Because I'm weak, I did end up buying Half-Life 2 / CS:S yesterday. I wasn't quite ready to drop $71 on Silver, but 19% tax on the $49.95 Bronze package still made it cheaper than a game normally would be here after converting back to Euro. Though I've only played about an hour so far, I'm really impressed with the new CS. All the engine features in the world don't matter unless you have good source art and the textures and such in the game are pretty phenomenal.

Movie: It's a shame this happened. Now let's go pray and get shitfaced.