Will you buy the Valve/HL2 History book?

[Demonmerc]

I guess I don't care much, but lets kill some time to see who would shell out the money a 'phone-book' thick hardcover costs, from around $30 to $50.

I wouldn't.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

It seems interesting, and I am a great lover of conceptual art and development of big movies/games. I would

 

[Gorgon]

No, I don't spend money on paper.

 

[affen]

Isn't it limited edition? I hope they make enough copies for all who are interested.

 

[Dux]

No, I don't spend money on paper.

Ooh, look children, a digital age man.

 

[Gorgon]

Ooh, look children, a digital age man.

Yep, I 'm E-BOOK'S lover.

 

[kiwii]

Ooh, look children, a digital age man.

hah. :cheers:

 

[songwriter]

Isnt it obvious boys and gir...Boys.

Its gonna be in the Collectors Edition

 

[Demonmerc]

That's a good point. But they haven't officially said yet, so who knows...

 

[Demonmerc]

Hey mods? Can you edit my poll to add an option for 'I'd buy the CE for it' ? Sorry in advance if I just dont know how...

 

[Feath]

I'll be buying it. I've always intended on buying it. Thank god Kevin Bowen isn't writting it anymore.

"I went to the Valve's office and was shocked to find that the game wasn't done THREE MONTHS BEFORE REALEASE!! So I immediately went to my website and claimed the game would be delayed. I was quite shocked when the reaction was against me, so I just kept on telling them the same thing over and over again and posted lots of anti Valve messages. Then someone called me Hitler"

 

[Gunner]

Absolutely, it's good reading material

 

[Alec_85]

Yup I'll try to get it. IF it's released in Sweden that is.

 

[kaellinn18]

If it's in the collector's edition, then yes I will buy it... because I already have.

 

[Graxx]

I ordered all three books from Amazon quite a while back.
The Strategy Guide
The behind the game book
The mod makers book

The good thing about that is, I'll be getting all of them for about half price. The initial price was $10 - 16, since I ordered when they were that price, that's what I pay!

 

[ukfluke]

i loved that article about the hl dev process anyone got a link? Yes i'll definitley buy this book i'd love to hear valves side of the story all the ups and downs of HL2. very interesting .

 

[NeLi]

No, of course not.

 

[ukfluke]

heres valves cabal process for HL for anyone whos interested.

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19991210/birdwell_pfv.htm

 

[Varsity]

The interview suggested that it would be limited edition. I'm going to order ASAP and keep it wrapped until I beat the game.

From the article in the last post:

We set up a small group of people to take every silly idea, every cool trick, everything interesting that existed in any kind of working state somewhere in the game and put them into a single prototype level. When the level started to get fun, they added more variations of the fun things. If an idea wasn’t fun, they cut it. When they needed a software feature, they simplified it until it was something that could be written in a few days. They all worked together on this one small level for a month while the rest of us basically did nothing. When they were done, we all played it. It was great. It was Die Hard meets Evil Dead. It was the vision. It was going to be our game. It was huge and scary and going to take a lot of work, but after seeing it we weren’t going to be satisfied with anything less. All that we needed to do was to create about 100 more levels that were just as fun. No problem.

Can we get that anywhere?

 

[Harryz]

I'm buying it now since I've read the interview, anyone know is it will be more than £15?

 

[Dr. Freeman]

i hope its included with the CE.. would definitely be a good item amoung other stuff

 

[Demonmerc]

By the way, its $29.99 at amazon.com, with free shipping.

amazon.com

It's also listed as paperback...

 

[Mechagodzilla]

It depends how many pictures there are, since the concept art is what intrests me the most.

 

[Demonmerc]

Well half of the 384 pages is on hl2 (192). If you assume half of the stuff on hl2 is pictures, thats 96.

 

[Dougy]

I wont buy it if its on its own, if i get like a discount for it when i buy Hl2 then i might.

(changed my sig btw, least one company knows how to make dates and keep them)

 

[Asuka]

YES! 100% but..
After I beat HL2 (damn spoilers)

 

[AzzMan]

If it's included in the CE, then I'll get it with that (I know I won't be able to keep my grubby paws off it if I get it 2 weeks before the game). If it doesn't, I'll prolly end up buying it anyways and stash it in a corner of my room, until I finally beat HL2. Pray I can resist the temptation.....