Transmission Code: 16433 (#47)

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:40 · William and Thomas are alone. (Emanuel was having mic issues and Phillip was having internet problems)

Podcast 17 News

• 00:01:30 · Phillip is back from holiday.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:01:50 · Team Fortress 2 Updates Released.
• 00:03:15 · Garry’s Mod Update Released.
• 00:03:50 · Team Fortress 2 clamps down on external app idlers.
• 00:06:00 · Destructoid: Left 4 Dead 2: Meet the Jockey.
• 00:07:00 · Eurogamer: Dark Carnival unveiled and L4D x360 DLC pricing not Valve’s decision.
• 00:12:00 · Kotaku:Left 4 Dead 2 Impressions: Jockeys and Swords
• 00:12:00 · Left 4 Dead 2 footage, crowbar on Coach’s back.
• 00:12:00 · Halflife2.net: Left 4 Dead 2 at PAX – The Jockey
• 00:14:00 · Steam Hardware Survey: August 2009
• 00:16:40 · Steam client update released.
• 00:17:15 · Halflife2.net: L4D2 PAX Gameplay Collection.
• 00:18:15 · Gamasutra: Valve’s Chet on how L4D2 works as a ‘cohesive single statement’.
• 00:18:15 · No More Game Blogs’ Chet interview.

Releases

• 00:20:00 · Cooldiradical (HL2:Ep2)

Updates

• 00:21:00 · Synergy updated – adds autosaves, City 7 third-party support.

Media Blitz

• 00:25:00 · BlackSector – Character Production – The Wraith Horde
• 00:28:30 · Resistance & Liberation – Carentan Causeway
• 00:32:30 · Torn – 4 images to keep you going
• 00:35:00 · Dear Esther Remake – Update 2
• 00:37:00 · No More Room in Hell – Weekly Update August 31st, 2009
• 00:40:15 · Quick rundown of extra ModDB updates

Articles

• 00:45:00 · Smashing Magazine: Large Maya 3D Tutorial Roundup
• 00:48:00 · ModDB Video Spotlight – August 2009
• 00:49:00 · Goldeneye: Source/Half-Life 2 – Python for gamemodes

Question/Discussion

• 00:54:20 · Capt Quark asks: “From what I understand, Goldsrc engine did not have the ability to show true reflective mirrors (for example, the bathroom mirrors were always grayed out). When HL2 was released, mirrors were still rendered this way. Even in L4D. Why? Is this a limitation of the engine itself?”
• 00:58:40 · Wrap-up

Transmission Code: 16265 (#46)

A shorter episode again this week because less releases than usual, and no interview.

Extended Show Notes

Introductions

• 00:00:40 – William and Emanuel are joined by Thomas who has returned after an 8 week gap.

Follow-up & Errata

• 00:04:50 – Provenance

Emanuel’s Apology Section

• 00:07:00 – Apology to the Jailbreak! team.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:08:40 – Counter-Strike: Source Update Released
• 00:09:10 – Garry’s Mod Update Released
• 00:10:00 – Left 4 Dead 2 Swarming Penny Arcade Expo (PAX)
• 00:11:05 – Steam Client Update
• 00:12:30 – Segway: Garry’s Mod Achievements
• 00:14:40 – Segway: Thomas’ Tales

Releases

• 00:17:50 – Fight for Life
• 00:19:15 – The Event in the Village
• 00:21:50 – Zombie Master Black Edition 1.2e
• 00:26:20 – Female Assassins in Half-Life 2
• 00:27:40 – Segway: Slogan brainstorming.

Updates

• 00:29:40 – Modular Combat v1.76

Media Blitz

• 00:32:20 – HL Opposing Force – Firestorm – Newstime
• 00:34:20 – Final Stand: fight for humanity – 1st New/Dev Post
• 00:37:04 – SMOD: Tactical – Delta 6 Progress Update – August 27th
• 00:39:36 – Epsilon Eridani – August 2009 Recap
• 00:41:26 – The Mortewood Plaza – Development Status Update 1
• 00:45:58 – City17: Episode 1 – August Update | Day 1 & 2
• 00:50:30 – Jurassic Life – End of Holidays!
• 00:52:00 – Experiment 04 – Teaser Trailer

Articles

• 00:53:25 – ModDB – SOMI: Age of Chivalry Overview
• 00:57:30 – Smashball University Training Video: Speed
• 00:58:50 – ModDB – Why Should I Play: Dreamball
• 01:00:30 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 16097 (#45)

A shorter than usual episode this week because Phillip is on holiday, so there aren’t any SP releases on PlanetPhillip to cover. Special thanks to James (£cho) who was pulled in literally 10 minutes before recording for an imprumptu interview.

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:40 – William and Emanuel are joined by James (£cho) of Situation Outbreak (Previously known as ZMS/Zombie Mod: Source)

Podcast 17 News

• 00:02:50 – ModDB changes & we are now on the rotator of ModDB.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:03:50 – Team Fortress 2/Day of Defeat: Source/Left 4 Dead Updates Released
• 00:04:45 – Team Fortress 2 Blog: This point ain’t gonna cap itself!
• 00:05:35 – Ragdoll Metaphysics: Chet Faliszek on Valve Culture, why AI Constructs are Depressing, and the Larger World Behind Left 4 Dead.

