While my PC can run it just fine, I need to get it for the 360.

Regardless, I just got back from GS, and I guess someone got the memo, since I got the discount with the preorder, and I didn't even have to whip out the website printout.

For anyone who doesn't mind waiting for shipping, buy.com has a deal where if you buy it using google-check out, you get free shipping for a grand total of $48.99.

I have it preordered from gamestop and i was also charged full price. I had no clue about the $5 off deal. It comes out on wednesday the 10th right?

Yeah, Tuesday or Wednesday. When you pick it up, have a printout of their website, offering the deal, in hand and give them shit!

I think I'm going to pick this up next week. I bought the PC version, but I got half-way through it, bought a Mac and never really booted XP again. I don't think it's worth installing XP just to play HL2, but I can somehow justify buying it again for the 360. Weird.

My Halo 3 pre-order went pretty smoothly at Best Buy. I think I'll stick with them for new games. Do they have any kind of pre-order deal going?

Some awesome Death Screens I've captured through my playing.

Nice pics

Does anyone know if the 360 version of the Orange Box will have developers commentary like they do on Epi. 1, TF2, and I think Epi. 2?

PC version is $37 at Fry's.

If only the 360 version was that cheap.

I think I'll hit my GameStop tonight and pre-order it to save the $5.

It could be that cheap... if you get it during TRU's B2G1 sale next week.

THey are doing another sale next week?

Hmm.. I don't know if there are 3 games I want/need at this point. Might have to talk to a friend and see if he wants to split the deal.

PGR4 (Or Metroid Prime 3), Orange Box, and Halo 3 here I come... and such

According to CAG, of course, starting on the 14th.

Maybe I will hold off, or if I do get it on release, do the buy and return bit.

Thanks for the heads up though. I will ahve to see if there are any other games I want. Or as I said, go in with a friend so one of us gets 1 game, the other gets 2 and we each pay $40 per game.

They talked about Portal on the 1up show this week. The more I hear about it the more it interests me. It's the second podcast I've heard mention how funny the game actually is, which I didn't expect, and how clever and unique the game is, which was expected but it looks like they delivered.

I'm having a hard time deciding which game to play first.

I was thinking about doing that with a couple friends, but GHIII is only a couple weeks out so that's $100 on top of the $100 I just dropped on Halo, so Orange Box may be hitting the Christmas list instead.

Looks like some store got this in today. So, impressions?

Just got mine by way of the $5 off and free overnight shipping deal from Gamestop...will post some impressions later.

I think even if I pick this up today at Circuit City (the ad says Tuesday for PC), Valve isn't unlocking the game on steam until midnight so I will have to wait. I might still try to pick it up at CC today.

Anybody got the minimum system requirements for Team Fortress 2?

I think this is what I've got:

AMD 2.4 GHZ Dual Core
2 GB of RAM
GeForce 7900GS Video Card
Keyboard
Mouse
Blue LEDs

It's a good thing you have those blue LED's. Those are absolutely required. The game won't run if you have red or green.

This is what I was able to find for minimum requirements.

Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX 8 level Graphics Card, Windows Vista/XP/2000, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Quick question, have NO idea what this game is or about but I saw a commercial for it and REAL quick I saw a cut of a chick character, she looked just like the chick from Beyond Good & Evil.

Are my eyes playing tricks on me? Does this game have anything to do with BG&E?

Are you being serious?

Anyways, it has NOTHING to do with BG&E, and it has everything to do with Half Life.
Half Life 2, specifically (arguably the greatest FPS ever made) (upgraded for the 360), along with the first 2 (of 3) parts of it's sequel (the developers regard it as HL3, but since it comes out in installments, they call them "episodes"). Episode 2 has already been released for PC, and Ep.3 is brand new, as is the game "Portal" which uses their new technology of a portal-gun - it's kind of a FPS/puzzle game, and kinda ties into Half Life. There's also Team Fortress too in the Orange Box, which is an awesome multi-player only game, where you pick from different archetypes (sniper, explosives, gunner, etc.), and go at it - it's sorta cartoony, and the girl character sorta looks like the girl from BG&E, which is what may have caught your eye.

No the character is not from Beyond Good & Evil (under-rated game btw), but is a chick named Alyx who is a crucial character to the Half-Life 2 story, and becomes your partner in crime in Episode 1, and what seems to be even more crucial in Episode 2, which gets released tomorrow.

I would really read up on Half-Life 2 if I were you, it's a phenomenal game which is held to high critical acclaim as well as the largest following of gamers you'll ever see. There's more people playing Half-Life 2 and it's modifications online then all other non MMORPG games put together.

http://archive.gamespy.com/stats/

So I have Steam all pre-loaded and ready for 00:01 tomorrow! I'll be up even though I have class in the morning. Not to mention the new Radiohead album will be emailed to me as well tonight/tomorrow!

I also pre-ordered the Orange Box for 360 at Gamestop and traded in a few games and DVDs, so in the end all I have to pay is 5 bucks or so. Can't wait!