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This is fantastic.

"So many tantalizing carrots..." - Slogan for new UE4 marketing campaign

I can personally recommend Unreal Engine 4. I've been using it for roughly 2 months and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I came from Unity Free, and was allured by the visual scripting tool and the node based material editor, and so far it's been great. The only thing I miss from Unity is the Asset Store, and the huge online community. I'm not saying that it's "better" than Unity by the way, I guess it's a personal preference thing. But it's worth checking it out to see if it's right for you. Some of the beginner tutorials on their youtube channel are a useful thing to watch to get an idea of the workflow. Edit: Hmm.. I kind of want to start an Unreal Engine thread on this subforum now. It would be cool to have a place to share tips/tricks/cheat codes/etc.

Just a warning: UE4 happens to only accept meshes in the .fbx format, so while the set you linked would work; not everything you find on the asset store will. Edit: They may have added support for .obj by now but I'm not certain about whether that actually exists/works in the current version.

That Dashcon discussion was entirely fascinating, I had no idea that was going on last weekend. Ooh, that documentary looks quite interesting. Thanks.

Aw yiss, two hour long episode.

I hear all the kids are using Soundcloud these days. I've also heard Podbean is okay but have no personal experience with it so your mileage may vary.

I'm also having a good time with Unreal Engine 4. The blueprint scripting language has made things sooo much easier for me get things done (what with having no real programming skills). I came from Unity3D with Playmaker, and UE4 just feels like the natural extension of that. The $20 price tag has been well worth it.

I think you nailed it, dude. You are in.

Cadbury's is fantastic. I actually went a few weeks ago. There's also the Sea Life Centre which is always good fun. This thread is delicious.

With all the recent talk of Shovel Knight, I thought it might be worthwhile to point out that it has an incredible soundtrack by chiptune genius Jake Kaufman:

I haven't played a fighting game in years, but I always make sure to catch what I can of EVO whenever it rolls around. Looking forward to this.

Nice!

It's you! I watched your newest video a few days ago and thought it was great.

Based on the little I know about the guys at Red Giant, I think they'd probably be cool about it.

This is probably the first and last time Particular will ever be used for such a purpose. Also, congrats on the video. I always enjoy seeing these.

I believe he also seems to be wearing an what looks like an Assassin's Creed hood in that picture.

The Firearm Sound Library is a CC0 resource for anyone who needs loud bangs for their game.

I first started listening to the podcast right after the kickstarter revival, and found myself listening to the older episodes in reverse chronological order, whilst also listening to the new episodes as they were being released. It was a pretty strange experience that reached peak weirdness when I discovered the origin of the wizard joke (in episode 5 I think) and a whole bunch of things made sense. That was a long time ago now. I should listen to those old episodes again...

Whatever gets you through the day. I mean it sounds like you had a great shopping experience. .

On the topic of convenient console power/video connectors which are the same on each console iteration, I think Sony has been silently doing this since the PS1. I don't have a PS4, so this may not hold true any more, but excluding any of the Lite Diet Slim models, the power and the video connector has been the same all the way up to the PS3 (Unless you're using HDMI). I always thought that was pretty neat.

Apparently the Thumbs were accidentally correct about Watch Dogs being connected to the Assassin's Creed universe: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-02-assassins-creed-4-character-crosses-over-to-watch-dogs (article has some spoilers) Also, it turns out that the Ubiverse is an actual thing too: I find it amusing how so much of the stuff that's joked about on the cast is later revealed to be true.

Your pun made me choke on my drink and now I've made a mess. Thanks. No need to apologise, I don't need your simba-thy.

No, the official app is still insufferable. I use PocketCasts and it's great.

Upon listening to the cast on my phone and then re-reading the cast title on the site homepage, I was confused when I saw that the title was different from what was shown on my phone. At first I assumed it was a typo, but now I realise there is only one explanation. I must be somehow subscribed to the shadow podcast feed as mentioned in the intro of episode 129 and I must have been receiving hidden Phaedrus messages for months without knowing.