E3 2010 (Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010)

[Critter]

Thanks Achim, that will hopefully make my search easier, I am very intrigued by Portal.

Have you played any of the other games? I'm apprehensive about buying four games when I am only interested in one. I just found it at one of the Game shops in my town on their website for $22 though which seems to be a very good deal.

I've already teased Achim; now I have to start on you? 

Half-Life: was my favourite game and I once considered it the pinnacle of video games.
Half-Life 2: my favourite game and I consider it the pinnacle of video games.
Half-Life 2, Episode 1: It's an extra chapter for the greatest game ever made. And it has Alyx in it. And she has a "Dog".
Half-Life 2, Episode 2: erm... duh? Another chapter for the greatest game ever made, and Alyx is still in it and she still has her "Dog".
Portal: Almost experimental and largely puzzle based, but fiendishly clever and features my favourite villain in GLADOS. "Would you like some cake"  Worth playing just for the theme...

Team Fortress 2 I've never bothered with, but just those few above make Valve the Pixar of the game world for me...

Thanks Jon, I will try and track down this Orange Box at some point. It seems like a good deal.

[Achim]

Have you played any of the other games? I'm apprehensive about buying four games when I am only interested in one. I just found it at one of the Game shops in my town on their website for $22 though which seems to be a very good deal.

I have started Half-Life 2 and Jon has been pushing me to get back to it a.s.a.p. Hence my answer would have been to wait for his response.

Portal: Almost experimental and largely puzzle based, but fiendishly clever and features my favourite villain in GLADOS. "Would you like some cake"  Worth playing just for the theme...

IGN determined GlaDOS to be the #1  of the Top 100 Video game villains.