{"id":51110,"date":"2020-11-02T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=51110"},"modified":"2020-11-02T13:08:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T18:08:20","slug":"diecast-321-happy-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=51110","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #321: Happy Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, this isn&#8217;t Halloween. But we recorded the show on Halloween so&#8230; whatever? Anyway, I hope your treat\/ trick ratio was favorable. <\/p>\n<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast321.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast321.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast321.mp3' download='diecast321.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast321.ogg' download='diecast321.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\/diecast321.mp3\">Diecast321<\/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\/desgSDesIP4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=desgSDesIP4'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>00:00 Maybe Ross Next Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see. <\/p>\n<p><strong>01:08 Homestar and the Death of Flash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The characters themselves remarked on the death of Flash <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrwiki.org\/wiki\/Flash_is_Dead!\">five years ago<\/a>. I think Chrome is the only browser that will allow you to see the originals in all of their vector-animated glory.<\/p>\n<p>An entire art form vanishing into the bit bucket. Alas. <\/p>\n<p>Then again, there&#8217;s something satisfying about seeing atrocious broken software meet its well-deserved end. Bethesda has spent the last decade+ crowdsourcing their QA testing and bugfixes to their customers, and so it&#8217;s nice to see a little corner of the industry where quality still matters. <\/p>\n<p><strong>09:32 Amnesia Rebirth is annoying and I Quit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is very dark, and also your character is an idiot that will grief you. <\/p>\n<p><strong>17:24 Introducing People to VR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The true joy of VR isn&#8217;t experiencing it yourself, but in seeing someone else experience it for the first time. <\/p>\n<p><strong>34:23 Half-Life Alyx<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It feels like <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/234190\/Receiver\/\">Receiver<\/a> meets Half-Life 2. I dig it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>44:07 VR: Unity Development<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is more fun than the flood of games I&#8217;ve got in front of me. We&#8217;ll talk more about this later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>45:51 TribeXR DJ School VR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I find playing this game \/ simulation to be both fun and mildly embarrassing. Like, there&#8217;s something childish about walking up to a DJ rack in a public place and just pressing buttons until you figure it out. Of course, the VR setting obviously isn&#8217;t <strong>really<\/strong> a public place with real people, but it looks like a small nightclub or whatever. It feels like someone is going to come storming in any minute and throw me out for messing with the equipment when I obviously have no idea what I&#8217;m doing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>50:16 Watch Dogs Legion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t see people talking about this very much lately, and I&#8217;m not sure why. This is the first good Watch Dogs game. That&#8217;s gotta be worth talking about, right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>54:35 Mailbag: Doom Maps<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hi Shamus!<\/p>\n<p>Have you per chance made any Doom levels back in the 90s? I was casually browsing through Doomworld&#8217;s Top 100 Most Memorable Doom Maps. In 70th place there is the map called &#8220;Doom City&#8221;, made in 1995 by Shamus Young. Is there a story to tell?<\/p>\n<p>Link: https:\/\/www.doomworld.com\/25years\/top-100-memorable-maps\/page04\/<\/p>\n<p>M.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, this isn&#8217;t Halloween. But we recorded the show on Halloween so&#8230; whatever? Anyway, I hope your treat\/ trick ratio was favorable. Hosts: Paul, Shamus. Episode edited by Issac. 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