After nearly three months I've resumed my chew-through of the three Half Life 2 games that come with the Orange Box. Finished Episode One yesterday (which is really the second part of the story, after the eponymous main game) and am a good ways into Episode Two now. I definitely get the impression that these games would be more fun to play a year ( Read more... )

I've been letting myself play Half Life 2 in measured doses, and just finished it. Great game. I have the next two episodes, by way of the Orange Box, but I don't feel particularly driven to fire them up right away. Soon enough I'll be like Oh, dude, I can play Episode One and that will make me so happy. Probably after I conquer some territory iRL ( Read more... )

I have been playing too much Half Life 2, during this, the first week (of two) I've set aside for the greater glory of Volity. Before putting it away one last time, I made sure to unlock the 5-point XBox achievement you get for killing a headcrab by throwing a toilet at it.

The story and structure reminds me a lot of Marathon. This is not a bad ( Read more... )