{"id":21987,"date":"2014-01-15T20:30:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T01:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21987"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:22:39","slug":"diecast-42-skyrim-elder-scrolls-online-alien-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=21987","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #42: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls Online, Alien Isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/XlJhmBpS#q8uMaOBHBJCz0xiy2ncLy8J8GiZqr3pd35Dqp1hl_2o!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/XlJhmBpS#q8uMaOBHBJCz0xiy2ncLy8J8GiZqr3pd35Dqp1hl_2o\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/qo5BUI4Q#EQNPgmKFLJ0ekmgk7Qhp2lwuflSY5QDp1HzemeA_2Mg\">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--><strong>01:00 Shamus got over his Skyrim problem and made screensaver.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the record, the mods I was using are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/skyrim\/mods\/26228\/?\">Realistic Needs &amp; Diseases<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/skyrim\/mods\/11163\/?\">Frostfall<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/skyrim\/mods\/25404\/?\">Random Alternate Start<\/a>, along with about 40 others.<\/p>\n<p>I already talked about the screensaver <a title=\"Passage Screensaver\" href=\"?p=21977\">earlier this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13:00 The Elder Scrolls Online<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is the <a title=\"TUN: The Elder Scrolls VI - Youtubia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4ZUynhkal1I\">Nerdrage video on Elder Scrolls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>51:30 Chris is writing things and talking about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qbv9rs9bVOE\">Alien Isolation<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alien:_Isolation\">Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Alien Isolation] is set in 2137, 15 years after the events of Alien and 42 years before the events of Aliens. It focuses on Ellen Ripley&#8217;s daughter Amanda who, while in search for her mother, goes to a space station: Sevastopol, unaware that the Xenomorphs have already infested the place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Whaaat?<\/p>\n<p>So you&#8217;re playing as Ripley&#8217;s daughter. Who is an adult. Not only does this muck with establish canon, but it drags in a character that was better left where she was: Having lived a perfectly mundane and unremarkable life on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>A much better idea? Let us play as Newt. You wouldn&#8217;t have to screw with any existing lore, and the mechanics are all right there in the movie: Newt survives by hiding in tight spots and using her wits. She can crawl through the duct work and watch the Aliens tear through the colonists. We&#8217;ve got a huge installation to work with and lots of blank space on the timeline. It would be a very cat-and-mouse type stealth, where the tension comes from the times when you&#8217;re obliged to leave the safety of the vents and venture into the open to accomplish something.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not saying it can&#8217;t be a great game, but the whole &#8220;Ripley&#8217;s daughter&#8221; thing smacks of ham-handed fanfiction.<\/p>\n<p>Having said that: This is the first Alien game in ages that sounds promising. Survival stealth? Oh yeah. I&#8217;m on board with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download MP3 File Download Ogg Vorbis File Hosts: Rutskarn, Josh, Chris, and Shamus. 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