{"id":21265,"date":"2013-10-03T16:43:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T21:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21265"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:32:32","slug":"diecast-32-steam-machines-permadeath-in-far-cry-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21265","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #32: Steam Machines, Permadeath in Far Cry 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was worried about recording an episode on Saturday to release on Thursday. A lot can happen in the course of five days, and some bit of news might come along to make our discussion irrelevant. Then I remembered that we&#8217;re talking about Valve, and Valve only makes non-hat announcements on odd-numbered years. So maybe in 2017 we can have <em>Diecast #230: Valve has released a photograph showing the first Steam Machines will be orange. Still no release date. Still no Half-Life 3<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Macedonian\">Josh<\/a>, <a title=\"Digital Mumbles\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalmumbles.com\/\">Mumbles<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\">Shamus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast32.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast32.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast32.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast32.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast32.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\/HoJAWR5I#XAGwH9KUxq-_7BAnpj44aQl4Mdd_ypim-aKxQuBN_z8!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/HoJAWR5I#XAGwH9KUxq-_7BAnpj44aQl4Mdd_ypim-aKxQuBN_z8\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/7wxEgSxb#S-dsbH7fzE7LoWpSzKon4mCEPP1L75jriuY-KlXH1nY\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>2:00 Steam Machines you guys. STEEM MASHIENZ!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>19:00 Haptics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>35:00 Rutskarn talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/permanent-death-exploring-harsh-consequence-in-far-cry-2-156839.phtml\">a permadeath run of Far Cry 2<\/a> and how it can fundamentally alter your perception of the game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>46:30 Mumbles is playing GTA V and looking for a good RPG. No, not the one you&#8217;re thinking of. She wants a GOOD one.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:01:00 Shamus talks a bit about Good Robot and the music people have offered.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seriously composers: You folks are doing a fine job. But the number and quality of the submissions has kind of caught me off guard. I&#8217;ve got submissions via email, comments, and Twitter. I&#8217;m going to try and organize this stuff and see what I&#8217;ve got, what I need, and who made it. We&#8217;ll talk more about this in a future entry and I&#8217;m going to want to trade emails with anyone offering tracks for the game.<\/p>\n<p>More on this later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was worried about recording an episode on Saturday to release on Thursday. A lot can happen in the course of five days, and some bit of news might come along to make our discussion irrelevant. Then I remembered that we&#8217;re talking about Valve, and Valve only makes non-hat announcements on odd-numbered years. 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