Valve has not revealed the price for Half-Life 2 for Mac nor confirmed if Episodes 1 & 2 will also be made available tomorrow. The PC version of HL2 for Steam is currently priced at $20.
Valve has not revealed the price for Half-Life 2 for Mac nor confirmed if Episodes 1 & 2 will also be made available tomorrow. The PC version of HL2 for Steam is currently priced at $20.
Reader Comments (63)
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:32PM Mcntsh said
You could have just said tomorrow...
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:47PM Funkmaster General said
That's part of the joke. You should have read the whole thing.
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:34PM commonperson said
That, I have to say, was cool. I still remember seeing the original in 84 and it gave me shivers as a 10 year old kid. Fond memories of a days when computers were still magical and the world held mysteries and horrors.
Any how, enough waxing poetic. Pretty neat.
Any how, enough waxing poetic. Pretty neat.
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:39PM sigma8 said
Good news. I'd rather see Alyx do a rendition of Ellen Feiss (the stoned-seeming switcher ad girl).
"And my PC went Blee-boo-bee-bee-beep! And half my top secret research was, like, gone!
... Nnnh?
It devoured my research...
It was really good research..."
"And my PC went Blee-boo-bee-bee-beep! And half my top secret research was, like, gone!
... Nnnh?
It devoured my research...
It was really good research..."
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:39PM cashmonee said
This would be great, but I won't install Steam until they move the "Steam Content" folder out of the Documents folder.
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:02PM HighFiveJesus said
Wow, a picky mac user, nevermind you don't get the service at all.
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:06PM cashmonee said
Not picky at all, just don't like Time Machine or Dropbox backing up several gigs of data that I don't want backed up. There is a workaround for TM, but not Dropbox. Right now, I have to choose between Dropbox sync or Steam. Steam loses, which is a shame because I loved Steam on my PC. There is no reason to put that folder in the Documents folder. Thankfully Steam is working on a fix, so I will wait for that.
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:25PM cashmonee said
Tom, that is the workaround for Time Machine, but Dropbox will follow symbolic links. So, unfortunately, Dropbox will still sync the Steam Content. The real problem is that it never should have been put in the Documents folder from the start.
But as I said, Steam says they have a fix, but there is no clear timetable.
Reply
But as I said, Steam says they have a fix, but there is no clear timetable.
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:48PM Alex McKee said
@HighFiveJesus: Think of it as photoshop putting a massive cache into a folder that can only take so many gigs, that couldn't be relocated. On windows, putting the steamapps folder in Program Files isn't really an issue, but putting steam crap into a directory that other apps use frequently, and at that something that the user doesn't need to access, is kinda lame. Application Support is built for this kind of stuff, and Valve isn't using it. (yet)
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:48PM CaramelZappa said
If I were you I would be blaming dropbox for not giving you t he choice to exclude folders from being backed up.
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 7:03PM (Unverified) said
Sorry, but I'm confused here... but what does DropBox have anything to do with the Documents Folder in OS X? DropBox has it's own directory. None of my Steam stuff is getting synced via DropBox, so I'm scratchin' my head on this one.
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 7:11PM cashmonee said
dastranger, in order to make Dropbox more useful, many OS X users will put a symlink to the Documents folder in the Dropbox folder. This way whenever I edit or add anything to the Documents folder, it instantly syncs with Dropbox without having to make sure the file is in the Dropbox folder. It makes Dropbox an extremely useful tool that I could not be without. It would be nice if Dropbox had an option to be more specific about what to backup, but that is not really how the service works.
Let me be clear, I love Valve, and I am very happy to have Steam on the Mac, but I need to wait to install it until they move the Steam Content folder. Dropbox only allows 2 gigs of storage for their free accounts and Steam Content will fill that with one game. The whole reason I am a bit upset is that the Documents folder is supposed to be for documents, not games. Steam says they wanted the Steam Content to be very visible so it was easy to delete. However, putting it the Documents folder makes no sense, since it clearly is not a collection of Documents.
Reply
Let me be clear, I love Valve, and I am very happy to have Steam on the Mac, but I need to wait to install it until they move the Steam Content folder. Dropbox only allows 2 gigs of storage for their free accounts and Steam Content will fill that with one game. The whole reason I am a bit upset is that the Documents folder is supposed to be for documents, not games. Steam says they wanted the Steam Content to be very visible so it was easy to delete. However, putting it the Documents folder makes no sense, since it clearly is not a collection of Documents.
