Episode #58 Rough Agenda

William will be unavailable over the weekend so we had to delay the recording this week. The Episode will be posted late Tuesday or early Wednesday (EST).

Introduction

• William and Phillip

Podcast 17 News

• Details of future live shows.

Follow-up & Errata

• Nothing yet.

From the Mouth of Valve

• Steam client update released (Wed, 18th Nov) – [store.steampowered.com]
• Left 4 Dead 2 Released & Updates
  • Left 4 Dead 2 is live on Steam! – [www.l4d.com]
  • Left 4 Dead 2 Launching Worldwide – [store.steampowered.com]
  • Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released (Tue, 17th Nov) – [store.steampowered.com]
  • Left 4 Dead 2 Update Released (Sat, 21st Nov) – [store.steampowered.com]
  • Left 4 Dead 2 Nabs Six VGA Nominations – [www.l4d.com]
• Team Fortress 2 News Roundup – [www.teamfortress.com]
  • TF2maps.net’s Payload Race & A/D CTF Contest
  • TF2 Training Map Now Available
  • ETF2L Turns Two
  • This Mailbox Just Got Dominated by Saxton Hale
• Steam client update released (Wed, 18 Nov) – [store.steampowered.com]
• Steam update released (Mon, 23 Nov) – [store.steampowered.com]
• Garry’s Mod Update Released (Mon, 23rd Nov) – [store.steampowered.com]
• “Dude, Where’s My Thumb?” Winners, and L4D2’s New Special Infected – [www.l4d.com]
• Jason Holtman, Valve’s head of Steam on digital pricing – [www.gamesindustry.biz]

Releases

• Coven 2.0 – [www.moddb.com]
  • Gameplay, part 1 – [www.youtube.com]
  • Gameplay, part 2 – [www.youtube.com]
• Explosions 2 (HL2:Ep2) – [www.planetphillip.com]
• Man The Walls (HL2:Ep2) – [www.planetphillip.com]

Updates

• Decay v1.15 Released
  • Manual Installer – [www.moddb.com]
  • Auto Installer – [www.moddb.com]

Media Blitz

• Pirates, Vikings & Knights II – Gestir Gameplay Video – [www.youtube.com]
  • Beta 2.3 Changelog – [www.pvkii.com]
  • News post is on their homepage, but no permalink and actual post is on forums which require registration. – [www.pvkii.com]
• Spherical Nightmares – Media Update – [www.moddb.com]
• Half-Life 2: Short Stories – Human Error – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – [www.moddb.com]
• Resistance & Liberation – November 15th RTTF Update – [www.moddb.com]
• Raindrop – Alive and kicking – [www.moddb.com]
• 1187 – November update – [www.moddb.com]
• Eternal Silence – The Next Generation – [www.moddb.com]
• Zombie Panic: Source – On The Future Of Panic – [www.moddb.com]
• Tension – Air-brakes, New Super Jump & Start Of HUD – [www.moddb.com]
• Jailbreak: Source – v0.6, Deathball – [www.moddb.com]
• Ham and Jam – November News – [www.moddb.com]
• Dystopia – The Future is Orange – [www.dystopia-game.com]
• Arrangement – Rainbows sneak preview – [www.moddb.com]
• Cat-Life – New code, current bugs & a short video – [www.moddb.com]

Articles

• Nothing yet.

Discussion

• Left 4 Dead Metacritic Reviews – [www.metacritic.com]
• L4DMods.com: How to Resurrect the Original Left 4 Dead – [www.l4dmods.com]
• 8-bit Left 4 Dead – [www.halflife2.net]
• Gamasutra: Stardock Reveals Impulse, Steam Market Share Estimates – [www.gamasutra.com]
• PlanetPhillip Poll Question 147 – Have you ever finished a mod without dying? – [www.planetphillip.com]
• PlanetPhillip: Challenge Series 2009 – The Conclusion – [www.planetphillip.com]

Interview

• This weeks interview will be with .

Post-Show Play Session

• This weeks session is Coven 2.0 . Grab it from www.moddb.com (exe) or www.moddb.com (zip).