Releases

• 00:10:20 – Monster_Survival (Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Cooperative map)
• 00:10:55 – Provenance

Media Blitz

• 00:15:20 – Dark City 17 Trailer (pulled)
• 00:15:55 – Prison Island – a progress update
• 00:18:00 – NMRiH – Weekly Update August 17th, 2009
• 00:21:40 – HL1 inside HL2 – Media Release 3
• 00:22:30 – Shotgun Sunrise – A Status Update For You Duders
• 00:25:40 – Radiator 1-3, Much Madness – Progress Report
• 00:27:25 – Dear Ester Redux – Painting and Sculpting
• 00:29:30 – Firearms: Source – Stoner Rifle-25, M1911, and Status Updates
• 00:30:45 – Blacksector – Wraith Horde Emergency

Articles

• 00:32:15 – Eternal Silence Post-Mortem – Parts 1 & 2
• 00:36:10 – Noesis Presents: Jailbreak! Interviews

Interview

• 00:38:40 – Interview with James (£cho) from Situation Outbreak.
• 01:03:00 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 15929 (#44)

The audio quality of the interview is bad in places because we were having connection issues and Noodles was having microphone issues.

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:40 – William and Emanuel are joined by Phillip. Also later on by Dainis (FuriousFurling), Evan (Archaic) and Noodles of Stargate: Legacy

Podcast 17 News

• 00:02:30 – ModDB Page undergoing renovations.

Follow-up & Errata

• 00:03:30 – Perfect Stride Continuum
• 00:06:30 – SHIFT: In game video coming soon.

Emanuel’s Apology Section

• 00:10:15 – Emanuel apologises for pwning noobs at a LAN party and also apologises to the SHIFT team for being so critical.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:12:00 – Team Fortress 2 Classless Update
• 00:18:00 – Game Trailers TV Interview with Gabe Newell and Chet

Releases

• 00:37:45 – Induction
• 00:39:30 – Finding a Lost Dog: Escape
• 00:42:20 – Half Life 2: Dawn
• 00:44:45 – Mandate of Liberation

Updates

• 00:46:15 – Sandpit
• 00:47:15 – Dreamball

Media Blitz

• 00:48:15 – Sven Co-op – Map Contest Update
• 00:49:30 – NMRiH – Weekly Update – August 10th, 2009
• 00:50:00 – Nightmare House 2 – New trailer!
• 00:51:00 – Combine Insurrection – Facebook/Myspace and Media Update #1
• 00:53:15 – Natural Selection 2 – Armory Reveal
• 00:55:30 – Grey – Some Progress
• 00:56:30 – Star Trek: Enterprise TCW – Media Release 23
• 00:58:50 – TEAR – Cathedral

Articles

• 01:00:00 – ModDB: Why Should I Play – Research & Development
• 01:01:50 – Stealth Deathmatch Announced

Interview

• 01:03:00 – Interview with Dainis (FuriousFurling), Evan (Archaic) and Noodles from Stargate: Legacy.
• 01:06:00 – What sets Stargate: Legacy apart from other Stargate Mods?
• 01:07:00 – Do you have any plans to integrate the SP and MP aspects of the game?
• 01:09:45 – What steps do you take to stay on canon with the series and movie?
• 01:11:50 – What was your largest inspiration from the canon?
• 01:12:30 – What have you done to avoid potential cease and desist orders?
• 01:15:00 – Short talk about the Stargate: Legacy community
• 01:16:20 – Do you have any plans to add vehicles?
• 01:16:40 – Tell us a little about your development cycle and behind the scenes work.
• 01:17:20 – What are the most and least entertaining things during development of your mod?
• 01:19:20 – Phillip is very confrontational about the planned single player aspects of the mod.
• 01:19:00 – Phillip talks about his love for Stargate.
• 01:32:05 – A few details about Stargate: Legacy Beta 2
• 01:34:00 – Phillip asks questions about gameplay.
• 01:36:00 – What limitations have you encountered while working with the source engine?
• 01:37:50 – Exclusive audio sample of intro music from coomdoom.

Question / Discussion

• 01:43:45 – PlanetPhillip Poll Question 136 – Do you think the R & D mod will spawn more puzzle mods?
• 01:48:40 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 15761 (#43)

The sound echoes a little because William recorded Emanuel and Dave via. his speakers and didn’t realise how much his apartment echoed.

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:40 – William and Emanuel are joined by Dave Traeger of ModDB and Matthew Dryden of Modular Combat.
• 00:04:00 – Emanuel’s Apology Section

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:05:00 – Left 4 Dead DLC Announced – Crash Course Campaign Due in September
• Segway into custom campaigns.
• 00:11:30 – Team Fortress 2 Closed Beta for testing competetive tweaks.
• Segway into Killing Floor
• 00:24:00 – HL2.net: Gabe Newell: Supporting Deaf Gamers

Releases

• 00:31:40 – Drowned World
• 00:40:00 – sp_lockdown (Half-Life 2 Map)
• 00:41:45 – Slums 2
• 00:50:00 – coop_manticore (HL2DM Map)
• 00:52:00 – sp_balcony (Half-Life 2 Map)
• 00:57:00 – Half-Life: Wilson Chronicles – The Unfinished Edition
• Segway into releasing unfinished content for public use or open source.
• 01:05:50 – What have you been playing outside Half-Life?

