{"id":20423,"date":"2013-07-23T21:37:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T02:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=20423"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:37:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:37:41","slug":"diecast-22-videogame-journalism-pacific-rim-and-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=20423","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #22: Videogame Journalism, Pacific Rim, and Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty proud of the conversation we had about game journalism. We had a lot of different views, we looked at it from a lot of different angles, and I think some smart things were said.<\/p>\n<p>In other news: Someone suggested that putting the fully qualified URL to the audio in the RSS feed would help the Diecast show up for podcasting software. I have done this. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll let me know if it helped.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast22.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast22.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast22.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast22.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast22.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\/7h5ADQBQ#5W8eSOq2hsIudnTCO7fXqA_shXs8QC9uTAB-42mX5y8!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/7h5ADQBQ#5W8eSOq2hsIudnTCO7fXqA_shXs8QC9uTAB-42mX5y8\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/uxxzmbTR#zbE623WE4mRMRfFJav-d4yOY8z3gIBZmhISxvs01Skg\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\">Shamus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\">Josh<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalmumbles.com\/\">Mumbles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/\">Chris<\/a> but not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>02:30<\/strong> What&#8217;s everyone doing?<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px;\">\n<p>Shamus is playing Borderlands 2. Also <a href=\"http:\/\/evoland.shirogames.com\/\">Evoland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chris is playing Animal Crossing and making a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bAzqDgKYfiM\">Errant Signal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mumbles is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C4cfo0f88Ug\">Mann vs. Machine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Josh is playing Metro 2033 and Borderlands 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>20:00<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/articles\/2013-07-09-warren-spector-wheres-gamings-roger-ebert\">Warren Spector: Where&#8217;s Gaming&#8217;s Roger Ebert?<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px;\">\n<p>We basically covered this topic because Chris&#8217; post on his Errent Signal blog made me want to talk about it: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/?p=519\">NO BUT SERIOUSLY, WHY AM I NOT ON TV?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DRXEAGWynGA\">Tasteful, Understated Nerdrage video on videogame journalism<\/a> that we mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>For &#8220;big name&#8221; journalists, we suggested: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/videos\/view\/zero-punctuation\">Ben &#8220;Yahtzee&#8221; Croshaw of Zero Punctuation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/jeff-gerstmann\/3040-89712\/\">Jeff Gerstmann of Giant Bomb<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/patv\/show\/extra-credits\">James Portnow of Extra Credits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rXlcaV5FOmw\">the Jimquisition where Stirling talks about how consumers SAY they want a &#8220;rich dark roast&#8221; but BUY creamy sweet inoffensive blends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/articles\/view\/comics\/critical-miss\/10484-ARTARTARTARTFART?utm_source=latest&amp;utm_medium=index_carousel&amp;utm_campaign=all\">today&#8217;s Critical Miss strip<\/a> is relevant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>45:30<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5guMumPFBag\">Pacific Rim<\/a>. 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