<!--QuoteBegin-Private Coleman+Nov 13 2004, 07:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Private Coleman @ Nov 13 2004, 07:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Long enough to be a book... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> That's why there's "<a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761543643/qid=1100377209/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-1643150-1000136?v=glance&s=books&n=507846' target='_blank'>Raising The Bar</a>," a book covering behind the scenes from the start of HL1's production through to the end of HL2's, also covers the leak. Available soon from all good book stores. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
EDIT: Link added. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
It was nice however it wasn't what we didn't already know <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I can just imagine big ol' Gabe running throughout the offices and yanking the internet connection cables out of their sockets... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Very good read <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Nov 13 2004, 08:09 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Nov 13 2004, 08:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Private Coleman+Nov 12 2004, 11:44 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Private Coleman @ Nov 12 2004, 11:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Long enough to be a book... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Thats what your mom said last night! OOOOOOOOHHHHHH! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> SO sigged.
on Topic: I was actually moved while reading that. I laughed, i cried. I loved. And i don't feel ashamed to admit it. Great read, definately worth the time.
<!--QuoteBegin-eediot+Nov 12 2004, 09:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (eediot @ Nov 12 2004, 09:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I wonder what happened to the german guy after he was arrested. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I'm sure there was a crowbar involved...
Edit: Damnit, I want that hat. Shoulda got the Gold, the ad for it just didn't look all that great for the $90 they were asking for it.
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It's pretty comparable to the original. Definitely an electronic edge, I'd say maybe a bit more musical and less ambient than the first. Pretty damn cool, though.
I stopped listening after a few tracks, though - there's 43 tracks including the short 10-15 second stingers for dramatic events and I think they'll be have a more powerful effect if I hear them in the game first.
On the original topic: I found this a particularly interesting read when taken in context of <a href='http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/11/0031259&tid=98' target='_blank'>recent</a> <a href='http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/12/0537234&tid=123&tid=127&tid=156' target='_blank'>EA news</a>. Makes you wonder what it really would be like to work at a high profile game company like those.
Of course it could be that I didn't hear all the music I was supposed to in the original HL... only had a few and normally only when something important was supposed to happen... like that run and duck battle against grunts and an Osprey to get back into that tunnel on the other side only to have that bombed as I go down. Pretty cinematic. I'm sure HL2 with have that quality greatly enhanced.
Good article- it helps give a bit of insight of what's going on at valve. It almost makes me want to buy hl2, but then I would need to buy a computer that could run it.
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<!--QuoteBegin-0blique+Nov 13 2004, 07:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (0blique @ Nov 13 2004, 07:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Good article- it helps give a bit of insight of what's going on at valve. It almost makes me want to buy hl2, but then I would need to buy a computer that could run it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> How fast can you run HL? If you can run it at 80+ frames, you can do HL2.
I can only get 80 fps when I'm looking at a blank wall. Average is around 20-30, sometimes 40, if I'm lucky. It's an old machine, but I'm not in a real hurry to replace it, since besides games (which I don't play very often now) there's nothing I do it that needs a lot more power. For now.
Extremely interesting read. I like how they got the hacker, but I think Gabe should have went with his "crowbar" plan instead. My machine will run HL2! I'm so happy. Before, I would get about... 15 FPS in HL mods (NS, CS, etc) - while staring at walls. Now, I'm getting 99-100 <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Yay. I can run Doom 3 on its highest settings with about 50 FPS and occasional stutter! [/self-glorifying]
A very good read, better than the original Final Hours of Half-Life <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
They should have recorded a video of the pinata ceremony though......
(the Gordon shot shown in preview images for the box is the 'back')
Soundtrack is sweet, posters rule, and the hat will nicely complement my X-Men: Legends cap. Woo! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Is that the collectors editon?
(the Gordon shot shown in preview images for the box is the 'back')
Soundtrack is sweet, posters rule, and the hat will nicely complement my X-Men: Legends cap. Woo! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Is that the collectors editon? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Gold package.
