KritzKast the TF2 gaming podcast

Saxton is back on form discussing your emails along with Tempest, Agro and Greaver of GreaverTV

We get so much e-mail now Postman Pat is refusing to work so he's outsourced the job to Saxton himself. I suppose it makes a change from beating up hippies. Still, it gives us an excuse to cam-up and make a YouTube video out of it. Enjoy.

The good news for those seeking to wear shorts or thongs is that Valve has decided that winter is over already. As such they have called back all the Winter Crates, but as our guest host Ruskeydoo found out, they've not been replaced with normal crates. I sense an update to the update soon.

Happy New Year everybody! This is our first episode of 2012, recorded on new years day. It may be 2012, but we still have to deal with the last events of 2011. There was a second update before christmas we didn't get a chance to examine last time.

Its that time of year again. Where the kritzmas spirit takes over. Although we won't have a live episode on this day, we do have a gift for all of you. We've cracked open the outtake safe, inserted TF2 into a Christmas carol and decimated some Christmas songs. If this doesn't make you think of Christmas, them nothing will. Apart from you know....all those Christmas adverts.

Finally we discover the true meaning of Australian Christmas and are invited to read the Smissmas Story, as published in The Badlands Holiday Reader.

Didn't he pick his days to come visit. Smismass is just round the corner and Valve is taking no shit from TF2 servers running fake bots.

Update from valve are like buses. You wait for 1 and then 4 come along all at once. But its ok, you don't need to mull through mountains of content to keep up to date, we do all that for you. We'll tell you about the performance improvements, the fixes, the new crates and even the new voodoo doll.

Maybe it might just drop into your lap, Maybe you have to preorder a game, or maybe you have to develop a world renound indie game and host your own convention.....or maybe all three.

After last week, you'd think we'd still be talking about valve being hacked. but strangely enough, the news this week features nothing about it. Instead people are more excited by the fact that 2 new items have made their way into TF2. Both of which are associated with trine 2. But what if you don't want those items? then make some for valve....for Christmas.

This is the week that the unthinkable happened. Steam was compromised. The question rises, our are personal details still safe? We've looked into the details of the hack, How, when and why, to bring you as much information about it as we can. We'll try our best to make you feel safe, but alas, only valve can be the ones to rest our minds fully.

BOO!

Valve have been busy with updates and fixes to try and make TF2 stable. They also set the Lo-Fi to be usable in crafting, though why you'd want to craft away one of the most exclusive hats in the game is beyond us.

Gullywash the comp map that's been in pretty much every 6v6 match since the dawn of TF2 time has finally been recognised and included in the game.

t's all fanfares and clarion calls here. Agro and TF2 both celebrated their birthdays this week and Tempest is riding around in Happy Town too. Less than 24 hours before recording this Tempest was playing in the Mixup Match 3 with a really cool group of people: Robin Walker, Jon Lippincott and Bay Raitt from Valve, Notch from Mojang, Daniel Brynolf from Oxeye, Simon and Lewis from Yogscast, Total...

Gee, it sure does seem like no update happened this week, If only that were the case. Valve did a super secret update this week, infact its so secret that valve rolled it back hopeing nobody had seen it.

When Eric allowed us to interview him he must have thought we'd finally leave him in peace but with his game studio due to release Team Fortress Arcade (TFA) to his the virtual shelves this week we forced him to come back on the show to be our guest host. What a show it turned out to be!

Some updates crash through your rigging and steal your booty, others simply drop by with a chest of doubloons to share among your motley crew. This week we are joined by Nahanni from the lost treasure Apocalypse Gaming overseeing little of the latter; recent hats became craftable, the sticky jumper gets a buff and bi-aural people see benefit in the update too.

Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to steal Agro's dog. This will be made far more difficult by the fact that Agro does not have a dog.

We like to think that we stay on track each week, but it can be a lot harder than it seems sometimes. This week, is one of those weeks. As well as talking about the important things in the world of TF2, Like the new hat from Tropica, We also ramble on and on about how digital distribution vastly different to brick and mortar stores. Strangely enough we also talk a lot about Bacon and tank tops too...

What is Insomnia 43? Thank you for asking fellow tf2 gamer. Insomnia 43 is the largest Lan party in the UK. It is home to many tournaments and contests and as such attracts some of the best gamers from around Europe. Agro and Tempest took a trip to this magical event and got ambushed by everybody in the European TF2 scene. So there is a lot more than just talking about Team Fortress's birthday, th...

This week we have all discovered a unique ability. we can see into the future. What we can see may shock and surprise some of you. Apparently the engie will loose his arm in a freak accident and have it replaced. The sniper will shoot more targets than ever and the spy...well the spy buys himself a bitching gun. But wait, this isn't the future. this is now. But what's this i see? The future actual...

Has the world gone mad? We have a barrel load of thing to talk about, but for some bizarre reason, most of it does not have a direct link to TF2. But all of it effects TF2. How can this be? Look at the Steam Beta Trading for example. It effects TF2 in a big way but it's a steam update. Look at CS:GO aswell; effects TF2 in all kinds of ways, yet has nothing to do with TF2. What about the Voice tale...

The hills are alive with the sound of Saxton Hale punching things while helicopters circle above. If you think that's an odd introduction to a show you clearly haven't experienced KritzKast, the Team Fortress 2 podcast, before. I mention this only because the new weapons in TF2 have us talking about Quake and Rage as much as Pyro cake, The TF2 Free-2-Play invitational and some excellent TF2 youtub...

BYTE ME. Seriously. byte me. He's on the show. Oh wait, you thought i meant something else? don't worry, stop crying, I know something that will cheer you up. Episode 128. We've got a massive pile of goodies to go through. Just look at all the updates there have been. There is some really good gold hidden in there, No need to look for yourself, we'll do it for you. Whats that you say? You want som...