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<p>Double Diecast this week! Chris attended the Game Developers Conference, and he’s returned with tidings and folk wisdom. Stay a while and listen.</p>
<p>Hosts: <a href="http://www.jamesonwhiskey.com/us/agegate">Josh</a>, <a href="http://www.errantsignal.com/blog/">Chris</a>, and <a href="http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale">Shamus</a>.</p>
<p>Show notes: <span id="more-22709"></span><br /> <strong>0:00 GDC is expensive.</strong></p>
<p><strong>5:00 Oculus Rift and VR in general. </strong></p>
<p><strong>24:00 The Steam controller.</strong></p>
<p><strong>30:00 IGF/GDC awards.</strong></p>
<p>For the curious, <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/news/papers_please_takes_the_grand_.html?_mc=EM_DB_LE_GD14MRKAA37&amp;elq=6160e5ae31ec43c0b8b9ac97914d5a93">the winners are listed here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>41:00 GTA is “Ugly”.</strong></p>
<p>Just to avoid any potential fan-rage, let me make it clear that <em>I’m not talking about <strong>graphics</strong></em>. When I say GTA is ugly I’m talking about the nasty heart of the game, which seems to hate everything, even its own despicable lead[s].</p>
<p><strong>45:00 Project Greelight is being discontinued, and replaced with anarchy. </strong></p>
<p>Here is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyoWD6K9k3A">the Errant Signal that Chris made about Greenlight</a> when it was introduced back in 2012.</p>
<p><strong>47:00 Lost levels</strong></p>
<p>A couple of Lost Levels moments: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gXCP9DfA5Y">Professor Oak Dance-Off</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKShKBuVZnw">A History Of Jeff Goldblum In Games</a>, and a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViBvuJrrZC8">Talk by Ric Chivo</a></p>