Half-Life
Valve Announces Half-Life Alyx
For the last 10 years, one of the longest continuous memes has involved one of Valve’s most popular titles. “Half-Life 3 confirmed!” A phrase that sent fanboys scouring the nether reaches of the internet. It has been 15 long years since Half-Life 2 was released. Even if we were to include Half-Life 2: Episode 2, it has been over 10 years since Half-Life has seen the light of day....[Read More]
Counter-Strike Returns in CS:GO
I know this will probably lower some opinions of me, but I don’t particularly care for the Half-Life series. The only thing I really appreciate at all about Half-Life is that it served as the base for one of my favorite games of all time: Counter-Strike. Back in a time when I was still on dial-up, I spent many hours (and many dollars) at local LAN/Online game centers playing de_rats, de_dust...[Read More]
Silence is Golden – The Silent Protagonist
It may not be something that we all think about often, but looking back over some of gaming’s notable heroes, there have been those whom have been very vocal about their ambitions and those who’ve played it quietly and cool. How does that affect our perceptions of those characters, what impact does it have on the way we perceive the games we play and is one better than the other? Well,...[Read More]
Valve & Nexon Team Up for Vindictus Fun
For today, and today only, players of Vindictus are in for a special treat as they’ll need to help two familiar Valve characters find their way home. Players level 10 and above will be able to take part in the special quest “Strange Travelers” that will be activated by speaking with Emmass at the Inn in Colhen.
Go Further Into Portal 2
I have seen some Portal 2 stuff at PAX. My friends, Aperture Science is back and doing more science-y things that will generally end badly for you. And by badly I mean really well. And by really well I mean really fun. And by really fun I mean…well, that’s it. It’s fun.
Alien Swarm on Steam
A couple weeks back, Valve, a company who is well known for such huge hits such as Portal, Left for Dead 1 and 2 and innumerable incarnations of Half-life, released a new multi-player game, Alien Swarm.