Diecast #309: Hue, Townscaper
Remember that next week I’m having SoldierHawke on the show. She does blind play-throughs of iconic games on her YouTube channel. Currently she’s playing Jedi: Fallen Order, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and the Half-Life remake Black Mesa. If you’ve got a question for either of us, then the email is in the header image.
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Hosts: Paul, Shamus. Episode edited by Issac.
Diecast309
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00:00 No Man’s Sky is still a disaster
Whelp, that didn’t work out. I guess I’ll come back in 2021 and see if things are any better.
Someone out there really needs to make a non-broken, non-horrible version of this game.
09:22 LOTRO
It sounds like Paul is still having fun?
12:35 Hue
This game came out in 2016, but I’m just discovering it now. It’s a lot more interesting than I would have guessed based on the premise.
Link (YouTube)
19:26 Townscaper
As others have done, Paul decided to make some tools in Python to edit the save files of Townscaper. You can have a look at his code if you like.
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41:28 Circuit boards
I made fun of Paul’s employer for having a special setup that nobody understands, but this entire website suffers from a bad case of exactly the same thing. If I ever die[1], this site would be one good automatic WordPress update from obliteration. There are so many special systems and bits of custom code, I’m not sure anyone would have the time to figure it all out.
55:24 Mailbag: Games for our Kids
My daughter, age 11, recently purchased Minecraft. It’s the first video game she’s ever bought and the first (commercial) game she’s ever played that I haven’t played first. What games do your kids play that you’ve never touched? How do your kids learn about new games?
–John