Media Blitz

• 01:15:00 – Outbreak: Condemned – The Outbreak is Spreading
• 01:18:00 – Stargate: Legacy – August 09 News
• 01:20:00 – Prison Island – Media Update pt.2
• 01:21:50 – SHIFT – News Update #2

Articles

• 01:37:15 – Waterloo Labs – FPS with Real Guns

Topic of the Week

• 01:39:30 – PlanetPhillip: Ghost in the Game

Question / Discussion

• 01:51:00 – PlanetPhillip Poll Question 135: Would you prefer bad voice acting or no voice acting?
• 01:59:30 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 15593 (#42)

Posted a little later than usual this week. – Nic

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:40 – William and Emanuel are joined by guest-host Phillip Marlowe and later on by Robert Yang of Radiator.
• Segway: Phillip shares his likes and dislikes around the topic of Radiator – Emanuel decides to dig into him a bit.
• Segway: Talk a little about Research and Development.
• Segway: “The Bad Mod Mentality”

Podcast 17 News

• 00:09:30 – Phillip announces the closing details of the dm2sp.com competition.
• Segway: Discussion about different competitions and possibly how another one could do better.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:13:20 – Zeno Clash SDK released
• Segway: Should SP Mods go straight to retail? Should MP Mods go straight to retail?
• Segway: Are you willing to pay for something that could be a mod that goes retail?
• 00:20:19 – Left 4 Dead Update Released
• Segway: Hint at the new TF2 Update, that turned out to be fake.

Releases

• 00:21:14 – Level 0-0 Rebuild (HL2 Map)
• 00:22:25 – The Great Escape
• Segway: PlanetPhillip yearly awards + hints at a Podcast 17 mod of the year
• 00:27:55 – Physics Drydock (HL2 Map)
• 00:32:15 – Beyond Reality
• 00:34:15 – Pulse Episode One Beta 1
• Segway: Discussion about Demos.

Updates

• 00:37:11 – Modular Combat 1.75 Released

Media Blitz

• 00:40:10 – Obsidian Conflict’s birthday, 1.35 heads up.
• Segway: SMod and Counter-Life.
• 00:42:40 – Combine Insurrection Weekly Progress Report #2
• 00:44:00 – Blue Shift: Reassignment Media Release
• 00:46:00 – Morning Faith Development Special #1
• Segway: Discussion about narration.
• 00:48:45 – Logistique – Short News…
• 00:49:40 – Orion – IRC Server Relaunched.
• 00:51:20 – “Yama” L4D Campaign is beautiful.
• 00:53:15 – Triage – Just a quick little update.
• 00:56:00 – Firearms: Source – Blue Player Model, Map Updates, and Sako Rk.95 Showcase.
• 00:56:40 – The Lost World: Source – Weekly Update 03
• 00:57:48 – Robert Yang of Radiator arrives.
• 00:58:15 – L4D: Dead Before Dawn Trailer
• 00:58:54 – Insurgency Media Update
• 00:59:30 – Perfect Stride Continuum – v2 Coming Next Week
• Segway: Emanuel and Phillip argue about technicalities again.
• 01:04:10 – For Hire – Media Update
• 01:05:11 – BLACKSECTOR – Update #9 – Prepare For War
• 01:06:00 – Jailbreak! – King of the Hill

Articles

• 01:07:16 – Modular Combat: Server Files Coming Soon!

Interview

• 01:07:40 – Interview with Robert “campaignjunkie” Yang from Radiator.
• 01:11:04 – Connections between player and character + details on how a mod like Radiator can emotionally touch gamers.
• 01:16:30 – Details about the characters in the Radiator Series with a segway towards how he came to develop 1-2.
• 01:20:25 – Developers being Typecasted.
• 01:21:48 – Information about voice acting.
• 01:25:50 – Discussion about immersion.
• 01:35:32 – Why didn’t 1-2 have a time limit?
• 01:36:00 – Let’s talk game design school.
• 01:39:25 – Let’s talk about the difficulty and lack of “tutorial”.
• 01:42:50 – How many people actually beat the mod?
• 01:46:00 – Information about Radiator 1-3
• 01:48:18 – Engine limitations and further development.
• 01:51:30 – What’s more important, dialog or gameplay?
• 01:53:00 – What is in the future of Radiator?
• 01:55:15 – Development Cycle
• 01:57:00 – End of Interview

Question / Discussion

• 01:58:40 – PlanetPhillip Poll Question 134 – Do you kill when you don’t “need” to?
• 02:09:15 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 15425 (#41)

Yo dawg. I heard you don’t like to listen to a stream within a stream within a stream. So I finally made it so you can skip without the trip. - Nic

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:40 – William and Emanuel are joined by Daniel “Ackart” Glenn, Matthew Dryden, Andrew “Winston” Watkins and Joe Castagnino from Modular Combat.

Podcast 17 News

• 00:04:00 – Winners of the Modular Combat – Create a Module will be annouced at the end of the interview.
• 00:04:15 – Livestream account is re-verified so we have increased slots again.

Emanuel’s Apology Section

• 00:04:45 – Emanuel apologises for his racial slurs.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:04:50 – GoodGame Episode 24: Inside Valve Software.
• 00:06:20 – Left 4 Dead Update Released.
• 00:07:20 – CommunityFortress: Robin Walker Interview.
• 00:09:00 – Discussion of the accusation of Valve stealing the idea for the Spitter.
• 00:10:00 – Left 4 Dead 1 DLC Announcement Coming Shortly, Sequel’s Pre-orders Double Those of Original.
• 00:11:00 – Kotaku: Left 4 Dead 2 “Swamp Fever” Hands-On Impressions
• 00:12:30 – More discussion of Good Game’s interview with Gabe Newell.

