The Electronic Wireless Show episode 196: the games we'd like to play for the first time again

[Lego Batman voice] First try!

I’m back from my holidays to record The Electronic Wireless Showpodcastonce again, and I’ve brought a reader email and a new tattoo of Murray from Monkey Island with me. These are both relevant, because the email from James suggests that we talk about the games that we’d like to play for the first time again - just erase them from our heads and encounter them anew. Thus, we discuss Lucasarts games like theMonkey Islandseries. See, I tied it all together.

In fact, I’m not sure if I’d wipe Monkey Island from my head or not, because I can’t be sure how much of my love for it is fuelled by nostalgia. Matthew has other concerns, though, because as is our usual fashion we spend some time discussing the question “what games would you play for the first time again?” more literally than is intended. What grave consequences would come from erasing certain things from your brain? What sort of person would co-host Nate be if he wiped the Civ games from his memory? Listen in to find out.

LinksJames the listener suggestsOuter Wildsas a great game to play for the first time again, and Matthew agrees.

I bring up puzzle games as candidates for this, because they don’t have a load of - if you’ll forgive the term - replayability. Like the more recentEscape Academy, or the aforementioned island of monkeys.

Nate would erase all of the Civ series, with the specific aim of being able to playCivilization Vfor the first time again.

I’d love to playMass Effect 2again, because of that bit where you do the thing and meet the person. You know. That bit.

Nate almost saysHorizon Zero Dawn, but instead decides on Minecraft.

Matthew points out thatHitmanis a game of levels that are lovely to explore for the first time (but he’d want to keep all his progress intact, which would be confusing).

We don’t talk aboutPortalbut just pretend we did.

Here’s myMurray tattoo.

Recommendationsthis week areStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,The Three Dahliasby Katy Watson, and to get an oyster mushroom growkit and stick it in your cupboard.