Posted: May 25th 2010 7:19PM CaramelZappa said
Why not just put another folder in Documents to hold everything what was previously in Documents, and point dropbox to that? It's not as elegant as simply having a documents folder, but it allows dropbox to continue functioning well for you while allowing you to use steam.
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 8:00PM tonyprince said
what steam is doing right now is called pity. be glad mac has some sort of actual gaming now.
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 8:52PM kinadian said
"There is no reason to put that folder in the Documents folder."
Actually they gave a very good reason as to why they put it into the Documents folder. It is explained here: http://store.steampowered.com/news/3857/ in case you'd like to read.
But, as you said, they are working on a "fix" so you'll be steaming it up soon.
Reply
Actually they gave a very good reason as to why they put it into the Documents folder. It is explained here: http://store.steampowered.com/news/3857/ in case you'd like to read.
But, as you said, they are working on a "fix" so you'll be steaming it up soon.
Posted: May 26th 2010 1:47AM (Unverified) said
@ant: Actually, I believe it's called profit, not pity.
@Not THAT Matt: We had good reasons long before Steam came around, and would continue to without it. You'd think that Valve taking Macs seriously would sway some mindsets, but apparently some PC users seem threatened.
Reply
@Not THAT Matt: We had good reasons long before Steam came around, and would continue to without it. You'd think that Valve taking Macs seriously would sway some mindsets, but apparently some PC users seem threatened.
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:40PM TheMichaelJackson said
Can't wait for tomorrow.
I love Valve.
I love Valve.
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:40PM Nintendo Tim said
Another opportunity for me to play it the umpteenth time over.
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:43PM Goaliegeek said
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:46PM Gibbeynator said
Lemme guess, Mac owners will get the HD Remix version that has achievements, while PC users have to wait an indeterminate amount of time.
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:48PM Gu3st said
I still never have beaten all of HL2. I've played up until the frekaing jail wahtever part, then ended up playing the last chapter.. but skipped the between bits...
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:49PM Aerothorn said
The original Apple ad is hilarious when compared to what the company is now.
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:54PM (Unverified) said
Apple has indeed become what they were against from the beginning.
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:54PM iceveiled said
Unless you want to play a Half-Life episode whose sequel is on the backburner while valve churns out more tired zombie games, don't tease yourself with the awesomeness that is episode 2.
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:19PM Petebot330 said
Oy. I love valve's "zombie games". Anyway, not having a sequel yet does not diminish how good this game is in any way.
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:56PM matthugh said
SOLD!!! I kid you not... I was gonna buy a new gaming windows PC, now all this is happening and I am more than happy with my Mac!
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:01PM Special Agent Steve said
There would be no Half Life 2 without Microsoft.
Think about that.
Reply
Think about that.
Posted: May 25th 2010 5:58PM Herbaceous Border Patrol said
Jack. Pot.
Productivity, fading... fading...
Productivity, fading... fading...
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:00PM smcn said
Disappointed by the lack of G-man.
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:05PM gatotsu911 said
Cool. I never finished Episode 2, so I hope they release that soon as well. Also, I'd really like to play Half-Life Source and get a better sense of where the story began. Hopefully they release that soon too.
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:05PM HighFiveJesus said
I was showing this to my mac user friend in 03 (the original live feed trailer that was 30 minutes long) and now he gets to play it! Sweet news, wait till i tell him.
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:07PM Ranus Studios said
DAMN THIS POWERPC G5
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:13PM RKN said
Ooh, we can finally get the engine updates to HL2 and Episode 1?
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:54PM CaramelZappa said
I'm hoping so. Have you tried the counter strike beta? They brought a bunch of engine updates and little tweaks to CSS. The game feels a lot more modern now.
Reply
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:19PM JayhawkJake said
Let me know when Left 4 Dead is available...
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:24PM The Albatross said
That is f-ing awesome.
Posted: May 25th 2010 6:26PM Edge of Blade said
Behold... the source of anti-Microsoft sentiment. That commercial. Everything else has been twisted to fit that view of the world, though Apple has proven themselves no better.
But, whadda I know.
But, whadda I know.
Posted: May 25th 2010 8:52PM (Unverified) said
Except the commercial predates Microsoft's monopoly of desktop computers. They were referring to IBM.
Reply
Featured Stories
Super Joystiq Podcast 004: 38 Studios meltdown, Gravity Rush, Civilization 5: Gods & Kings, Dragon's Dogma
Posted on May 25th 2012 3:30PM