{"id":21536,"date":"2013-11-06T04:47:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T09:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21536"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:31:23","slug":"diecast-35-dump-on-indies-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21536","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #35: Dump on Indies Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often people tone down their criticism when talking about indie games. I know I do. It&#8217;s easy to dump on a huge multi-million dollar project with hundreds of contributors. But when you&#8217;re talking about something made by half a dozen people, it all becomes kind of personal and I&#8217;m shy of eviscerating something on that level.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes you have to give a game the thrashing it deserves. This week is a reckoning for a handful of misbegotten indies.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast35.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast35.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast35.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast35.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast35.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\/2wBXDKQY#lejoRVmOo5aFahda3z55ewH78MebT7pdxx3bhFNfJTE!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/2wBXDKQY#lejoRVmOo5aFahda3z55ewH78MebT7pdxx3bhFNfJTE\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/mtQ1CDRY#vV_0I8ktyOnqrUF8mdfJqQgbX2-qkztacXvYJg1iPUA\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.teamfortress.com\/wiki\/Dead_Ringer\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicemovemumbles\">Mumbles<\/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><!--more-->Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:30 Josh played <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/215670\/\">Home<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the process of discussing the game and the horror genre in general, we talk about <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_7th_Guest\">7th Guest<\/a> and the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1559170459\/the-7th-guest-3-the-collector\">7th Guest 3 Kickstarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20:00 Chris is playing Batman: Arkham Origins and Battlefield 4.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We also spend some time talking about good ol&#8217; Team Fortress 2 and how the game has changed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>35:00 Shamus has been playing indie games. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Void_(video_game)\">The Void<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/spelunkyworld.com\/\">Spelunky<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eldritchgame.com\/\">Eldrich<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of these three games: He praises one, complains about a second, and hates on the third. 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