{"id":20086,"date":"2013-06-12T10:45:09","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T15:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=20086"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:51:30","slug":"diecast-16-xbone-zynga-call-of-doggie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=20086","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #16: XBone, Zynga, Call of Doggie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a long, meandering conversation about videogames, business, and other dumb things. We recorded the exchange so that you can enjoy the sensation of being trapped in a conversation with us where you can&#8217;t get a word in.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast16.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast16.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast16.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast16.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast16.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\/rhZlCBQS#m365kI8IhaqpBARiyGbBrobIDwkCOgX55W_Z-n66C6g!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/rhZlCBQS#m365kI8IhaqpBARiyGbBrobIDwkCOgX55W_Z-n66C6g\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/ytp0GBJZ#g11eaAxWBjwI2xgQ0nMVaNhnYEoIYRr-kra3Zof6lQA\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>02:10<\/strong> What&#8217;s everyone playing?<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">\n<p>Chris is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animal-crossing.com\/newleaf\/\">Animal Crossing<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/undeadlabs.com\/about-state-of-decay\/\">State of Decay<\/a>.Shamus has been watching the <a href=\"http:\/\/wcs.battle.net\/sc2\/en\">2013 Startcraft II World Championship Series Season 1 Finals<\/a>. He&#8217;s also been playing Starcraft II and even played a PvP ladder match. Also playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E7fZuvCB3j4\">Prison Architect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Josh is watching X-Files. Also playing Crusader Kings II.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>26:45<\/strong> XBox One<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">It would be impossible to really provide links for all the stuff we discussed in this section. I suppose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2013\/jun\/11\/xbox-one-microsoft\">this article<\/a> is enough to get you started. Note that this recording took place on Sunday, before E3 began. Things have gotten more ridiculous since then.<\/div>\n<p><strong>47:30<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2013\/06\/04\/zynga-shuts-down-omgpop-one-year-after-acquiring-it-for-200m\/\">Zynga closes OMGpop one year after acquiring it for 200 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">Note that two hundred million bucks paid up front, divided by the year-ish the place was operational, comes out to about half a million bucks a day. To produce basically nothing.<\/div>\n<p><strong>57:30<\/strong> Upcoming Call of Duty will let you play as the dog.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">Since this recording they&#8217;ve released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h02kNt9iZ3c\">footage of the dog gameplay section<\/a>. No, it&#8217;s not in black and white as we predicted. Sort of. You don&#8217;t actually see through the dog&#8217;s eyes. 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