Podcast 17 is a weekly podcast that covers the latest news, reviews, interviews, gossip, rumours, websites, maps, mods, media releases and anything else related to the Half-Life universe. The show features William and his band of co-hosts, who invite various guest and interviewees onto the show. Check out or website for more information, previous shows, and a link to our forum where you can check all the agendas. Feel free to contact us if you want to be on the show!

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Episode #197

News

I know it has big a long time since we did an update but there are a lot of exciting things going on over at Podcast 17.

Topics discussed are mods, the new hardware generation, and Steam on Linux.

Episode #197 Details

Full show notes and high quality audio can be found on our website here.

Otherwise, you can check it out on youtube.

Podcast 17

Remember to check out Podcast 17 now more than just once a week as we have a lot of great updates coming more often.

Podcast 17, Podcast17.com, was just a weekly audio show in which William and a selection of co-hosts discuss mods and news from the Valve/Half-Life sphere. We have been around for over 3 years and hoping to evolve. Now it has also gotten into the review business and independent gaming sector and is continuing to expand further and further. The problem was that since many of the co-hosts were busy with the show, they were not able to keep up with the reviews.

So now we are looking for a dedicated reviewer who * Speaks and writes in English well * Able to keep to a schedule * Has experience reviewing * Be able to flexible and creative * Be able to do audio and video reviews

If you feel you are up to the task email gerardo@podcast17.com with a resume and at least 3 samples of your work. I will get back to you and we will continue the interview from there.

Although we do not offer direct payment we do give you do get 1) the game 2) a platform to present your article 3) the privilege of being part of a team or project.

We have our podcast syndicated over many sites with hosts/sources coming from multiple backgrounds including heads of websites such as moddb and developers at indie studios. This is a perfect place to showcase your work and maybe get recognized. Podcast 17 has partnership with many developers and publishers so there is always a game available to review!

Podcast 17

Remember to check out Podcast 17 now more than just once a week as we have a lot of great updates coming more often.

Hello, I am Gerardo and I am the new PR Manager for Podcast 17. We have a lot of exciting news but first we will start with the interview.

I know it has big a long time since we did an update but there are a lot of exciting things going on over at Podcast 17.

We had our first interview with the two amazing actors, Ellen McLain (Glados, TF2 announcer, and Overwatch) and John Lowrie (Sniper, Half Life 2 civilians). We also have a new segment called Debeaked where we break down everything from AAA titles to indie games, Podcast 17 is now doing both reviews and previews of games, and finally we are in the process of creating a bunch of new segments! I'll try to keep everyone updated once they are released. Now for the interview....

If you do have an interest in being on the show (developers, musicians, journalist, etc.) or any ideas, please email me at gerardo@podcast17.com

Ellen McLain and John Patrick Lowrie Interview Details

  • William is joined by Glenn, Patrick, and Victor.
  • Interview is with Ellen McLain and John Patrick Lowrie.
  • Interview is with Ellen McLain and John Patrick Lowrie.

Full show notes and links can be found on our website.


Show Download | Podcast 17

Podcast 17

Remember to check out Podcast 17 now more than just once a week as we have a lot of great updates coming more often.

Hello fellow ModDB fans, we are so excited to be posting our Gabe Newell and Kutta interview that we recorded this week.


Topics Discussed (but not limited to)

  • No new Episode Three information.
  • Steam as a social platform.
  • Steam for mobile devices.
  • Source SDK and Portal 2 Authoring Tools
  • DirectX 9, 10, 11
  • Will GoldSource be released under GPL
  • Portal 2 ARG
  • Valve’s first steps into a non-fps genre.
  • Ideas and backstory behind the Crowbar.
  • What Gabe and Kutta do in their free time (besides knives).


Gabe Newell Interview

  • William is joined by Glenn.
    • William McMahon
      Owner/Operator of Podcast17.
    • Glenn (aka. HecticGlenn)Host
      Writer at Halflife2.net.
  • Interview is with Gabe and Kutta.
    • Gabe Newell
      Founder/Managing Director of Valve Software.
    • Kutta Srinivasan
      Software Developer at Valve Software.

Full show notes and links can be found on our website.

Podcast 17


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Hello fellow ModDB fans,

This week on Podcast 17 we had a great discussion hosted by Andy, lead of Overwatch. He proposed developing mods using an open source model. What are the advantages/disadvantages? What tools are available and other examples in the industry. It's a great listen for all mod developers who are eager to move into a new way of development and publication. Check below for the full list of participants as well as brief points of interest.

I would also like to take this opportunity to announce our Videographer position. Full details can be found on our blog, but in short, Podcast 17 needs help moving into a video show for our live listeners. If anyone has any experience using services such as livestream, justin.tv or ustream feel free to give us a shout. Full details can be found here.

Developing Mods as F/OSS

Andy is joined by William, John, Andrew and Tony.

  • Andy (aka. AndY)Host
    Development Lead of Overwatch.
  • William McMahonHost
    Owner/Operator of Podcast17.
  • John Reese (aka. nuclear_eclipse)Guest Host
    Software Engineer for Overwatch.
  • Andrew RitchieGuest Host
    Software Engineer for Resistance & Liberation.
  • Tony Sergi (aka. Omega)Guest Host
    Senior Programmer for FIX Korea Co., Ltd.

Key points:

  • Making Overwatch Open Source
  • Open Source in the Industry
  • Source SDK Discussion
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Going Open Source
  • Tools for Open Source

Full show notes and links can be found on our website.


Podcast 17


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