Hello and welcome to a new episode of our games podcast! This week I travel deep into the Grid for a VR special, with Oculus Quest’s answer to Portal (yes, really), and then a reminder of why Valve is the best in the business of games design. Put on your VR headset of choice* and join me!
*VR headset not required
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The fine folks at Valve have done short films before –including a a whole series to introduce each class– but this is something a little different. The red team find out they only have a few days to live and this is how they decide to spend it. The film is called _Expiration Date_ and you should watch it.
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The first time I heard of *Left 4 Dead* was from a forum member at [Eurogamer](www.eurogamer.net). Because of his involvement in the games industry, he’d managed to snag a preview build of Valve’s new zombie killing game, touted as a pure co-op survival test against screaming hordes and an intelligent adaptive AI. When asked of his opinion, he said that he thought it might be the best online co-op game ever.
I still think he might be right.
Continue reading “Great Moments Of The Generation: Leaving No-one Behind In Left 4 Dead”
Well now, this is interesting. There have rumours circulating for a *long* time that *Half-Life* developers and operators of Steam, Valve, are preparing to shift into home console production with a TV box that would let you play all your Steam games from the comfort of your sofa. The hype train gained even more speed last week when owner Gabe Newall said that open-source operating system Linux was “the future of gaming” and they were working on a way to get it into people’s living rooms.
Continue reading “Valve Teases Announcement; Here Comes The Steam Box!”
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