{"id":48377,"date":"2019-10-21T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=48377"},"modified":"2019-10-20T21:53:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T01:53:16","slug":"diecast-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=48377","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #276: Apologies, Manifold Garden, Mailbag"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nHosts: Paul<\/a>, Shamus<\/a>. Episode edited by Issac<\/a>.
\nDiecast276<\/a><\/p>\n

Show notes:
\n00:00 Shamus is too busy!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Between the music class, some family difficulties, and some health issues, I’m really running out of hours. This is all temporary. I expect this is going to blow over in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully we don’t end up with another blank spot on the blog like last week.<\/p>\n

03:44 Games where you can’t pick up enemy weapons \/ armor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Issac and I are making an article \/ video. In this video, I want to have an aside about how funny it is when a game won’t let you pick up weapons and armor from defeated foes. I’d like to have a visual to go along with this. <\/p>\n

Here is the question I have for you: Can you think of a game where defeated foes are depicted with clearly visible items that you can’t pick up, even though they would be immediately useful to your character? Like, “Look! There’s a sword on the ground! It’s right next to this guy I just killed, but I’m still using this dagger.” <\/p>\n

I know I’ve played games with this problem in the past, but I’ve been thinking about it for days and I still can’t recall any concrete examples. <\/p>\n

05:27 Manifold Garden<\/strong><\/p>\n