I didn't think I would like Portal that came with The Orange Box. Boy, was I wrong! It was SO worth it.

I'm hoping they have a grand plan in mind to wrap the story up. So they'll be coming out with ORANGE BOX 2! In it will be Half-Life 3 and Portal 3, which will be two separate games that some how tie together with eachother because they're in the same universe. Also you'd get the other awesome games that use the new Source 2 engine. Orange Box 2, Source 2, HL and Portal 3. Lot's of great math going on from a company that can actually DO sequels!

Tags for this video have been changed from 'portal, valve, video game, orange box, end credits, Jonathan Coulton' to 'portal, valve, Still Alive, orange box, end credits, Jonathan Coulton' - edited by Shepppard

As somebody who has pretended to be this character for over 100 hours, I love this. Nails the character perfectly as Valve does so well. Also, as someone who paid full price for the orange box I couldn't be happier that something I paid money for is now free. Thanks for buying hats you crazy rich people!!

>> ^radx:

Hah, that's why rage-quitting prevents you from getting an ulcer.
That said, I turned off voice com in TF2 about two weeks after the Orange Box was released. If I want someone to call me every name in the book, I might as well go to work.


I've actually had a relatively pleasant experience with TF2 voice chat. I think it's all about picking a server that has a bunch of reasonable 'regulars' and admins. Also, the 'mute player' option is indispensible.

Hah, that's why rage-quitting prevents you from getting an ulcer.

That said, I turned off voice com in TF2 about two weeks after the Orange Box was released. If I want someone to call me every name in the book, I might as well go to work.

>> ^Ryjkyj:

What games do you guys recommend from steam? I just got my new computer after ten years of crap laptop. I'm definitely going to buy the orange box and play portal, but what else?


Totally depends on what kind of games you like. If you enjoy racing games, pick up GRID for $5.

What games do you guys recommend from steam? I just got my new computer after ten years of crap laptop. I'm definitely going to buy the orange box and play portal, but what else?

>> ^Croccydile:

I figured that mentioning I am Portal clueless would be rather naive, but it stems from the fact that I am just a lousy puzzle game player. The best accomplishment I can list in the genre is not sucking at Tetris and... thats about it.
I'm not knocking Portal. Hell, its sitting down next to my 360 as part of the Orange Box and wholly unused. I simply have a knack towards other stuff like racing games or RPGs.


It's not so difficult that you're likely to be frustrated. It's also one of the funniest games I've ever played. The comedy alone is worth the play-through.

>> ^Croccydile:

I figured that mentioning I am Portal clueless would be rather naive, but it stems from the fact that I am just a lousy puzzle game player. The best accomplishment I can list in the genre is not sucking at Tetris and... thats about it.
I'm not knocking Portal. Hell, its sitting down next to my 360 as part of the Orange Box and wholly unused. I simply have a knack towards other stuff like racing games or RPGs.


No, seriously. SERIOUSLY. Go play portal. There's no point in not playing it, you're starving yourself of one of the best gaming experiences ever, and i'm pretty sure no one would argue too much about that comment.

I figured that mentioning I am Portal clueless would be rather naive, but it stems from the fact that I am just a lousy puzzle game player. The best accomplishment I can list in the genre is not sucking at Tetris and... thats about it.

I'm not knocking Portal. Hell, its sitting down next to my 360 as part of the Orange Box and wholly unused. I simply have a knack towards other stuff like racing games or RPGs.

>> ^entr0py:

>> ^mentality:
This sounds exactly like the kind of game that I hate playing: Shallow repetitive quests, bad story, time consuming. Red Dead is kind of like the anti-Portal.

Bad story? Did you get that from when he said the game was beautifully written? And I'd venture that almost no one who buys a $60 game wants it to last only 5 hours, as portal did. It's definitely not a casual or budget game. As for the MMOish quests, as he mentioned they're all optional.


I think you've completely misjudged something there - i'm willing to bet the majority of people who played portal would in retrospect pay $60 to have played portal. The fact that valve gave it away as a freebie as part of the orange box is one of the most amazing gifts to gaming.

