Apparently HL2's publisher, Vivendi Universal, is in financial straits
and has sold most of their assets, but not games, to General Electric.
This reminds me of the original HL's strange oddysey, which meant it
almost never made it to us gamers, because Sierra kept getting sold and
resold
The Sierra Curse Continues...
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MKSheppard
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The Sierra Curse Continues...
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"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
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Faram
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I saw Counter-Strike: Condition Zero at an not so legal site.
So there is hope for us yet. (CS-CZ is based on HL2 rite?)
So there is hope for us yet. (CS-CZ is based on HL2 rite?)
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"Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. ... If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. ... If, as they say, God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?" -Epicurus
Fear is the mother of all gods.
Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods. -Lucretius
"Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. ... If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. ... If, as they say, God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?" -Epicurus
Fear is the mother of all gods.
Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods. -Lucretius
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I'm pretty sure that Condition Zero is suppose to be the last of the official Valve releases based on the original HL engine.Faram wrote:I saw Counter-Strike: Condition Zero at an not so legal site.
So there is hope for us yet. (CS-CZ is based on HL2 rite?)
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Damn, when I saw this, I thought it meant they released a game that was buggy as Hell...
Anyone remember Quest for Glory 4 and the infamous "Fatal Error 54" (or something very close to that)?
Anyone remember Quest for Glory 4 and the infamous "Fatal Error 54" (or something very close to that)?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
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