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The latest podcast from Next Generation Podcast places Valve's Gabe Newell in the hotseat along side Epic's Cliffy B.

They talk with Gabe about all things Half-Life and the past, present, and future of online distribution. Here's an excerpt:

There's this nice idea that episodic content could work in the sam

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Sabot · Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:06 pm Post subject:

Downloadable content is subjective to say the least...
It works in the USA because it's a mass market, it's not to say it's a success -far from it. But because of the huge population numbers you will always make a profit.
On the otherhand outwith the US there is no way that a huge dev would make any profit from solely selling a game by internet only. The other half of the problem is it's *you* that get's screwed if their servers get hacked and your account get's stolen. They don't give a toss (i'm sure there is small miopic print somewhere within VALVE that will contain such protection for themselves) We tend to be more wary and savy of identity fraud here; It's not for nothing that the US is the most 'cyber attacked' city in the world.

Me personaly will continue to stop financialy supporting companies that support episodic content. It's blatant ripoff! It encourages laziness within the company -come on! (near enough)ONE copy sitting on a server being downloaded worldwide...... Rolling Eyes

A tweak here,there and you have another 'episode'. It's rediculous paying half the price of a FULL game for 4hours extra content -unless of course it's paid for by parents or stolen. These are probably the REAL figures.
The other factors are the M$ theory of only allowing content to be transfered finite number of times and to be connected to the internet when playing SP.
It's kids that are fueling this monster!

xxxx · Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject:

Kids with lots of money and no social lives...Or, hopeless Gordon Freeman fantatics..

I don't know where you get your facts man, but holy crap, 'you' are the one that needs help. Shocked

Sabot · Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject:

Of course i'm 'speaking' to Gordon Freeman himself! Or is it the PLANK! He's everywhere around the world at the same time. He KNOWS exactly what the economy is in YOUR country, despite the fucking fact he lives in Canada!! Laughing

He knows that EVERYONE has a basement -"With half a brain" and should keep their console in it.
He's buying me Crysis because HE KNOWS it's my 'god game'
It's 'fellow european followers AGREE with anything he says'
These are his stupid demented quotes to ME above.
Then he quotes this:

xxxx · Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject:

Hahahaha... God you make me laugh so hard...

Hey Stumpus, you're ugly too.. what you have to blab on about that?

Can we coherse anymore verbal diahrea from you?

Thanks for making my day at work go by faster and with more humor.

Freak. lmao. Don't believe me. Stumpus tried to impress me with a picture of himself I got in my PM inbox... see for yourself. He wanted to show me a video, I said... uh no thanks FREAK!

Sabot · Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject:

Oh my god, there's xxxx and 'he's feeling a right tit!' for laughing at his *own* posts