{"id":24537,"date":"2014-09-28T23:09:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T04:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=24537"},"modified":"2025-09-18T11:38:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:38:29","slug":"diecast-75-diablo-ii-final-fantasy-13-concursion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=24537","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #75: Diablo II, Final Fantasy 13, Concursion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The plan this week was to talk about the canceled Blizzard MMO and a few other current topics. Instead we talked about a sixteen-year-old hack-n-slash. I don&#8217;t know. That&#8217;s how this show goes sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, I&#8217;m still fiddling with the theme music. Based on the feedback last week, most people would prefer if I just went back to the original theme that we used for 70 episodes. I might. But allow me this little vanity for now. It&#8217;s short and I&#8217;m having fun with it.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast75.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast75.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast75.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast75.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast75.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\/qoQ1EAQZ#_jmwWo3S-Yor7Abv17DGZEOqTsS1SWcRBQ_PswDkRuU!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/qoQ1EAQZ#_jmwWo3S-Yor7Abv17DGZEOqTsS1SWcRBQ_PswDkRuU\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/3kJlAJZS#ZsyOEjleEnC1JXt0ih_OdhmZ3X8yCXFn7Ewx_-Tot6I\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninja-blues.com\/\">Jarenth<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/trollface-coolface-problem\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\">Shamus<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 Shamus is playing Diablo 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is the video I mentioned: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TH9VCN6UkyQ\">Ideas about a new programming language for games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19:00 Josh is playing Final Fantasy 13.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warning: I&#8217;m pretty sure Josh spoils the plot of the game in this segment. I can&#8217;t tell for sure because I had slammed my hands over my ears, groaning uncontrollably after the first hour of his description.<\/p>\n<p><strong>35:00 Jarenth is playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.puuba.com\/\">Concursion<\/a> and Crypt of the NecroDancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ninja Blues\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ninja-blues.com\/2014\/09\/29\/indie-wonderland-concursion\/\">Here is his review on Concursion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But somehow we end up talking about leaderboad games. <a title=\"Waves\" href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/107600\/\">This is the game I was talking about<\/a>. I like it a bunch. 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