{"id":47174,"date":"2019-06-03T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=47174"},"modified":"2019-06-03T04:05:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T08:05:57","slug":"diecast-259-the-witness-outer-wilds-survival-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=47174","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #259: The Witness, Outer Wilds, Survival Games"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nHosts: Paul<\/a>, Shamus<\/a>. Episode edited by Issac<\/a>.
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Show notes:<\/p>\n

00:00 The annoying Diecast feed problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe it’s fixed again. For now.<\/p>\n

Mostly this is a rant about their constant attempts to idiot-proof WordPress over the years. To a certain extent, this is understandable. The vast majority of WordPress users are not tech-savvy coders, they’re writers and whatnot. Giving those people a way to easily put content on the internet is the entire point of the platform. But in automating things for the people looking for turnkey solutions, they keep making it more and more difficult for power users with custom scripts.<\/p>\n

Yes, you can fork WordPress if you like and make it behave however you want. But then you’re either stuck on that old versionNot really viable, since just about every new release has a few fixes for security vulnerabilities.<\/span>, or you’re doomed to re-apply those changes to every new version of WordPress. That’s a lot of hassle. Since the whole point of my extensions is to avoid hassle, it’s not really a winning solution for me.<\/p>\n

10:41 Returning to the Witness <\/strong><\/p>\n

One thing I forgot to mention: I fixed the slow walking problem by turning the FOV up to 110. Even though you still move at the same speed, a large FOV will make your walking feel<\/strong> faster. It’s a silly trick, but it let me walk around the island without getting restless and impatient.<\/p>\n

27:08 Standardized Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bit of a digression here. <\/p>\n

32:37 Outer Wilds<\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel bad for dumping on this game. Everyone else seems so charmed by it, but it doesn’t work for me. <\/p>\n