Releases

• 00:23:30 – Prison (Half-Life 2 Map)

Media Blitz

• 00:25:20 – Wilson Chronicles Trailer 1
• 00:27:00 – AuHeppa’s This is Human Error – Episode 2
• 00:28:20 – City Freerun Update
• 00:30:00 – Killing Floor DLC (Katana)
• 00:32:00 – Portal: The Nightmare Trailer

Articles

• 00:35:00 – Research and Development on Rock Paper Shotgu.n

Topic of the Week

• 00:36:00 – Overgrowth

Interview

• 00:40:20 – Interview with Matthew Dryden, Andrew “Winston” Watkins and Joe Castagnino from Modular Combat.
• 01:34:00 – Contest Winners Announced

Question / Discussion

• 01:47:30 – Last weeks PlanetPhillip Poll question: “Is copyrighted Music in a Mod OK?”
• 01:51:00 – This weeks Poll Question: “Does the history of a mod affect your review?”
• 01:59:00 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 15257 (#40)

Apologies if the show is a little more hectic in places than usual, there were 9 people present.

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – William, Thomas and Emanuel are joined by Daniel “Ackart” Glenn, Dave “Henley” Traeger; Ross Scott, Craig Mengel and Ryan McDonald.

Podcast 17 News

• 00:02:10 – Podcast 17 is teaming with Mod Fidelity (the team behind Modular Combat) to hold a contest in which you can win one of three copies of Half-Life 2: Episode Two.

Follow-up & Errata

• 00:04:30 – William apologizes for the late start of live stream and late show posting last week.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:05:10 – Team Fortress 2 Update Released
• 00:05:30 – Team Fortress 2 avatars, possible new game mode hint.
• 00:10:20 – Left 4 Dead Update Released

Releases

• 00:12:40 – July 12th Single Player Preview Part 1 and 2
• 00:14:30 – SinglePlayer Release Previews dictated by Phillip from Planet Phillip.
• Onav Prison (Half-Life 2)
• Before (Half-Life)
• Black Operations mod redux. (Half-Life)
• Mars 002 (Half-Life 2: Episode 2)
• Mission to Mars
• Research and Development (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:17:00 – Before (Half-Life)
• 00:18:00 – Radiator 1-2: Handle With Care (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:23:10 – Research and Development (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)

Updates

• 00:29:20 – Bisounours Party 4.1.962 Beta

Media Blitz

• 00:30:10 – Dead Before Dawn – Sooner Than You Think
• 00:32:00 – City 17: Episode 1 | July Media Release – Part Two

Articles

• 00:38:00 – ModDB: Summer of Mods & Indies IS LIVE!

Topic of the Week

• 00:43:30 – Team Fortress 2 Characters on Facebook

Interview

• 00:50:00 – Interview with Ross Scott, Craig Mengel and Ryan McDonald from Civil Protection.
• 02:09:00 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 15089 (#39)

A little late this week because William was in Toronto over the weekend and Monday.

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – Emanuel is joined by Dave “Henley” Traeger & Ryan “Stenchy” Anderson of ModDB and Steve (Tiberius Bane) of Age of Chivalry.

Podcast 17 News

• 00:02:20 – We can now host our own servers thanks to StrikerGameServers.com.

Emanuel’s Apology Section

• 00:05:00 – Emanuel apologises to Firearms: Source for using incorrect information a few shows ago.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:12:40 – TFPortal.de – Robin Walker Interview
• 00:15:20 – BitTech.net – Left 4 Dead 2 Interview: A Chat with Chet
• 00:15:20+ Left 4 Dead 2 at comic-con.

Releases

• 00:22:20 – Mission Improbable
• 00:28:30 – William shows up to clear up some things about the single player releases.
• 00:30:20 – The Mansion 4: G-Man’s Residence
• 00:31:45 – Deserted Countdown
• 00:33:00 – The Mansion 2
• 00:34:40 – Phantom of Mars

Updates

• 00:37:50 – Age of Chivalry, Steam Stats Arrive!
• 00:40:40 – Eternal Silence: Balance Patch.
• 00:42:20 – NEOTOKYO° Server Patch
• 00:44:00 – Insurgency: Summer of Updates

Media Blitz

• 00:46:40 – Kingdoms Collide – Alpha testing moments.
• 00:50:00 – Zeitgeist Media Update
• 00:50:50 – MarioKart: Source – Piranh’news #3!
• 00:53:20 – City 17: Episode 1 | July Media Release
• 00:54:10 – ORION – T-rex images and seeking talent!
• 00:56:30 – The Citizen 2 – Pre-Release
• 00:58:20 – Modular Combat will require Episode Two.
• 01:02:00 – Earths Special Forces – Reflecting Textures
• 01:03:10 – Half-Life: Destruction

Articles

• 01:04:20 – Modular Combat: “How we develop the mod.” #1

Topic of the Week

• 01:04:40 – ASCII pOrtal

Interview

• 01:06:00 – Interview with Steve (Tiberius Bane) from Age of Chivalry.
• 01:07:30 – Age of Chivalry being compared to other mods.
• 01:09:00 – What does Steve enjoy most about AOC?
• 01:09:40 – What’s the best/worst part about the source Engine?
• 01:11:40 – Age of Chivalry vs. Fistful of Frags.
• 01:12:10 – What does the future have in store of AOC? Hints of Singleplayer.
• 01:17:40 – Info on the stats / Working with Valve.
• 01:19:00 – Info about the audio of AoC.
• 01:20:30 – Details about the Gore System.
• 01:21:20 – Details about performance.
• 01:22:10 – Horses? or Pipe-dream?
• 01:24:30 – Details on Balancing
• 01:25:30 – Inspiration.
• 01:26:50 – Development Stress.
• 01:28:50 – Near Future Updates – July Update coming soon – TK Punishment.
• 01:30:00 – When is AoC done?
• 01:31:40 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 14921 (#38)

Emanuel was having some latency issues this week, so in a few isolated areas the sound quality degrades, or the pitch changes – It goes away quickly for the most part though.

