{"id":27485,"date":"2015-06-22T10:49:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=27485"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:52:20","slug":"diecast-109-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=27485","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #109: Mailbag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a mailbag this week! I think we answered around 33% of the questions. I&#8217;m starting to think we need to do this more often. Once again, I&#8217;ve wiped the slate clean so if your question didn&#8217;t make it, it&#8217;s time to re-word or re-send if you&#8217;re still looking for an answer.<\/p>\n<p>Another week, another apology for wonky audio. I&#8217;m really frustrated now because I have the right tools but I keep making dumb newbie mistakes. This week I left a fan on. Not one of those &#8220;whisper quiet&#8221; fans. And this thing wasn&#8217;t sitting across the room from me. This was a roaring box fan, right at my feet. Why? <em>Why did I not turn off the fan<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"?p=26779\">Audio editing<\/a> got rid of the worst of it, but the ghost of the sound is still there when I talk. And I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll hear it now that I made a big deal about it. Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;m sure in another 109 episodes or so I&#8217;ll figure out how to run this show.<\/p>\n<p><!--remove original podcast link<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast109_embed.mp3\">Direct link to this episode<\/a>.\n<audio controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast109_embed.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" autostart=\"false\" \/><source src=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast109.ogg\" type=\"audio\/ogg\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" autostart=\"false\" \/><embed height=\"50\" width=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast109.mp3\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" autostart=\"false\" \/><\/audio>\n<small><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast109.mp3\">Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small>\n<small><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast109.ogg\">Direct download<\/a> (ogg Vorbis)<\/small>\n<small><a href=\"?feed=rss2&amp;category_name=diecast-2\">Podcast RSS feed.<\/a><\/small>--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/embed\/fkgTQAxZ#OzGZXG3nxRY-FBWnJia7bGXK2AaN_dStZ8vtj7uwdRc!1v1c\" width=\"711\" height=\"144\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/Ok5CVSoZ#fPN_ZwJKH6MmzIPglZRpffpNMsWCEFpgKmbAPHPh6CY\">Download MP3 File<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mega.nz\/file\/XhgGTb5S#Xt4qfTP6DbQrTjl6r8yeRPIamZX80w6U2sCa2IA8thA\">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=\"http:\/\/fallout.wikia.com\/wiki\/Dick_Richardson\">Josh<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicemovemumbles\">Mumbles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes: <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1:00 MP3 vs. OGG<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Is Shamus willing to dig into the server logs and tell us what the<br \/>\npercentages are between the Diecast&#8217;s various delivery methods? How do<br \/>\nMP3 compare to Ogg, etc&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Peter H. Coffin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>3:00 Turn-based Systems and the Witcher on Spoiler Warning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast<br \/>\nI heard you talking about turn-based systems and mechanics and it got me wondering if any of you played Jagged Alliance 2?<br \/>\nAlso, (when) can we expect Witcher 3 Spoiler Warning season?<br \/>\nBest regards.<\/p>\n<p>Josef<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>8:00 Design-a-Vault!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>If you could design a vault in the new Fallout 4 game, what would it look like? What kind of bizarro scientific experiment would be fun to uncover?<\/p>\n<p>Also, since I sent this for Mumbles, who would win a wrestling match between crows and squirrels?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your wonderful podcast,<br \/>\nThe Fighting Doll<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>23:00 Next Gen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast<\/p>\n<p>My Question is about &#8220;Next Gen&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So we all know what next generation graphics are going to look like, peers out of the window and sighs.<\/p>\n<p>What does everyone think next generation mechanics should look\/play like?<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<br \/>\nIf we have &#8220;twice the power&#8221; of the previous gen, can we render 2 of the previous gen games at once to do strange overlapping levels?<br \/>\nLess polygons more fluid animations?<br \/>\nBeing able to create more complex AI or Simulations?<br \/>\nOr just the ability to never have to see a loading screen ever again.<\/p>\n<p>From<\/p>\n<p>Michelle in England<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>34:00 The Hinterlands<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast<br \/>\nWhat makes you able to play and enjoy the Witcher 3 or Skyrim, but makes you get stuck in the Hinterlands in Inquisition for hours?<br \/>\n&#8211; Christopher<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>45:00 Books that expand on the lore of a game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Deer Diecast.<\/p>\n<p>Catching up on the Witcher games and watching the hangout, I noticed how the games make inevitable callbacks to the books.<\/p>\n<p>My question is, what do you think about books that expand on the lore of a videogame? (lumping together videogames based on books and vice versa as well as books accompanying games).<\/p>\n<p>Also if Josh could tell us real quick if the books are worthwile for fans of the witcher games.<\/p>\n<p>Yours,<br \/>\nBen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is the SuperBunnyHop that Chris mentioned:<\/p>\n<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XDefkW2z4VU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XDefkW2z4VU'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/eiwEF3Y0Tr3\">here is the Vine that Mumbles made for Chris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>55:00 Ruby Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Casters of all things Pod,<\/p>\n<p>Why do video games always come out on Tuesdays? How did that start?<\/p>\n<p>Best regards,<br \/>\nJared<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a mailbag this week! I think we answered around 33% of the questions. I&#8217;m starting to think we need to do this more often. Once again, I&#8217;ve wiped the slate clean so if your question didn&#8217;t make it, it&#8217;s time to re-word or re-send if you&#8217;re still looking for an answer. 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