http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-portal-2/101562?type=flv

I think we can put our differences behind us.

For science.



You monster.

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On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:20:09 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-portal-2/101562?type=flv
> 
> I think we can put our differences behind us.
> 
> For science.
> 
> 
> 
> You monster.

<drool>

Want now!

(I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting to 
get a copy for the PS3....)

Jim

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I'm very excited, but my own excitement worries me. The first one was 
awesome *without* any anticipation. It's also a story that worked well 
when it was simple, but it's hard to make a sequel and keep it simple.

  - Slime

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Slime wrote:
> but it's hard to make a sequel and keep it simple.

Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed that it looks like it's going to take place 
inside the enrichment center again. I was trying to figure out how you do a 
sequel with the portal gun outdoors and still make it a game, without 
turning it into an entirely different game (like an FPS).

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    Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
    that the code does what you think it does, even if
    it doesn't do what you wanted.

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>> but it's hard to make a sequel and keep it simple.

Well, I don't know. Most of Portal is really just "Get from point A to 
point B. Oh, did I mention the lava? Try to avoid touching it." You 
presumably don't need too much of an explanation to head into another 
hall of mirrors doing more of the same.

> Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed that it looks like it's going to take place 
> inside the enrichment center again.

Uh, yeah. Considering that you just levelled that thing... how does that 
work, exactly?

> I was trying to figure out how you 
> do a sequel with the portal gun outdoors and still make it a game, 
> without turning it into an entirely different game (like an FPS).

The whole point (or hole point?) of the portal gun is that it allows you 
to get around obsticles. The outdoors doesn't have any obsticles. (Nor 
any flat surfaces, for that matter.) It might be useful to cross the 
grand canyon, but you still wouldn't have anywhere to put the other end 
of the portal anyway.

Although I hear there's a TF2 mod with portal guns... It looked, uh, crazy.

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And lo On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:23:47 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:

> (I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting to
> get a copy for the PS3....)

The Orange Box is pretty cheap at the moment, if you're playing HL2 as  
well make sure you pick up the patch it sorts out a lot of slowdown.

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:27:44 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:

> And lo On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:23:47 +0100, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:
> 
>> (I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting to
>> get a copy for the PS3....)
> 
> The Orange Box is pretty cheap at the moment, if you're playing HL2 as
> well make sure you pick up the patch it sorts out a lot of slowdown.

Yeah, just hard to find.  I've got a hold in at a local used games shop, 
$18 when it shows up.  It just tends to fly off the shelves as soon as it 
comes in.

Jim

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>>> (I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting to
>>> get a copy for the PS3....)
>> The Orange Box is pretty cheap at the moment, if you're playing HL2 as
>> well make sure you pick up the patch it sorts out a lot of slowdown.
> 
> Yeah, just hard to find.  I've got a hold in at a local used games shop, 
> $18 when it shows up.  It just tends to fly off the shelves as soon as it 
> comes in.

Why on Earth would yo- oh, wait, PS3. I see.

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:13:43 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>> (I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting
>>>> to get a copy for the PS3....)
>>> The Orange Box is pretty cheap at the moment, if you're playing HL2 as
>>> well make sure you pick up the patch it sorts out a lot of slowdown.
>> 
>> Yeah, just hard to find.  I've got a hold in at a local used games
>> shop, $18 when it shows up.  It just tends to fly off the shelves as
>> soon as it comes in.
> 
> Why on Earth would yo- oh, wait, PS3. I see.

Actually, the reason I would pay for it (which I assume is what you were 
going to ask) is because Valve is developing Steam for Linux, and I 
support companies that support Linux.  I also think the developers would 
like to be able to put food on the table, so if I want to play the game, 
I should actually fork over the money for it since it's not a free 
game. :-)

Jim

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>> Why on Earth would yo- oh, wait, PS3. I see.
> 
> Actually, the reason I would pay for it (which I assume is what you were 
> going to ask) is because Valve is developing Steam for Linux, and I 
> support companies that support Linux.  I also think the developers would 
> like to be able to put food on the table, so if I want to play the game, 
> I should actually fork over the money for it since it's not a free 
> game. :-)

Erm, no. Actually I was thinking "why wait for shops to stock it when 
you can click a button in Steam and have it instantly installed for you?"