This is why we keep telling Emanuel to get callburner, so feel free to complain in his general direction.

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – William and Emanuel are joined by Daniel “Ackart” Glenn (various mods) and Dave “Henley” Traeger (Moddb.com)

Podcast 17 News

• 00:01:00 – No Ross Scott interview. Postponed til either ther 12th or the 19th..
• 00:03:30 – We can now host our own servers for post-stream play sessions thanks to Striker Game Servers.
• 00:05:50 – Phillip is looking for someone to maintain/update ValveCommunity.net

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:08:20 – Steam client update released – fixed cloud sync issues in offline mode and various other fixes.
• 00:08:40 – Source SDK update released – bugfixes and Google Sketchup to Hammer exporter now ships in the SDK.
• 00:09:20 – CVG: Left 4 Dead 2 Interview with Doug Lombardi
• 00:09:20 – Joystiq: Interview: Valve’s Doug Lombardi
• 00:10:30 – Korean PC game H.A.V.E – TF2 ripoff, homage or neither?

Releases

• 00:13:20 – NEOTOKYO° released!
• 00:35:30 – Thomas returns from the dead!!
• 00:59:40 – Age of Chivalry Toe-to-Toe Update.
• 01:03:30 – Heart of Evil: Napalm Edition.
• 01:14:00 – Bisounours Party
• 01:20:00 – Very Hard Mod
• 01:20:00 – After-Life 2

Media Blitz

• 01:26:20 – ModDB’s interview with Ed Harrison, composer of the NEOTOKYO° soundtrack.
• 01:27:30 – Modular Combat: One Year Ago #1
• 01:29:30 – HL2 Short Stories Developer Diary – Ep1

Topic of the Week

• 01:36:00 – PlanetPhillip Poll Question 130 – Would you like to go back to Xen in Ep3?
• 01:47:50 – Dave mentions Summer of Mods on moddb.
• 01:48:15 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 14753 (#37)

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – William, Emanuel and Ackart from Ragnarok Arena

Podcast 17 News

• 00:01:30 – Info on Thomas’ absence
• 00:04:00 – Info on Heart of Evil Napalm Edition
• 00:05:00 – Looking for someone to do an intro/credits video for Podcast17

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:07:00 – Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 & 2, and Portal Update Released. – Adds Novint Falcon support.
• 00:12:10 – Steam client update released.
• 00:13:00 – Team Fortress 2 Update Released.
• 00:13:30 – Left 4 Dead Update Released. – Includes add-on campaign support.

Releases

• 00:17:10 – Insurgency June update
• 00:18:00 – Half-Life : Residual Life
• 00:23:00 – Headcrab-BOSS
• 00:23:40 – Fistful of Frags Beta 2.6
• 00:24:30 – Zombie Panic Source 1.6

Media Blitz

• 00:29:00 – Zombie Master source code has been released.
• 00:31:00 – Sven Co-op Mapping Contest Update: More Prizes!
• 00:34:15 – City 17: Episode 1 | 3 Day Update – Maxsi Distribution System.
• 00:34:15 – City 17: Episode 1 | 3 Day Update – Head Tracking & Ironsights.
• 00:43:40 – Firearms: Source – Player Head Customization, M82A1, and Crossfire Revisions.
• 00:46:00 – Bisounours Party – Team Deathmatch dm_sacred gameplay video.
• 00:47:50 – Orion – New video! Showcasing nature elements!
• 00:49:30 – Modular Combat 1.75 Turrets

Topic of the Week

• 00:51:20 – Team Fortress 2: Moments with Heavy – Heavy Orders an Xbox 360

Blast from the Past

• 00:52:10 – Listen Carefully 2

Interview

• 00:54:10 – Interview with Justin (Krenzo) and Mike (WarmFuzzy) from Smashball.
• 01:30:10 – Podcast 17 exclusive about the monetisation of Smashball.

Question / Discussion

• 01:42:00 – Rukus asks about BlackMesa Source media.

Listener Audio Question

• 01:45:00 – PlanetPhillip Poll: “Do you prefer a mapper or gamer to do a review?”

Transmission Code: 14585 (#36)

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – William, Emanuel and Thomas are joined by Phillip and Glenn from Half-Life 2.net

Podcast 17 News

• 00:02:40 – Stratofarius’ June-July P17 Community Calendar.
• 00:03:20 – Phillip from PlanetPhillip announces dm2sp.com.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:16:10 – Steam Community Feature Additions
• 00:16:40 – Steam client update released
• 00:18:20 – Source SDK Update Released
• 00:21:40 – Smashball now availiable on Steam.
• 00:22:50 – Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools/SDK Update and Integration Details.

Releases

• 00:24:10 – Wasteland w/Combat (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:27:10 – City 45 (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:30:20 – Ghost in the Machine (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:34:00 – Flash Flood (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:29:30 – Rat’s Nest (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:41:50 – Escape by =EX-Mo= (Half-Life 2)
• 00:44:20 – Smashball on Steam (Half-Life 2)
• 00:44:45 – ZombieMod: Source v1.40 (Half-Life 2)

Media Blitz

• 00:46:10 – Heart of Evil: Napalm Edition – Release Date June 24th.
• 00:51:10 – Neotokyo Noob Hints.
• 00:51:10 – ModDB: NEOTOKYO° – Humble Beginnings.
• 00:59:30 – JailBreak: Source Update.
• 01:02:00 – No More Room in Hell is back in action on ModDB!
• 01:05:00 – City 17: Episode 1 – 3 Day Update.
• 01:06:00 – Age of Chivalry CR2 Update Due in June!
• 01:07:35 – Black Mesa – ST Skybox Video.
• There were a lot more videos by Black Mesa on the same day, some better than this one, but somehow we didn’t to notice them until after recording.

