{"id":22616,"date":"2014-03-26T17:20:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T22:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=22616"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:18:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:18:48","slug":"diecast-50-alpha-protocol-dark-souls-la-noire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=22616","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #50: Alpha Protocol, Dark Souls, LA Noire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris was at GDC this week. Mumbles couldn&#8217;t make it. This means no Spoiler Warning. It also means the Diecast is a little lighter than usual. But! We&#8217;ll have a special GDC-focused Diecast later this week. In the meantime, here is your weekly dose of NERD:<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast50.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast50.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast50.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast50.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast50.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\/24JmTTQT#yhuG6q-GRzdcRD7mF5jwWrWyuc_-1wJzbyAl6vIXsCE!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/24JmTTQT#yhuG6q-GRzdcRD7mF5jwWrWyuc_-1wJzbyAl6vIXsCE\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/vpQilbbL#U5KgznHBqH4na7iGUkTqq9-lbyvFgncRLYfnhyzSwYw\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Troll_(Internet)\">Josh<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\">Shamus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes: <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>0:30 Rutskarn is playing Alpha Protocol.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, no discussion of Alpha Protocol is complete without mentioning the Disclosure Alert LP:<\/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\/xMNJ8CLPS9M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xMNJ8CLPS9M'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ll repeat my suggestion here: We need a term for the &#8220;first ten minutes of Morrowind&#8221; problem. The thing where an otherwise engaging title has a horrible and off-putting intro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26:00 Josh is still playing Dark Souls.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>38:00 Rutskarn answers Diecast mailbag question from last week, &#8220;What game would you give to a different developer?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From here we launch into a discussion of LA Noire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>42:00 Shamus is still playing Path of Exile.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>45:00 MAILBAG!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>1) How do you feel about cheat codes and what are your favorites?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We get into a really interesting conversation about what happens when the player hits a frustration point and how they respond when they overcome it.<\/p>\n<p><em>2) Roughly: What&#8217;s the difference between good DLC and bad DLC?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3) Do you think the relative shortage of female protagonists has anything to do with the additional difficulty of animating hair?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Under no circumstances will we be discussing feminism this week. 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