Time and time travel and art
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 theRed Baron(me) be shot down at last?
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Music is by Jack de Quidt.
LinksNate does indeed agree thatAge Of Empires IIhas good eras (castle-ing is, after all, his whole thing), but gives a much longer shout out to the original soundtrack forCivilization 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 adventureDay Of The Tentacleyou have to solve puzzles accross time. Nate says this reminds him of the time travel level inTitanfall 2.
We also talk aboutImmortality, which recreates different eras of film and film making, andPortal 2’s precursor testing rooms.
I try to convince Nate thatUnpackingcounts as having eras (successfully) and that making a really massive jigsaw inJigsaw Puzzle Dreamshas eras (unsuccessfully).
Nate has fond memories of the Amiga RTS game Mega-Lo-Mania.
Recommendationsthis week areThe Daughter Of Doctor Moreauby Silvia Moreno Garcia, andseason 2 of Primal.
