Apparently I was a good boy this year, because Santa delivered a 400 GB Western Digital hard drive for Christmas. 
Ramzy and I have scheduled the next episode to be recorded this weekend. We’re still working on getting some mod teams on the show for interviews, but we’ll make do with what we have.
Expect the next episode to be released sometime this weekend or early next week.
File Mirrors
This week’s podcast features the following on-air personalities:
All information about the subscriber drive and contest can be found on the subscriber drive contest page.
We are looking for someone who runs a gameserver that would be willing to host us for a few hours every week. Send an email to fans@steampodcast.com if you’re interested.
The live recording for Episode 10 will be held at 7pm Jan 12 PST, which is 3am Jan 13 GMT, and 2pm Jan 13 Sydney time. Download and install Skype to listen in. More info can be found here.
1337 C4T of Episode 9
This Week’s New Releases in 15 Seconds or Less
The following news articles were discussed on the show:
HDMI 360’s With 120GB HDD’s To Be Released?
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The long rumored about and awaited update to the console won’t just feature a new, cooler 65nm processor, it’s also finally added an HDMI port for full digital 1080p pleasure, as well as a 120GB drive
Valve has just annouced a slew of features coming to Steam in early January.
New Gaming Convention Finally Gets A Name
Back in November, IDG World Expo revealed that it would be organizing a Los Angeles-based gaming convention (To fill in for E3). The only problem was it didn’t have a name. That changed today, as the organization revealed that the placeholder name of GamePro Expo had been replaced with the Entertainment for All Expo–a name chosen through a contest. The E for All Expo, as it will be known, takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center October 18-20.
A puzzle/quest game with 45 original characters, 39 quests, 8 arcade games, and more. It looks pretty bizare, but fun nonetheless.
Bungie To Give Out More Beta Passes For Halo 3
Bungie and Microsoft revealed the final two ways to enter the coveted Halo 3 multiplayer beta test that begins this spring. Beta keys can be attained by playing three hours of Halo 2 on Xbox Live from February 1-3 then being one of the first 13,333 gamers who register at the Halo 3 Web site. Keys will also be included in specially marked boxes of Crackdown, which goes on sale February 20.
HL2: Episode 1 takes a GOTY Award
Gamspy’s Game of the Year comittee named Half-Life 2: Episode 1 as the best PC Action game of 2006. They also awarded it the title of ninth best game overall, including console and portable titles. For comparison, Company of Heroes came it at #2 and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess took the top spot.
In celebration of their award, Valve has lowered the price of HL2: Episode 1 to $15.95 USD for a short time. Go grab it now if you don’t already have it.
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Sold Out
The game’s collector’s edition is getting plenty of attention on eBay, where sales of the sold-out $70 item are nearing $200 in some auctions. Those who do score a CE of The Burning Crusade will also be proud owners of a WoW-themed art book, a behind-the-scenes DVD, and–the big prize–an exclusive in-game pet.
GoldenEye: Source Beta Finally Arrives
For those of you who haven’t been following, GoldeneEye: Source is a mod that lets you relive the glory days of multiplayer deathmatches on your N64. The team had pledged to get the beta done by Christmas and they certainly delivered. This thing is awesome. Download and play now. Go!
The first official expansion pack is on its way for the hugely popular The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, report British gaming magazines PC Gamer and PC Zone. The expansion pack, entitled “The Shivering Isles” will boast a reported 30 hours of extra gameplay.
Mod Puts You In Control of Zombie Hordes
This is an exciting mod that puts you in control the Zombies and mixes the RTS and FPS play styles. A team of FPS players tries to complete a list of objectives while the single RTS player controls the Zombies to try to destroy all of humanity. Awesome.
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.
Live Recording
Online LAN Party
Arcnetworks has very been gracious and provided us a place to hang out and have a weekly online LAN party. Join the server at the specified time and battle it out with Ramzy and me as well as other Steam Podcast listeners.
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