Best laid plans
This week the Electronic Wireless Showpodcastis talking about our favourite heists. Although we start with a bit of confusion because I changed the topic too late and Matthew didn’t notice. Yes: I successfully pulled off a truth heist!
As well as talking a lot about heists in games, we discuss whether or not most crimes are heists. For example, theft in general is just spicy picking up, and murder is a soul heist. Matthew clues us in on what it was like to work for a secret shopper company, and Nate tells us about his repeat of his annual Eat Every Thing In Lord Of The Rings watch-along. Will this result in his daughter blocking memories? Only time will tell.
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Music is by Jack de Quidt.
LinksWe spend quite a lot of time talking aboutSpy Party, which is a very good game for two friends (or enemies) to play.
Matthew fondly remembers the New York level fromHitman 2, in which you heist stuff from a bank.
All of those stealth immersive sim games -Thief,Dishonored,Deus Ex- are all very heisty.
Desperados 3is, arguably, also a heist game, particularly one level where you wake up extremely hung over and figure out that a bank robbery has happened.
GTA VandRed Dead Redemption? Lousy with heists. The heists in GTA are potentially the best bits of the game.
We also briefly discuss thePay Dayseries, which none of us really understand.
Recommendationsthis week areLast One Standing, a Documental-adjacent Japanese game show starring comedians, the charityBooks Beyond Bars(or similar US-based charities likeBooks Through Bars), and the dinosaur-themed graphic novelEuropasaurus.
