Transmission 11561 feature - Strider Mountain Mod for Half-Life 2

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Strider Mountain

Half-Life 2 mod | Released Sep 12, 2009

AT 30,000 FEET... you are almost 6 miles (9.7 km's) above sea level. The human body is not made for these conditions. Temperatures can plummet to -60F (-51C), the brain is starved for oxygen and each step is a new experience in pure agony. It's difficult to breathe. It's difficult to think. It's difficult to move. And you still have to endure another 444 feet (0.14 km's) to get to the peak. So much for the good news. STORYLINE: SURVIVE the SUMMIT ...The rebels are losing the battle against the strider onslaught that keeps growing. To help turn the tide of war you need to destroy the source of the Striders. That source is at the summit of what the rebels call, StriderMountain. There is only one way to get into the mountain geography and it's extremely dangerous terrain. The danger proves to be too much and you are forced way off target. Now, you must fight your way through the Combine Mountain Base Camp because it's the only entry to the mountain. As Gordon...

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Ryan (from ModDB) and Mike (from Dystopia) join us in this weeks episode of Podcast17.

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This week we have Ryan (Stenchy - Moddb) and Mike (Urinal Cake - Dystopia) on the show. William is smitten with Eye of the Storm Episode 1 and we allow Ryan & Mike to have a very long (but interesting) discussion after the interview.

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Extended Show Notes

Introduction

00:00:40 - William, Thomas, Ryan (Stenchy - Moddb), Mike (Urinal Cake - Dystopia)

Podcast 17 News

00:03:00 - New Flash Stream on the website!
00:03:40 - Neptune apology - We are sorry.

Follow-up/Errata

00:04:40 - Strider Mountain Pre-Release
00:05:10 - Goldeneye Source Beta 3

Straight from the mouth of Valve

00:06:40 - Left 4 Dead Survival Pack to be free on the
360 too!

Portal Releases

00:10:05 - Think with Portals - Anyxius Chamber 2

Left 4 Dead Releases

00:12:40 - Dead City & Get out alive.

The Release List

00:14:00 - Eye of the Storm Episode 1
00:17:45 - Half-Life Rally 1.10 Beta 59 Maps
00:18:40 - Portal Project Beta Demo
00:19:00 - Coop Labyrinth
00:20:20 - Combine Surveillance
00:21:10 - Eternal Silence Update
00:21:20 - The City Discussion
00:27:25 - Fortress Forever 2.3
00:28:30 - Cybercape

Media Blitz

00:32:00 - My Wonderful Nightmare
00:32:50 - The Citizen Part 2
00:33:20 - Half-Life Arangement Coop
00:37:10 - Petrified Media

Topic of the Week

00:39:20 - Half-life Escape from City 17 Episode 1
00:48:15 - Jailbreak gives us a demo tutorial

Listener Audio Question

00:49:40 - Jeff asks about first maps and passes on some details about the L4D SDK he came across.

Interview

01:03:20 - Extended interview with Mike from Dystopia.

01:52:40 - Wrap-up

Comments

Snow_m@n Feb 20 2009, 4:04pm says:

I agree with their comments about this mod, it is inovating, still i just w8 it wont loose its direction. And i'm not saying that cutting co-op is the deal, on contrary, I love co-op mods, but maybe single-player should be finished first.

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cvirtuoso Feb 20 2009, 5:20pm replied:

I am assuming you are talking about "The City" Previously Custom Coop.

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badtrip712 Feb 20 2009, 7:56pm says:

The girl in Escape from City 17 is not that hot...she's cute however...

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:SysOp: Feb 21 2009, 2:57pm says:

Great as usual!! Thanks for mention us!

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blu.knight Jul 7 2009, 11:59am says:

Just to let you guys know, I just posted a video that shows some of the gameplay of Petrified (which might address some of the questions in this Podcast).

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