{"id":21962,"date":"2014-01-08T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T23:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21962"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:26:41","slug":"diecast-41-the-novelist-aunty-paladin-errant-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21962","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #41: The Novelist, Aunty Paladin, Patreon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/ihwkHBZA#GiRhbDyNsnzKA5N4zzkcLWiUumNLXVzhsjx3GM-QPJ8!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/ihwkHBZA#GiRhbDyNsnzKA5N4zzkcLWiUumNLXVzhsjx3GM-QPJ8\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/7gBEWZ5Z#HsPADEhsnOiKIpHGMIVRA5oG3jHO1KVSc8dY0FyN2yk\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jelly_bean\">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--><\/p>\n<p><strong>0:00 Josh has Jellybeans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aside: Last year I watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/watch\/371272\">Candyman: The David Klein Story<\/a>. (That link goes to Hulu where you can watch it for free.) It&#8217;s interesting and a little sad. It also made me want to eat candy, so watch out for that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 Rutskarn is playing the Saints Row 4.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We talk about the series, compare the humor to GTA, discuss the the &#8220;romance scenes&#8221;, and talk about choice and Mass Effect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17:30 Chris is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/continue9876543210.com\/\">Continue?9876543421<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>28:00 Shamus is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_m7rmb3QrN8\">The Novelist<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a game all about balancing creative work with family life. Like I said in the show: I found a lot of meaning in the game, but it depicts a problem we spent years dealing with. I&#8217;m curious if it holds the same appeal for someone that hasn&#8217;t been through this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>42:00 Josh is playing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldofys.com\/ysc\/\">Ys Chronicles<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>46:00 Rutskarn recaps the <a href=\"http:\/\/forthechildrenandstuff.tumblr.com\/\">Aunty Paladins<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rutskarn spins us a yarn of how the stream went and shares some of the highlights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:02:00 Chris talks about his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/?p=603\">Patreon campaign<\/a>.<\/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\/eALK23MGMTo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eALK23MGMTo'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>I find this <em>incredibly encouraging<\/em>. I might give this topic a post of its own, but the short version is that by sponsoring a show directly, the money ends up in the hands of the people who make the content we love. Compare this to the old model where:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Acme buys advertising space on YouTube.<\/li>\n<li>The ad runs on a video made by Bob.<\/li>\n<li>Carla clicks on the ad. (Probably by accident, if my own surfing habits are any indication.)<\/li>\n<li>YouTube gives a tiny little bit of the advertising money to Bob.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And all too often:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li value=\"5\">Actually, some jackass copyright troll flags Bob as producing infringing content and siphons off some of his revenue while Bob spends time disputing the claim instead of making more content.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Acme can&#8217;t tell where their ad shows up or who will see it in this madcap YouTube world. YouTube doesn&#8217;t care about the quality of Bob&#8217;s show as long as people watch it. Bob doesn&#8217;t care about Acme as long as he gets his money. When Carla clicks, it&#8217;s not because she likes Bob&#8217;s show, but because she&#8217;s ostensibly interested in Acme. The parties all have goals that are either completely unrelated or even in conflict.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an awful system, and the only reason we&#8217;re using it is because we don&#8217;t have anything better. Services like Subbable and Patreon might be a way to route around this madness.<\/p>\n<p>Like Errant Signal? Want to encourage it? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/errantsignal\">You can support it here<\/a>. And as Chris is quick to say: <em>The show will continue whether you give or not.<\/em> Giving is your way of saying, &#8220;Dear internet. Make more stuff like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download MP3 File Download Ogg Vorbis File Hosts: Rutskarn, Josh, Chris, and Shamus. 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