ShackCast Episode 4: QuakeCon, Rage
Chris Remo, Chris Faylor, and Shack owner Steve Gibson chat about id's Rage, the Wolfenstein movie, Quake Arena on PC and Mac (and probably Nintendo DS!), Counter-Strike's popularity, id Tech 5, id games on Steam, Wolfenstein 3D (it is better than Commander Keen), and Left 4 Dead.
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Here's the full breakdown:
0:00:00: It's a song!
0:01:00: Rage! RAGE! Arrghghhggg! (It's a video game from id.) (Story)
0:05:14: Aside: id CEO Todd Hollenshead has an expensive t-shirt.
0:06:57: Back to Rage: co-op talk and more.
0:13:30: "They announced a Wolfenstein movie." "It might be good?" (Story)
0:17:59: Quake Arena comes to PC, Mac, Xbox 360, and probably DS.
0:19:22: Aside: Why is Counter-Strike so popular? We take stabs in the dark.
0:19:33: "Okay, back to Quake." Discussion of Quake Zero. (Story)
0:24:18: Which Quake is Steve Gibson's favorite? (Hint: it's not II.)
0:26:37: Discussion of id Tech 5. (Video)
0:33:25: Discussion of Carmack's proposed Quake Arena DS. (Story)
0:38:15: "All that id stuff on Steam is pretty rad." (Story)
0:39:01: Commander Keen is not nearly as cool as Wolfenstein 3D.
0:40:31: Discussion of Left 4 Dead. Zombies + co-op = hooray.
0:47:41: We are creepily self-congratulatory.
0:48:26: It's a song! And (boxed up) brief outtakes!
