Intrepid Homoludens

Hey. Just play HL and get it freaking over it. Don't feel peer pressured to play HL2 just because everyone and their grandmother's dog has it at the moment. Cut yourself off from us for a week, play the first one, wait a few days, then play HL2. Once you play HL2 you'll never want to 'regress' and play the first one, because HL2's advancements on every level will most likely fook up your otherwise nice experience with HL should you decide to play it after HL2. You'll thank me later.

Elvis is actually alive and renting my closet. He's a great tenant, too.

I'm bored.

Graffiti can be absolutely stunning, but if done on someone's private property without the owner's consent, it is a crime. Period. That said, I think it's a great idea for some owners to allow very talented taggers to transform their real estate into magic, works of art, when feasible. I'm all for it!

Imagine that - a virgin Grim.

Do I have to?

Yeah. The this place has been next to empty today. I'll probably do another extended disappearance the next week when I get my copy of Bloodlines and HL2. The last thing I want to interrupt my sessions by posting a minute-by-minute progress report here.

Both of them!

So what? I was dreaming of a freshly made ice cold margarita when I posted that.

I know exactly what he's talking about. And you are a plebeian

I'm waiting til the bullshit dies down. Perhaps next week or so. By then the servers won't be bottlenecked 'cause all the fanbois will have had their initial orgasms. you back, jack!

I'm merely buying the physical version, boys.

I could advise you on this, but instead I'll consult my 21-year-old niece. She's shaped like an hourglass, has tattoos and is pierced (I'll not tell you where), and constantly has various boys after her. Perhaps she could give you some insight.

Typical. Um...you do know you can actually meet real, physcial girls out in the real, physical world. Trust me on this.

You know already that Gamespot was never known for having any kind of personality. 10,000 Gamepots can never a .10000000 Idle Thumbs make.

Go in for a year, then leave. Personally that's what I would do, stay for the experience, then leave for my mental and physical health. Besides, everyone in the industry by now knows EA abuses its people. There's no excuse for staying if it fooks up your life, or your decided excuse for a life.

It also comes on 5 cds.

God? I don't think so. It would be more accurate to say the entire Christian population and their interpretation of God.

You have to remember, however, that those employees chose to work for EA. Nobody forces them to stay, they can leave any time they want. EA are obviously fascist c&%#s who don't give a damn about the general well being and morale of their people, so why stay?

Then explain this.

yeah, you're getting old. and you're in denial. and your fly's undone. hey, i did the same as you, declared a gamer's blackout until it's practically the eve of release. so fook that, i'm allowed to get some excitement now at this point.

And that's just to start.

It received 9.7 at IGN.