{"id":19368,"date":"2013-04-10T09:38:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T14:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=19368"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:57:54","slug":"diecast-8-nissan-leaf-dlc-thief-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=19368","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #8: Nissan Leaf DLC, Thief, Mailbag"},"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>In this episode we&#8217;re still talking about SimCity. We also discuss Thief, the Oculus Rift, and Lucasarts before we finally get around to answering some of your emails.<\/p>\n<p><!--Remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast8.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast8.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast8.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast8.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast8.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\/flIyhS7b#W5LbI_M9KkcOvhv1xV_tEtKh3A1tLPa5W18YkdXRK-c!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/flIyhS7b#W5LbI_M9KkcOvhv1xV_tEtKh3A1tLPa5W18YkdXRK-c\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/30o0hRjR#EJlLd21_HOtWqyQraT3c0kiWcRYuxW48o65Qc-cUl-o\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>00:30<\/strong> <em>What&#8217;s everyone playing?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Josh is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crusaderkings.com\/\">Crusader Kings II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chris is playing <a title=\"DLC Quest\" href=\"http:\/\/goingloudstudios.com\/games\/dlc-quest\/\">DLC Quest<\/a>. But mostly he&#8217;s been working on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=GJ2cSKBFBDQ\">the latest Errant Signal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rutskarn has just finished up BioShock Infinite.<\/p>\n<p>Shamus is playing <a title=\"DLC Quest\" href=\"http:\/\/goingloudstudios.com\/games\/dlc-quest\/\">DLC Quest<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomaswasalone.com\/\">Thomas was Alone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kerbalspaceprogram.com\/\">Kerbal Space Program<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com\/agegate\">Battlefield Bad Company 2<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurotrucksimulator2.com\/\">Euro Truck Simulator 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We brought up the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technobuffalo.com\/2013\/04\/09\/team-fortress-2-oculus-rift-gameplay\/\">Oculus Rift<\/a>, which is worth reading about. This is the next big technology I&#8217;m eager to try. I know VR headsets have failed in the past, but this one seems to be solving those long-standing usability problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:25<\/strong> The horrible SimCity news of the week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/2013\/04\/02\/simcity-dlc-nissan-leaf\/\">The Nissan Leaf Charging station DLC<\/a>. 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