Game Infomer does the Interview thang

[UseAbuse]

http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200708/N07.0827.1503.17430.htm

GI: So why drop the Black Box for PC owners?

Newell: That was resistance from the retailers. They didn’t want more than one SKU. If we were going to do the one SKU, we were going to do the one where we put everything into it rather than making people buy separate stuff. On Steam, obviously, we have a lot more flexibility in terms on how we package stuff.

 

[Iron_cube]

Nice read, thanks a bunch :imu:

 

[Cheomesh]

:< Guess I'll have to make my own DVD/dvd art/box cover then

*likes to have games on his shelf*

 

[Born]

Huh, and there was all the dicks saying "Ohhh wtf VALVe have just abandoned us for the console noobs!"

 

[Asuka]

Very cool interview! Hype is sky rocketing up!

 

[leib10]

Good interview, thanks.

 

[Planetary]

Nice stuff! So Episode 3 is a far as it goes... maybe?

 

[Apocalypse89]

Nice interview...the part about the story becoming darker is interesting.

Oh, and I spy an Advisor Pod:

 

[Tuskin]

Nice interview...the part about the story becoming darker is interesting.

Oh, and I spy an Advisor Pod:

That picture is almost 1/2 a year old.

so October 9th Orange box goes to stores, but it doesn't go live on steam till 12:01am PST on the 10th... Wtf is up with that.

also

For example, the tesselator in ATI’s hardware is super valuable and we can get to it through DX9, so that’s probably a better investment than going after a DX10 API.

Yay tesselator isn't dx10 only! (If you don't know that that is, it is dynamic LOD, instead of having separate LOD meshes the graphics card generates a lower quality model, it is mip mapping for models.

 

[Apocalypse89]

Well, I've disappeared from the HL scene for more than a year, so I'm not really on top of things.

 

[Asuka]

They said it ships to stores the 9th, that means it will be at stores the 10th. So it doesnt matter.

EDIT: Nvm 8th is tuesday and thats when games get released. They might be released it 1 day later dunno. Whatever doesnt matter.

 

[McCoy]

In Apocalypse's trailer, do you think that the citadel is closer than we think? possibly...

 

[UseAbuse]

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=82257

eurogamer interviews Gabe.

Eurogamer: To change tack completely, how do you think Orange Box will do given it's coming out just a few weeks after Halo 3?

Gabe Newell: I think that it's going to do very well. I've got a lot of confidence to say it's the best FPS on the platform that it's on. If they had to pick an FPS of the year for 360, I think Orange Box will do very well.

 

[Apocalypse89]

That part about Portal's ending is very interesting.

 

[Asknoone]

Portal ending is going to be crazeh.

 

[Polaris]

Another awesome interview with Gabe - Gametrailers.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd3__pI1SAA[/YOUTUBE]

 

[UseAbuse]

Yay! Youtube! :cheers:

 

[UseAbuse]

another interview!? no wai!!

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/877/877579/vids_1.html

Gabe likes the map with the train

 

[Planetary]

2:53 That guy in the background is creepy.