weeks ago 3 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here