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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:47AM IronArcher said

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Fat!! I mean First!
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:50AM FNG said

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Nice. So if this guy gets the flu, is it automatically the swine flu? Pig.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:51AM syrik zero said

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Man, that was mean... But I laughed
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:59AM (Unverified) said

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I bet he's sorry he doesn't have the hunky, model good looks of you guys. The millions of dollars he sleeps on top of probably helps dry his tears though.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:33AM Pure Black World Tendency said

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You should know better than to mess with the Valveteers. Mean bunch...
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:34AM Joeybeast said

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so that's where the Boomer came from.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:43AM cinnister said

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MAKE A PS3 GAME YOU FAT LAZY BASTARD!!!!! (not that i really want him to, there's no reason for him not to is all)
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:43AM copa said

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Is every Sony Pony going to clutter this thread about an awesome game with a forced fattie joke? Just drop a quick "I'd hit it" and move on.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 12:08PM (Unverified) said

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i have a ps3 and i would not play hl2 episode 3 on the console. it came out on pc and it must be played on pc. i cant be bothered how long it takes for newell to release hl2. The longer it takes to develop it the better it should become.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 11:35AM (Unverified) said

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Gabe newell needs to lose some weight. i wouldn't want him to get a heart attack when he's young, who'll produce all those awesome games?
so please get on the treadmill and cut down on the donuts.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 6:49PM juggalotusmx said

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take your time man, the best game ever made deserves that and more. Anyway, funny how all this fat kids are making jokes about fat ppl, prob just fanboys of that platform thats is waste of time to develop for.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:49AM Zertoss said

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I think he means the team has gotten into a funk.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:55AM JPeak said

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Or he ate them.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 4:39PM Giroro said

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I think he means the team is funky.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:51AM WizardOfWizdom said

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I think they need to hurry up with 3, after all, the whole reason you episodic games is to eliminate the time between installments. Clearly Gabe didn't get the memo
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:52AM syrik zero said

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That is exactly what I was going to say. Well put
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:55AM IronArcher said

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The memo is probably under that box of donuts that's been on his food table. I would call it a desk, but since there is probably more food on it than paperwork, it is hereby called a food table.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:00AM ACLerok212 said

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No he got the memo. He just got it mixed up with the other memo about how soon you should release a sequel to L4D.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:01AM copa said

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Valve abandoned that whole "episodic gaming reduces development time" rationale a long, long time ago. They have accepted that their role is to take a really, really long time to develop games that keep turning out awesome.

Portal contained references to the Half-Life universe, and the end of Episode 2 contained references to the Portal universe. I expect that Episode 3 is going to be where the two games converge.

I was dying for an Episode 3 announcement at E3. But they can take as long as they want to get this one right, they've earned that right. Gabe can gain another 500 pounds as long as he keeps publishing the righteous stuff.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:05AM Vidikron said

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They should just drop the whole "episode" part of the title. Should have just given them proper subtitles instead (e.g. Halo 3: ODST), because "episode" has a different meaning in gaming than the nonsense Valve is doing.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:16AM MystileArmor said

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He ate the memo when they ran out of donuts.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 11:21AM (Unverified) said

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Clearly you didn't get the memo about Valve acknowledging that the small gap plan between episodes simply wasn't going to work because every episode got bigger and more ambitious.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 1:56PM einhanderkiller said

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Maybe, but 2 years is a whole lot faster than 6.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:52AM WizardOfWizdom said

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DO*
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 11:03AM dr steve brule said

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du hast?
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 11:22AM Shagittarius said

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du hast nicht
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 11:22AM (Unverified) said

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Du hast mich gefragt, und ich hab nichts gesagt.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 11:24AM WizardOfWizdom said

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Hey, If you have leaves on your drive, use a hose silly! For your health
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 12:45PM (Unverified) said

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STEVE BRUUUULE!!
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 2:46PM nandokun said

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I always thought it was "du hasst mich" as in "you hate me" not "du hast nicht" which I guess means "you have nothing."
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 4:07PM Shagittarius said

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Du: You
Du has(s)t: You have
Du has(s)t mich: You have me
Du hast mich gefragt: You have asked me
Du hast mich gefragt und ich habe nichts gesagt: You have asked me, and I have said nothing.

