About Steamcast

Steamcast is a podcast focusing on topics surrounding Valve, their products and their services.

The core of the show focuses around community discussions from the Steam Users' Forums, highlighting key arguments and ideas and extending them through the show. Each week one topic is chosen from the Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead & Left 4 Dead 2 forums and is discussed in detail. The show also highlights on the latest Valve-related news as well as community and fan content such as questions, comments and feedback.

Episodes are usually around an hour long and released every Wednesday.

How to listen

There are several ways you can listen to Steamcast. We post each episode along with a Flash-based player on our website. If you use iTunes, you can subscribe to us using their podcasting service. If you need the RSS feeds for personal use, you can grab the M4A feed here and the MP3-only feed here. We also have a Youtube channel.

About the Hosts

Sam ...is British; tea?

Because I am English my sense of humour is far more advanced than yours, oh-so-kind visitor to our about page. I shall spare you the witty remarks and dark humour that you might expect. Instead, the following is a dull and boring biography. I have a website and I like photography. I do brush my teeth on a regular basis and I don't like coffee. I have been playing games ever since I was born and I love interpreting both the industry and the games themselves in an artistic and professional manner. I hope you enjoy the show!

Favorite Half-Life weapon: Gravity Gun
Favorite Team Fortress 2 class: Spy
Favorite Left 4 Dead character: Bill
Favorite Left 4 Dead 2 campaign: Hard Rain

Saurabh ...is Canadian, eh!

Gentlemen, tell me, did anyone happen to catch an annoying podcast host around here? No? Then we still have a problem. *Throws down tapes from Steamcast Episode #1*. He has laughed hysterically at our intros. He has a thirst for loud mic voices. He has hogged the microphone for hours and now he is here to **** us! So listen up boys and girls. Why hello there folks. It's a pretty day outside here in Alberta eh? I am sure you'd like to know about me eh? I am just you average gamer eh! I don't love beavers, maple syrup and beer more than I love my games eh! Check out all the cool things I can do eh! You want to hang out with me eh? Eh? Hello?

Favorite Half-Life weapon: Magnum Pistol
Favorite Team Fortress 2 class: Pyro
Favorite Left 4 Dead character: Bill
Favorite Left 4 Dead 2 campaign: Dark Carnival

Brad ...is Australian, mate.

Yo folks, how yall doing? Name’s Brad, the formal, often pessimistic and overly-serious little prick from Steam Forums. I tend to get lost in bio’s so bear with me here. Don’t do cigarettes. Don’t do drugs. Hell, I don’t even do alcohol. I stick with coca-cola. I got a 'Myspace', but I never use the damn thing. If 'ya want it, just PM me on the forums. What else is there that I can cram in? 'Love to read. 'Love to write even more. Massive fanatic of ‘Lost’ and ‘24’. Hope to work for Valve as a writer one day. That’s about it.

Favorite Half-Life weapon: Gravity Gun
Favorite Team Fortress 2 class: Spy
Favorite Left 4 Dead character: Louis
Favorite Left 4 Dead 2 campaign: Hard Rain