{"id":19792,"date":"2013-05-22T14:22:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T19:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=19792"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:52:12","slug":"diecast-14-sid-kickstopper-nintendos-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=19792","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #14: Sid Kickstopper, Nintendo&#8217;s Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was a bit of an odd week for us. Not a lot of playing games and not a lot of news. (That interested us.) But the show must go on. And really, &#8220;I have to talk about videogames but I&#8217;m not completely prepared&#8221; is about the most awesome problem you can have in this life. I mean, it&#8217;s a pretty mild affliction compared to hunger, ticks, migraines, or stubbing your toe.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: Shamus, Josh, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/\">Chris<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bluescreenofawesome.com\/\">Jarenth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast14.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast14.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast14.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast14.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast14.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\/nhhAgZzQ#QzQmksANUWaaDVxHYjtwYAi2-6cpJjtE8Xsi691FHXo!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/nhhAgZzQ#QzQmksANUWaaDVxHYjtwYAi2-6cpJjtE8Xsi691FHXo\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/nxoFBTQZ#6CN5FLhl5TaDUbujB5c2ljjZh0kq6hdJ77g702uQhC4\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additional note: <a title=\"Coming Soon: Tomb Raider\" href=\"?p=19757\">I mentioned before<\/a> that the new season of Spoiler Warning would begin this week. Various technology problems have pushed that back. We&#8217;re basically throwing out our entire production pipeline for Spoiler Warning and starting over. We&#8217;ll try again next week.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>01:50<\/strong> What&#8217;s everyone playing?<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">\n<p>Shamus is is playing <em>ow I have a headache and no time to play videogames.<\/em>Chris is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DJ_Hero\">DJ Hero<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jarenth is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/bluescreenofawesome.com\/2013\/05\/20\/indie-wonderland-three-for-one-short-reviews-edition-two\/\">Monster Loves You<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bluescreenofawesome.com\/2013\/05\/20\/indie-wonderland-three-for-one-short-reviews-edition-two\/2\/\">Starseed Pilgrim<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/bluescreenofawesome.com\/2013\/05\/20\/indie-wonderland-three-for-one-short-reviews-edition-two\/3\/\">Game Dev Tycoon<\/a>. (Links go directly to his reviews.) He&#8217;s also played <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reusgame.com\/\">Reus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rutskarn is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.specopstheline.com\/index.html\">Spec Ops: The Line<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Josh played some more Stardrive and Civilization V. He also saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5ec_rPApKCA\">Star Trek: Into Darkness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>13:30<\/strong> We regret to inform you there is no bad SimCity news this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:00<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/articles\/2013-05-13-sid-meier-we-must-not-forget-the-value-of-the-core-gamer\">Sid Meier not interested in Kickstarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26:15<\/strong> Valve is currently developing and testing a trading card game.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">The &#8220;cards&#8221; are digital and awarded just for playing. Then groups of cards and be crafted into other things, which consumes them. 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