{"id":21557,"date":"2013-11-12T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T15:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21557"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:31:03","slug":"diecast-36-battlefield-4-and-gaming-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21557","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #36: Battlefield 4, and Gaming Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know what we need more of around here? Controversy. Nothing livens things up more than gnawing on the old bones of a horse that was flogged to death in the flamewars of yesteryear. If we&#8217;re lucky, we might get through this without having some kind of rage-driven meltdown.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast36.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast36.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast36.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast36.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast36.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\/OxBAVJ5C#G1hbJdxDNrqhucdrUIXjoEO9cexlUYilz8G7FGV5VxQ!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/OxBAVJ5C#G1hbJdxDNrqhucdrUIXjoEO9cexlUYilz8G7FGV5VxQ\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/ToIDgBIT#UWaAeeW3P28RzrOfJW9oA0FI3Y4dGKFva8rF9mmtHok\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>00:30 We talk about Battlefield 4 and how the matchmaking \/ server browser is cutting-edge 1996 technology. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>18:00 Chris talks about the single-player aspects of Battlefield 4. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>24:00 The Telltale segment: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telltalegames.com\/thewolfamongus\/\">Wolf Among Us<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telltalegames.com\/walkingdead\/\">The Walking Dead<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a non-spoiler discussion, mostly talking about how Telltale is moving TWD forward and discussing what we hope \/ expect \/ guess will be in Season 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>35:00 Mumbles talks about <a href=\"http:\/\/abc.go.com\/shows\/marvels-agents-of-shield\">Agents of SHIELD<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/penny-arcade.com\/comic\/2013\/11\/11\">This Penny Arcade strip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chris references this gem: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RFHlJ2voJHY\">MST3K &#8211; Space Mutiny &#8211; The many names of David Ryder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>48:30 Shamus is playing vanilla Minecraft 1.7.2. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re curious, the map project I mentioned is this:<\/p>\n<p><table   class=\"\" cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' align='center'><tr><td><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/minecraft_atlas.jpg' class='insetimage'   alt='minecraft_atlas.jpg' title='minecraft_atlas.jpg'\/><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>49:00 Mailbag:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neil (or Neal? Or perhaps Kneel? I don&#8217;t have the email handy) asks:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;How much do you think the bad behavior of and reputation of so-called &#8220;gaming culture&#8221; has to do with it coinciding with the transparency and anonymity of the internet?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This might be our favorite question so far. It certainly launched the most discussion, and I&#8217;ll bet we could have filled an entire episode on the topic if we wanted.<\/p>\n<p>During this discussion I mention <a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/videos\/view\/jimquisition\/8371-Cloak-and-Dagger\">this episode of Jimquisition<\/a>, talking about how most game journalism is simply relaying information provided by marketing. We also discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neil_Gaiman\">Neil Gaiman<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angela_(comics)\">Angela<\/a> character. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.escapistmagazine.com\/videos\/view\/the-big-picture\/7075-Marvel-Mess\">The business side of her character<\/a> is a lot more interesting than the narrative side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:04:30 Why gender-based discussions suck so bad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hoping we can get through this topic with minimal loss of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know what we need more of around here? Controversy. Nothing livens things up more than gnawing on the old bones of a horse that was flogged to death in the flamewars of yesteryear. If we&#8217;re lucky, we might get through this without having some kind of rage-driven meltdown. 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