(I don't approve of stealing - software or anything else.)

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:21:10 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> Why on Earth would yo- oh, wait, PS3. I see.
>> 
>> Actually, the reason I would pay for it (which I assume is what you
>> were going to ask) is because Valve is developing Steam for Linux, and
>> I support companies that support Linux.  I also think the developers
>> would like to be able to put food on the table, so if I want to play
>> the game, I should actually fork over the money for it since it's not a
>> free game. :-)
> 
> Erm, no. Actually I was thinking "why wait for shops to stock it when
> you can click a button in Steam and have it instantly installed for
> you?"
> 
> (I don't approve of stealing - software or anything else.)

My mistake - I didn't think you did, but that was the only place my mind 
went at the time. :-)

But yeah, steam isn't available on the PS3, so a boxed copy is the way to 
go. :-)

Jim

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On 2010-06-22 13:21, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> (I don't approve of stealing - software or anything else.)

<cheesy lines>
But you've stolen the community's hearts with your gosh-darn 
endearingness...
</cheesy lines>


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>> (I don't approve of stealing - software or anything else.)
> 
> <cheesy lines>
> But you've stolen the community's hearts with your gosh-darn 
> endearingness...
> </cheesy lines>

At least I didn't break your heart and kill you.


And tear you to pieces.


And throw every piece into a fire.

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And lo On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:46:33 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:

> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:27:44 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
>> And lo On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:23:47 +0100, Jim Henderson
>> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:
>>
>>> (I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting to
>>> get a copy for the PS3....)
>>
>> The Orange Box is pretty cheap at the moment, if you're playing HL2 as
>> well make sure you pick up the patch it sorts out a lot of slowdown.
>
> Yeah, just hard to find.  I've got a hold in at a local used games shop,
> $18 when it shows up.  It just tends to fly off the shelves as soon as it
> comes in.

I was going to ask why you don't pick it up online but bloody hell I've  
just looked at Amazon.com and it's from $47.99 new and that's not even  
directly from Amazon, it's £11.19 at Amazon.co.uk. Now that's a shock the  
US price being higher than the UK one.

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On 6/23/2010 1:31 AM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>
> And throw every piece into a fire.
>

As they burned it hurt because I was happy for you.

-- 
~Mike

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Mike Raiford wrote:

> As they burned it hurt because I was [so] happy for you.

Not that any of us here have obsessive/compulsive tendancies or 
*anything* like that...

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On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:03:18 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:

> I was going to ask why you don't pick it up online but bloody hell I've
> just looked at Amazon.com and it's from $47.99 new and that's not even
> directly from Amazon, it's £11.19 at Amazon.co.uk. Now that's a shock
> the US price being higher than the UK one.

Hey, FlipC! ;-)

I had looked as well, and found it for anywhere from $24 to $74 online.  
I was *really* surprised. :-/

Jim

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And lo On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:39:24 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:

> On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:03:18 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
>> I was going to ask why you don't pick it up online but bloody hell I've
>> just looked at Amazon.com and it's from $47.99 new and that's not even
>> directly from Amazon, it's £11.19 at Amazon.co.uk. Now that's a shock
>> the US price being higher than the UK one.
>
> Hey, FlipC! ;-)
>
> I had looked as well, and found it for anywhere from $24 to $74 online.
> I was *really* surprised. :-/

Well in theory you could pick it up from here as the games aren't region  
coded. In practice I can't find anything official on how patching works,  
and it seems any DLC (which it hasn't got anyway) won't work unless you  
sign in with an EU account, and who knows how multiplayer is handled.

Bit of a joke really.

