We’re not leaving you all out to dry, we promise! We’re just looking for some free time to get your the next episode.
It’s pretty much my fault. I was out of town for a few days. Then I got sick with the flu. Now I’m bogged down with a ton of midterms next week. 
We’ll get you the next episode soon though, hopefully with another live recording and LAN party afterwards. And I really hope I can get another interview lined up, too.
Stay tuned.
File Mirrors
This week’s podcast features the following on-air personalities:
1337 C4T of Episode 10
This Week’s New Releases in 15 Seconds or Less
The following news articles were discussed on the show:
Valve Still Updates Half-Life 1?
It’s nice to see that Valve doesn’t ignore its older games. They fixed a bug where a large friends message would cause the game to exit.
Quick update. The Macworld staff have confirmed that the E For All expo is a go. There are too many details to read here, so i suggest you all check out our shownotes if you’re interested. One interesting thing to mention though… Macworld have told the press that there are already 8 ’siginificant’ exhibitors confirmed to be on the showfloor when the E for all expo rolls around in October.
The updates we told you about last week were rolled out, and we’re definitely enjoying them. The new skins are slick, the guest passes work great, and the favorites feature is better than expected.
For those of you who don’t know, Terry Donavan is the cofounder and managing director of Take-Two Interactive.
This is what Rockstar said when they were asked how the departure of Terry Donavan affected the company:
Rockstar is a very robust organization and has tremendous depth,” the representative said. “It has over 600 artists and developers, marketing people… Sam and Dan [Houser, also cofounders and producers of the Grand Theft Auto series] is the leadership now, along with Gary Dale. The roles have been filled.
Rumors About Guitar Hero: 1980s Edition
Rumors are flying around the Guitar Hero series, concerning both a new “1980’s” edition of the game and a port for the Xbox 360. We think both are a sure bet.
World of Warcraft: 8 Million Served
World of Warcraft proves even more popular, hitting the 8 million player milestone in a little more than 2 years after its release.
Hard to believe.
While this rumor seems highly unlikely, the move makes a lot of sense from a business perspective.
Wii Tops New Console Launches
I know all you Wii lovers, and especially Bob will love this news bit.
Nintendo is currently topping the the console sales, beating both the XBOX360 and the PS3. Here are the numbers,
Nintendo Wii sells 1.1 million in 2006, versus 687,300 PS3s; both surpassing the 607,000 Xbox 360s sold in 2005; 1.1 million 360s sold in December.
South Park World of Warcraft Episode Becomes Reality
It seems that the latest WoW patch has an NPC that is — so far — unbeatable. Several raid groups have been formed to take out this character, and all have failed. Man, where’s the Sword of a Thousand Truths when you need it?
Game Industry Reaches $12.5 Billion In ‘06
When hardware, software, and accessories sales are combined, the total US gaming market for the year amounted to $12.5 billion, a 19 percent jump over 2005’s $10.5 billion, which was the previous highest grossing year in US gaming. December alone saw the industry bring in $3.7 billion, 27.8 percent more than the $2.9 billion it brought in for December 2005. The figures did not include sales of PC games, PC game subscriptions, or downloaded content.
The Pirate Bay Attempts to Buy Its Own Country To Escape Copyright Law
That’s right, the folks at The Pirate Bay are attempting to skirt around copyright law by purchasing their own country. Sealand is a micronation that’s its own bonafide country… and it’s up for sale. If you donate, The Pirate Bay will make you an official citizen.
Some of you XBOX360 players will be annoyed with this one. It seems the previously XBOX360 exclusive SAINTS ROW is now being listed as available for pre-order on the PS3 over at EB Games and GameStop. Very odd.
Big Thanks
Big thanks to Arcnetworks for providing us with a rockin’ server to host our post-recording online LAN party. If you’re in need of web hosting, be sure to check out Arcnetworks at www.arcnetworks.biz
Wrap Up
Keep your fan mail, suggestions, and comments coming. The coolest email address on the net is still fans@steampodcast.com, and the coolest IRC channel is #steampodcast.
Skype mucked up the first skypecast by starting it an hour early. If we used that one it would cut us off half way through.
Here is the link to the CORRECT skypecast.
You can join anytime starting now, but the show won’t get started until the original time.
Also, there have been some changes to the LAN party server. The new IP is:
steampodcast.nuclearfallout.net:27015
The password is “apple”. See you there!
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