Anyone else get that same uneasy feeling playing Portal that you get
watching the movie The Cube?
    I realize there's barely any comparison as far as the nuts and bolts of
how the experience goes, but I just kept coming back to that movie while

To:  Valve Corporation
From the beginning of the saga all the titles of Valve was arrived to us in
perfect italian and spanish, from the first Half-Life to the expansion
"Episode One". But now and without previous notice we are discriminated in

I'm near the end of "Follow Freeman Part Two" and I'm really not
enjoying it at all.  If I wanted to play "Call of Duty" or some other
total shitstorm game, I'd go out and buy it.
Is it just going to be Omaha Beach for the rest of the game?

Is there a newsgroup for Team Fortress 2? Or a group where it is
commonly discussed? alt.games.tfclassic seems to be unused except for
spam.

I have a 7600GT in my PC. I was thinking about buying a more powerful
card for it, something like ATI 3870 or nVidia 8800GT. I identified
the cards of each manufacturer which were suitable for my purpose
(short length), and the reasons why I want this or the other card.

I was hoping for some suggestion of a parallel between the first game
and the second.  There are so many unanswered questions!  I wouldn't
want to have everything tied up into a neat little bow as that would
make further sequels difficult to begin.

I've tried the 3drealms Prey forum without response.  Perhaps
someone here can help me.
I bought Prey from Steam on that irresistible $5 deal.  But I
can't even get to a splash screen.  On my Q6600, I get that

Well?

Anyone with any experience in using 64bit OS and games generally speaken :)
Working on an upgrade for the kids and I am thinking of introducing some
64bit Vista ...
- Peter

I just bought the Orange Box for the PC (now in addition to my XBox 360
version - holy multi-platform, Batman) and during install it gives you
the option to give your old games as a gift.  I didn't choose that
option and then I didn't choose to install HL2 and Episode 1.  Will I

I downloaded a mod called Obsidian and installed it, but can't find
it. How do I start the game.
I launched Half-life and looked for an option to play Obsidian, didn't
see one.

Just got my bonus from last years messing around in the company and there's
a few dimes burning a big fat hole in my wallet
We can't have that can we?
Anyways the kids are due for a brand new gaming rig

and here I was, thinkin' I'd play through on Normal after two turns on
Easy.  I don't want to imagine what Hard is like.  Some 'o you folks
must have nerves of steel and a very high tolerance for repetition!  I
think if I'd tried to play through on Normal the first time I wouldn't

I got myself a problem with Steam :(
I am not autostarting Steam when the OS boots but starting it manually when
needed
Now whenever I try to start Steam it tries to autoupdate and then exits with