What do you guys think Valve will be talking about at CES? It's less than a month away...
[QUOTE=RioBravo;38899477]What do you guys think Valve will be talking about at CES? It's less than a month away...[/QUOTE]
Well I'd assume the console Gabe talked about not long ago.
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"Uhh, what cat?"
[QUOTE=RioBravo;38899477]What do you guys think Valve will be talking about at CES? It's less than a month away...[/QUOTE]
Ways of bringing the PC platform to the living room and making it plausible for everyone.
[QUOTE=RioBravo;38899477]What do you guys think Valve will be talking about at CES? It's less than a month away...[/QUOTE]
I'll be there; see if I can find 'em (I was there last year, but I had a hard time finding them)
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Before closer examination, I could have sworn that said "For Fart".
This is mostly irrelevant, but I went to check out Black Mesa's missile silos the other day:
With flash:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/n9vMK.jpg[/t]
Without flash:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/STage.jpg[/t]
[sp]It's actually the main lobby of a section of the Waitomo caves, but the orange lights fit the scene nicely.[/sp]
People like to complain about the Mark 5 HEV Suit, but considering what the resistance had to work with, it's a miracle it got to where it was.
I have a theory that things like the Gravity Gun, and the Mk. 5 were around when Black Mesa was still functional, and were "resurrected" aftewards
[QUOTE=artDecor;38903958]People like to complain about the Mark 5 HEV Suit, but considering what the resistance had to work with, it's a miracle it got to where it was.
I have a theory that things like the Gravity Gun, and the Mk. 5 were around when Black Mesa was still functional, and were "resurrected" aftewards[/QUOTE]
The suits in Decay were the 'official' Lambda team developed Mk.5 prototypes.
[QUOTE=Karmal Khan;38903982]The suits in Decay were the 'official' Lambda team developed Mk.5 prototypes.[/QUOTE]
I remember read somewhere that Gina had to test a new prototype, but nothing more.
[QUOTE=Pilotguy97;38903908]This is mostly irrelevant, but I went to check out Black Mesa's missile silos the other day:
With flash:
[t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9330046/FTFU.png[/t]
Without flash:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/STage.jpg[/t]
[sp]It's actually the main lobby of a section of the Waitomo caves, but the orange lights fit the scene nicely.[/sp][/QUOTE]
FTFY
[QUOTE=artDecor;38893758]Since when?[/QUOTE]
Since always. They were done with help from Valve and with their permission, that means they are canon. They have not been stated to be non-canon. Marc Laidlaw has said he doesn't take them into account when he is working on the story, but that's just so there aren't any direct contradictions or other problems:
[quote]There are more than enough potential contradictions in our own designs without me worrying about contradictions in the inventions of other developers who were not part of our initial creative meetings.[/quote]
[quote]It never occurred to me that large chunks of the story would be taken out of our hands, changes made beyond our control, and then have the stuff handed back with some odd unexpected kinks in it. So I try not to worry about it, and simply do my best with material directly in my control. [/quote]
Marc also says:
[quote] I guess you will be able to identify as canon those story elements we continue to build on and develop and mention repeatedly as the story progresses. Others might fall by the wayside once they've served their purpose. Couldn't you say the same of us all?[/quote]
If you use that and there being no mention of them in later games to justify the expansions being non-canon, then you could say the same about Houndeyes, Bullsquids, Alien grunts and everything else that has appeared in a game but hasn't been seen again. If Valve can make use of something again, they will.
There is no reason to say they are non-canon. He even says the nuking of Black Mesa was canon.
Why would you think something is non-canon unless stated otherwise? It should be the other way around.
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Here's a [url=http://imgur.com/a/r3F7A#wtqo1]gallery[/url] of some of the pre-launch Half-Life magazine articles.
Brace yourselves for Steam sales
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I just read all of 'concerned' I hope valve somehow acknowledges gordon frohman... CONFIRMING THE STORY AS CANNON. Would be a nice thing. Shame it stops before it goes into episode 1.
I think they did a reference to frohman in ep1
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[URL]http://viaestelar.deviantart.com/gallery/32343610[/URL][/QUOTE]
I like the train one. It is clever
[QUOTE=a-cookie;38908770]I think they did a reference to frohman in ep1[/QUOTE]
It was "I don't miss Dr. Breen, but I do miss his show. Remember when he had jugglers on?" I'm not sure if they ever confirmed it as a Concerned reference, but the author of it didn't think so himself.
[QUOTE=DevinWatson;38907559][url=http://imgur.com/a/r3F7A#wtqo1][img]http://i.imgur.com/Vp5Px.jpg[/img][/url][/QUOTE]Back in the day, they had the nerve to call that high res
[QUOTE=artDecor;38910396]Back in the day, they had the nerve to call that high res[/QUOTE]
Back in the day, that was high res
tool
[QUOTE=The Jack;38908645]I just read all of 'concerned' I hope valve somehow acknowledges gordon frohman... CONFIRMING THE STORY AS CANNON. Would be a nice thing. Shame it stops before it goes into episode 1.[/QUOTE]
Yes, they will definitely confirm that the resonance cascade happened because the Xen crystal sample was accidentally swapped with cheese. I can totally see that happening.
Also, that saying "buddha" will cause you to never die, and Kleiner's teleporter leads to Counter-Strike.
but saying Buddha does cause you to never die...
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Here's a [url=http://imgur.com/a/r3F7A#wtqo1]gallery[/url] of some of the pre-launch Half-Life magazine articles.[/QUOTE]
color inkjet printers?
Far out dude!
[QUOTE=Spot of Tea;38911773]color inkjet printers?
Far out dude![/QUOTE]
That is so rad! Are you sure those aren't pre-rendered?!
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Here's a [url=http://imgur.com/a/r3F7A#wtqo1]gallery[/url] of some of the pre-launch Half-Life magazine articles.[/QUOTE]
"Evil scientists"
lol
[QUOTE=artDecor;38910396]Back in the day, they had the nerve to call that high res[/QUOTE]
Yeah because when all games looked nowhere near as good at the time they shoulda called it "Low-Res 1998 crap compared to today...1998"
The only other game i think that was even remotely as good looking as HL1 back then would've been maybe Metal Gear Solid.
It's a sad nostalgia feeling when reading that article. I was 15 when HL got released, and it was the first PC game I ever played. I'll never experience what I felt playing through that game again.
There's plenty of awesome games released all the time, but never do they capture the feelings I had with Quake/HL/CS/Unreal (Original).
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