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Valve’s Portal Puzzle So Far: The Files Recovered From Aperture Science [Valve]
In: Gaming News| PC
2 Mar 2010- No Comments
- Tags: portal, Portal 2, Steam, valve
Yesterday, Valve issued an update to its 2007 first-person puzzle game Portal, adding exactly one new Steam achievement and 26 audio transmissions that players could listen to via in-game radios. So started an impressive puzzle.
Instead of listening to those transmissions in-game, members of various web forums, including the Steam, Facepunch and Something Awful forums—who we [...]
Portal Mysteriously Updated With Secret Radio Codes, New Achievement [Valve]
In: Gaming News| PC
1 Mar 2010- No Comments
- Tags: portal, Portal 2, Steam, valve
Valve’s brilliant first-person puzzler Portal has just been updated. Not normally a big deal, but when that update adds a new, mysterious Steam achievement and some hidden radio transmissions and this is Valve we’re dealing with, we’re right to be curious.
Today’s Portal update, officially, features the following addition: “Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with [...]
The Zerg Overrun The Orkin Army [Clips]
In: Gaming News| PC
20 Feb 2010- No Comments
- Tags: Blizzard, Clips, Rts, StarCraft, starcraft 2, starcraft ii, Videos
If you’re unlucky enough to not be in the StarCraft II Beta, or unwilling to pay $300 to get in, here’s a two minute clip showing what you’re missing – in this case, the Zerg clobbering some holier-than-thou Protoss ass.
This is the latest GameTrailers video on the subject; five other gameplay videos were posted back [...]
Earlier today, I became one of the first people in the world to fire up Starcraft II’s beta. And while it’s too soon to share my impressions of the game with you, it’s not too early to share some screenshots.
I’ve tried to get a nice balance of races and terrain here, to give you an [...]
At Last, A Keyboard With A LOL Button
In: Gaming News| PC
16 Feb 2010- No Comments
- Tags: Innovation, Keyboards, Lol, Toy fair 2010
The Fast Finger keyboard was made for people, mainly children, who are not yet comfortable with the QWERTY layout of most keyboards. It’s also made for people who’d love to use just one button to type TTYL, L8R or BRB.
I saw this keyboard at Toy Fair 2010 in New York City yesterday in one of [...]
Modders Drag Half-Life 2's Graphics Kicking & Screaming Into 2010 [Clips]
In: Culture| Gaming News| PC
5 Jan 2010- No Comments
- Tags: Clips, Half-Life 2, Mods, valve
Do you remember the awe you felt first firing up Half-Life 2 in 2004? Now fire it up in 2010. It’s more like “aawwww”. Flat textures, dull lighting. It’s a shame! What this game needs, then, is a makeover.
A makeover like the one provided by Filip Victor. It adds HDR lighting, new models, new textures, an upgrade to the Orange Box engine (Valve performed their own tweaks for the 2007 re-release of the game on Xbox 360) and even some new Steam achievements to the ageing PC version of the original Half-Life 2.
You can see examples of the improvements made in the clip above (though be advised, you’ll want to kill the sound). If you like what you see, you can find instructions on how to download the mod below.
Hl2 Pc Achivements & HDR Released [Steam, via Rock, Paper, Shotgun]
Unofficial 8-Bit Left 4 Dead Now Available [PC]
In: Gaming News| Indie| PC
5 Jan 2010In November, we reported that Eric Ruth Games was creating a Nintendo Entertainment System-style Left 4 Dead “de-make” for January. Guess what? It’s January. And the game is now available for free download for PCs.
Here’s a description of the game from Eric Ruth’s official site:
Pixel Force: Left 4 Dead is a retro de-make of Valve’s [...]
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