{"id":36793,"date":"2017-01-30T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=36793"},"modified":"2023-11-21T09:30:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T14:30:19","slug":"diecast-186-mailbag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=36793","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #186: Mailbag!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast186.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast186.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast186.mp3' download='diecast186.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast186.ogg' download='diecast186.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=\"http:\/\/until-dawn.wikia.com\/wiki\/Josh\">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>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueberrystarstudio.com\/site\/\">Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is it! We finally get around to answering all those questions you&#8217;ve been sending us.<\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>0:02:21: Bay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who is this person named Bay? What happened to Rachel? Why are you changing your name? Why don&#8217;t you like your original name? And while we&#8217;re at it, what goes into naming a human being anyway?<\/p>\n<p><strong>0:10:29: Errant Signal<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Errant Signal,<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been over a month since your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aZkib5-rHsI\">last episode<\/a>. You okay buddy?<\/p>\n<p>Love, Shamus<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chris said the next episode would be up before this podcast, and he was true to his word:<\/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\/ln6WUbIXTIs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ln6WUbIXTIs'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>0:13:19: Favorite Mods<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite mod?<\/p>\n<p>Love, Christopher<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>0:14:00: Day Jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>What do you guys do for a living? I know most of you have blogs or youtube channels, but besides Shamus I don&#8217;t get the impression that it&#8217;s your livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>Love, Christopher<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>0:15:30 Remembering The Escapist, and the evolution of gaming news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>0:29:33: The story of why Polly paid $420 to play Dishonored 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Update: She&#8217;s enjoying it so far, but this is her first stealth game so progress is slow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>0:38:05: Why so Short?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>How come everyone in first person games are so short? I started playing Soma the other day, and Simon is only approximately a head taller than his own toilet cistern. I remember being shorter than a lot of handrails in Bioshock, too. What&#8217;s going on?<\/p>\n<p>Love, Christopher(6&#8217;1&#8243;)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>0:45:55: History lesson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I forget what game this relates to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>0:48:29: Lovecraft<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast<\/p>\n<p>When Lovecraft&#8217;s monsters are involved, people are often sticklers about following the rules or philosophy of his stories. Why do people care about how uncaring eldritch monstrosities are? There isn&#8217;t a lot of complaining when greek monsters are used outside of tragedies or trolls aren&#8217;t defeated by porridge eating contests.<\/p>\n<p>Lovecraft, Christopher<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>0:53:39: Favorite game in least favorite genre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Greetings Crossers of the Rubicon!<br \/>\nWhat is your favourite game from your least favourite genre?<br \/>\nKeep on keep on-ing!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sova<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosts: Josh, Rutskarn, Shamus, Campster, and Bay. This is it! We finally get around to answering all those questions you&#8217;ve been sending us. 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