{"id":52125,"date":"2021-04-12T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=52125"},"modified":"2021-04-11T22:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T02:13:30","slug":"diecast-340-youtube-killed-the-video-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=52125","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #340: YouTube Killed the Video Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is another podcast for you to enjoy while cowering indoors and waiting for the current mess to blow over. Or I suppose you could enjoy it while jogging. Or at work. Or during class. Or at a funeral. Whatever. Do what you like. I&#8217;m not the boss of you.<\/p>\n<p><br clear='all'><audio controls><source src='\/diecast\/diecast340.ogg' type='audio\/ogg'><source src='\/diecast\/diecast340.mp3' type='audio\/mpeg'>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><div><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast340.mp3' download='diecast340.mp3'>Direct download<\/a> (MP3)<\/small><br\/><small><a href='\/diecast\/diecast340.ogg' download='diecast340.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\/diecast340.mp3\">Diecast340<\/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\/j_neFAS_VtU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j_neFAS_VtU'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>00:00 Moving<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paul moved! Moving sucks, but living in a nicer place is awesome. <\/p>\n<p><strong>00:59 Factorio Rocket Race and Mods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Factorio, I noticed that once I unlocked the end-game tech, my science stuff was basically useless. At the same time, all of the infrastructure was tangled up with my rocket-launching stuff. I always wondered what a full standalone rocket assembly would look like. Rocket Race is a Factorio game type that answers that question. You begin with all technologies researched and you&#8217;re free to start building the big stuff right away.<\/p>\n<p>At first I was able to launch a rocket every 20 minutes, but after two solid days of skipping sleep and losing track of time, I managed to have it launching a rocket every 2 minutes<span class='snote' title='1'>Yes, I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s some rando on YouTube that has a base that launches twenty rockets every ten seconds or something insane. Please don&#8217;t tell me how low I am on the totem pole. It will only depress me.<\/span>. It&#8217;s like a whole new game.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t remember when, but at some point I complained that building was a little strange in Factorio because you controlled a character. A lot of top-down games with building let you build from a semi-god mode where you&#8217;re just a floating camera. In contrast, Factorio feels like a game where your cursor can get caught on things and run over by the train. But now I see they&#8217;ve added a sandbox game mode where you are a bodiless camera. I haven&#8217;t tried it yet. I&#8217;m torn between working to improve my two-minute rocket, and just starting over in sandbox.<\/p>\n<p>I need help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>04:40 YouTube outliers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZF8-rGtWAkE\">the music video that Paul made<\/a>. Can we please get this thing more than 300 views?<\/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\/ZF8-rGtWAkE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZF8-rGtWAkE'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>Other videos discussed in this segment:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Paul&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jVbaeka2qQA\">Townscaper video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Shamus&#8217; first (and still most popular) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uQrC_C6SexI\">Bowlercoaster video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Shamus&#8217; second (and very unpopular) video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9vMbTioUF_I\">It Tastes Like Asphalt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The classic: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BQ9YtJC-Kd8\">The TV Show<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>19:51 Looking forward to New World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amazon is going to try again at this whole &#8220;making videogames&#8221; thing. The last big MMO &#8220;launch&#8221; was the introduction to WoW Classic. Will <em>New World<\/em> break us out of 17 years of WoW dominance, or will it be <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crucible_(video_game)\">another hilarious \/ tragic failure<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know, but I&#8217;m looking forward to this summer when we find out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>37:12 Mailbag: Weather I read a Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Diecast,<\/p>\n<p>I hope this question finds you well! About 10-15 years ago (back when I watched TV), I stumbled on a documentary about writing fiction where different successful authors, critics, and other experts gave their opinions on various aspects of writing. The only thing I remember from this flim is one sentence from an austere-looking man, who was a successful author. On the topic of reading other people&#8217;s work, he said: &#8220;I never read books where the very first sentence is describing the weather!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the years, I&#8217;ve held that opinion as the stupidest thing I&#8217;ve ever heard in my life! Of all the red flags you could have as a person, this HAS TO BE the dumbest, I&#8217;ve always thought! But as I&#8217;ve thought about it again recently, I realised that I myself have some weird red flags when it comes to fiction &#8211; things that would turn me off from a book or video game, that other people wouldn&#8217;t even notice.<\/p>\n<p>So my question for the two of you is: What are YOUR red flags for fiction (books video games, and movies)? If you&#8217;re reading a book\/playing a game, what are the things that would make you throw it at the wall in disgust, and start frothing at the mouth with rage?<\/p>\n<p>Keep Being Awesome,<\/p>\n<p>Lino<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is another podcast for you to enjoy while cowering indoors and waiting for the current mess to blow over. Or I suppose you could enjoy it while jogging. Or at work. Or during class. Or at a funeral. Whatever. Do what you like. I&#8217;m not the boss of you. Hosts: Paul, Shamus. 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