<p>I was worried about recording an episode on Saturday to release on Thursday. A lot can happen in the course of five days, and some bit of news might come along to make our discussion irrelevant. Then I remembered that we’re talking about Valve, and Valve only makes non-hat announcements on odd-numbered years. So maybe in 2017 we can have <em>Diecast #230: Valve has released a photograph showing the first Steam Machines will be orange. Still no release date. Still no Half-Life 3</em>.</p>
<p>Hosts: <a href="http://www.chocolatehammer.org/">Rutskarn</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian">Josh</a>, <a href="http://digitalmumbles.com/" title="Digital Mumbles">Mumbles</a>, and <a href="http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale">Shamus</a>.</p>
<p>Show notes:</p>
<p><span id="more-21265"></span><strong>2:00 Steam Machines you guys. STEEM MASHIENZ!</strong></p>
<p><strong>19:00 Haptics</strong></p>
<p><strong>35:00 Rutskarn talks about <a href="http://www.destructoid.com/permanent-death-exploring-harsh-consequence-in-far-cry-2-156839.phtml">a permadeath run of Far Cry 2</a> and how it can fundamentally alter your perception of the game.</strong></p>
<p><strong>46:30 Mumbles is playing GTA V and looking for a good RPG. No, not the one you’re thinking of. She wants a GOOD one.</strong></p>
<p><strong>1:01:00 Shamus talks a bit about Good Robot and the music people have offered.</strong></p>
<p>Seriously composers: You folks are doing a fine job. But the number and quality of the submissions has kind of caught me off guard. I’ve got submissions via email, comments, and Twitter. I’m going to try and organize this stuff and see what I’ve got, what I need, and who made it. We’ll talk more about this in a future entry and I’m going to want to trade emails with anyone offering tracks for the game.</p>
<p>More on this later.</p>
