{"id":49590,"date":"2020-03-23T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=49590"},"modified":"2020-03-22T23:49:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T03:49:15","slug":"diecast-294-doom-eternal-a-short-hike-gorogoa-gamestop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=49590","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #294: DOOM Eternal, A Short Hike, Gorogoa, Gamestop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, I tried to make a show that wasn&#8217;t going to mention The Plague. But right now all the news is about The Plague, and it&#8217;s impacting everything, so leaving it out means talking around it. That&#8217;s awkward, so instead we get this.<\/p>\n<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast294.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast294.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast294.mp3' download='diecast294.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast294.ogg' download='diecast294.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:\/\/www.peripheralarbor.com\/\">Paul<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/\">Shamus<\/a>. Episode edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/profiles\/76561198087035658\/\">Issac<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/diecast\/diecast294.mp3\">Diecast294<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><\/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\/8Xa86RcJtnM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Xa86RcJtnM'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>00:00 DOOM Eternal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was pretty negative on the show, but things are a little smoother now that I&#8217;ve figured a few things out. I still maintain that the bigger foes have WAY too much health. It&#8217;s possible to expend your entire stock of shotgun ammo on a Baron and STILL not kill him<span class='snote' title='1'>Depending on how you allocate upgrades, I suppose. You can invest in ammo, health, or armor.<\/span>. On normal difficulty. That feels wrong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>08:23 Bethesda&#8217;s Denuvo Folly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read it for yourself: <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2020\/03\/bethesda-apparently-broke-its-own-denuvo-protection-for-doom-eternal\/\">Bethesda apparently broke its own Denuvo protection for Doom Eternal<\/a>. Fun fact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitguru.net\/gaming\/matthew-wilson\/bethesda-managed-to-make-rage-2s-denuvo-drm-pointless\/\">This isn&#8217;t the first time this happened<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:32 A Short Hike<\/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\/l4bWwobx_LQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l4bWwobx_LQ'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>18:47 Gorogoa<\/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\/8ZO5WCr5yH8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8ZO5WCr5yH8'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>23:56 Youtube is using Covid-19 as an excuse to do less human checks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/youtube-creators.googleblog.com\/2020\/03\/protecting-our-extended-workforce-and.html'><div class='imagefull'><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/youtube_covid-19.jpg' width=100% alt='Our irresponsible and unaccountable automated systems may be even more irresponsible and unaccountable due to the pandemic, because these&apos;s no way we could run this 100% internet-based system over the internet.' title='Our irresponsible and unaccountable automated systems may be even more irresponsible and unaccountable due to the pandemic, because these&apos;s no way we could run this 100% internet-based system over the internet.'\/><\/div><\/a><div class='mouseover-alt'>Our irresponsible and unaccountable automated systems may be even more irresponsible and unaccountable due to the pandemic, because these&apos;s no way we could run this 100% internet-based system over the internet.<\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>27:41 Gamestop thinks it&#8217;s an &#8220;essential service&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Gamestop is wrong.)<\/p>\n<p>Gamestop <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/gamestop-we-can-stay-open-during-lockdowns-because-wer-1842415962\">refused to close<\/a>, then <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/gamestop-shuts-down-stores-in-california-1842428841\">changed its mind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>41:08 Mailbag: Standing Stone Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>You probably know by now that I\u2019m a big fan of Dungeons and Dragons Online, and Standing Stone Games did something really cool, I think: they made all of the adventure content in BOTH of their MMO\u2019s (Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online) available FREE until April 30th. https:\/\/www.ddo.com\/en\/friends<\/p>\n<p>I thought this was really cool, and I\u2019m wondering if you or the other Diecast folks might stop by at some point? It doesn\u2019t seem to be a marketing ploy, but just something they wanted to do so people going through tough times could have access to a fun game.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Snow<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, I tried to make a show that wasn&#8217;t going to mention The Plague. But right now all the news is about The Plague, and it&#8217;s impacting everything, so leaving it out means talking around it. That&#8217;s awkward, so instead we get this. Hosts: Paul, Shamus. Episode edited by Issac. 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