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Portal 2 soon

Muty

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Valve updated portal with some weird radio stuff yesterday that I didn't payed much attention to. Turns out the hype machine is on max
-Portal gets surprise update March 1st
-People see new mystery achievement
-People play and see the radio in the beginning room now has a green light
-Carry it around and notice it makes strange broadcast interference noises in certain places
-Locate and place all 26 of these mystery radios for achievement
-Smart people yank .wav files out of game content folders and run them through SSTV programs http://i49.tinypic.com/s4b7zn.jpg
-Produces 22 cryptic image files in a numbered sequence, 4 morse code
-Somebody runs the number string through an md5 hash translator and gets a landline number
-Internet traces it to Kirkland, WA (near Valve HQ)
-People find out its not a phone/fax line but a data line hosting a BBS and telnet it
-Use a clue from one of the files to figure out the BBS user/password login info [backup/backup]
-End up with a bunch of weird ASCII artwork
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from here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1170872

These guys know how to market their stuff.
 
Angthoron

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When will Valve surprise us with Episode 3? Not that anyone cares, but still.
 
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Angthoron said:
When will Valve surprise us with Episode 3? Not that anyone cares, but still.
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Maybe E3, for a Fall release? Valve tends to announce their stuff there, and at the moment they don't have any announced projects, so it stands to reason that they're working on SOMETHING.
 
Muty

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ScottishMartialArts said:
Angthoron said:
When will Valve surprise us with Episode 3? Not that anyone cares, but still.
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Maybe E3, for a Fall release? Valve tends to announce their stuff there, and at the moment they don't have any announced projects, so it stands to reason that they're working on SOMETHING.
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Actually the lardass will be awarded the pioneering shit or whatever award on march the 13th at gdc and everyone expects him to announce portal 2 then. Also he clearly said that there won't be hl e3 in 2010
 

ever

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While the game is interesting its interesting in the "lemmings" sort of way.

Its cool and a lot of people like it but its not the next x-com, its not the next secret weapons of the luftwaffe, and its not the next quake.
 

Mattresses

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the tutorial was fun, I guess I look forward to playing the actual game later this year?
 

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Any marketing strategy which requires some thought on behalf of the audience AND involves BBS is fine by me.
 

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Fuck Portal 2. I want to hear some news about episode 3 goddamit. I actually think that Valve is doing a major overhaul to Half Life series because it is not so popular on consoles. L4D and Portal are more popular on consoles that HL2 is so if I would be Valve I would just make HL3 not a stupid episode 3 that way I would make a lot more money.
 

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entertainer said:
why would anyone want episode 3 of that boring shooter
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I have never understood the hype around HL2, typical shooting mechanics, no atmosphere but wow! It has dialogue! This is revolutionary!
 
MapMan

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I will be really suprised if we'll see episode 3. Episode 2 was a success because it wasnt that bad and well, it shipped in orangebox with 2 other games. Right now, valve doesnt have any other products they could release with ep3. The engine has aged and it I doubt ep3 would sell well on its own.
 
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Luzur said:
entertainer said:
why would anyone want episode 3 of that boring shooter
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because i want to finish the damn game, thats why.
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Same here. I don't really care about it, but now that I've stepped into the shitter, I might just go all the way in.
 
TripJack

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Droog White Smile said:
HL2 was so much dumbed down when compared to HL1.
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That's funny.
 
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