The length of a game is irrelevant to me, if they had spread portal out over 30 hours and charged me for it i would have thought it was crap. Some of the best games i've ever played have been indie games costing a fraction of normal games, lasting a fraction of the duration too, but Braid was probably one of my favourite recent games since portal.

More often than not i'm disappointed by big titles. The only ones to never have let me down so far IS valve. Bioshock was a really great and fun game, i loved it, but if you said i could only play one and offered me bioshock or portal, i'd choose portal and give you $60 and a thank you.

The gaming market obviously goes in the direction that people like best. Whatever sells, sells. But i cannot get my head around people like you who think that the most important thing is that they give you 60 hours of gaming, WHATEVER the quality of that gaming is.

If a game lasted 30 minutes but it blew me away like no other game before, that'd be a good game. Hypothetically of course, because it's unlikely to be able to do that in 30 mins, but you get my point.

VS n00bs get PWNED.

>> ^sadicious:
I really enjoy TF2. Most of the players don't speak that much. Those that do, do so to help the team. Then there are the few 'music spammers' that you can now easily set to ignore. Overall its fun. Doesn't require as much 'twitch' as it does tactics and teamplay... depending what class you play.
Also, Left4Dead is great online. I haven't played a public game in a while, but when I did, everyone was cooperative.
<em>>> <a rel="nofollow" href='http://www.videosift.com/video/PWN-D-Support-Group#comment-925535'>^spoco2</a>:<br /> Yup, I own it as it came as part of the Orange Box... tried it for a while, found it was still all about twitch reflexy play which I just don't enjoy. I can see it could be fun with people you know... but I just don't have the free time these days to devote to setting up such shenanigans. <br> <br> So I stick to single player games.<br><br><br><div><div style="margin: 10px; overflow: auto; width: 80%; float: left; position: relative;" class="convoPiece"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.videosift.com/video/PWN-D-Support-Group#comment-925519" rel="nofollow"> Xax said</a>:<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.videosift.com/member/Xax"><img style="margin: 4px 10px 10px; float: left; width: 40px;" src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/x/Xax-s.jpg" onerror="ph(this)"></a><div style="position: absolute; margin-left: 52px; padding-top: 1px; font-size: 10px;" class="commentarrow">◄</div><div style="padding: 8px; margin-left: 60px; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 30px;" class="nestedComment box">spoco2, out of curiosity, have you played/seen Team Fortress 2? I find it offers a different dynamic from traditional, boring deathmatch. The team dynamic makes for a more enjoyable experience for me.<br></div></div></div></em>

I really enjoy TF2. Most of the players don't speak that much. Those that do, do so to help the team. Then there are the few 'music spammers' that you can now easily set to ignore. Overall its fun. Doesn't require as much 'twitch' as it does tactics and teamplay... depending what class you play.

Also, Left4Dead is great online. I haven't played a public game in a while, but when I did, everyone was cooperative.

>> ^spoco2:
Yup, I own it as it came as part of the Orange Box... tried it for a while, found it was still all about twitch reflexy play which I just don't enjoy. I can see it could be fun with people you know... but I just don't have the free time these days to devote to setting up such shenanigans.
So I stick to single player games.
<div><div style="margin: 10px; overflow: auto; width: 80%; float: left; position: relative;" class="convoPiece"> Xax said:<img style="margin: 4px 10px 10px; float: left; width: 40px;" src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/x/Xax-s.jpg" onerror="ph(this)"><div style="position: absolute; margin-left: 52px; padding-top: 1px; font-size: 10px;" class="commentarrow">◄</div><div style="padding: 8px; margin-left: 60px; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 30px;" class="nestedComment box">spoco2, out of curiosity, have you played/seen Team Fortress 2? I find it offers a different dynamic from traditional, boring deathmatch. The team dynamic makes for a more enjoyable experience for me.
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>> ^Xax:
spoco2, out of curiosity, have you played/seen Team Fortress 2? I find it offers a different dynamic from traditional, boring deathmatch. The team dynamic makes for a more enjoyable experience for me.


Yup, I own it as it came as part of the Orange Box... tried it for a while, found it was still all about twitch reflexy play which I just don't enjoy. I can see it could be fun with people you know... but I just don't have the free time these days to devote to setting up such shenanigans.

So I stick to single player games.