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. Right! Moving on! A Cappella Records team up with, er, with Aperture Science in […]
Portal 2 beats class
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. There’s just bonus points if that ‘why’ is a part of geek native culture. Portal […]
Portal 2 TV ad of awesome power
As the world gears up for the release of Portal 2 the marketing machine kicks it up a gear. Here’s the story behind the Portal 2 TV ad though. Valve did this themselves rather than bringing in a creative agency. I’m sure they got a media planner and buyer in to work out the schedule […]
Portal Speed Run: Under 10 minutes
This 15 minute video is a demo of the Portal Speed Run. Before you yell “For science, you monster!” yes, the player does make use of glitches. In fact, you can find a list of glitches deployed here. There a lot. Be prepared to spend a lot of time watching elevator doors. They’re clearly the […]
Alien Swarm – Valve’s free game
On Monday you’ll be able to get Alien Swarm from Valve for free. Here’s the deal; Alien Swarm was a top-down, four-player co-op from 2004. Turns out that Valve hired the team behind the game in 2008, had them work on L4D, Portal 2 but also Alien Swarm. Interestingly, Valve’s also releasing an SDK on […]
Portal 2: For Science – You Monster
Seems like the computer might be willing to forgive you – in the name of science. Mind you, maybe she forgives you in the same way she intends to share her cake with you! This trailer for Portal 2 aired at the Sony Conference during the 2010 E3. We’re expecting the sequel to be available […]
Left 4 Dead 2 – The Fallen Survivor
Imagine thinking you were going to be a survivor. You’ve your stash of weapons, you have got a pipe bomb ready and you’re immune to the zombie plague. Except. No. You’re not. After venturing outside to escape the zombie infected city you succumb to the plague and become one of them. You are a Fallen […]
Rock mushrooms return to demand Half-Life 3
Let’s not beat around the bush; the 8-Bit Pwny CLub has become my favourite game review program of the naughties – er, the noughties. Theweirdone and I are still singing “we are fungus…” I think we might also join the mushrooms in their praise of Valve and Half-Life too. This video ranks as a “must […]
No Publicola, no
Writing in for a post in Publicola Sam Machkovech gives his suggestion for the top five gaming failures of 2009 and he gets it all wrong. At least, that’s what I think and I don’t mind saying so. He starts off by slamming ODST. That’s wrong. ODST has a simple campaign single-player level but it’s […]
Left 4 Dead 2 boycott – the mod battle
When Valve announced Left 4 Dead 2 – amazingly – not everyone was happy. There was one group of fans who thought that it was “too soon”. They were still playing Left 4 Dead and didn’t fancy the online gamers being split between the two titles. They wanted more additions to Left 4 Dead. Whereas […]
