{"id":25882,"date":"2015-02-09T10:14:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T15:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=25882"},"modified":"2025-09-28T21:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:26:38","slug":"diecast-92-nintenduh-evolve-life-is-strange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=25882","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #92: Nintenduh, Evolve, Life is Strange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January is over, and suddenly there&#8217;s gaming news again! And it&#8217;s all bad! Just the way we like it!<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast92.mp3\">Direct link to this episode<\/a>.\n[diecast show=\"diecast92\"]--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/moo3nQ4K#rcmJ8HKEOscHK4kz2WBXN2yuTi5TTwbBoB0NHOxVhR0!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/moo3nQ4K#rcmJ8HKEOscHK4kz2WBXN2yuTi5TTwbBoB0NHOxVhR0\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/nppzwDaB#xkFxkaca8r5jmigxRvVOupO_kI-SM5aEGPUfeEdM5CU\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/\">Shamus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bowser_%28character%29\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Campster\">Chris<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes: <!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>00:30 Nintendo Creators Program is 100% unmitigated weapons-grade horseshit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We say that as a group of people who never have &#8211; and never would &#8211; participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/r.ncp.nintendo.net\/guide\/\">this ridiculous mess<\/a>. Nintendo has seen that the future is YouTube, and they have decided they don&#8217;t want to be a part of the future.<\/p>\n<p>Good job, ninnies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:00 Sony Online Entertainment was spun-off from Sony.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rejoice! Everything is wonderful forever! <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.station.sony.com\/soe\/index.php?threads\/sony-online-entertainment-becomes-daybreak-game-company.11500068269\/\">The press release says so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31:00 Evolve is being marketed very poorly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2015\/02\/04\/take-two-ceo-on-evolves-dlc-controversy-generally-speaking-is-a-good-thing\/\">&#8220;Controversy is a good thing.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/evolve-director-on-dlc-i-don-t-like-people-thinking-we-re-doing-underhanded-dirty-shit--284514.phtml#EZWWrxtTEAmrkwbH.16\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t like people thinking we&#8217;re doing underhanded shit.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>43:00 What is Shamus doing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uR-4ZoDo_yg\">Grow Home<\/a>. This is the flat-poly look of Grow Home that I was going on about:<\/p>\n<p><table   class=\"\" cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' align='center'><tr><td><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/grow_home1.jpg' class='insetimage'   alt='grow_home1.jpg' title='grow_home1.jpg'\/><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>Also, I backed my first Kickstarter: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/strafegame\/strafe\">STRAFE<\/a>, a procedurally-generated retro-90&#8217;s shooter. It&#8217;s not doing very well. Sadface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>49:00 Josh, Shamus and Chris analyze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AURVxvIZrmU\">Life is Strange<\/a> and compare it to Telltale games.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January is over, and suddenly there&#8217;s gaming news again! And it&#8217;s all bad! Just the way we like it! Download MP3 File Download Ogg Vorbis File Hosts: Shamus, Josh, Chris, and Rutskarn. 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