Diecast 317: Exapunks, Oxygen Not Included, Spider-Man Preview, Stormworks
Channel: Paul Spooner
Date: 21/09/2020

Listen to all the Diecast episodes with Shamus Young in here: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?cat=287

Show Notes:
00:00 First World Problems: The Keyboard lives again!
08:26 Exapunks
11:25 New Chair
15:17 Oxygen Not Included
18:31 The most unappealing preview ever
31:25 Not Junk Mail
37:25 Stormworks
42:18 Mailbag: Books About Games
53:48 Mailbag: Satisfying Prescience
59:28 Mailbag: Problems with Scale
1:16:22 Outro


Books About Games

In honor of the publication of Sid Meier's Memoirs!, a book of, uh, Sid Meier's memoirs, I must ask: do you ever read books about video games or video gaming?  If so, what are some of your favorites?  Mine is You, a novel about game development and the history of game development by Austin Grossman.

--John



Satisfying Prescience

Shamus when you write these long series [Jedi Fallen Order], do you get some satisfaction when you see people talking about something in the comments and you’ve already written an in-depth piece on that and it’s coming down the pipeline?

Thomas

https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=50753#comment-1274577


Problems with Scale

Hi There,
I'm playing through Outer Worlds and have noticed that it makes me feel a little claustrophobic. At first I thought it was the level design. But then I thought maybe the player height was different or the models were too big but I can't put my finger on it. Do you have any idea why this game might feel "smaller" (even the outdoor locations feel small)?

Thanks,
Rob Lundeen