Orange Box game, soundtrack, on sale online and in-store this weekend

by Christopher Grant { Dec 28th 2007 at 5:15PM }

Continuing our mission to help everyone acquire The Orange Box regardless of financial means, we deliver the following news. If that last-minute Steam sale just isn't for you – who knows, maybe you don't game on a PC, or don't have a credit card, or don't have broadband, or don't have a roof over your head – Valve just let us know that "leading online and retail outlets around the world" will be discounting the gaming superpack this weekend. So if you've got gift cards to blow and/or you're looking for a console version, check out GameUK in the uh, UK or Best Buy in the States.

Maybe you've already got the game, but just can't get the sound of it out of your head. If so, consider the official soundtrack, on sale at Amazon in delicious un-DMRed MP3 format for the new low price of $7.99. if you're into just the hot new hit single "Still Alive," snag just that for $0.89. Oh, and speaking of "Still Alive" peep this recent interview with the mad scientist behind the song, Jonathan Coulton. Referring to his understanding of GLaDOS, Coulton says, "It helps that my own personal conflict resolution techniques rely heavily on passive-aggressive behavior."

Hey, us too! We expect Coulton to contribute some more video game tunes in the future -- at least if he wants us to keep writing about him.

Tags: Orange-Box, Portal, Retail, Still-Alive, Valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

T3H WICKERMAN (FDF) @ Dec 28th 2007 5:20PM

I wish this, the elder scrolls soundtracks, and mass effect were on itunes. Damns i toonz i hate ye.Oblivion and Morrowind are so good I just dont want to sign up for another service. Now I miss out on the half life goodness. ugh.

DemonGSides @ Dec 28th 2007 7:09PM

Fernando fails again. Limewire = Shit.

DemonGSides @ Dec 28th 2007 8:00PM

Ugh, wrong comment. Goes below.

syco @ Dec 28th 2007 5:26PM

Okay. So having to install Amazon's widget in order to get the whole album in ridiculous.

I don't know if it's worth it. Does anyone know if this thing datamines you or what?

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 28th 2007 5:52PM

Or you can use LimeWire or download a torrent file, using LimeWire too.

=)

syco @ Dec 28th 2007 5:55PM

I allready have most of this in mp3. I actually want to pay for it.

Also Limewire is crap. Bittorrent ftw.

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 28th 2007 6:00PM

But the new LimeWire has a BitTorrent client... it's pretty good.

You have P2P and torrents in one application.

Peter Johnston @ Dec 28th 2007 6:09PM

Torrents are P2P you dumb bastard.

Einhanderkiller @ Dec 28th 2007 6:07PM

Ha, LimeWire.

syco @ Dec 28th 2007 6:11PM

I wouldn't use the Gnutella network again if you paid me.

DWells55 @ Dec 28th 2007 7:19PM

Private trackers and Usenet FTW?

Mr.ESC @ Dec 28th 2007 10:09PM

I don't know which is better

“Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free
You are all pirates!”

or

Zomg Hackers on steroids!

Seriously I don't know if Imesh ever counted as a torrent but I don't use that stuff anymore also you can pretty much hear any song in youtube…if you ignore the crappy Naruto AMVs

Jimiisama @ Dec 29th 2007 3:00PM

Anyone who uses Youtube to listen to songs or watch TV/movies has no taste for quality and deserves to be shot. You're the reason society is downgrading to terrible video and music quality.

Mr.ESC @ Dec 30th 2007 10:09PM

Jimiisama you are an idiot.

Seriously wtf? Unless you pay for it the quality won't be the best.

And you deserve to be shot you little piece of shit.

syco @ Dec 31st 2007 1:59AM

imeem > youtube for music purposes

There

Now everybody shut up and buy this.

It is worth money.

brandon @ Dec 28th 2007 5:30PM

Nice, the Jonathan Coulton version of Still Alive is also available. Will be picking up both versions from Amazon, I owe that much seeing how much I love JC's music.

ThornedVenom @ Dec 28th 2007 5:41PM

This was a triumph.

MasterInsan0 @ Dec 28th 2007 5:52PM

I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.

