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Is the Dutch solution to Loot Boxes more evil than the problem?

July 25, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Dutch banned Loot Boxes and Valve removed them in June. Wesley Yin-Poole has a nice write up the situation over at Eurogamer. In essence; Loot Boxes are gambling. You pay money for them and don’t know what you’ll get back.…

Short film: Lil Guardian Pyro

November 28, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One for Team Fortress 2 fans. Also one for any fans of quirky stories and good animation. This is a winning entry to Valve’s annual animated film competition. Brent Kennedy was director and animation, along with August Loolam as assistant director and animation with a host more in support; Harry Callaghan, Hasan Abdullah, Martin Ellis and Keaton Brockway et al.…

Valve announce multiple Steam powered machines

September 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Did you safely predict Valve would launch a SteamBox after yesterday’s SteamOS news? I did. I was wrong. The company has gone for multiple boxes, Steam Machines if you will, from a range of unnamed hardware partners.…

The most dangerous unboxing ever

September 23, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Some people may have grown tired of unboxing videos. I understand why. That said; someone can always build a better box. Combine that mysterious box with the fact that it was sent to Valve, the makers of some wonderful computer games, and suddenly the unboxing gets interesting again.…

Big Picture: Steam on your TV

September 10, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We know Valve is serious about hardware but we don’t yet have a Steambox. Today, though, we certainly narrow the gap. Valve has announced “Steam’s Big Picture”. Start with a dedicated PC (and, yup, many gamers have something spare… I may have a laptop or two tucked away), one HDMI cable and you’re ready to plug in Steam.…

Valve job listing seems to confirm hardware ambitions

September 4, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There have been rumours about Valve getting into hardware before. Fans seem to rather want a Steambox console but so far all such whispers have turned out to be false. It’s also the case that Valve are worried about Windows 8.…

WizKids release new Portal 2 Turrets

July 6, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can collect Portal 2 Sentry Turrets. NECA/WizKids are showing off their new line of Portal 2 collectable figures. They’re 3″ tall and feature Open and Closed versions of 10 unique designs.…

A Doug Rattmann movie – Aperture: Lab Ratt

April 1, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Doug Rattmann, aka Ratman, is an interesting character from Portal mythos. He helped save Chell. Rattmann was a scientist for Aperture and worked on the project – although it’s believed he never worked directly on GLADoS and, in fact, argued against trusting her.…

Portal 2: The Turret Opera

May 26, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Before we begin – in case you don’t know – let me direct you to the Portal 2 music page where you can download the entire soundtrack for free or even pick up some Portal 2 ringtones for Android or iOS.…

Portal 2 beats class

April 19, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You know you’re working with a smart lecturer when they can spot the trends of behaviour in class. You know you’re working with a very smart lecturer when not only do they notice odd trends but quickly work out why.…

Is the Dutch solution to Loot Boxes more evil than the problem?

Short film: Lil Guardian Pyro

Valve announce multiple Steam powered machines

The most dangerous unboxing ever

Big Picture: Steam on your TV

Valve job listing seems to confirm hardware ambitions

WizKids release new Portal 2 Turrets

A Doug Rattmann movie – Aperture: Lab Ratt

Portal 2: The Turret Opera

Portal 2 beats class

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