Listener Audio Question

• 01:08:35 – Nighthawk from CSNation.com asks us about ways modding effects the gaming industry.

Question / Discussion

• 01:19:00 – Is Half-Life 2 just a First Person Shooter?
• Can Half-Life 2 be modded for gameplay styles other than FPS?
• Why there are only a few HL2 mods using other gameplay styles?
• Did Portal inspire people to make non-shooting mods?
• 01:24:50 – Planet Phillip Poll “Why don’t modders use the Magnusson Device?”
• 01:29:20 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 14417 (#35)

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – William, Emanuel, Thomas and Robert “Campaignjunkie” Yang from Radiator.

Podcast 17 News

• 00:02:30 – Twitter + apology for the wrong date on the agenda.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:04:30 – Valve’s Mr. Awesome, Chet Faliszek, responds to L4D 2 criticism and reiterates that we should give them some trust in this. (CVG)
• 00:08:30 – Team Fortress 2 Update Released with sneaky DOD:S crash fix for dod_jagd.
• 00:08:30 – Valve’s VP of marketing, Doug Lombardi, On What Happened To Turtle Rock. (Gamasutra)
• 00:14:00 – Opening The Valve: The Gabe Newell Interview. (G4)

Releases

• 00:25:30 – Radiator 1-1, Polaris (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:32:30 – The Day I Tried To Live (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:33:30 – City 5 (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:34:30 – Curse Episodes v1.01 (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:36:50 – Akimbo: Half-Life (Half-Life)
• 00:37:50 – Infestation (Half-Life 2)

Media Blitz

• 00:40:00 – Firearms:Source – Red Player Model, Prone, and TC_Rubble Showcase.
• 00:45:30 – Curse Preview from Planet Half-Life with video.
• 00:46:30 – Deadlock – Voice Acting & Repathing Video.
• 00:49:00 – Sven-Coop mapping contest.
• 00:49:00 – ZombieMod: Source mapping contest.

Interview

• 00:52:00 – Interview with Robert “Campaignjunkie” Yang from Radiator.

Question / Discussion

• 01:18:30 – Planet Phillip Poll – Will we be playing Half-Life in 20 years?

Transmission Code: 14249 (#34)

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:01:20 – William and Emanuel are joined by Dave “Henley” Traeger of ModDB.

Podcast 17 News

• 00:04:30 – Thomas’ Left 4 Dead 2 thoughts video, with guest.
• 00:04:30 – The Podcast 17 YouTube account.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:13:00 – Left 4 Dead 2 discussion which goes on for far too long.

Releases

• 00:44:00 – Random Quest (Half-Life 2)
• 00:46:30 – AV2 (Half-Life 2)
• 00:49:40 – Police Raid (Half-Life 2)
• 00:51:00 – Apocalypse (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:51:30 – Dooleus’ Zombie Doom Chamber, Temple Arena Showdown & Rumble Remix Arena. (Half-Life 2)
• 00:53:00 – Modular Combat v1.74.1 (Half-Life 2)

Media Blitz

• 01:01:00 – Curse – Release date and an old screenshot. (Half-Life 2)
• 01:05:00 – Stargate: Legacy – June 09 News.
• 01:07:00 – Orion – Media Release 18 (Half-Life 2)
• 01:07:30 – Resistance & Liberation – June 1st Road to the Future (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)

Topic of the Week

• 01:11:00 – Half-Life: Full Life Consequences

Listener Audio Questions

• 01:15:00 – Phillip’s Audio Rant
• 01:30:00 – Stratofarius’ Machinma question
• 01:33:00 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 14081 (#33)

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – William, Thomas and Emanuel.

Podcast 17 News

• 00:02:15 – You can now comment on the agendas.
• 00:03:30 – Tom Templar’s Detective Adventures Episode 1 Released.
• 00:10:00 – Phillip’s ValveCommunity.net vacancy and Podcast 17 poll.
• 00:12:00 – The Podcast 17 Direction

Emanuel’s Apology Section

• 00:22:00 – Emanuel apologises to the Action Half-Life 2 team and the Natural Selection 2 discussion he sparks later in the show.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:23:00 – Team Fortress 2 Updates – Milestones are back!

Left 4 Dead Releases

• 00:28:00 – City Park
• 00:28:00 – Nacht der Untoten
• 00:28:00 – Checkpoint
• 00:28:00 – Deserted Storage
• 00:28:00 – Law Office v2
• 00:28:00 – Death Bowl
• 00:28:00 – Warehouse 23 Survival
• 00:28:00 – Unsafe Room

Releases

• 00:35:00 – Little Escape (Opposing Force)
• 00:36:00 – Independence Demo (Half-Life 2)
• 00:37:30 – Facility (Half-Life)
• 00:38:00 – Rodion (Half-Life 2)
• 00:39:00 – Calamity (Half-Life 2)
• 00:50:00 – Wasteland
• 00:51:30 – Action Half Life 2 (Half-Life 2)

Media Blitz

• 00:54:00 – Opposing Force 2 Mod – Official Teaser
• 00:57:00 – Natural Selection 2 Trailer
• 01:07:00 – Zombie Co-Op – Media and Lore (Half-Life 2)
• 01:12:00 – Heart of Evil: Napalm Edition – Fan Fiction (Half-Life)
• 01:14:00 – Star Wars : The New Era – Maps, Maps and even more maps (Half-Life 2)
• 01:17:00 – Noesis Presents: Dystopia Interview (Parts 1 & 2)
• 01:20:00 – Orion – Good News Bears (Half-Life 2)
• 01:22:00 – Grey – Media Update #2 (Half-Life 2)

