Diecast – Twenty Sided

It looks like we’re going to be taking a couple of weeks off from the Diecast. This year our recording days fall directly on Christmas and New Year. So the podcast next week will be the last of 2021. Hosts: Paul, Shamus. Episode edited by Issac. Diecast366 Link (YouTube) Show notes: 00:00 Quarantine! Like I […]

I had a topic I meant to add to the show notes, but forgot. This week in my Paypal account I got a $500 invoice from GitHub. I spent a good while scratching my head and wondering what on earth would cause GitHub to think I owed them five Benjamins. Then I looked again and […]

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. The Christmas Shopping season has begun, the Steam autumn sale is in full swing, award season is here, and it has begun snowing in my part of the world. I just noticed that Christmas and New Years fall on Saturday this year. We normally record the show on […]

This week I learned that you can’t have a cough drop in secret. On the night of recording this show, my throat was scratchy and dry. I thought I could alleviate this with a cough drop, and would put it in my cheek when it was time to talk. Nobody would ever know! And then […]

I start the show off with some negative energy aimed at Rockstar games. But then we settle in and have a good time. Hosts: Paul, Shamus. Episode edited by Issac. Diecast362 Link (YouTube) 00:00 GTA “Definitive Edition” Here are the images I talked about on the show. The first is the version of Denise where […]

I’m really sorry, but I failed to filibuster Paul this week. I unforgivably allowed him several minutes of talking where he was able to say smart and interesting things. See the end of this post for the breakdown. Hosts: Paul, Shamus. Episode edited by Issac. Diecast361 Link (YouTube) 00:00 2-Factor Authentication On one hand, I […]

The good news is that I got my second dose of vaccine, so I’m a little less likely to die of the plague. The bad news is that I was feeling kind of run down, sleep-deprived, and cranky. I didn’t really realize how bad it was until I listened to the show and heard how […]

Hosts: Paul, Shamus. Episode edited by Issac. Diecast359 Link (YouTube) Show notes: 00:00 Filament Why was this game not called String Theory? 15:29 Mailbag: New World Drama Dear Diecast, So, the Syndicate faction (purple) on my New World server just had their first bit of major drama today—the guild leader of The Olympians, the guild […]

I find it interesting that we got two different mailbag questions, both asking roughly the same thing. Both people asked for examples of “best” writing. Nobody asked for examples of “worst”. It’s always nice to have a chance to work against the idea that I’m a negative guy who complains about everything.[1] I thought of […]

Once again, thanks to Paul for his patience and longsuffering in the face of my ceaseless filibuster. I imagine it’s not easy to play second-fiddle to my inflated sense of self-importance, but Paul manages to pull it off. For those of you wondering just how lopsided the conversation is, I’ve posted a screenshot of the […]