{"id":19107,"date":"2013-03-21T21:28:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T02:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=19107"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:00:44","slug":"diecast-5-simcity-saints-row-4-tress-fx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=19107","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #5: SimCity, Saint&#8217;s Row 4, Tress FX"},"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>And it&#8217;s another one of these things that we seem to be doing.<\/p>\n<p><!--Remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast5.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast5.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast5.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast5.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast5.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\/b4QWFbBS#gu3XlPCPXM3xO7sjjIkc5W-7yEPhnvkPuettJQdNUlQ!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/b4QWFbBS#gu3XlPCPXM3xO7sjjIkc5W-7yEPhnvkPuettJQdNUlQ\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/rtZGxbLL#F1XPgouw8larQ5STMz2ex_75O2kYpo13dKFhSwbMeDs\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>01:30<\/strong> <em>What&#8217;s everyone doing?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Josh is watching movies. When I said &#8220;Liam Neesons&#8221; it was a reference to <a title=\"Key &amp; Peele: Liam Neesons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/video-clips\/xwnjlx\/key-and-peele-liam-neesons\">this Key &amp; Peele sketch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chris is playing <a title=\"Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdoms_of_Amalur:_Reckoning\">Kingdoms of Amalur<\/a>, and various flavors of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tomb_raider\">Tomb Raider<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uncharted\">Uncharted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rutskarn has once again run aground on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knights_of_the_Old_Republic_II\">Knights of the Old Republic II<\/a>. He&#8217;s also playing <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fallout_New_Vegas\">Fallout: New Vegas<\/a> with ALL THE MODS.<\/p>\n<p>Shamus is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antichamber-game.com\/\">Antichamber<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tomb_Raider_(2013_video_game)\">Tomb Raider<\/a>. We talked about Adventure for the Atari 2600. <a href=\"http:\/\/my.ign.com\/atari\/adventure\">You can actually play that in a browser window these days<\/a>. He&#8217;s also playing <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sonic_%26_All-Stars_Racing_Transformed\">Sonic &amp; All-Stars Racing Transformed<\/a>. No really. (And this is the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/207890\/\">Football Manager<\/a> game we referenced.)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>26:30<\/strong> <em>SIM CITY IS STILL A STORY WHEN WILL THE NIGHTMARE END?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is a partial list of stupid, broken problems in SimCity from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/2013\/03\/13\/simcitys-sims-dont-seem-that-smart-after-all\/\">Rock, Paper, Shotgun<\/a>. And another at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/articles\/view\/editorials\/10241-SimCity-Is-Broken-And-Its-Not-Just-the-Servers\">The Escapist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ACdu1ho2Ic4\">Here is a video demonstrating how you can build a massive city with only residential zoning<\/a>. No jobs. No places to buy things. No public services. Nothing. And it grows to a massive size.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/game\/simcity-2013\/2630\">Here is the initial glowing review of SimCity<\/a> on Polygon that was later altered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>45:00<\/strong> <em>Saint&#8217;s Row 4 Trailer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The trailer we&#8217;re talking about is this one:<\/p>\n<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ax5lfDVjF3w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ax5lfDVjF3w'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4en7BHcoSC4\">Deadpool Trailer<\/a> that gets dragged into the discussion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>54:15<\/strong> <em>Tress FX in Tomb Raider<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sj3YXSG2OuI\">a video of Tress FX<\/a> in action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And it&#8217;s another one of these things that we seem to be doing. 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