{"id":24760,"date":"2014-10-27T06:54:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T11:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=24760"},"modified":"2025-09-18T11:36:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:36:43","slug":"diecast-78-unity-unity-borderlands-beyond-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=24760","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #78: Unity, Unity, Borderlands, Beyond Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/T0wjjIZK#6qn83b3Sv3t7TT2NHw9wpmZyDIFNO63Bphxej0fn05M!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/T0wjjIZK#6qn83b3Sv3t7TT2NHw9wpmZyDIFNO63Bphxej0fn05M\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/2gIx1LKK#VmLWOCIe1AsMoaf36iDMcoMB2ABvQrYy5vcy2mNgvxk\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/\">Chris<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlemagne\">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:<br \/>\n<!--more--><strong>1:00 The PC system specs for Assassins Creed Unity are <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ubi.com\/assassins-creed-unity-pc-specs\/\">kinda steep<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It used to be a regular thing: Upgrade your PC every two years or stop playing new releases. It was that simple. Then we had that nice long console generation and we got used to doing upgrades, &#8220;Every four years, maybe, or whatever.&#8221; This new console generation is likely going to force all of us to finally get around to doing those upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>(Or, you know, just give Unity a pass. I dunno. I&#8217;m not your mum. Do what you like.)<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s remember, the real villains here are the video chipset people, because their naming system is poorly-documented balderdash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:00 John Riccitiello takes over as <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unity3d.com\/2014\/10\/22\/leading-unity-into-the-future\/\">CEO of Unity<\/a>. (The game engine.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once again I want to stress that &#8220;The company wasn&#8217;t losing money&#8221; is a completely inadequate defense. Not everyone who made money in the dot-com boom was a genius and not everyone who lost money was an idiot. There&#8217;s lots of noise in business. But when you judge the company on the merits of individual decisions, his leadership is far out of touch: The money paid for Playfish. The cost and return of buying Popcap. The green-lighting of The Old Republic. The mechanics of Project Ten Dollar. The absurd lateness and inadequacy of Origin.<\/p>\n<p>He never had his finger on the pulse of gaming. Just having a couple of people who were active in the hobby as advisers could have saved the company <strong>bill<\/strong>ions.<\/p>\n<p>But like we said in the show: He&#8217;s not being hired for his gaming experience, so this move makes sense. (Inasmuch as the mechanics of shopping corporations around make sense.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>28:00 Shamus is playing Borderlands the Pre-Sequel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>35:00 Chris has played a bit of Beyond Earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>43:00 Josh is playing more Crusader Kings II.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>46:00 Josh got a Surface Pro and tried out Steam in-home streaming.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>51:00 MAILTIME.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Greetings again from the totally-not-a-mad-scientist lab!<\/p>\n<p>I have two new questions for the crew:<br \/>\n-Are there any games you think deserve a long form critical LP, but can&#8217;t do for spoiler warning? (either because of technical issues, veto, game mechanic, etc.) An example would be Alpha Protocol because of the short conversation timers.<br \/>\n-Does Chris Still hate Guy Fieri?<\/p>\n<p>regards,<br \/>\n-Anthony<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download MP3 File Download Ogg Vorbis File Hosts: Chris, Josh, Shamus, and Rutskarn. 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