{"id":18984,"date":"2013-03-07T18:51:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T23:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=18984"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:01:26","slug":"diecast-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=18984","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #3: Jarenth, PS4, Elder Scrolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><table   class=\"\" cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' align='center'><tr><td><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/splash_diecast.jpg' class='insetimage'   alt='splash_diecast.jpg' title='splash_diecast.jpg'\/><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>With Shamus out for the week, I host and Jarenth guest stars on this exciting installment of the Diecast!<\/p>\n<p><!--Remove original podcast embed<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast3.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast3.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast3.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast3.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast3.ogg'>Direct download<\/a> (ogg Vorbis)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/mbafford-static.s3.amazonaws.com\/diecast.xml'>Podcast RSS feed.<\/a><\/small><br \/>--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/Ok4mHYCB#Quu4bTbE7EpXvSKmWvwBksAqkZl1qAgMYgEAbdfvKz0!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/Ok4mHYCB#Quu4bTbE7EpXvSKmWvwBksAqkZl1qAgMYgEAbdfvKz0\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/705FwTRS#P-JY5AEdqWYJa5rntP8IlE4Dw5eTZgDQu8kWek-mz08\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now for the show notes, complete with the oft-requested timestamps!<\/p>\n<p>00:15 &#8211; We talk about what we&#8217;ve been doing for the past week. Shamus is a zombie, Chris is a Tomb Raider, Rutskarn is Homestuck, Jarenth&#8217;s lost in Echo Bazaar, and I&#8217;ve been set on the Path of Exile.<\/p>\n<p>15:55 &#8211; Everything and more about the Playstation 4 announcement, and in particular, the implication that &#8220;more polygons = stronger emotional connection.&#8221; And if you don&#8217;t want to watch the whole thing, VideoGamerTV made a helpful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0rJDn0jRnUQ\">abridged version of the conference<\/a> that has basically everything that&#8217;s important in it.<\/p>\n<p>33:00 &#8211; We discuss the closure of Civilization World and what it can tell us about the state of Social Games, and how it compares to a similar collapse of the MMO space.<\/p>\n<p>48:00 &#8211; Crytek jumps on the free-to-play bandwagon and is also very bad at naming things. 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