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This week William and Emanuel talk about $25 Mil L4D2 Campaign, Gabe and Erik meeting Joe, Age of Chivalry CR3, Radiator 1-3, Randy Pitchford on Digital Distribution. They also have an interview with David (Praz) and Michael (Ezekel) of Orion.

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Episode #52 Orion


This week William and Emanuel talk about $25 Mil L4D2 Campaign, Gabe and Erik meeting Joe, Age of Chivalry CR3, Radiator 1-3, Randy Pitchford on Digital Distribution. They also have an interview with David (Praz) and Michael (Ezekel) of Orion.


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joshrules599
joshrules599 Oct 15 2009, 11:18am buried:

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Whoo! First comment!

Also... Whoo! New Podcast!

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Nik440
Nik440 Oct 15 2009, 1:33pm replied:

NEVER post first comment, Mainly becoz ur just gana get bad karma from people who read this, becoz of ur stupid "First Comment" comment.

But indeed a nice new podcast =)

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cortez666
cortez666 Oct 15 2009, 3:43pm says:

another cool podcast

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Danboe
Danboe Oct 15 2009, 3:53pm says:

What about #51? or is this that one?

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cvirtuoso
cvirtuoso Oct 16 2009, 10:27am replied:

Sorry we forgot to post 51 on moddb. Check www.podcast17.com for episode 51

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death5421
death5421 Oct 16 2009, 12:02am says:

what does podcast broadcast over anyways? ive always wanted to catch one.

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cvirtuoso
cvirtuoso Oct 16 2009, 10:27am replied:

Live stream or live.podcast17.com

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Dnst
Dnst Oct 16 2009, 2:17am says:

The interview was very interesting. The first time they talked about the Vital-gamemode! Over 40 players per game, Empires devs will be jealous.

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thatmangleybloke
thatmangleybloke Oct 16 2009, 10:40am says:

Gearbox are obviously criticising Valve owning Steam because L4D2 pre-orders are a huge competition for Borderlands, as they're both co-op shooters and releasing close to eachother.

I trust Valve's ownership of Steam, as a company they have a sound philosophy and offer an exceptional service, and it's because they are a game development company that they understand what our needs are and can tailor Steam to work best for gamers and indie developers alike.

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Henley
Henley Oct 16 2009, 10:45am replied:

No its about Valve owning a monopoly over the digital distribution system. As in they have the biggest and most successful thing out there if they choose to advertise a game that Valve has made over any one else's game they are doing a disservice to people who use it. What he was getting at was that steam should be a separate entity to Valve so that it wont become that.

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DazJW
DazJW Oct 16 2009, 12:15pm replied:

This.

I thought the "they haven't done it yet though" argument was absolutely ridiculous. Once it happens you can't undo it, there needs to be preventative measures.

The whole moving to digital distribution thing, as it is at the moment, is one huge clusterfuck waiting to happen. In 10/20 years when every bit of media everyone 'owns' is tied into a server somewhere (or at least the ability to download new media or get 'your' old again if you have a PC fail) and whoever has the monopoly has a problem or decides that content is too old to keep on their servers there are going to be some very pissed off customers wondering how they let themselves sleep walk into this ridiculous situation.

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alex3426
alex3426 Oct 26 2009, 12:49pm replied:

Is this some kind of conspiracy theory?? Because it sounds as dumb as nostradamus

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Dnst
Dnst Oct 18 2009, 9:54am replied:

Valve doesn't own a monopoly. There are still alternatives to steam.

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korge
korge Oct 20 2009, 11:50am replied:

But its steam's ecosystem which is pretty much destined to outlast all other outlets.

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OMG!72
OMG!72 Dec 3 2009, 3:54pm says:

Steam should be like xbox live, a multiplayer community, thats it

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