{"id":22709,"date":"2014-03-28T11:47:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T16:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=22709"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:18:23","slug":"diecast-gdc-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=22709","title":{"rendered":"Diecast: GDC 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Double Diecast this week! Chris attended the Game Developers Conference, and he&#8217;s returned with tidings and folk wisdom. Stay a while and listen.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast_gdc2014.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast_gdc2014.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast_gdc2014.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast_gdc2014.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast_gdc2014.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\/D4BFwaaC#T4cYytwYhs2EtkdDUn-E5W-hTDp6UeSILv8bndVxPdA!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/D4BFwaaC#T4cYytwYhs2EtkdDUn-E5W-hTDp6UeSILv8bndVxPdA\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/HlYjmQ5a#i7XhceF8_pQmsoQMRy02UPpsxZXgdxJBztxuzaZdwvk\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesonwhiskey.com\/us\/agegate\">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--><br \/>\n<strong>0:00 GDC is expensive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5:00 Oculus Rift and VR in general. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>24:00 The Steam controller.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>30:00 IGF\/GDC awards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the curious, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdconf.com\/news\/papers_please_takes_the_grand_.html?_mc=EM_DB_LE_GD14MRKAA37&amp;elq=6160e5ae31ec43c0b8b9ac97914d5a93\">the winners are listed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>41:00 GTA is &#8220;Ugly&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just to avoid any potential fan-rage, let me make it clear that <em>I&#8217;m not talking about <strong>graphics<\/strong><\/em>. When I say GTA is ugly I&#8217;m talking about the nasty heart of the game, which seems to hate everything, even its own despicable lead[s].<\/p>\n<p><strong>45:00 Project Greelight is being discontinued, and replaced with anarchy. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hyoWD6K9k3A\">the Errant Signal that Chris made about Greenlight<\/a> when it was introduced back in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong>47:00 Lost levels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A couple of Lost Levels moments: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2gXCP9DfA5Y\">Professor Oak Dance-Off<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xKShKBuVZnw\">A History Of Jeff Goldblum In Games<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ViBvuJrrZC8\">Talk by Ric Chivo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Double Diecast this week! Chris attended the Game Developers Conference, and he&#8217;s returned with tidings and folk wisdom. Stay a while and listen. 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