The Electronic Wireless Show S2 Episode 26: is it okay to call games 'retro'?

Would ‘vintage’ be better?

Welcome once again to The Electronic Wireless Show podcast. We’re discussing current things about old things this week, asBayonettaman Hideki Kamiya reveals he’snot super fond of the term ‘retro’when applied to games. We discuss his comments, and what retro even means anyway, as well as what kind of games count as retro. Who even knows? Definitions are a jail, man.

James brings good tidings regarding the Steamdeck in two different ways, and has a grim beans metaphor to clarify it, while the what we’re playing section allows for another opportunity to talk aboutBaldur’s Gate 3, which is the thing everyone is talking about (it’s so hot right now).

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Music is by Jack de Quidt.

LinksWe don’t actually talk about a lot of different games this week but:

What We’ve Been Playing This WeekStillBaldur’s Gate 3for me, but James has been taking it sort of retro? I guess? I don’t know. Whatever - he’s been playingPortal: Prelude RTX, the fancy shmancy RTX update tothe fan-made mod.

Recommendationsthis week areTMNT: Mutant Mayhem(a genuinely fantastic film, don’t be put off by the “from Seth Rogan”), andHayman’s Ginand the many flavours thereof.