{"id":23858,"date":"2014-08-01T05:09:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T10:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=23858"},"modified":"2025-09-18T11:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:46:34","slug":"diecast-69-bulletstorm-system-shock-2-games-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=23858","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #69: Bulletstorm, System Shock 2, Games Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This episode is a continuation of the same session as the previous Diecast. A side note about the recording of this episode is that &#8211; time zones being what they are &#8211; the sun was coming up for Jarenth when we finished recording this show, and at the same time it had only recently gone down for Josh. This might also explain why Jarenth isn&#8217;t as chatty as you were hoping.<\/p>\n<p>Again, thanks for staying up so late to make these episodes happen.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast69.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast69.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast69.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast69.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast69.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\/O0gwUQJQ#MhHvAEqig2tQKHawzHKDEfxfFiZpkPPu90wrSAdnLGU!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/O0gwUQJQ#MhHvAEqig2tQKHawzHKDEfxfFiZpkPPu90wrSAdnLGU\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/m8BRjYCI#ZKIbGMEEtFUhuWGwwpNqthg-UcHL9sxaFPO6eZhWg7s\">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>0:30 Shamus is playing Bulletstorm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to poor planning on my part, <a title=\"Bulletstorm: Lowbrow, Loud, Juvenile, and Proud\" href=\"?p=23810\">my full review of Bulletstorm<\/a> already appeared earlier this week. So now you get the more rambling, less organized, I-haven&#8217;t-finished-it-yet version.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6:00 Krellen has played Unrest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This section is spoiler-free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7:00 Krellen is also playing Saints Row IV Co-op.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:30 Krellen played through System Shock 2 for the first time ever last week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>27:00 Jarenth has been playing <a href=\"http:\/\/forever-entertainment.com\/fryderyk\/\">Frederic &#8211; Resurrection of Music<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninja-blues.com\/2014\/07\/28\/indie-wonderland-frederic-resurrection-music\/\">Here is his writeup over on Ninja Blues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>33:30 Jarenth is also playing Magic 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>35:00 MAILTIME!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>Assassin&#8217;s Creed, Mass Effect and Too Human were all reported to be trilogies and long term franchises during their respective pre- and post- release press hype. Ironically, the games also were announced\/released around the same time. How do you all feel about Too Human suffering the best fate?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the podcast\/show,<br \/>\nSteven<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>What do each of you think is the most prevalent problem affecting stories of games?<\/p>\n<p>-Michael<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode is a continuation of the same session as the previous Diecast. 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