Mr.ESC @ Dec 28th 2007 10:03PM

Is hard to overstate my satisfaction.

(In before the ccccombo Breaker)

roxxxo @ Dec 29th 2007 12:11AM

would you kindly lie to the cake?

ssuk @ Dec 29th 2007 10:41AM

roxxxo, you suck.

Donald @ Dec 29th 2007 11:50AM

(picking it up again)

Aperture Science
We do what we must because we can

ViperX120 @ Dec 30th 2007 12:20PM

For the good of all of us

Spartacus @ Dec 28th 2007 5:57PM

So anyone know how much The Orange Box will be on sale for at Best Buy?

NATO_Duke @ Dec 28th 2007 6:09PM

Save 10 it looks like:

http://www.bestbuy.com/olspage.jsp?skuId=8521192&st=8521192&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1186007266755

Christopher Grant @ Dec 28th 2007 6:38PM

What about the PS3 and Xbox versions? As far as I can tell, there's no word yet.

Bellerophon @ Dec 28th 2007 6:26PM

For all those owners of the PC version and not in the know, Google a program called GCFScape. All the songs in the OST can be extracted from those .gcf files used in the games. If it weren't for my PC copy I wouldn't mind owning the OST - some damn fine music in there.

Zorink @ Dec 28th 2007 7:11PM

You beat me to it. I used GFCScape to get Still Alive after I beat Portal. Then I ripped the radio mix and set it as my ringtone.

roxxxo @ Dec 28th 2007 8:40PM

got a faq somewhere that shows which files to extract?

Myke @ Dec 28th 2007 6:38PM

That cd cover art should have been the model for the Orange Box itself, that looks 100X better than the lame "I'm a target 50-game-in-one compilation" boxart that they decided to go with.

embassy @ Dec 28th 2007 6:43PM

so i checked to see if this was on the zune marketplace..no luck...i also checked mass effect...it popped up....has all the track info...but its "not available"..out of curiousity i typed "halo 3"..the OST popped up..all the track listings..but again, its "not available"...halo 3, micrsoft's cash cow, is *not* available on the zune marketplace. hilarious.

ronald.raygun @ Dec 28th 2007 7:16PM

zune's suck got one for christmas and couldnt get the bastard to sync with vista. I think I had to d/l some retarded update to get it to work. I want the creative vision m

embassy @ Dec 28th 2007 7:49PM

gotta disagree..the zunes pretty dope..and im using it with vista...the interface is slick...im rockin the old zune 30 though..so maybe theres a diff with the new ones? no clue.

Odog4ever @ Dec 28th 2007 11:33PM

The Zune doesn't suck. Vista does suck however. I think that's the general consensus now.

Been rocking my Zune 30 for about a month and love it. I wanted something with a decent sized screen to watch video on, that didn't cost $400. (Also my entire music collection was already ripped inta WMA and I'm not in love with iTunes at all)

It is funny that the Halo music is not available on the Zune market place... I'll have to check that when I get home.

ssuk @ Dec 29th 2007 10:47AM

VISTA SUCKS. AM I COOL YET?

Hermes @ Dec 28th 2007 7:14PM

yea, i dont think the console version is discounted.

darn.

roxxxo @ Dec 28th 2007 8:39PM

why not get the pc version? you can get user-made maps for portal

DemonGSides @ Dec 29th 2007 12:30AM

Because not everyone's computer can run it, or they have laptops because they are convenient, non-gaming rigs.

Which is my case.

roxxxo @ Dec 29th 2007 1:50AM

your comp cant run source engine? it came out 4 years ago and even then wasn't bleeding edge

ssuk @ Dec 29th 2007 10:45AM

roxxxo, you must be a pretty thick person. You try running Portal on a 1.5Ghz 512MB RAM Internal graphics laptop and get 20FPS. You wont. So shut the fuck up and get the fuck off.

Mr.ESC @ Dec 28th 2007 10:01PM

I will buy it..right after I get my Portal T-shirt and Team fortress posters.

Well I'm glad I didn't order those Portal Christmas cards,totally useless by now nonetheless still cool but totally Über worthless by now.

Also the plushie but I really want to now if there are going to be more of those headcrab hats in stock,those are great.