{"id":20625,"date":"2013-08-13T21:20:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T02:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=20625"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:36:16","slug":"diecast-25-games-journalism-carmack-joins-rift-tropes-vs-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=20625","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #25: Games Journalism, Carmack Joins Rift, Tropes vs. Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spend a lot of time talking about what we&#8217;re playing. Conceptually the Diecast has three segments: The personal warm-up talk about what we&#8217;re playing, the supposedly informed discussion of current gaming news, and the mailbag. Often a third of the show is spent on the warmup, and the mailbag often gets pushed out. How do you guys feel about that? Would you rather more news discussion? Or more mailbag?<\/p>\n<p>Not that we&#8217;re promising to change anything. I&#8217;m just askin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast25.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast25.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast25.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast25.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast25.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\/ixoWBJbY#Jly_QenlZKWf-nUNPTPijjQ1f2888wOc9Cw03mnKCOY!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/ixoWBJbY#Jly_QenlZKWf-nUNPTPijjQ1f2888wOc9Cw03mnKCOY\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/jhBSjJjK#EjX-3Gg9rkYWl4FxDyp1G5FNFVOTt9rElf0bA1DpQA4\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Troll\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalmumbles.com\/\">Mumbles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/\">Chris<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\">Shamus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>00:30 What&#8217;s everyone playing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Josh is playing Metro: Last Light and Civilization V.<\/p>\n<p>Mumbles went to NATURE and bought Magic Cards. She also played The Secret World. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mwbWxaIA4bM&amp;noredirect=1\">Here is the Banjo-Kazooie promo<\/a> we talked about.<\/p>\n<p>Chris is playing Return to Nai Pali, the expansion for the original Unreal. Also <a href=\"http:\/\/spelunkyworld.com\/\">Spelunky<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/guacamelee.com\/\">Guacamelee<\/a> but not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MVmq2dNzOG4\">Dragon&#8217;s Crown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shamus is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h8TnP-mgDoI\">Doom<sup>3<\/sup> BFG edition<\/a> and doing a lot of programming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20:20 Games Journalism is tough gig with low pay and poor job security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We begin with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playstationlifestyle.net\/2013\/08\/07\/daily-reaction-how-to-get-into-games-journalism-and-why-you-probably-shouldnt\/\">this story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>36:30 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2013-08-07-john-carmack-joins-oculus-as-chief-technology-officer\">John Carmack joins Oculus Rift as chief technology officer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>51:00 We talk about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feministfrequency.com\/tag\/tropes-vs-women-in-video-games\/\">Tropes vs. Women<\/a> series and how it&#8217;s improving.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t say anything terribly controversial here, so I hope people can keep calm. 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