Transmission Code: 15593 (#42)
Posted a little later than usual this week. – Nic
Extended Show Notes
Introduction
- 00:00:40 – William and Emanuel are joined by guest-host Phillip Marlowe and later on by Robert Yang of Radiator.
- Segway: Phillip shares his likes and dislikes around the topic of Radiator – Emanuel decides to dig into him a bit.
- Segway: Talk a little about Research and Development.
- Segway: “The Bad Mod Mentality”
Podcast 17 News
- 00:09:30 – Phillip announces the closing details of the dm2sp.com competition.
- Segway: Discussion about different competitions and possibly how another one could do better.
From the Mouth of Valve
- 00:13:20 – Zeno Clash SDK released
- Segway: Should SP Mods go straight to retail? Should MP Mods go straight to retail?
- Segway: Are you willing to pay for something that could be a mod that goes retail?
- 00:20:19 – Left 4 Dead Update Released
- Segway: Hint at the new TF2 Update, that turned out to be fake.
Releases
- 00:21:14 – Level 0-0 Rebuild (HL2 Map)
- 00:22:25 – The Great Escape
- Segway: PlanetPhillip yearly awards + hints at a Podcast 17 mod of the year
- 00:27:55 – Physics Drydock (HL2 Map)
- 00:32:15 – Beyond Reality
- 00:34:15 – Pulse Episode One Beta 1
- Segway: Discussion about Demos.
Updates
- 00:37:11 – Modular Combat 1.75 Released
Media Blitz
- 00:40:10 – Obsidian Conflict’s birthday, 1.35 heads up.
- Segway: SMod and Counter-Life.
- 00:42:40 – Combine Insurrection Weekly Progress Report #2
- 00:44:00 – Blue Shift: Reassignment Media Release
- 00:46:00 – Morning Faith Development Special #1
- Segway: Discussion about narration.
- 00:48:45 – Logistique – Short News…
- 00:49:40 – Orion – IRC Server Relaunched.
- 00:51:20 – “Yama” L4D Campaign is beautiful.
- 00:53:15 – Triage – Just a quick little update.
- 00:56:00 – Firearms: Source – Blue Player Model, Map Updates, and Sako Rk.95 Showcase.
- 00:56:40 – The Lost World: Source – Weekly Update 03
- 00:57:48 – Robert Yang of Radiator arrives.
- 00:58:15 – L4D: Dead Before Dawn Trailer
- 00:58:54 – Insurgency Media Update
- 00:59:30 – Perfect Stride Continuum – v2 Coming Next Week
- Segway: Emanuel and Phillip argue about technicalities again.
- 01:04:10 – For Hire – Media Update
- 01:05:11 – BLACKSECTOR – Update #9 – Prepare For War
- 01:06:00 – Jailbreak! – King of the Hill
Articles
- 01:07:16 – Modular Combat: Server Files Coming Soon!
Interview
- 01:07:40 – Interview with Robert “campaignjunkie” Yang from Radiator.
- 01:11:04 – Connections between player and character + details on how a mod like Radiator can emotionally touch gamers.
- 01:16:30 – Details about the characters in the Radiator Series with a segway towards how he came to develop 1-2.
- 01:20:25 – Developers being Typecasted.
- 01:21:48 – Information about voice acting.
- 01:25:50 – Discussion about immersion.
- 01:35:32 – Why didn’t 1-2 have a time limit?
- 01:36:00 – Let’s talk game design school.
- 01:39:25 – Let’s talk about the difficulty and lack of “tutorial”.
- 01:42:50 – How many people actually beat the mod?
- 01:46:00 – Information about Radiator 1-3
- 01:48:18 – Engine limitations and further development.
- 01:51:30 – What’s more important, dialog or gameplay?
- 01:53:00 – What is in the future of Radiator?
- 01:55:15 – Development Cycle
- 01:57:00 – End of Interview
Question / Discussion
- 01:58:40 – PlanetPhillip Poll Question 134 – Do you kill when you don’t “need” to?
- 02:09:15 – Wrap-up.
