{"id":30688,"date":"2016-02-15T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=30688"},"modified":"2016-09-04T20:24:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T00:24:39","slug":"diecast-141-lord-of-the-rings-firewatch-square-enix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=30688","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #141: Lord of the Rings, Firewatch, Square Enix"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nHosts: Josh<\/a>, Shamus<\/a>. Episode edited by Rachel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was just Josh and I this week. Mumbles was sick, Chris was on a trip, and Rutskarn is actually such an astounding nerd that our videogame podcast was not nerdy enough for him<\/strong> and he needed to go out and find something that is somehow even nerdier<\/strong>. Spoiler: This means no Spoiler Warning this week. Sorry. (You nerd.)<\/p>\n

I might have some reheated content from yesteryear (an abandoned text LP I never finished) to post in place of Spoiler Warning this week. We’ll see how things go.<\/p>\n

Show notes:
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\n0:02:40: Mobile Devices <\/strong><\/p>\n

The experience of learning to use mobile devices actually gave me a bit of humility and a great deal of empathy for all the baby boomers who jumped on the Information Superhighway late in life, after the conventions and customs of internet culture were established. It really is difficult to enter an unfamiliar system that assumes you already know how to navigate it.<\/p>\n

0:08:55: Lord of the Rings<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know that Peter Jackson movie from a few years ago? Someone adapted it to a novel! And it’s actually not too bad! Kinda overlong in parts, though.<\/p>\n

0:37:05: Firewatch<\/strong><\/p>\n