{"id":49780,"date":"2020-04-20T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=49780"},"modified":"2020-04-20T09:18:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:18:35","slug":"diecast-298","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=49780","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #298: More of the Same"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even if you don&#8217;t listen to our podcast, if you listen to <strong>any<\/strong> podcast then I&#8217;ve got a question for you in the show notes below. I&#8217;m just curious how people consume these things.<\/p>\n<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast298.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast298.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast298.mp3' download='diecast298.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast298.ogg' download='diecast298.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\/diecast298.mp3\">Diecast298<\/a><\/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\/wJia54XgCEY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wJia54XgCEY'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>00:00 Pandemic Update<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re okay. Keeping busy. Hope the same is true for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>03:09 Podcast listening habits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll repeat the question here: What&#8217;s your typical podcast habit? Do you binge? Listen once and then never again? Revisit favorite from time to time? Do you listen on a commute? During long periods of No Internet? When travelling?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t just mean this show, I&#8217;m talking about podcasts in general.<\/p>\n<p><strong>08:50 Receiver 2<\/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\/g-SgoKBIE24\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g-SgoKBIE24'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what the voice-over guy is on about, but this seems like a <em>terrible<\/em> cult. Can&#8217;t I just join one where they take all your money and you live in a smelly commune while enduring constant gaslighting by the leadership? That seems like it would be way more fun than this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14:57 Paul fixed his mic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hardware problems confuse me, but Paul evidently knows what he&#8217;s doing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22:26 More Cities: Skylines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class='imagefull'><img src='https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/images\/cities_skylines_silly_farms.jpg' width=100% alt='Yes. This looks like a totally reasonable simulation of a single mid-size farm.' title='Yes. This looks like a totally reasonable simulation of a single mid-size farm.'\/><\/div><div class='mouseover-alt'>Yes. This looks like a totally reasonable simulation of a single mid-size farm.<\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>31:01 Kids play The Stanley Parable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Don&#8217;t get me started on kids these days and their inability to parse meta humor based on established storytelling tropes in the context of modern-day narrative design. <\/p>\n<p><strong>38:52 Fun with Shaders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is the post on <a href=\"?p=13324\">Art and the Computer<\/a> that I mentioned during this segment.<\/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\/kJNit5hqru8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kJNit5hqru8'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>52:05 Mailbag: Dragon Quest Builders<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>as you guys like Minecraft I was wondering what your opinion (if any) is on the Dragon Quest Builders games.<\/p>\n<p>While the first game didn&#8217;t allow quite as much building as the second one, it was still possible to build some impressive stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Vale,<\/p>\n<p>-Tim<\/p><\/blockquote>\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\/znh5ksgzOS4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=znh5ksgzOS4'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p><strong>54:57 Mailbag: Industries of Titan<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a cyberpunk city building game called Industries of Titan now<br \/>\nout in early access. I don&#8217;t know much about it yet, but I thought it&#8217;s<br \/>\nsomething that may be up your alley! (Or &#8220;Your respective alleys&#8221;? How<br \/>\ndo you say that when you talk to multiple people?)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/braceyourselfgames.com\/industries-of-titan\/\">Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Nb3rgHLhz0\">Let&#8217;s play that I&#8217;m currently watching<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regards,<br \/>\nRFS-81<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>57:52 Mailbag: Overseas<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast. . .<\/p>\n<p>Hi Shamus and Paul, have either of you ever travelled overseas? or abroad? I&#8217;m not sure what they call travelling to other countries in America. <\/p>\n<p>Also, completely unrelated question, what is your favourite bounded region in 3-dimensional space?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for making such a wonderful podcast and hoping you two keep up the good work.<br \/>\nHoping your all well, Henry Chadban.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even if you don&#8217;t listen to our podcast, if you listen to any podcast then I&#8217;ve got a question for you in the show notes below. I&#8217;m just curious how people consume these things. Hosts: Paul, Shamus. Episode edited by Issac. 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