Episode #86 – ft. Combine Road
William is joined by Glenn and Patrick. This week's interview is with Combine Road. I Hate Mountains, Mission Improbable 2, Halfquake Sunrise, Obsidian Conflict 1.35, RnL 1.3, Blue Portals, Radiator and more…
Exclusive Bonus
Phillip and Jonathan of Combine Road have kindly given us an exclusive copy of “Headcrab” as performed by Phillip. Stream below, download to the right.
Extended Show Notes
- 00:00:30 · William is joined by Glenn and Patrick.
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William McMahon —
Host
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Glenn (aka. Hectic Glenn) —
Host
- Patrick (aka. foxholeboy) — Host
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William McMahon —
Host
Podcast 17 News
- 00:00:55 · In the coming weeks…
- June 13 – I Hate Mountains Interview
- June 13 – Recording time moving to 2 hours later.
- July 4 – Recording time moving to Saturday.
Follow-up & Errata
- 00:02:30 · Phillip’s Blog: More Mapping Competitions results.
From the Mouth of Valve
- 00:03:20 · Portal 2 E3 Event Cancelled — Replaced by ´Surprise´.
- Brief mention of Freeman, June 14th picture that was confirmed as fake.
- 00:07:40 · L4D Blog: WEEK 7.
Releases & Updates
- 00:13:20 · I Hate Mountains campaign for Left 4 Dead released.
- 00:14:00 · Mission Improbable: Part 2, sp mod for HL2: Ep2 by Magnar Jenssen.
- 00:19:30 · Halfquake Sunrise, sp mod for HL by muddasheep.
- 00:27:50 · Midnight Donuts, sp map for HL2: Ep2 by RomanticDog.
- 00:28:00 · Obsidian Conflict 1.35 huge update.
- 00:37:40 · Resistance and Liberation Open Beta 1.3 update.
Media Blitz
- 00:39:10 ·
Segway: Emanuel’s car accident. - 00:41:50 · Blue Portals – News Article #8.
- 00:45:00 · Radiator – Progress Report / Semi-Interviews.
- 00:48:00 · GraviNULL – New road, New progress.
- 00:48:00+ GraviNULL – Level Design Tips for GraviNULL Maps.
- 00:50:30 · GoldenEye: Source – Community Update, Wed 2 June.
- 00:55:10 · Perfection – Tech Demo #1
- 00:57:40 · HL2: Rebel Strike Force – Resurrected.
Discussion
- 01:01:10 · PP Poll 175 – Does the replayability of a mod affect your recommendation?
- 01:04:40 · VoiceVille – Mapping Competition announced.
- 01:09:20 · Phillip’s Blog: Hashima Island – Real Theme.
- 01:09:40 · Empire’s 50 Greatest Video Game Characters. – GLaDOS #12, Freeman #1.
Interview
- 01:11:00 · Interview with Jonathan Lewis of Combine Road.
- 01:11:00+ This weeks call in was directed at Jonathan during the interview.
- Max (aka. Yogthulhu)
- Eric (aka. SC4RY_Z0MB13) via. chat
- 01:40:00 · Impromptu interview with Phillip Marlowe of Combine Road.
Last Words
- 01:59:00 · Wrap-up.
Download Links
- Full Episode. (114 MB)
- Excerpt: Combine Road Interview. (49.1 MB)
- Headcrab, as sung by Phillip. (2.38 MB)
Other Links
Other News This Week
- Sega Classics Now Available.
- Garry’s Mod update released. – Wed, 2 June.
- Mike Anderson Level Test.
- Head Tracking in source engine released.
- Spectate – What do you think this mod should feature?
- HL2: Extinction – Start of June News.
- Lazors – Small Update (New Screenshots).
- Ragnarok Arena – May 31st Update Images.
- Pink-Life 2 – Antlions, Rollermines & Engine Updates. (see images)
- Combine Insurrection – Monthly Progress Report #3.
- SHIFT – Beta.
- No More Room in Hell Monthly Update ‑ May/April 2010.
- Thanatos – Here Comes a New Model.
- Portal 2 Mappack.
- BASE OSCAR TANGO.
- More at this week’s rough agenda…
Phillip’s singing is brilliant! xD
Emanuesl going for the big payout now I guess
Well – it was a hit and run so there isn’t much he can do AFAIK.
What bike does Emanuel ride? Please tell me its a motorcycle. :P
I believe it was a bicycle – he doesn’t ride a motorcycle.
Been waiting for this , thanks alot..
Damn drivers >=C !!!
I tell you, once I was riding my bike and some f****r in car in front of me just turned without blinkers !
I reacted and hit breaks, but it was too late, he took me down, broke my left arm and you know what? He just ran away and nothing heapend to him, because our police has surveilence cameras just to watch traffic, but those are not recording anything, so you could just murder someone In Prague and nobody even know witch car you had.
So Im with you Emanuel >=D soon we “Brotherhood of bikers”, we will rise and we will slaughter all those mo********rs, and chop of their dicks and tits and than we will kill their children and their perents and we gonna masackre even their frineds and friends of those friends, until there will onone left to share single tear for them!!!
When its done we shall burn their homes and build new cyclistic roads there ! Damnt IM so angry !
Breathe…. just breathe chezechdeath. It’ll be OK.
I can understand your frustration though, people who “hit and run” are cowards they should be punished more than people who are responsible and stick around after the accident. I wouldn’t go so far as to “chop of their genitalia and the like”, but definitely some punishment.
I think you might need anger classes.
Just to clarify about the lines regarding the script lines.
The custom line is optional. The mapper can decide if they want it, they don’t have to have it. They decide what the exact line is. I just record what they want.
Oh okay, William just clarified it. Since I’ve already typed it, I’ll leave it.
The custom sentence is NOT part of the 3 required lines.
BTW, one has has already been sent.
I gotta agree with Phillip about the response to Combine Road, I’ve also felt that it hasn’t got that much attention and really, it has been done before. Take for example Taste the Cake and We Like You Gordon Freeman. I guess it hasn’t been promoted very well, I actually was talking to Mike (one of my friends) about it and he said he’s never heard of Combine Road. I guess you guys really do need to get a video, I’ll be happy to do it but I’m afraid my G-Mod skills are poor =(
Anyway, good luck with Combine Road and please do release a Christmas special! Thanks
- Stalk
Obsidian Conflict forever! \o/
Damn, i so wanted to ask some question to jonathan lewis :/
Ask them here, I am sure he will reply. Either that or send us an email.
Feel free to ask anything here, on my blog (www.jonathanlewis.me) or over email. I’d be happy to answer any questions.
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