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On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:16:08 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:

> And lo On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:39:24 +0100, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:
> 
>> On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:03:18 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>>
>>> I was going to ask why you don't pick it up online but bloody hell
>>> I've just looked at Amazon.com and it's from $47.99 new and that's not
>>> even directly from Amazon, it's £11.19 at Amazon.co.uk. Now that's a
>>> shock the US price being higher than the UK one.
>>
>> Hey, FlipC! ;-)
>>
>> I had looked as well, and found it for anywhere from $24 to $74 online.
>> I was *really* surprised. :-/
> 
> Well in theory you could pick it up from here as the games aren't region
> coded. In practice I can't find anything official on how patching works,
> and it seems any DLC (which it hasn't got anyway) won't work unless you
> sign in with an EU account, and who knows how multiplayer is handled.
> 
> Bit of a joke really.

Yeah; of course, shipping from the UK would cost a fair bit as well, 
probably would make up the difference in cost. :-)

Jim

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On 6/23/2010 8:25 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>
>> As they burned it hurt because I was [so] happy for you.
>
> Not that any of us here have obsessive/compulsive tendancies or
> *anything* like that...

Oh, no ... not at all...

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And lo On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:04:38 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:

> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:16:08 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
>> And lo On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:39:24 +0100, Jim Henderson
>> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:
>>
>>> On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:03:18 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was going to ask why you don't pick it up online but bloody hell
>>>> I've just looked at Amazon.com and it's from $47.99 new and that's not
>>>> even directly from Amazon, it's £11.19 at Amazon.co.uk. Now that's a
>>>> shock the US price being higher than the UK one.
>>>
>>> Hey, FlipC! ;-)
>>>
>>> I had looked as well, and found it for anywhere from $24 to $74 online.
>>> I was *really* surprised. :-/
>>
>> Well in theory you could pick it up from here as the games aren't region
>> coded. In practice I can't find anything official on how patching works,
>> and it seems any DLC (which it hasn't got anyway) won't work unless you
>> sign in with an EU account, and who knows how multiplayer is handled.
>>
>> Bit of a joke really.
>
> Yeah; of course, shipping from the UK would cost a fair bit as well,
> probably would make up the difference in cost. :-)

I don't know if it weighs less than 200g then the Royal Mail would do it  
with Delivery Confirmation for just over £8 or $12. Amazon.co.uk seems to  
be even cheaper with their highest delivery rate being £7. Of course as I  
said there's the possible patch problems etc. to contend with.

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On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:29:56 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:

> I don't know if it weighs less than 200g then the Royal Mail would do it
> with Delivery Confirmation for just over £8 or $12. Amazon.co.uk seems
> to be even cheaper with their highest delivery rate being £7. Of course
> as I said there's the possible patch problems etc. to contend with.

Yeah, but adding $12 to a price of $11 gets me to $23 - just under the 
lowest online price I found in the US. ;-)

Jim

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And lo On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:44:37 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:

> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:29:56 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
>> I don't know if it weighs less than 200g then the Royal Mail would do it
>> with Delivery Confirmation for just over £8 or $12. Amazon.co.uk seems
>> to be even cheaper with their highest delivery rate being £7. Of course
>> as I said there's the possible patch problems etc. to contend with.
>
> Yeah, but adding $12 to a price of $11 gets me to $23 - just under the
> lowest online price I found in the US. ;-)

Maybe they're shipping them in and adding a $1 in profit :-P

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On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:18:45 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:

> And lo On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:44:37 +0100, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:
> 
>> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:29:56 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know if it weighs less than 200g then the Royal Mail would do
>>> it with Delivery Confirmation for just over £8 or $12. Amazon.co.uk
>>> seems to be even cheaper with their highest delivery rate being £7. Of
>>> course as I said there's the possible patch problems etc. to contend
>>> with.
>>
>> Yeah, but adding $12 to a price of $11 gets me to $23 - just under the
>> lowest online price I found in the US. ;-)
> 
> Maybe they're shipping them in and adding a $1 in profit :-P

LOL, hadn't thought of it that way. :)

Jim

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