{"id":23847,"date":"2014-07-30T11:36:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=23847"},"modified":"2025-09-18T11:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:46:59","slug":"diecast-68-twitch-crytek-yogventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=23847","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #68: Twitch, Crytek, Yogventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Double thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninja-blues.com\/\">Jarenth<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/krellen.net\/\">Krellen<\/a> for filling in at literally the last moment. If it hadn&#8217;t been for them, there wouldn&#8217;t be a Diecast this week.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, you get two! The second half of this conversation will appear later in the week.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast68.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast68.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast68.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast68.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast68.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\/a5B2jSaB#frtM-I9q_OaSM8XGjPzxrd-VPhBRpnfbWs2iGSlNozE!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/a5B2jSaB#frtM-I9q_OaSM8XGjPzxrd-VPhBRpnfbWs2iGSlNozE\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/m0BmhSSJ#aaN-Xs_ghcpQqxZ8vEzpnTunOaGp1426ZdjlGn7vH3I\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/trollface-coolface-problem\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\">Shamus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninja-blues.com\/\">Jarenth<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/krellen.net\/\">Krellen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show Notes:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:30 News: <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2014\/digital\/news\/youtube-to-acquire-videogame-streaming-service-twitch-for-1-billion-sources-1201185204\/\">YouTube buys Twitch<\/a> for $LOLOL dollars.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00 Crytek&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2014\/7\/27\/5941815\/crytek-rumor-homefront-statement\">ongoing financial problems<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We glossed over a point that I wanted to talk about in more detail: As Jarenth said, Crytek is known for making &#8220;really pretty&#8221; games. Or game engines. But we&#8217;re so far past the point of diminishing returns that their skills are basically moot. Think of it this way: Imagine the programmers at Crytek could suddenly make all their graphics run 50% faster. You can just hand-wave it and say a wizard makes it so that when running Cry Engine games, graphics cards have 50% more power.<\/p>\n<p>I maintain that this benefit &#8211; even though it&#8217;s a complete miracle &#8211; would be of very limited business value. Homefront flopped, and that had nothing to do with its graphics. (In fact, I&#8217;m pretty sure the graphics were the only thing they got right. Which makes it even more mysterious as to why CryTek would bother with it.) When was the last time a game really sold on the basis of its graphics alone? AAA graphics are like pizza and sex: Even when they&#8217;re way below average, they&#8217;re still pretty great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27:00 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/winterkewlgames\/yogventures\/posts\">Yogventures Kickstarter<\/a> did not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/2014\/07\/17\/yogscast-cancel-kickstarter-backed-yogventures-say-its-failure-is-a-deep-regret\/\">end well<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And here is the related mailbag question:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m wondering how you feel about well funded corporations resorting to crowd funding, in specific I was wondering about your views of Steam&#8217;s recent Crowd funding of their DOTA 2 international prize pool given that only 25% of the money donated went into the actual prize pool?<\/p>\n<p>Regards<br \/>\nRandom Internet Lurker<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Yogventures story is so sad. 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