{"id":34395,"date":"2016-09-12T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=34395"},"modified":"2016-09-12T05:08:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T09:08:46","slug":"diecast-167-mystic-messenger-star-citizen-ps4-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=34395","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #167: Mystic Messenger, Star Citizen, PS4 Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast167.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast167.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast167.mp3' download='diecast167.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast167.ogg' download='diecast167.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=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rainmaker0000lariat\/status\/685283024099913728\">Josh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/rutskarn?ty=c\">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>. Episode edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueberrystarstudio.com\/site\/\">Rachel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>0:01:17 &#8211; Mystic Messenger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the next couple of weeks Mumbles is having a birthday. And also moving to another state. And also changing jobs. And her sleep schedule. Which I&#8217;m pretty sure means she&#8217;s retiring and letting Nightwing run things for now on. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">hey someone tell the diecast crew all i want for my birthday is for them to play mystic messenger and chat with me about cute boys<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mumble cena \u00f0\u0178\u0090\u00a6 (@nicemovemumbles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicemovemumbles\/status\/774196149922041856\">September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>0:14:14 &#8211; Rutskarn is making games using <a href=\"https:\/\/twinery.org\/\">Twine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During this segment my moderator alarm went off when Mumbles started talking about how the Bible was transcribed over the centuries. &#8220;Oh no! This is going to start a flamewar!&#8221;, I thought. See, this is basically the Emacs vs. Vim of the Protestant world: An incredibly esoteric, pedantic, yet fiercely argued point among a particular subculture. If you&#8217;re not a Christian or if you never went in for the more scholarly inter-faith debates then you probably have no idea how deep this rabbit hole goes.<\/p>\n<p>But of course it was a perfectly safe thing for her to say in the context of a videogame podcast and I didn&#8217;t need to freak out about it. I was just having flashbacks to the flamewars of my younger days. Still, just in case there are some Biblical scholars in the audience: Please resist the urge to argue about it. And if you non-Christian types could do me a favor and not throw some back-handed snark my way, I&#8217;d really appreciate it. Believe me, I&#8217;m well aware what you think of the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>0:30:52 &#8211; Star Citizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is the video in question.<\/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\/D5dB4N_Dapk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D5dB4N_Dapk'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>Even allowing for the usual smoke-and-mirrors employed in these sorts of demos, it looks like the hard technology problems are solved. <\/p>\n<p><strong>0:45:32 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2016\/sep\/08\/playstation-boss-andrew-house-ps4-pro-our-approach-isnt-reactive-this-time-around\">Sony sees the PC as a viable threat<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is the important quote, from Andrew House, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[the data] suggested that there&#39;s a dip mid-console lifecycle where the players who want the very best graphical experience will start to migrate to PC, because that&#39;s obviously where it&#39;s to be had. We wanted to keep those people within our eco-system by giving them the very best and very highest [performance quality]. So the net result of those thoughts was PlayStation 4 Pro \u00e2\u20ac&quot; and, by and large, a graphical approach to game improvement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2016\/sep\/08\/playstation-boss-andrew-house-ps4-pro-our-approach-isnt-reactive-this-time-around\">Full article<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>0:59:28 &#8211; No Mods for PS4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/bethesda.net\/#en\/events\/game\/ps4-mod-update\/2016\/09\/09\/199\">the press release from Bethesda<\/a>, which is behind an age-gate for some idiotic reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts: Josh, Rutskarn, Shamus, Campster, Mumbles. 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