Episode #68 Rough Agenda

Introduction

• William is joined by Thomas, Glenn and James (.£cho).

Podcast17 News

• Global Agenda Competition
  • How to record a demo – [blip.tv]
  • I’ll add the competition details to the actual show post on Sunday evening.

Follow-up & Errata

• Nothing yet.

From the Mouth of Valve

• Steam Realizes Extraordinary Growth in 2009 – [store.steampowered.com]
• Team Fortress 2 – Better Late Than Never – [tf2.com]
• Team Fortress 2 Updates. – Wed, 27 Jan, Thu, 28 Jan
• Left 4 Dead 2 – Heads up on coming Versus mode changes – [www.l4d.com]
• Team Fortress 2 – Cheaters, Winners and Busybodies – [www.teamfortress.com]

Releases

• Spirit of Half Life – [www.moddb.com]

Updates

• Ricochet: Source a1.1 – [www.moddb.com]
• Situation Outbreak 1.61 – [www.moddb.com]
  • Situation Outbreak 1.61 Coming Thursday) – [www.moddb.com]
• Syndicate Black Ops v1.38 – [www.moddb.com]
  • Tipped by andyb.
• Half Life 2D v1.5 posted in ZIP format – [www.moddb.com]
  • Also tipped by andyb.

Media Blitz

• Visage – Dead Man’s Plea – [www.moddb.com]
• Exterminatus – Coming Soon – [www.moddb.com]
• Dual Reality – Romeo & Juliet – [www.moddb.com]
• GraviNULL – Ever dreamt of electrocuting combine in zero gravity? – [www.moddb.com]
• A Story of Madness – Update 4 – [www.moddb.com]
• Space Jam: Source – New Map Finally – [www.moddb.com]
• WWI Source – The Final Countdown – [www.moddb.com]
• Dear Esther – A quick update… – [www.moddb.com]
• Dogfight – Killing bugs and solving problems – [www.moddb.com]
• Cry of Fear – We are still fighting! – [www.moddb.com]
• Prison Island – Progress Update No. 1-10 – [www.moddb.com]
• Naruto: Naiteki Kensei – Tutorial: How to create a VBO model map for NNK – [www.moddb.com]
• GraviNULL – Closed Alpha: Zero Gravity Combat – [www.moddb.com]
• Visage – Violins of Violence – [www.moddb.com]
• The Gate 2 – N.Korea Power Station, WWII Dock, More to Come. – [www.moddb.com]
• FPSB Synergy Mapping Contest! – [www.fpsbanana.com]

Articles

• Halflife2.net: Interview with MattD and Rich from The Rising + Exclusive new music. – [www.halflife2.net]
• CGSociety: Interview with Left 4 Dead 2 Character Designer, Jeremy Bennet and Environment Designer, Randy Lundeen. – [features.cgsociety.org]
  • Tipped by Ryswick.

Discussion

• Tom Templar Episode 2!?
• PlanetPhillip Poll Question 156 – Which Alyx do you prefer? – [www.planetphillip.com]
• ModDB 2009 Retrospective – [www.moddb.com]
• Muhnay’s Mapping Challenge – [www.snarkpit.net]
• ModDB MotY 2009 – Editors Choice.
  • Best Original Art Direction – Out of Hell – [www.moddb.com]
  • Best Upcoming Indie – Overgrowth – [www.moddb.com]
  • Best Upcoming Mod – Naruto: Naiteki Kensei – [www.moddb.com]
  • Best Indie Game – [www.moddb.com]
• ModDB Comps – [www.moddb.com]
  • Contest: Bob Came In Pieces: Design a ship in the demo, win full game on Steam. – [www.moddb.com]

Pick of the Week

• Everyone discusses their favourite item from this weeks show.

Interview

• Nothing scheduled yet.

Post-Show Play Session

• This weeks session is Ricochet: Source a1.1.