Introduction

• William is joined by Phillip, Shawn, Vic.

Podcast 17 News

• Third Anniversary Competition Idea. – Thanks to Ultimate lol
• Nuclear Dawn.
• Minecraft Server, Mumble Details.

Follow-up & Errata

• Responses to milk carton/box/bag question and Emanuel’s “greatest country” question.
• PP: GravityGunVille Mapping Competition. – Ends 19th Sep 2011, 11:59pm GMT.
• PlanetPhillip’s Gargantuan Games Giveaway.

From the Mouth of Valve

• Steam: Steam Trading Feature Is Live.
  • TF2 Blog: Steam Trading: Out of Beta and available to everyone!
• L4D Blog: Hunting Party; Guns, How Many?
• Massive Gabe Newell interview soon in PC Gamer.
• 1UP: DOTA 2: How Valve Turned From Fanboys Into Developers For This Game [Via. LG]

Releases & Updates

• Titan XCIX preview (ModDB Profile).
• The Lost Island, a single player HL2:Ep2 map set. – Released 25 December 2009. [Via. PlanetPhillip]

Media Blitz

• Aperture Ireland – A few Small Issues.
• Aurora Effect Announced. – First mention on P17.
• Notes – Dream “Gula”.
• Source Lobby – We Are Back and on Fire!
• Paranoia – We Are Looking for a Programmer! – For an unannounced MP project on Source.
• Source Media Arcade – Media Info Web Scraping.
• Framed – It can’t be done.
• Adapt – Update Overview 07/09/2011.
• No More Room in Hell – Community Creativity Contest #2 – Event Update.
• Nuclear Dawn – Commander UI Tutorial & Pre-Purchase Beta.
  • Previously: Resource Points Tutorial.
• Off Limits – Development Update.
• INFRA – September Media Update #1.
• Cry of Fear – The Birth of a Map.

Discussion

• PP Poll 241 – Do you suffer from weapon sound fatigue?
• Steam Contests Poll 9 – If Valve had not used a crowbar what would of been the best melee weapon to use?
• PP: 100 Summer Days of Nostalgia!
  • Day 096: ETC – Half-Life.
  • Day 097: ETC 2 – Half-Life.
  • Day 098: Saving Bob – Half-Life.
  • Day 099: Between Two Worlds – Half-Life.
  • Day 100: Someplace Else – Half-Life.
• Gasp! Could Half-Life 2 Be Non-Canon?
• IGN’s Top 25 Modern PC Games – HL2 Scores 1st Place.
• ‘Xbox Support’ on Steam Support.
• Dirt 3 Leaked Keys & Dead Island Release Mix-Up.

Event Time

Recording starts in…

Sat 10th September at 5:00pm UTC

Additional Timezones

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• Los Angeles, PDT Sat 10:00am
• Denver, MDT Sat 11:00am
• Chicago, CDT Sat 12:00pm
• New York, EDT Sat  1:00pm

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• London, BST Sat  6:00pm
• Lisbon, WEST Sat  6:00pm
• Madrid, CEST Sat  7:00pm
• Athens, EEST Sat  8:00pm

Australian Times

• Perth, WST Sun  1:00am
• Darwin, CST Sun  2:30am
• Brisbane, EST Sun  3:00am