<!--QuoteBegin-Renegade+Nov 14 2004, 08:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Renegade @ Nov 14 2004, 08:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-KungFuSquirrel+Nov 13 2004, 10:19 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (KungFuSquirrel @ Nov 13 2004, 10:19 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I got this delivered today: [Snip] (the Gordon shot shown in preview images for the box is the 'back')
Soundtrack is sweet, posters rule, and the hat will nicely complement my X-Men: Legends cap. Woo! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Is that the collectors editon? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Looks like the Gold package to me. "PLUS: HL2 posters, full strat guide, soundtrack, hat, collector's box, postcard & more"
Dont look at me the wrong way when i say this, but the source engine has some quite excellent applications in the field of adult entertainment. with such realistic characters, it wouldent take much to create some adult movies or cutscenes using sources remarkable technology.
<!--QuoteBegin-todd10000+Nov 14 2004, 10:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (todd10000 @ Nov 14 2004, 10:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Dont look at me the wrong way when i say this, but the source engine has some quite excellent applications in the field of adult entertainment. with such realistic characters, it wouldent take much to create some adult movies or cutscenes using sources remarkable technology. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Yeah, we quickly came to that conclusion when I brought up the idea that it'll be easy to make full-length movies with Source. What you're saying is the same idea behind movies, just that the term "full-length" refers to something different.
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<img src='http://www.kungfusquirrel.net/miscpics/hl2_shipment_800.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
(the Gordon shot shown in preview images for the box is the 'back')
Soundtrack is sweet, posters rule, and the hat will nicely complement my X-Men: Legends cap. Woo!
That's why there's "<a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761543643/qid=1100377209/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-1643150-1000136?v=glance&s=books&n=507846' target='_blank'>Raising The Bar</a>," a book covering behind the scenes from the start of HL1's production through to the end of HL2's, also covers the leak. Available soon from all good book stores. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
EDIT: Link added. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Thats what your mom said last night! OOOOOOOOHHHHHH! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You're going to hell. With me.
Love how they nabbed the hacker, what a moron xD
If the Gold box had come with the shirt, I might have gone for it... :/
So how are the actual game cds packaged? Or do they just give you a Steam disc and a key and tell you to go load it from the servers? :X
Thats what your mom said last night! OOOOOOOOHHHHHH! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
SO sigged.
on Topic: I was actually moved while reading that. I laughed, i cried. I loved. And i don't feel ashamed to admit it. Great read, definately worth the time.
I'm sure there was a crowbar involved...
Edit: Damnit, I want that hat. Shoulda got the Gold, the ad for it just didn't look all that great for the $90 they were asking for it.
I stopped listening after a few tracks, though - there's 43 tracks including the short 10-15 second stingers for dramatic events and I think they'll be have a more powerful effect if I hear them in the game first.
Of course it could be that I didn't hear all the music I was supposed to in the original HL... only had a few and normally only when something important was supposed to happen... like that run and duck battle against grunts and an Osprey to get back into that tunnel on the other side only to have that bombed as I go down. Pretty cinematic. I'm sure HL2 with have that quality greatly enhanced.
How fast can you run HL? If you can run it at 80+ frames, you can do HL2.
My machine will run HL2! I'm so happy. Before, I would get about... 15 FPS in HL mods (NS, CS, etc) - while staring at walls. Now, I'm getting 99-100 <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> Yay. I can run Doom 3 on its highest settings with about 50 FPS and occasional stutter!
[/self-glorifying]
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They should have recorded a video of the pinata ceremony though......
<img src='http://www.kungfusquirrel.net/miscpics/hl2_shipment_800.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
(the Gordon shot shown in preview images for the box is the 'back')
Soundtrack is sweet, posters rule, and the hat will nicely complement my X-Men: Legends cap. Woo! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Is that the collectors editon?
<img src='http://www.kungfusquirrel.net/miscpics/hl2_shipment_800.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
(the Gordon shot shown in preview images for the box is the 'back')
Soundtrack is sweet, posters rule, and the hat will nicely complement my X-Men: Legends cap. Woo! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Is that the collectors editon? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Gold package.
[Snip]
(the Gordon shot shown in preview images for the box is the 'back')
Soundtrack is sweet, posters rule, and the hat will nicely complement my X-Men: Legends cap. Woo! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Is that the collectors editon? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Looks like the Gold package to me.
"PLUS: HL2 posters, full strat guide, soundtrack, hat, collector's box, postcard & more"
Very insteresting though. Just makes me want to play HL2 even more now.
*oh More "fast zombies"
Yeah, we quickly came to that conclusion when I brought up the idea that it'll be easy to make full-length movies with Source. What you're saying is the same idea behind movies, just that the term "full-length" refers to something different.