Extended Show Notes
- 00:00:30 · Glenn is joined by Patrick.
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Glenn (aka. HecticGlenn) —
Host
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Patrick (foxholeboy) —
Host
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Glenn (aka. HecticGlenn) —
From the Mouth of Valve
- 00:02:40 · Happy One Year Birthday, Alien Swarm.
- 00:08:40 · Team Fortress 2 maps invaded by crashed rockets.
- TF2 Blog: Fit For a King.
- Dr Grordbort's News Missives:
- 00:19:15 · L4D Blog: Dead Air Beta Released.
- 00:25:50 · John Patrick Lowrie Believes Dota 2 Coming This Autumn.
- 00:29:50 · Valve Wins Publishing Hero at Develop 2011 (thank you video).
- 00:30:30 · Your Official Valve Action Figures (and Replica Portal Guns) are Coming In 2012.
Releases & Updates
- 00:32:50 · Whoopservatory, a single player HL2:Ep2 mod.
Media Blitz
- 00:37:25 · Contingency Officially Announced.
- 00:40:30 · Notes – Trailer HD.
- 00:44:10 · E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy – Secreta’s Robot Exploration.
- 00:48:10 · Dangerous World – New Version 2.0 Info.
- 00:48:40 · Off Limits – Juggernaut Gameplay.
Discussion
- 00:49:25 · PP Poll 234 – Which part of the tram do you ride?
- 00:52:10 · Phillip’s Blog: Game Saves, Steam and ModCloud.
- 00:54:50 · Phillip’s Blog: The Art of Teasing.
- 00:57:00 · Phillip’s Blog: MapTap Beta Testers Required Again.
- 01:00:30 · PP: 100 Summer Days of Nostalgia!
- Day 048: Case Closed – Half-Life.
- Day 049: Project Focus North – Half-Life.
- Day 050: USS Darkstar – Half-Life.
- Day 051: Solo Operations – Half-Life.
- Day 052: Unknown Faction – Half-Life.
- Day 053: Brave Brain – Half-Life.
- 01:05:025 · Source Shader Editor.
- Previously: Source engine day/night cycle & dynamic weather.
- See also: ModDB post and VDC documentation.
- 01:07:00 · Robert Yang: Love letter to a bridge.
- 01:08:40 · Zeboyd PC Sales Leave XBLIG In The Dust.
- 01:17:30 · “Want You Gone” & “Still Alive” group sing along with Ellen McLain and John Patrick Lowrie.
- 01:19:20 · Eric Ruth to Release “Team Fortress Arcade” on the PC in August.
Last Words
- 01:20:30 · Wrap-up.
3 Comments
Okay, here is the video:
http://planetphillip.com/projects/maptap/maptap-beta-tour/maptap-beta-tour.htm
Yep, you guys are right, sometimes my questions suck, I wish I had fantastic questions every week.
Just to clarify, MapTap will do everything for you. In fact, once it’s released newer maps will have a link on the site, like a normal download, that will allow players to click it and it will install the map for you, meaning you just need to start MapTap and press play.
In fact, I’ll make a video of the process this weekend for players to see.
I know what you are saying about ModCloud and being able to jump to any map in a mod, but I want to be able to continue with exactly the same health and weapons/ammo as I did from the previous level. Otherwise it would feel like cheating.
@Alien Swarm: Patrick, that’s not burning out, it’s just low replay value.
Both of you make a good point on using the community made contents to bring more activity to the game. Since there is no center of gravity for the Alien Swarm community (and no, moddb is not one), I guess it would be nice for Valve to put up a DLC package on Steam. Plenty of advertising, etc. etc.
@E.Y.E: there’s something really disturbing about the footage for this game – it makes it feel like a mod rather than a stand alone game. It might be due to using the wrong footage, to which case my fear that it’s actually lack of polish on the game is unfounded.