So sayeth Wiki
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:54AM IronArcher said

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I'll be shocked if they actually come up with a new engine. Although Epic tends to rehash their games a bit, at least they make improvements to their engine other than experimenting with cel-shaded graphics or putting zombies in a game and pretending it's a new genre.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:59AM syrik zero said

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I don't care for a new engine. The games are great fun. I want to finish the story. I want to know what happened with the girlfriend Alex, that I've never spoken a word to.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:34AM clarinetJWD said

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You have no idea how much has been added to the Source engine since its release, do you? Ever wonder why Episode 2 looked so much better than the original?
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:41AM WizardOfWizdom said

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Cheese, I'll tell you a tale, you do not like valve one bit. I am not trying to get in an arguement with you, but vale is in my opinion a great gaming company and they have consistantly made great games and have been really close with the gaming community that supports it. You are entitled to your opinion and I repect it.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:50AM IronArcher said

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I like and play the games Valve makes. I just don't care for devs who don't think before they speak. It's kind of like the band Oasis. I like the music, but the artists just come off as pricks.

I've got all the HL games, including Orange Box for PS3, L4D on 360. I even have the old school retail box that HL1 came in. I built a new PC just so I could run Halflife 2.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 1:47PM jumpshot said

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Right, but so far most of your comments have been fatty-fat-fat jokes. Makes you seem like Oasis.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 4:37PM Giroro said

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Team Fortress 2 isn't mutherfucking cel shaded! (I think that's the one OP meant, because NONE of vavle's source games are cel shaded)

If you disagree, you haven't the slightest idea what cel shading is.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 5:23PM IronArcher said

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I don't disagree Giroro, and I know TF2 is not cel-shaded, but for lack of a better term, it is kind of the style they went for. Besides, I could have been talking about any other developer like the ones behind Prince of Persia (who did do cel-shading) or Treyarch, who decided to throw zombies into a WW2 game. Re-read my posting.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:54AM Fullmetal Salchemist said

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I wish this was an image board, so we can post "Meanwhile, at Valve" pics.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:58AM Gibbeynator said

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they should outsource Episode 3 development to Telltale Games.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:00AM miquonranger03 said

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Or Traveller's Tales. Lego Half-Life FTW!
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:59AM miquonranger03 said

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When he talks about the rhythm that the team is developing with the HL2 episodes, he's referring to the classic rhythm of a half-note then a few billion rests.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 9:59AM Haggard said

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Please be making HL3 and have it out this or next year!

Also, this man is a genius and it saddens me to see that every time he gets mentioned there's just 100+ comments of "THE CAEK ISNT A LIE, GABE ALREADY ATE IT LOLOLOLOL"
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:03AM IronArcher said

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It's tough love. Nobody wants this "genius" to die before HL ep 3 gets made right? Besides it's hell of a lot more love than he's given the PS3, but what do you expect from someone that worked for MS for 13+ years?
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:23AM (Unverified) said

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He isn't going to die anytime soon (unless he gets hit by a car or something). That's just some scare tactic you learned from people who want to control the way you live.
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:27AM Sly C said

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dude, let's say your best friend is getting fat. REALLY FAT. but he's still the best friend you've ever had. but you really don't want to lose him. what do you do, think of his feelings and let him die, or get him to stop?

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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:33AM (Unverified) said

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I would look at his eating habits, not really his weight. I had a friend who ate nothing but sugary sweets (and alcohol) all day long. Of course he had an athletic body with negative body fat and muscles everywhere. I asked him if eating like that is really a good idea.

Then he got in a car accident on St. Pattricks day and is now inbetween a vegtable and in a coma (he is aware but and can respond for the most part but isn't really there).

So I know there are various ways to die or be incapped other than "OMG Getting FATZ gonna amake you die real fast"
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:34AM Haggard said

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Plus he's slimmer now than a few years ago.

And the fact he didn't choose to develop for the PS3 makes fat jokes about him all fine?
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 10:44AM IronArcher said

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There's a big difference between doing games for a console exclusively and being an outright a$$hole about it like Gabe does. He has repeatedly trashed the PS3 as a waste of time to develop for. You don't hear that kind of talk from developers that make games on PS3 exclusively. Sucker Punch, for example, is just happy to be able to focus themselves on their craft, instead of getting too greedy and trying to make games on multiple platforms. Gabe couldn't take the high road and show some respect for Sony, who has done alot to broaden the horizon as far as gaming is concerned.
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