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March 12, 2014 9:49:19.152

This sounds good - Peter Hines of Bethesda talking about regular updates to ESO - but I'm skeptical:

"We want to do the version that we think is the best game and the coolest experience," Hines continued. "And that means putting a lot of people and a lot of content creators towards having stuff that comes our regularly; every four weeks, five weeks, six weeks. Big new stuff that you want to do."

Why am I skeptical? Look at the timelines for the DLC packs for the last few games they've done - Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas, and Fallout 3. The gap between the significant chunks of content was long, and the stream typically dried up around the 1 year mark after release. I simply have my doubts that they can sustain a system of significant DLC size output at that rate without completely burning out their content development teams. I also wonder what that kind of schedule will do to the development of the more interesting (to me, anyway) single player games they do. Sure, the studios aren't the same ones, but resources from corporate are not unlimited....

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ST 4U 543: Squeak Dependency Browser

March 12, 2014 11:45:37.578

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the dependency browser in Squeak. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Dependency Browser

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PY 4U 52: Object Tests

March 13, 2014 10:13:22.237

Today's Python 4 You looks at how you can identify the class or type of any Python object. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Object Types

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ST 4U 544: Basic VA Usage 3

March 14, 2014 10:22:08.361

Today's Smalltalk 4 You continues with basic VA usage, covering more proper versioning and releasing with Envy. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Basic Usage 3

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IM 166: Dependency and Such

March 16, 2014 12:08:48.619

Welcome to episode 166 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week James and David talk about the various event mechanisms in Smalltalk (primarily speaking of VisualWorks) - Dependency, Trigger Events, and Announcements.

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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IM 166: Dependency and Such (AAC)

March 16, 2014 12:09:49.596

Welcome to episode 166 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week James and David talk about the various event mechanisms in Smalltalk (primarily speaking of VisualWorks) - Dependency, Trigger Events, and Announcements.

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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ST 4U 545: Extension Methods in Pharo

March 17, 2014 8:46:37.035

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at extension methods in Pharo, and how to work with them in the packaging system. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Extension Methods in Pharo

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PY 4U 53: Multiple Inheritance

March 18, 2014 7:17:17.286

Today's Python 4 You looks at multiple inheritence in Python. This can be a tricky subject - you might want to refer to the documentation pages for this. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Multiple Inheritence

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ST 4U 546: Basic CST Usage 1

March 19, 2014 8:44:23.314

Today's Smalltalk 4 You starts a basic usage series for Cincom Smalltalk. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

CST Basic Usage 1

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