Warm-up act

Perhaps in hindsight, the clue was in the title. In games, ‘Founder’s Edition’ can be a loaded phrase; it’s often the label given to a bundle of cosmetics and currencies given to those who pony up for an early-access game. It’s a way to sweeten the pill of being one of the first through the door, on the ground floor, of a building that’s still under construction.

So it proves with Stadia’s Founders Edition, which notionally provides you with everything you need to get up and running on Google’s much-vaunted cloud-streaming game platform. Our pack contains a Chromecast Ultra, the