Valve at GDC

[Pinecone]

They gave 4 speeches at the GDC, and included the powerpoints here (http://www.valvesoftware.com/publications.html). l swear these developer notes are one of the coolest things you'll ever see. l kinda skipped over the TF2 shading ultra technical stuff (You'll see what l mean), but overall it's awesome to see how and why they did what they did to make the Orange box such a huge success.

[Faceman]

The value is what made the Orange Box so successful. Now if they only would stop bloating the HL story.

[jow]

Idunno, man. Ep 1 and 2 were fucking great.

[Fenris Wolf]

I quit Episode 2 after I had to lob sticky bombs at striders. Fuck that jive. Gimme a friggen RPG, the rebels seemed to have enough of them in the main story and Episode 1.

[deceiver]

I quit Episode 2 after I had to lob sticky bombs at striders. Fuck that jive. Gimme a friggen RPG, the rebels seemed to have enough of them in the main story and Episode 1.

Really? You were like minutes from the ending o-o.

[Penguin]

I quit Episode 2 after I had to lob sticky bombs at striders. Fuck that jive. Gimme a friggen RPG, the rebels seemed to have enough of them in the main story and Episode 1.
I just wish they had Javelins.

[jow]

I quit Episode 2 after I had to lob sticky bombs at striders. Fuck that jive. Gimme a friggen RPG, the rebels seemed to have enough of them in the main story and Episode 1.

That shit was so fun.

[Faceman]

It wasn't fun, nor did it make much sense. impulse 101.

[SimonS]

it wasn't fun, but when you beat it, it had that awesome last-stand kinda feel........which was ..fun

[SMELLY OLD MAN]

>:(

Half-Life 2 sucked since Half-Life 1.

[Faceman]

it wasn't fun, but when you beat it, it had that awesome last-stand kinda feel........which was ..fun

I got that same feeling from the "How many 5 year olds can you take on at once" Tournament back in 2004. Since 05 it's been in Thailand and I just don't have the cash to travel that far.

[Fenris Wolf]

Oh I'm fully aware I was minutes from the end. I just refused to care since they decided I was gonna play goddamn basketball to beat these things.

[jow]

wow. I loved that ending. It was epic and when I beat it I felt like I just gave birth. I was so charged up during it, it was a relief to win.

[Penguin]

I didn't mind it. I got the Neighborhood Watch achievement. :D

[WHEATLEY007]

Got through it only to miss the rocket doing its thing while I got back to trying to balance books and flower pots on NPC's heads.

The next episode better have some new weapons and more than 1 new baddy. Combine-zombies for ep1 & stalker-whatervers for ep2. That was it (ignoring the spitting ant-lion things). The weapons are just boring now.

[Penguin]

That's a pretty common complaint, but I just don't see it. I mean, is there any gap left in Freeman's arsenal by the current lot?

[SimonS]

lambda dildo?

[Burris]

Am I the only one who has had little desire to even play Episode I or II?

The ending to HL2 was such a let down I got really mad. I hate cliffhanger endings to continue a series indefinitely.

Felt like I did all the work just to have somoene tell me "Wait a couple months to a couple years to find out why you did this"

[jow]

wow. you guys are lame. Episodes I and II were badass.

[BeetleBailey]

wow. you guys are lame. Episodes I and II were badass.

he speaks the truth. the end of II was amazing. I started clapping when I beat it. It was clapping good.

[jow]

wow. you guys are lame. Episodes I and II were badass.

he speaks the truth. the end of II was amazing. I started clapping when I beat it. It was clapping good.

You always have something.. happy to say. You're a happy person. You make me happy.

[Faceman]

I guess some people really got into the HL2 story. Stop shoving long winded dialog scenes down our throats and force feeding me to care about these characters, it could be a good game. That and the AI needs a tweaking.

[WHEATLEY007]

Episode 2 was pretty good, but ep1 - a bit 'meh' in my humble opinion. And some new weapons is not a bad thing to ask for. Like what'll you think if the first thing you get in HL3 is a fucking crow-bar ? "Jeez - a crowbar, but in High Def. How fucking unexpected". Dont get me wrong, I think HL is a great series and probably the most complete FPS games developed, but I just found Ep1 more of the same.

[Pinecone]

Has anybody even looked the TF2 powerpoint? They show the original pictures of the artist's work that influenced their style, and a sneak peak of the next Meet the x person.