{"id":26127,"date":"2015-03-09T06:24:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T11:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=26127"},"modified":"2025-09-28T21:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:39:06","slug":"diecast-96-valve-game-engines-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=26127","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #96: Valve, Game Engines, Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy this extra-long Diecast where we try to cover as much of the GDC news as we can. Thanks to Josh for editing this one while I nursed my computer back to health.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast96.mp3\">Direct link to this episode<\/a>.\n[diecast show=\"diecast96\"]--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/r5hB2RAY#MqyAT1oiSVBfC6Yb0c31xLYxf5YFKDf8GW-gTNvNVMc!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/r5hB2RAY#MqyAT1oiSVBfC6Yb0c31xLYxf5YFKDf8GW-gTNvNVMc\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/fhohBAgK#5oPYI9N2DhwM3xj4HefXMpELZOTGa_JQOAezqmNlRlc\">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\/Gargamel\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Campster\">Chris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>1:00 Valve announced Source Engine 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And not anything we were hoping for. Source Engine 2 is nice though. I guess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:00 Valve VR headset.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once again we discuss the problems of moving around in 3D.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19:00 Valve&#8217;s Steambox, its controller, and the system hardware concerns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite my snarking, I really do wonder if they aren&#8217;t going to somehow try to use Half-Life 3, Portal 3, or Left 4 Dead 3 to sell the Steambox. They used Half-Life 2 to establish Steam, after all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>41:00 Unreal Engine, Unity, Source 2, and the wave of free AAA-grade engines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I really think this is one step closer to bringing us those mid-range games I&#8217;ve been longing for. Thi4f and BioShock have shown that the Looking Glass classics don&#8217;t really work as glamorous AAA cutscene-driven spectacle. But these free engines make it that much more feasible to focus on mechanics and still have a game look presentable enough to attractive to mainstream consumers.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;ll work out, but that&#8217;s my dream.<\/p>\n<p><strong>50:00 Everyone on the show is replacing their computer. So let&#8217;s talk operating systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m all ranted out by now, so this is pretty low-key.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1:13:00 MAILTIME!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>Rob Liefeld gets a lot of criticism, mostly for being paid way too much to perform a job at which he was authentically terrible, but to my mind his true legacy was making almost a decade of comics nigh-unreadable because the entire industry copied him.<\/p>\n<p>Are there any trends (aesthetic, narrative or mechanical) you see in games that you think will have a similar effect in hindsight?<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<br \/>\nChris<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy this extra-long Diecast where we try to cover as much of the GDC news as we can. Thanks to Josh for editing this one while I nursed my computer back to health. Download MP3 File Download Ogg Vorbis File Hosts: Shamus, Josh, Chris. 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