{"id":22364,"date":"2014-02-25T21:40:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T02:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=22364"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:21:17","slug":"diecast-46-irrational-europa-universalis-assassins-creed-black-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=22364","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #46: Irrational, Europa Universalis, Assassins Creed Black Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As announced on the show, I&#8217;m vetting the diecast@shamusyoung.com emails now, and I&#8217;m going to try and be a little better about answering them. Also, we might use Diecast questions to fill slow moments in our Skyrim series. Protip: If you want the question to appear on the show, keep it short. Two or less sentences is ideal.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast46.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast46.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast46.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast46.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast46.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\/e9x3Ua6I#aBKrXn3alI-1GYE8MMcCkmhwOrszJopAP--_Qk0Hrt0!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/e9x3Ua6I#aBKrXn3alI-1GYE8MMcCkmhwOrszJopAP--_Qk0Hrt0\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/nwAVXaaa#ObKzAZ6YOJWa3RJFXG4DCFykg9uMjdZ-byPdklZX7cg\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Roosevelt\">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: <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:30 Chris has been playing Thief (1998) in preparation of playing Thief (2014).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5:00 Ken Levine and Irrational.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/irrationalgames.com\/new-featured\/a-message-from-ken-levine-2\/\">Here is the announcement<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/211139\/Irrational_Games_journalism_and_airing_dirty_laundry.php\">here is the Leigh Alexander piece that Chris mentioned<\/a>. 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