The Electronic Wireless Show podcast episode 202: the best era changes 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 podcast episode 202: the best era changes in games special Time and time travel and art Podcast by Alice Bell Deputy Editor Published on Sept. 15, 2022 3 comments This week on the Electronic Wireless Show podcast we, prompted by friendly listener OurSuperior, talk about the best changes of eras in games. As you can imagine, this is an easier task for Nate than it is to me, because many of his favourite games are predicated around era changes. Thus I find myself in the position of arguing semantics. How the turn tables have turned. I'm able to win Nate around on at least one of my desperate bids to classify things that aren't eras as eras, although he does promptly shut me down on the most ridiculous one. It may surprise you to know that we don't actually talk about too many history games (although time travel comes up a lot). And stick around for a thrilling Cavern Of Lies. Will the Red Baron (me) be shot down at last? 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, an era-defining personage. Links Nate does indeed agree that Age Of Empires II has good eras (castle-ing is, after all, his whole thing), but gives a much longer shout out to the original soundtrack for Civilization 6 - with particular reference to the civ-specific song of Australia. I have to turn to time travel to talk about eras. In classic LucasArts adventure Day Of The Tentacle you have to solve puzzles accross time. Nate says this reminds him of the time travel level in Titanfall 2. We also talk about Immortality, which recreates different eras of film and film making, and Portal 2's precursor testing rooms. I try to convince Nate that Unpacking counts as having eras (successfully) and that making a really massive jigsaw in Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams has eras (unsuccessfully). Nate has fond memories of the Amiga RTS game Mega-Lo-Mania. Recommendations this week are The Daughter Of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia, and season 2 of Primal. 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 201: the best cinematics in games Lights! Camera! Loading... Alice Bell 1 month 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