{"id":20310,"date":"2013-07-09T21:51:55","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T02:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=20310"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:38:27","slug":"diecast-20-simcity-darkspore-uplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=20310","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #20: SimCity, Darkspore, UPlay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people like our random, unplanned discussions. Others prefer it when we follow a list of news items and keep the discussion nominally on track. This week we&#8217;re doing the latter.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast20.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast20.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast20.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast20.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast20.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\/3kBgzJTJ#iHezrLijLPZOKvT6C2iPB3uvRgV_eRwYBtl5gKOMwJ0!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/3kBgzJTJ#iHezrLijLPZOKvT6C2iPB3uvRgV_eRwYBtl5gKOMwJ0\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/z8wQ0AjI#pXJ-Xirb_-8DntYwDYQZeYJ4eIRTfpe2yjBakGJSYZE\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/\">Chris<\/a>, Josh, Shamus<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>00:30<\/strong> Intro: Josh is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2013\/07\/05\/the-walking-dead-400-days-review\/\">Walking Dead 400 Days<\/a> and <a title=\"Skyrim Thieves Guild Part 1\" href=\"?p=14422\">Skyrim<\/a>. 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Rutskarn is reading nerd books for nerds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>07:00<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/ea-wants-9-to-add-airships-and-balloons-to-simcity-1560684\/\">The $10 Airship DLC<\/a> for SimCity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21:00<\/strong> Here we discuss the whole <a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/forums\/read\/7.820491-Darkspore-Gone-Forever-Due-to-Abandoned-DRM-UPDATED\">Darkspore debacle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27:30<\/strong> We discuss the <a title=\"A Note From UPlay\" href=\"?p=20267\">UPlay security leak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>34:00<\/strong> CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.red5studios.com\/\">Red 5 Studios<\/a> Mark Kern believes that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/news\/view\/125533-Former-Dev-WoW-Has-Killed-the-MMO-Genre\">WoW killed the MMO genre by making MMOs &#8220;too accessible&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>52:30<\/strong> Double Fine asked for $400k to make a game. 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