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This week’s podcast features the following on-air personalities:

• Bob Somers - SteamPodcast.com
• Ramzy Bekheet - SteamPodcast.com

1337 C4T of Episode 17

This Week’s New Releases
All scores are from MetaCritic.

• Rugby ‘08 - PS2, PC
• Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm - PS2 - 64% (27 reviews)
• Shrek The Third - PSP - 57% (8 reviews)

The following news articles were discussed on the show:

THQ Brings Huge Line-Up to Steam

THQ has brought a lot of great games to Steam, including Company of Heroes, Titan Quest, and Full Spectrum Warrior. Soon, Supreme Commander, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and Warhammer 40,000 will be available on Steam, too.

WoW Subscribers Passes 9 Million

Blizzard announced on Tuesday that their widely-popular World of Warcraft MMORPG has surpassed the 9 million subscriber mark, an unprecedented number for an MMO game.

No only that, Blizzard is set to release The Burning Crusade expansion pack for mainland china, and expects a huge influx of new and returning subscribers as a result.

Indy Game of the Year “Gish” Comes to Steam

Definitely check this game out. It’s basically a platformer, but you’re a squishy ball of tar that can roll around, squeeze through things, bounce, stick to things, and sink through water. At only $7.95, what’s not to like?

Wanna try it out first? Try the Gish non-Steam demo.

Custom-made God of War PSP up for auction

While it may not be to everyone’s taste, this one-of-a-kind God of War PSP is certainly an impressive bit of console modding, boasting not just a spiffy paint job, but a few additions that dig into the PSP itself. (See the shownotes for more details)

However only the most die hard God of War fans need apply, as last we checked the bidding was around the $1,225 mark.

Smash Brawl Control Scheme Revealed

Many of us Super Smash Bros. fanatics were wondering how the control scheme from Brawl was going to work. We’ve now got the official word from the Smash website, which explains that you can use the nunchuck and wiimote, the wiimote alone, the classic controller, or the GameCube controller to play Brawl. Whichever suits your fancy. Nice. It was also announced that the official release date is December 3rd.

Activision Roxxors EA’s Boxxorz

The latest sales data from the NPD Group shows that sales of Activision titles for the first half of the year grossed almost $400 million, a figure largely attributable to the success of its Guitar Hero franchise. In comparison, EA titles raked in $365.7 million during the same period, reports the LA Times.

When asked about his recent success, Activision’s chief executive Bobby Kotick said “For 17 years, I’ve focused on becoming the No1 video game company, and we’re getting a lot closer to achieving that objective,”

Valve Gives Bans People Talking About Linux?

Someone posted a SPUF quote to Digg, which had Patrick M. from Valve responding to someone inquiring about a Steam client for Linux. Patrick said “The next person who posts a new thread on this issue will be banned.” Nothing like taking things out of context!

Move Over Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, Here Come’s The Super Megason IV!!11

It was only a matter of time before a fourth competitor entered the cut-throat console market. And what better console to make it’s debut but The Super Megason IV!

Boasting a power cartridge shield to prevent accidental damage, a five-thousand speed DVD-ROM reader for super fast load times, cartridges with the ability to store up to and including an astounding 10million games, and an awesome 8-BIT graphics processing unit for graphics just like real life.

The Super Megason IV is everything a gamer could ever want.

Funny Videos

• Jumbo Jet Blows People off Beach
• Painful Workout Accident

Cool Program
SpaceTime 3D Internet Browser

Wrap Up

Check out the screens of the upcoming Steam community update.

Keep your fan mail, suggestions, and comments coming. The coolest email address on the net is still fans@steampodcast.com.

    

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