If you ask how to be cool you’ve already failed
You know who’s cool? You, obviously, for listening to the Electronic Wireless Showpodcast. This week we’re talking about games that make us feel like proper cool people, just like you - who, I emphasise again, are a very cool person. Matthew is not cool enough to be here this week, but I am joined by Nate, who is the king of cool (and crabs).
There’s a Cavern Of Lies to test Nate’s coolness, and we check in with Henry “The Vit” Cavill, but first, of course, we must litigate the different kinds of cool we feel, what counts as cool, and which games make us feel the coolest.
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Music is by Jack de Quidt.
LinksNate opens strong withCrab Fight, a game about crab’s fighting.
Big discussion of the relative coolness of stealth sims likeHitman,DishonoredandDeus Ex. There’s a bit of theBatman Arkhamgames in there, and evenShadow Of Mordoras well.
Is it cool to be just, like, a cool adventurer? Kratos inGod Of Waris pretty cool, as are the fabulous Drake brothers inUncharted.
Nate does actually find a way to talk aboutAge Of Empires II, which is fair, because he became pretty good at competetive play. Games likeFactorioallow you to master complexities as well.
What about well hard games? My favourite soulslike isBloodborne.
I continue my streak of mentioningSaturnaliaevery week by describing how finishing horror games makes me feel cool.
We talk about how it’s cool to be smart, but not cool to want people to think you’re smart.Genesis Noiris the former.
Recommendationsthis week are Jenny Nicholson’s almost four-hour video essay on sort-of-cancelled theme parkEvermore, and 80s window sales sitcomWhite Gold.
