{"id":19506,"date":"2013-04-23T02:28:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T07:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=19506"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:53:36","slug":"diecast-10-simtoothpaste-mmo-permadeath-and-more-graphics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=19506","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #10: SimToothpaste, MMO Permadeath, and More Graphics"},"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>Josh couldn&#8217;t make it this week. My USB headset broke and my backup evidently has a white noise generator built into it. I did the editing. We forgot to do the mailbag segment. So basically, this episode features the usual level of polish and professionalism you&#8217;ve come to expect from us. 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We we be doing a hangout on Thursday, April 25 at 7pm Eastern Time. (Which works out to midnight on Friday morning, GMT.) I&#8217;ll post links and give a heads-up when the show is ready to go live.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>00:30<\/strong> <em>What&#8217;s Everyone Playing?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shamus is playing Thief 2 and Thief 3.<\/p>\n<p>Chris is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/jayisgames.com\/games\/surgeon-simulator-2013\/\">Surgeon Simulator 2013<\/a>. Which he says is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foddy.net\/Athletics.html\">QWOP<\/a> meets <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trauma_Center_(series)\">Trauma Center<\/a>. Also he&#8217;s playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starseedpilgrim.com\/\">Starseed Pilgrim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rutskarn has played <a href=\"http:\/\/blendogames.com\/thirtyflightsofloving\/\">30 Flights of Loving<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then we spend several minutes talking about Minecraft mods because I wasn&#8217;t sure if people wanted to talk about Minecraft mods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23:00<\/strong> <em>It&#8217;s the triumphant return of &#8220;Bad SimCity News of the week&#8221;!<\/em> You can get <a href=\"http:\/\/penny-arcade.com\/report\/article\/simcity-as-advertising-platform-how-ea-rewards-you-for-buying-real-world-pr\">free SimCity DLC<\/a> by buying specially-marked boxes of toothpaste or whatever. At least it&#8217;s not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sjXSI6O9lUo\">Doritos and Mountain Dew<\/a> this time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>33:20<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warcry.com\/news\/view\/123260-Salem-Dev-Says-MMOs-Without-Permanent-Death-Arent-Games\">The developer of the MMO Salem creates a definition of the word &#8220;game&#8221;<\/a>. Shocking turn: He crafts a definition specifically to favor things he likes and exclude things he doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>During the discussion, I brought up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realmofthemadgod.com\/\">Realm of the Mad God<\/a>, which was the basis for the recent Spoiler Warning joke title <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=19479\">Realm of the Bad Dog<\/a>, which nobody noticed. Alas. Also we discussed (and made fun of) Peter Molyneux&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curiosity_%E2%80%93_What's_Inside_the_Cube%3F\">Curiosity &#8211; What&#8217;s Inside the Cube?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>45:30<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/news\/view\/123266-Crytek-Boss-Says-Visuals-Are-60-of-the-Game#uT20aeqS8lrc1Dwf.99\">Cevat Yerli, the CEO of Crytek, says that graphics are &#8220;60% of the game&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh couldn&#8217;t make it this week. My USB headset broke and my backup evidently has a white noise generator built into it. I did the editing. We forgot to do the mailbag segment. So basically, this episode features the usual level of polish and professionalism you&#8217;ve come to expect from us. Enjoy! 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