Listener Audio Question

• 01:23:00 – Stratofarius’ apology
• 01:27:00 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 13913 (#32)

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – William, Thomas, Emanuel, Tatsur0, Deej, TheBlackKnight, Stratofarious

Podcast 17 News

• 00:03:00 – Stratofarious talks about this weeks Dev In-sight
• 00:06:00 – William comments on comments on the show notes
• 00:08:00 – Phillip from PlanetPhillip joins Podcast last min

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:11:30 – Meet the Spy Video
• 00:11:30+ Sniper vs. Spy update released
• 00:11:30+ Valves funny, leak investigation posts.
• 00:11:30+ Every one of you deserves a medal! (answers to update questions) Let’s talk Team Fortress 2 and their current direction
• 00:17:00 – Steam client update released.

Left 4 Dead Releases

• 00:23:00 – House Arrest Dev4
• 00:23:00 – Death Bowl
• 00:23:00 – Bedroom Survival Beta 1
• 00:23:00 – Planet Express
• 00:23:00 – L4D_Sv_ShippingCo
• 00:23:00 – l4d_sv_sauna
• 00:25:00 – Shoutout to the live listeners

Releases

• 00:27:00 – Hostage (Half-Life 2)
• 00:29:00 – No Freedom (Half-Life 2)
• 00:30:30 – Run From Hell (Half-Life)
• 00:31:30 – Escape from Shalkamaz (Half-Life 2)
• 00:32:30 – Lost Concept Dev4 Release
• 00:34:30 – Emanuel and Phillip talk Missing Information and the EP3 fan-made maps
• 00:38:00 – Modular Combat (Half-Life 2)
• 00:41:00 – Go-Mod (Half-Life)
• 00:45:00 – Empires 2.24 Full Client and 2.24d Hotfix
• 00:46:00 – ZombieMod: Source v1.20 to v1.30 Patch
• 00:48:30 – HMS Defiance 2 v1.1 Full

Media Blitz

• 00:50:00 – Curse episodes – The mod’s feature list, and some details on the release.
• 00:53:00 – ModDB’s Developer Banter with Eternal Silence
• 00:53:40 – The Nightmare Chronicles – Video and media.
• 00:57:30 – The Hammer Mod Update 22/05/2009

Blast from the Past

• 01:00:00 – William’s Half-life.org posts from eons ago.

Interview

• 01:00:00 – Interview with Tatsur0 and Deej from Neotokyo.
• 02:00:00 – Thomas announces his mystery project “TT”
• 02:05:00 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 13745 (#31)

This weeks show was focused more on the live listeners than usual, so apologies if you feel you miss some things.

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – William and Emanuel are joined by Matthew Dryden from Modular Combat mid-show.

Podcast 17 News

• 00:03:30 – Mogulus live stream information
• 00:04:30 – Stratofarius is the new community manager. Check the website Wednesday!!!
• 00:04:30+ Know of big news outside our usual area within the Half-Life community? Now you can tip us!

Follow-up & Errata

• 00:06:30 – Varion 1.0
• 00:10:45 – Duct Tape

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:13:30 – Sniper update, with surprise Spy update.
• 00:16:00 – Left 4 Dead Authoring Tools Open Beta and Level Design Basics Tutorial added to Valve Developer Community.
• 00:18:10 – SketchUp Source Tools – Create 3D content for the Source engine using Google SketchUp.

Left 4 Dead Releases

• 00:22:00 – Cottage of Doom
• 00:22:00 – Supermarket Funtimes
• 00:22:00 – Roadwarrior
• 00:22:00 – Minimart
• 00:22:00 – Dead Town

Releases

• 00:24:30 – The Zeno Clash Model Pack for Garry’s Mod
• 00:25:10 – Lot (Half-Life 2)
• 00:26:30 – Fake Episode 3 Maps (Half-Life 2: Episode Two)
• 00:30:30 – Operation Firesweep (Half-Life)
• 00:31:10 – ZombieMod: Source v1.2
• 00:34:30 – Supernova Space Station
• 00:35:30 – SvenCoop Update

Host Catch-up

• 00:36:30 – What has Emanuel been up to
• 00:39:30 – What has William been up to

Media Blitz

• 00:41:50 – Ham and Jam Media blitz

Topic of the Week

• 00:46:00 – SteamCard
• 00:47:00 – Article: How Valve can fix Counter Strike.

Interview

• 00:51:30 – Interview with Matthew Dryden from Modular Combat.

Listener Audio Question

• 01:05:30 – Stratofarious asks about creativity in the mod community and technical details about Podcast 17
• 01:10:00 – Penis asks about a Cat mod
• 01:14:00 – Stephen wants to know about the live stream
• 01:19:00 – Penis wants to know when he can see Williams chest
• 01:24:00 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 13577 (#30)

Next weeks live transmission will be using Mogulus and should be on May 16th at 10:00am EST. If not 10am we’ll post about it on Thursday.

Apologies to those who were present at the live streams this week and last week for the stream breaking towards the end of the recording and the lack of accurate explanations as to why. (as usual, the main post of the show is fine though)

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – William and Emanuel are joined by James Pizzurro, Jordan Nolan, Ryan Gaston and Stephen Swires from ZombieMod: Source

Podcast 17 News

• 00:03:30 – Next week we will be recording on Saturday.
• 00:04:30 – Live stream details.
• 00:06:00 – All you iTunes listeners give us feedback, comment on the show and rate the show

Follow-up & Errata

• 00:07:30 – Get a Life
• 00:08:30 – Coastline Atmosphere and Synergy – How often do you play the Half-Life series?

