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by Steve Gibson, Jul 24, 2004 11:29am PDT

Saturday! I'm going to celebrate with eating enough Jujyfruits to throw up! I suggest you do the same! I think Catwoman will be the first comic based movie of recent years that looks so terrible that I just cant bring myself to watch it. I just cant do it. :(





  • Fanboy debate of the day: id and Valve, which one is really over hyped?

    Over at Blue's this debate I find amusing started in the HalfLife Bug thread. (I post there as Crunch)
    Basically my point is that Valve only ever did one full-fledged game and that was six years ago, and since then they have managed to be in the spotlight almost non-stop even though they haven't produced internally a single full game themselves (a couple mods for HL don't count -Ricochet was cool though) which is the first goal of a game developper. Sure they've done the Steam thing but that's not game development.
    And suddenly one year ago HL2 is announced and Valve is now hailed as the only savior of PC gaming and of the whole universe. And I find that amazing..
    I did like HL, and if it's sequel turns out to be cool i'll gladly play it, but I really don't understand what's all the hype about Valve...

    Since the comparison started with Doom, if I look at id's recent history I feel they've maintained a much lower profile than in the Q3 days. Nowadays they have a very high visibility of course, but I find it's more about the game than about the company and its individuals (except John Carmack of course, but that'd deserve a whole article..)
    Am I missing something? Am I mis-informed? am I just too much of an id fan?

    Like.. what's up with this Valve hype?..

    This is very much a problem of the Pc gaming 'scene' to over hype companies and games very easily. Much like cinema actually.