OMG how hectic was the last battle with the Stirders!?
Also...I bought The Orange box and I had never played Ep1 before so I
played them together in one go and it made this sitting of HL a pretty
lengthy and enjoyable one.

Wishing all our American friends a happy and peacefull thanksgiving day.
Best Regards, Rene Lamontagne
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Okay, I've kind of decided on a BFG Tech Geforce 8600GT 256mb card (620MHz)
or an XFX GeForce 8600GTS  675MHz from Newegg.  I have been reading on the
groups and reviews about needing the right fans and power supply and
connectors and I'm out of my depth here.

I finished Portal last night. It was fun and sometimes frustrating. I
went to check out the commentaries. However, I have to replay the levels
to listen to each bubbles for the commentaries. Is there a way not to
play and still hear them? I am curious how the last level and its ...

I was looking around for this mod and it seems there's three episodes,
patches and fixes available. Is there a single file I can download with
everything I'll need to play? I couldn't find one on Fileplanet which is
where I was directed after Googling for it. It was confusing.

I go to Steam steampowered), DL what I need/want, can I make back-ups
(copies), FOR MYSELF, of what I download?  My X-mas, I will have everything
to build my nest "SuperComputer)  ( ;) ).  There will be new HDs &
definitely a fresh, new install of XP Pro.

[Part Of Original Post]:
I am looking to get into Half Life here on my PC.
Thing is:  there seems to be all sorts of names, versions, add-on type
things, & whatnot.

I am looking to get into Half Life here on my PC.
Thing is:  there seems to be all sorts of names, versions, add-on type
things, & whatnot.
Can / could anyone point my in the right direction as to where to start in

I just got my brandnew laptop Core 2 Duo 7700, 4Gb mem and NVidia Geforce
8600GT Mobile
Hmm
But ....

I have summed up all my tweking for Source games and DirectX/D3D on a
new page on my homepage so others might use the results of my hard
testing :-)
The page today contains the following sections:

I hate bunny-hopping in HL2DM. I think in most cases it does not have
anything to do with skill; it is just a script. The players get the
unfair advantage.
I heard that the multiplayer game Team Fortress 2 from the Orange Box

Portal - been playing for a few days now.  Really enjoying it -
especially all the funny quotes.
"Please note, we have added a consequence for failure. Any
contact with the chamber floor will result in an unsatisfactory

I've played portal for the second time and i like the game very much but I
like to see some new stuff. Is there anyone on the net who made some new
maps? Thanks.
gr

You can get the ball into the church area. Stand on the roof with the cart
that takes you over and fire the ball high over the fence and it will roll
down the invisible barreir and through a crack in it. Gregory may shoot the
ball, but it will be fine.