Podcast 17 finally scored it big time with founder/managing director of Valve Software, Gabe Newell! -and software designer, Kutta Srinivasan.

They hold an extremely awesome info-packed interview.

On the episode they talk about:

• Steam as a social platform.
  
• Steam for mobile devices.
  
• Source SDK and Portal 2 Authoring Tools
  
• DirectX 9, 10, 11
  
• Will GoldSource be released under GPL
  
• Portal 2 ARG
  
• Valve’s first steps into a non-fps genre.
  
• Ideas and backstory behind the Crowbar.

and much more! You can find the interview landing page here

Thanks Podcast 17 for the awesome interview!

Yesterday Valve released the new updated tools for the Source engine allowing you to tweak Portal 2 until your hearts content. Grab them by downloading the authoring tools beta in the tools section of Steam.

Also in other news, an in-depth interview of one of the writers for Portal 2: Erik Wolpaw talks about the game and the state of game stories in the business. It's pretty lengthy at about an hour twenty, and full of interesting insights. Give it a watch!

Also as a follow-up to the Mike Morasky interview from a week ago; the live interview fell short due to technical difficulties and was postponed. The interview carried on behind closed doors and is now available to the public. -Really interesting stuff!

Check it out!