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Well after some boredom struck, I decided to finally pickup the Orange Box since it had so much bundled with it for an affordable price.  I got the opportunity last night to try TF 2 and boy is it fun!  I can probably play that for several hours on end and not get tired of it.   I like how the game gives your class a personality and randomly says things when you blow up some players or when you kill your ‘nemesis’.  AKA, the player that has killed you a lot that match.  You can execute some funny actions to say or throw back at the enemy or call for a medic so they can see you on their HUD and come heal you.  So far I’ve played as a medic and demoman.  The demo man makes me laugh due to his accent they gave him.  So fitting that his melee weapon is a bottle heh.

But since I’m not up to typing a huge critique article due to being at work, follow the links in this post to get an idea what the game looks like.  They have a real winner with the way the game appears, sounds, and plays.  It’s simple and affordable.  I may come back to edit this post or make a seperate one on my findings in the game.  They recently patched it so there are a few new things in it I guess.  But back to work for me!

I happened upon this article from a creatively named site and it’s worth a read if you have played Left 4 Dead.  Valve has an interesting approach to games than some other companies.  The idea that they make them for entertainment rather than for the time of year gives you some idea of how they like to distribute their games.  I like the way they distribute their games on Steam.  Granted you do have to download some pretty big games on there but I think it’s worth it. 

On a side/random note: Nothing like fragging tons of zombies in a game

You know, nothing still like a good ol side scroller video game.  Seriously, they are still around and alive and kicking.  I sometimes miss the good old ones such as Life Force and Contra.  Those games were simple enough but were always fun to play no matter how many times you played through.  I recently tried out Castle Crashers which is an xbox live arcade game and its got the same feel as the moldy oldies.  Glad to see someone out there knows how to capture the feel of play the old games had.  Of course for some odd reason, Castle Crashers almost reminds me of the Earthworm Jim series of games.  Now there was some funny added to an almost serious game.  It’s graphics were cartoony and yet pleasing to the eye with their detail and animation.

There are some old games you just can’t put down.  Doom is one such game.  To this day, I still can’t put the game down!  It was simple and yet very entertaining and long unlike some other games now days.  I think I will make posts like this a weekly or monthly thing.  I dunno.  Seems cliche but we shall see.  I’m a game enthusiast and its a nice avenue to release pent up rage while you frag/gank people’s digital avatars hehe!