{"id":27353,"date":"2015-06-15T12:32:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T17:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=27353"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:48:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:48:49","slug":"diecast-108-jurassic-world-town-of-salem-steam-summer-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=27353","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #108: Jurassic World, Town of Salem, Steam Summer Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Josh for editing this episode while I was recovering from injury and trying to catch up with my work.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast108.mp3\">Direct link to this episode<\/a>.\n[diecast show=\"diecast108\"]--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/7g5mEIBR#H6gXZ34bUJ-L8-60WOw-QpXqVfHK_5ict9tjkrQFHdY!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/7g5mEIBR#H6gXZ34bUJ-L8-60WOw-QpXqVfHK_5ict9tjkrQFHdY\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/npRR3CbK#bOtjR4E65k8Dk95eAssif9rhJ8q15YFOWQT2Xkc7MOA\">Download Ogg Vorbis File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/\">Shamus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Campster\">Campster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Damian_Wayne\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicemovemumbles\">Mumbles<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>1:00 Mumbles talks about Jurassic World. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spoilers?<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 <a href=\"http:\/\/blankmediagames.com\/\">Town of Salem<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s like the game Mafia, but it&#8217;s not [as much] horseshit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>29:00 Steam Summer sale!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><table width='800' class=\"\" cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' border='0' align='center'><tr><td><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/steam_summer_2015.jpg' class='insetimage' width='800' alt='I actually dig the music. If it had been an album and not two short looping songs, I would&#8217;ve bought it.' title='I actually dig the music. If it had been an album and not two short looping songs, I would&#8217;ve bought it.'\/><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>Last year they took me for a few hundred dollars, but this year I didn&#8217;t see much I wanted or needed. On the other hand, I&#8217;ve found a bunch of stuff that I wanted my kids to have. So instead of filling my library I&#8217;m filling theirs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>37:00 MAILTIME : Old versions of D&amp;D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>Recently, my players asked me if I&#8217;d be up for GM-ing an old version<br \/>\nof D&amp;D. I half-jokingly told them &#8220;Yes, on the condition that we play<br \/>\nTomb of Horrors.&#8221;<br \/>\nTo my surprise, despite them not really knowing this adventure, they agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Which means I now have to learn how to GM AD&amp;D 1st Edition (we<br \/>\nselected this because it would allow us to run Temple of Elemental<br \/>\nEvil for levels 1-8) in two weeks.<br \/>\nMy experience lies almost exclusively with modern non-D&amp;D D20 games<br \/>\nlike 13th Age and a couple of D6 games like Little Fears.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any tips \/ know of common pitfalls for novice GMs running<br \/>\nthis edition and these modules? And perhaps some advice for my equally<br \/>\ninexperienced players?<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nLoa Vecre<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>40:00 Mailbag: &#8220;indi&#8221; development.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast<\/p>\n<p>Hearing you guys talk about indi game development and costs got me thinking about the amount of money it takes to make a specific genre of games. As an amateur trying to get a summer project together, I have been really limited in the type of game that I have the ability to make. Most indi games are far different games than AAA, and a big factor is budget. Would you say there are genres of games that are only available to big budgets or small budgets? What does that mean in a greater context of art that that specific genres are labeled &#8220;cheap&#8221; or &#8220;expensive&#8221;?, and does this association take away value from certain genres?<\/p>\n<p>Curiously,<br \/>\nJames<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>47:00 Mailbag: &#8220;Battle for the Cowl&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>Question for Mumbles (sorry, nothing to do with computer games):<\/p>\n<p>Have you read Battle for the Cowl by Tony Daniels and, if you have, can you recommend it?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m reading through Morrison&#8217;s Batman run (currently on Batman RIP) and everything I&#8217;ve read about Battle for the Cowl says it&#8217;s not the best edition to the Morrison arc so any help is appreciated, thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Andrew<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>51:00 Mumbles talks about .Hack.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>57:00 Aside: Why do we PC Game?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Josh for editing this episode while I was recovering from injury and trying to catch up with my work. 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