{"id":21289,"date":"2013-10-08T13:10:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T18:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21289"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:32:13","slug":"diecast-33-crusader-king-modding-haunted-houses-and-elder-scrolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21289","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #33: Crusader King Modding, Haunted Houses, and Elder Scrolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We open today&#8217;s show with a secret topic that I will not reveal. The only hint I&#8217;ll give you is that it&#8217;s about a certain perpetually broken and tragically mismanaged game that has appeared on the show many times in the past, was published by EA, and features the simulation of a city based on a game concept by Will Wright. See if you can unravel <strong>that<\/strong> riddle, Batman.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t figure it out in the space of five minutes, the answer is: <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Shame on you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast33.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast33.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast33.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast33.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast33.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\/DlBiHIJJ#Fw7rNP9k6ZAfJf1dQIhQKv0kds39QA3PE2JLPc8gouY!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/DlBiHIJJ#Fw7rNP9k6ZAfJf1dQIhQKv0kds39QA3PE2JLPc8gouY\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/zxIERTJA#gb-Zxmbl6blw36ks74FR8f2RVdbMIf3SLH-Oo3aZbtA\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.guildwars2.com\/wiki\/Incinerator\">Josh<\/a>, <a title=\"Errant Signal\" 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--><\/p>\n<p>8:00 Actual start of show<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:30 Shamus talks about Good Robot and also about <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/236450\/\">Pac-Man Super Mega Championship Classic Ultimate Remix DX Turbo III HD Gold Edition Plus<\/a> or whatever the damn thing is called.<\/strong> Also a bit of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reusgame.com\/\">Reus<\/a>, which is very interesting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17:00 Josh is messing with Crusader Kings II mods.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>26:00 Chris has been in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/?p=564\">vacation land<\/a>. We also talk about the Escapist Expo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>41:30 Rutskarn talks Elder Scrolls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you want to see only the best parts of Morrowind, then you want to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/?p=834\">Rutskarn&#8217;s play-through<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>53:30 Josh talks about the Steam Machine and system specs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We open today&#8217;s show with a secret topic that I will not reveal. 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