{"id":30789,"date":"2016-02-22T07:04:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T12:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=30789"},"modified":"2016-09-04T20:21:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T00:21:18","slug":"diecast-142-firewatch-deadpool-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=30789","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #142: Firewatch, Deadpool, Mailbag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast142.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast142.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast142.mp3' download='diecast142.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast142.ogg' download='diecast142.ogg'>Direct download<\/a> (ogg Vorbis)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='?cat=287&feed=rss2'>Podcast RSS feed.<\/a><\/small><\/div><br \/>\nHosts: <a href=\"\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatehammer.org\/\">Rutskarn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/\">Shamus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Campster\">Campster<\/a>,  <a href=\"http:\/\/mumblesbot.tumblr.com\/\">Mumbles<\/a>.<br \/>\nEpisode edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/3yt6dhfs\">Rachel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>00:01:31: Firewatch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spoilers. Again. Sorry, it&#8217;s just impossible to say much about this game without spoiling the end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>00:23:35: Deadpool Movie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>00:29:58: Distance <\/strong><\/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\/6IWDTeuukfc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6IWDTeuukfc'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>00:35:21: MAILTIME!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The conversation began when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueberrystarstudio.com\">my daughter Rachel<\/a> (who edits this show) announced her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/3yt6dhfs\">wedding plans<\/a>, which resulted in this Twitter exchange:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shamusyoung\">@shamusyoung<\/a> &quot;Now Rachel&#39;s father will say a few words&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;In Mass Effect 1, Bioware created a universe that ran on fairly well-established r<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zanzanar (@Zanzanar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zanzanar\/status\/697966625627049984\">February 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And here is the resulting question:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>That tweet about Shamus nit-picking ME1 in a speech at Rachel&#8217;s wedding really got me thinking &#8211; could you start a wedding toast with &#8220;In Mass Effect 1&#8230;&#8221; and make it sound decent? Would Shamus or Rutskarn like to take a crack at it?<\/p>\n<p>David<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>00:38:42: Do bad games make good games better?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>So I have actually kinda cathartically enjoyed a couple different critiques on Bethesda&#39;s Fallout 4. Its a really fun problem to have, since the issues Bethesda has introduced seem to be based on huge misunderstanding of the franchise. But in a way it also does shine a light on the games that did understand its franchise right, and thats what I wanted to know about. Do franchises benefit from having a few bad apples, in order to make the other works feel more special. Is that why we cherish New Vegas as a return to form? Are there any other franchises that have benefitted from having bad works? I think Star Wars could be one.<\/p>\n<p>Questionably,<br \/>\nJames<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>00:49:02: Extemporaneous self-insert surprise question!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>Can you think of any games that broke from their old style and were just as good (or better for it) after being re-invented. <\/p>\n<p>You have the best podcast ever,<br \/>\nShamus<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts: Josh, Rutskarn, Shamus, Campster, Mumbles. Episode edited by Rachel. 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