Console Generation

Console Generation is an Italian video game show with the rhythm of a live room rather than a tidy review desk. It is built around Raffaele Cinquegrana and Andrea Facchinetti talking through what they have played, watched, noticed, and argued with during the week. The show often begins with music. That choice matters. A track from Cairn, Tokyo Xtreme Racer, MIO: Memories In Orbit, Chainstaff, or Romeo is a Dead Man can become a doorway into mood, memory, composer credits, old hardware, and the reason a game has stuck in someone’s head. From there, the conversation moves quickly. One moment may be about Switch 2 exclusives, anime-styled animation, stealth design, or a Nintendo Direct. The next may land on Italian indie events, Warhammer games, VR, survival horror, or the problem of replaying a demo section already known by heart. The reviewing style is practical and sensory. Combat can be called confusing because enemies pin the player down and effects hide the action. A soundtrack can be praised because it evokes PC Engine shooters and metal-heavy arcade memories. A game can be interesting but too full of itself. That bluntness is part of the appeal. Console Generation also has a comic collector streak. Its marketplace-listing segments turn loose cables, battered handhelds, misspelled "joystick" listings, plastic bags of old consoles, and overconfident descriptions into running theatre. The humor is not polished. It depends on timing, interruption, exasperation, and the feeling that chat is watching the same strange evidence. Nostalgia gives the show depth without freezing it in the past. Dreamcast, PS Vita, PSP, Xbox 360, PC Engine, and old arcade animation references sit beside new releases and current showcases. The result is a show for players who want opinions grounded in hours played, not press-copy smoothness. It is especially good when the hosts let a tangent breathe, then snap back to the game with a concrete judgment.