Emanuel’s Apology Section

• 00:11:30 – Apology for the abysmal mod community.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:12:00 – First Team Fortress 2 Sniper Unlockable Information.
• 00:12:30 – Fortress Forever, TF2 Debate.

Left 4 Dead Releases

• 00:14:00 – Intersection (Survival)
• 00:14:30 – Barricade Builder Map (Needs Barricade Builder Script)
• 00:15:00 – Let’s compare Zombie Mod Source and L4D
• 00:17:00 – Decadence chit-chat

Releases

• 00:17:30 – Sven Co-op v4.06 Hot Fix Patch Released
• 00:23:30 – Underhalls (Opposing Force)
• 00:25:00 – Space Disaster (Opposing Force)
• 00:26:00 – Campaign Part 1 (Opposing Force)
• 00:28:00 – Varion 1.0 Released (Half-Life 2)

Media Blitz

• 00:29:30 – Firearms: Source – Cinco De Mayo Update
• 00:32:30 – Age of Chivalry Map and Gameflow Restructuring

Topic of the Week

• 00:36:30 – Freeman’s Mind – A hilarious machinima about what Gordon might be thinking.
• 00:39:30 – Duct Tape – A development integration and project building tool for Source Engine modders.
• 00:42:00 – Source Sauce

Interview

• 00:42:00 – Interview with Stephen, Jordan, James, and Ryan from Zombie Mod: Source.
• 01:28:00 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 13409 (#29)

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:02:30 – William, Thomas & Emanuel are joined by ChristianF (The Black Knight) and James Moverley (sykes) from Action Half-Life 2.

Emanuel Apology Section

• 00:10:00 – Emanuel NeoTokyo Rant
• 00:13:00 – ZombieMod: Source Review

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:16:30 – Left 4 Dead, by the Numbers
• 00:19:00 – Item Drops and the Future of Team Fortress 2

Left 4 Dead Releases

• 00:25:00 – Dead Zone
• 00:25:00 – Wall of Death

Releases

• 00:27:00 – Dark World (Half-Life 2)
• 00:35:00 – Find Alyx (Half-Life 2)
• 00:37:00 – Frontiers (Half-Life 2)
• 00:42:00 – Need For Energy (Half-Life)
• 00:43:30 – Guild Hall students release their final projects

What’s everyone up to?

• 00:58:00 – Catchup with the crew.

Media Blitz

• 01:01:00 – Operation Black Mesa April 2009 media release.
• 01:05:30 – The Curse is being released May 18th

Interview

• 01:06:00 – Interview with The Black Knight and sykes from Action Half-Life 2.

Listener Audio Question

• 01:47:00 – Stratofarious asks us how we feel about the other side of the HL scene, aka. Machinima and such.
• 01:57:00 – Penis asks us about pros and cons of maps.
• 02:00:00 – Wrap-up.

Transmission Code: 13241

Next weeks live transmission will be using Mogulus on May 3rd at 10:00am EST.

Extended Show Notes

Introduction

• 00:00:30 – Off-Topic: Cat Discussion
• 00:01:39 – William, Emanuel and Thomas

Podcast 17 News

• 00:04:00 – Retro gaming segment.
• 00:04:00+ William and Emanuel’s Action Half-Life 2 Competition.
• 00:08:30 – Emanuel’s Hard-drive issues.

Follow-up & Errata

• 00:10:00 – Mad World – Half-Life 2
• 00:11:30 – Modular Combat – Half-Life 2

Emanuel’s Apology Section

• 00:15:30 – Emanuel apologizes for William not being here last week.

From the Mouth of Valve

• 00:17:00 – Left 4 Dead: Survival Pack released.
• 00:20:00 – Team Fortress 2 Mystery Update, with hat slots.
• 00:23:00 – Steam Client Update released.
• 00:24:00 – Off-Topic: Back to Team Fortress 2 hat slots.

Portal Releases

• 00:25:30 – Rockfinger DEMO *Update*
• 00:25:30+ The Beta Complex
• 00:25:30+ Scrobesoft test chamber 2

Left 4 Dead Releases News

• 00:26:30 – Left 8 Surviving (8 player survival mode)

Releases

• 00:28:30 – Zeno Clash
• 00:29:30 – Off-Topic: Emanuel talks about swine flu.
• 00:32:00 – Combine Insurrection Demo – Half-Life 2
• 00:33:00 – Combine Survival Beta – Half-Life 2: Ep1
• 00:35:00 – ZombieMod: Source v1.10 – Half-Life 2
• 00:38:30 – Sandpit – Half-Life
• 00:40:30 – Countryside v2.0 – Half-Life 2: Ep2
• 00:42:30 – Dangerous World Demo – Half-Life 2: Ep2
• 00:47:30 – Manhack Arcade – Half-Life 2 and Missing Information 1.5
• 00:50:30 – Let’s catch up with everyone’s lives (What did everyone play?)

Media Blitz

• 00:55:30 – Kingdoms Collide
• 00:56:30 – Versus: Blind Edge (p.k.a. Berimbau)
• 00:59:30 – CURSE – The release date + the manual + the music + the secret.
• 01:01:30 – Logistique Media

Listener Question

• 01:03:00 – Jared Samples asks us about the reasons behind our stances on DLC.
• 01:20:00 – Wrap-up.