{"id":25287,"date":"2014-12-08T04:21:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T09:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=25287"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:09:27","slug":"diecast-83-game-awards-2014-gta-v-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=25287","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #83: Game Awards 2014, GTA V &#8220;Banned&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trigger warning: In this episode we talk about mass murder, censorship, and social justice. These are touchy subjects. Just remember to be nice and to not to post angry and we&#8217;ll get through this.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again to special guest George Weidman of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWqr2tH3dPshNhPjV5h1xRw\">SuperBunnyHop<\/a> for joining in.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<audio controls height='50' width='300'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast83.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><source src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast83.ogg' type='audio\/ogg' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><embed height='50' width='300' src='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast83.mp3' autoplay='false' autostart='false'><\/audio><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast83.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br \/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast83.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\/v8Ym0R6K#2fihF1nqralLHHE5PD6-UTAFsA8MwPLErzXeSYc5WoA!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/v8Ym0R6K#2fihF1nqralLHHE5PD6-UTAFsA8MwPLErzXeSYc5WoA\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/C15S1bTJ#0kyq_J6CfMcvYzO9HI4pEo7PiMqsmcOYEOuI6EzlREQ\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/farcry.wikia.com\/wiki\/Pagan_Min\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.errantsignal.com\/blog\/\">Chris<\/a>, <a title=\"SuperBunnyHop on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bunnyhopshow\">George Weidman (SuperBunnyHop)<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\">Shamus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>2:00 George and Chris have been playing Far Cry 4 together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4:00 The Game Awards 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KlLvCLP2h84\">the entire show on YouTube<\/a>. The whole &#8220;Dorito&#8221; joke is a reference to <a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/events\/doritosgate\">Doritogate<\/a>. We joke, but the whole story is pretty sad. The journalist who criticized it wound up being fired, and the guy who participated (Geoff Keighley) went on to greater things and eventually hosted this awards show. I don&#8217;t think Keighley is a villain by any stretch, but he is kind of the poster boy for capitulating, malleable journalism in the face of overbearing publisher PR control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20:00 Grand Theft Auto V pulled from the shelves of Target in Australia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have no idea what happened to this conversation. We became so sarcastic we wrapped all the way around and started arguing our sarcastic points in earnest. Or something?<\/p>\n<p>I can only speak for myself, but I think my position is: GTA V is no worse in content than dozens of other things you can buy at Target and its removal is nothing more than shrill voices getting their way. On the other hand, I&#8217;m having trouble marshaling my outrage because the game is so obnoxious and sanctimonious towards the American culture that makes its success possible. The game is greeted with both fawning adulation and outraged calls for censorship, and I don&#8217;t think it deserves either.<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: Haven&#8217;t played V yet because they&#8217;re dragging their feet on a PC release. This opinion is based on my impressions of IV, and of the bits of the game I&#8217;ve seen so far. I&#8217;ll find out first-hand when they finally get around to the PC release next month.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>35:00 MAILTIME!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>Why do so many games that let you be a bad guy never let you be THE bad guy? Like in Overlord, you&#8217;re always opposed by people who are worse than you somehow. Never better than you. Do people just want to DO bad, no BE bad?<\/p>\n<p>Yours,<br \/>\nIra<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast!<\/p>\n<p>With all the Dragon Age talk you guys have recently, I wonder if you&#8217;ve heard the news: the game has DRM that hasn&#8217;t been cracked, so far. This so called Denuvo DRM is also in FIFA 15 which has been out for 2 months, and also hasn&#8217;t been cracked.<br \/>\nThere has been rumors about it causing technical problems, but the worst they can really seem to pin on it is a few percent performance decrease. Any opinions? If they&#8217;ve finally made an uncrackable DRM, is that good or bad?<\/p>\n<p>Your biggest fan,<br \/>\nCsirke<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>Shadows of Mordor has been criticized, including by Shamus, for completely contradicting much of the defining characteristics, central message, and tone of Tolkien&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p>Has playing it given you any sympathy to people who object to the bait-and-switch they faced when playing Spec Ops: The Line? Would you have been able to appreciate the artistic statement if Shadows of Mordor had just been well-executed enough that it seemed to be saying Tolkien was wrong deliberately, yet still marketed itself as a straight Lord of the Rings game?<\/p>\n<p>F. T. Garcia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>Josh: What is your favorite type of tea?<br \/>\nShamus: What is your favorite alcoholic drink?<br \/>\nEveryone else: Answer whichever you want.<\/p>\n<p>-Anthony<br \/>\nPS: Sure hope I didn&#8217;t get the first two questions confused. Nah.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trigger warning: In this episode we talk about mass murder, censorship, and social justice. These are touchy subjects. Just remember to be nice and to not to post angry and we&#8217;ll get through this. Thanks again to special guest George Weidman of SuperBunnyHop for joining in. 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