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Podtoid 77: Valve loves you

3:47 PM on 11.25.2008   |   Anthony Burch

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Another new Podtoid this week -- with emphasis on the new. We've got new hosting, a new Valve game to play, and a new home for our own Jim Sterling. I'm tempted to make some sort of joke about episode 77 having a "new podcast smell," but that sort of stuff is really overplayed.

Anyway. Jim, Aaron, Topher and I talked about PETA, the NXE, and the anniversary of Half-Life. Since we're now being hosted by the GamerCast Network, you can now listen to the show here, or subscribe to us on iTunes. Highlights include:

- Space Invaders Extreme is surprisingly literal 

- Adam Dork, voice of an angel 

- Director AI: great for campaigns, less great for versus

- Jim Sterling says the best thing you've ever heard 

- Topher Cantler doesn't give a free pass to the phrase, "free pass"

- After being forced to, we find fault with Valve

Roughly half of our Valve discussions were based off Zcdrike's question, so he gets the cool swag. Send an email to reverendanthony [a t] gmail [ d o t ] com, and we'll send you some stuff.

[The song is "Comfort Eagle" by Cake.]








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Funky Goodness's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 15:51
Funky Goodness
Fault with Valve?! Blasphemers.

Gotta give this one a listen.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 16:02
Darren Nakamura
RAR iTunes rabble rabble!
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 16:02
Samit Sarkar
It's not on iTunes yet. WHATEVER SHALL I DO?!?!
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 16:09
Darren Nakamura
Yeah, tell GamerCast to get their ess together so we can download on iTunes! Preferably before the show posts go up!
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 16:10
Tubatic
ZOMG COMMERCIAL! SELLOUTS! RAR RAR rabble rabble! :)
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 16:14
KamikazeTutor
Goddamnit, on what quality are those commercials encoded? 1kpbs?
Argnoth's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 16:38
Argnoth
you should rename the title of this post to "Valve loves you, unless you use a PS3" because we know how much valve hates PS3 users.
AlienGuy18's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 16:42
AlienGuy18
I made Topher feel sick.

My job here is done.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 17:04
Dan CiTi
Valve is the funniest, most clever, intelligent and perfect company EVER.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 17:19
Sharpless
Commercials? This does not bode well. I am apprehensive.
Stella Wong's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 17:59
Stella Wong
Valve is awesome! :D
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 18:36
Char Aznable
Not to be a bitch or anything, but that was a really annoying commercial.

Just talk to me, don't shout your message like a morning shock jock on the radio.
carpwrist's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 18:54
carpwrist
65 mother effin' megabytes! christ man, don't you know we're in a recession?!? even bandwidth and HDD space are hard to come by these days.
:D
Jetsetlemming's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 19:27
Jetsetlemming
The podcast is downloading at like 1/3 the speed it did hosted by dtoid. >:| I'm going to have to wait a whole *checks download window* 8 minutes! Inexcusable!
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 21:20
Spartacus
Ugh, Gamercast Radio.
Miyamotorhead's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 22:29
Miyamotorhead
Sarcastic Gamer is awful...sound like a bunch of frat boy morning zoo cunts...horrible parody songs and excessive forced laughter and awful jokes...really a step in the wrong direction but i guess people gotta get paid...
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 23:07
Sharpless
I anticipate this whole GamerCast thing going downhill with our community veeeery quickly.
mourning orange's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2008 23:35
mourning orange
First time listening guys. Good shit,keep it up! Also,I despise iTunes,what are the chances of getting this on the Zune marketplace?

*Please don't flame cos I have a Zune.I like mine.*
Koholint's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 00:44
Koholint
Hey Aaron, you want to see a mod that's as good or better than Left 4 Dead? Enter Natural Selection, a six year old Half-Life mod that it still played today. You should give it a try. http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/
Knigge's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 13:32
Knigge
Jesus fucking Christ on a banana hammock. How the fuck do you assholes not know to replace your batteries in your fire detectors? You know that squeaking? That means the shit is dying! I don't want to hear it every five goddamn seconds.

Agh. Goddamn that's my biggest pet peeve with any podcast, but you guys manage to squeeze it in more than any other.

Anyways, aside from that. I liked it.
Rusty Ghia's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2008 19:34
Rusty Ghia
Confirmed, Aaron Linde eats balut.

Also, change the damn battery in the smoke detector.
UMF Skibum's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/28/2008 22:15
UMF Skibum
Thanks for using my questions guys. I basically lobbed a softball so you could gush about Valve some more, and you went with it.
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