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Artw — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:00:17 -0800

Ten years ago Valve released Half Life, to the delight of gamers, modders, critics and people who hate cut scenes. Marc Laidlaw, writer for Valve, talks about the genesis of scientist turned crowbar wielding survivor, Gordon Freeman. Somehow avoided playing it in all these years? You can buy it on Steam for less than a dollar until midnight November 21st.

This cake's not a lie

tybeet — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:25:51 -0800

Do you miss blasting with your orange and blue space-warping cannons? Surely you miss Companion Cube... Nine months of work by a dedicated modder: NykO18 (and team) has crystallized into what amounts to an epic prequel to Portal, called Portal: Prelude, whose story arc focuses on the "pre-GlaDOS epoch". It's said to have more gameplay than even the original: 8 chapters, 48 challenges, 6 advanced maps and more than 400 lines of speech. You can try and whet your appetite with the official trailer, but I didn't find it captures the atmosphere very well -- maybe that has something to do with the Linkin Park? Funny enough, it was midway through NykO18's work that the rumoured Valve announcement for their own Portal prequel (as Portal 2) came, though it's also been rumored that it may end up being a sequel afterall. Mirrors for download are here.

"Greetings! Welcome to another edition of Team Fortress 2 Trivia!"

empath — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:16:54 -0800

Team Fortress 2 Griefing and More Team Forturess 2 Griefing.

Our last control point is being captured.

Soup — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:06:43 -0800

"Team Fortress 2 is the most beautiful game ever made." The unique rendering style (wmv, YT, or pdf). Near universal acclaim (near). How to improve your game. A two part interview with developers. What your class could say about you. And don't forget your sprays. Ha! (Previously.)

This was a triumph.

Soup — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:09:23 -0800

Portal's "Still Alive." The man who wrote it. The woman who sang it. The official skinny, with lyrics and chords. A music video parody. On piano, guitar, and Garry's Mod. Its place in video game history. And finally, one or two ways to get it. (Spoilers all.)

Team Fortress 2

Lord_Pall — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:53:02 -0800

Ignis Solus is a machinima made using Team Fortress 2. If you can't get enough, check out the Valve created ones. Meet the Engineer, Soldier, Heavy Weapons Guy and Demoman .

My name is Legion. You collapsed my probability distribution, prepare to die!

kandinski — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:15:49 -0800

The Crossing is a new FPS game where single-player and multiplayer modes meld in one. At any point, any Non-Player-Character might not be an NPC at all, but another Player. It is likely that, as in a game of tag, players will just take turns to be "it" like Agents in the Matrix, but... wouldn't it be great if we could all be "it" at the same time? Quantum Gaming might just be the way to model such a swarm of gamers. You can visualise the many-worlds interpretation of classical shooters in "Averaging Gradius". Greg Egan has already designed Quantum Soccer for you to check out how a probability distribution scoring scheme would work. And the "many-votes" implementation of Massively Multiplayer Pong proves the concept is viable, if difficult to pull out in higher abstractions than "ball meets paddle". Even bright-guy Richard Dawkins says Quantumg Gaming might be a good educational tool. Sure that, but, can we also make it fun?

Two great tastes that taste great together

asok — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:38:03 -0800

ipod valve amp ipodfilter: plug your ipod into a valve amp. Best enjoyed with a refreshing Pepsi blue!

If at first you don't succeed, you fail.

nervestaple — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:30:24 -0800

Welcome to the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. Remember our motto: "There's a hole in the sky, through which things can fly." (Coming soon.)

Concerned (Half-Life 2 comic)

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:09:17 -0800

Concerned (Half-Life 2 comic)

SWEET MOTHER OF FUCK

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:43:02 -0800

TODAY WE ARE BECOME GORDON FREEMAN. This is the best of the web if e'er there was one. Go play.

Takes all sorts doesn't it?

Pretty_Generic — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:21:52 -0800

Counter-Strike technical support. What can I say, I thought it was funny. [Wave. WARNING: it fades out, do not turn your volume up]

Half-Life 2

McBain — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:49:14 -0800

After nearly five years of silence Valve is starting to talk about Half-Life 2. More to come at E3 in Los Angeles. What ever happened to Team Fortress 2? (Vaporware?)