{"id":20588,"date":"2013-08-07T07:23:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T12:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=20588"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:36:40","slug":"diecast-24-the-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=20588","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #24: The Mailbag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/HxgQzT4Q#FXvF0NXZJ--N8w_qMoBmAKnA8W6HG1TuXge1BcPuq4w!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/HxgQzT4Q#FXvF0NXZJ--N8w_qMoBmAKnA8W6HG1TuXge1BcPuq4w\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/T4p0BCBK#zNv59jP0zrIv1qp4i8BKiurMkFh5LJ-47fJnT8KnhjI\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Special episode this week. There&#8217;s no news we care to talk about, so we&#8217;re answering mailbag questions. Note that I&#8217;ve paraphrased the questions in the show notes because I don&#8217;t want to transcribe the originals.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/\">Chris<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a> and <a title=\"DUH\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/\">Shamus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>1:00 What&#8217;s everyone playing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roguelegacy.com\/\">Rogue Legacy<\/a>, Animal Crossing, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.civilization5.com\/bravenewworld\/\">Civilization V: Brave New World<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rutskarn is writing for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/pyrodactyl\/unrest-an-unconventional-rpg-set-in-ancient-india\">Unrest<\/a> and playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xEwNkSQAWtE\">Sleeping Dogs<\/a>. He&#8217;s also looking for a job making words for a living.<\/p>\n<p>Shamus has been playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KrJVlfFj9uI\">Titan Attacks<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kKkIYQc55ZE\">Ultratron<\/a> from indie developer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puppygames.net\/\">Puppygames<\/a>. Also programming.<\/p>\n<p>Josh is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7DUCA8wK9Ls\">Metro: Last Light<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20:00 What is you opinion of game design colleges?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>38:00 Why are games so obsessed with using &#8220;ruins&#8221; as gameplay space?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>There was a sub-question directed at me, which we forgot about. So I&#8217;ll answer it here in the show notes. The question was, &#8220;Why do you like Spiderman?&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I fell in love with Spiderman because he was the first superhero that felt real or relatable to me. Batman was a millionaire playboy. 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