{"id":21035,"date":"2013-09-10T13:37:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21035"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:33:35","slug":"diecast-29-happiness-is-mandatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21035","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #29: Happiness is Mandatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Rutskarn declares at the start of the episode, this week Happiness Is Mandatory. This requirement extends to the audience. You will be required to appreciate this episode cheerfully and without pointing out our numerous mistakes, omissions, errors, and war crimes. Thank you for your cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast29.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast29.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast29.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast29.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast29.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\/fwwwlTjI#rAKIx1gNFzIWGGw89sq8_x0pq85u-EdC_B59jsWpcD4!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/fwwwlTjI#rAKIx1gNFzIWGGw89sq8_x0pq85u-EdC_B59jsWpcD4\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/7hZR2ZBR#BQjT2Faiv6GnvVQDe3ZNNBslGxPQzh772KSD5aLGMyE\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=ZiFjopmKDxg#t=27m21s\">Josh<\/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--><br \/>\n<strong>02:20 Shamus saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PifvRiHVSCY\">Dredd<\/a>, and liked it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>15:30 Shamus is playing Saint&#8217;s Row IV and shooting people with the dubstep gun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hDlif8Km4S4\">the original Dubstep Gun skit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22:25 Chris is playing <em>Aliens: Colonial Marines<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>27:25 Chris is also playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelterthegame.com\/\">Shelter<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31:30 Chris is also playing Disney Infinity:<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FbdcSmwiroA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FbdcSmwiroA'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>33:30 Rutskarn is designing a game. 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