This man is the Steve Jobs of cars
I tried to buy the Pass for the Operation Payback but it's absurd how complicated Valve made this :-| why, for starters, of all the stuff you can buy from Steam (client or web... even mobile app!), this one requires the game to be running?
And btw, when I click on the banner it warns me I need to have the community layer activated, and run the game again... the friggin' community layer IS active. I tried to disable and then enable after shutting CS down but, still the same stupid message.
Fantastic insight.
I always desired to do some of this stuff (since I found about Krav Maga several years ago) but never went for it 
That's fancy Thrik 
(sorry I can't help but notice the Nutella in the background... if you are able to find it around, you better give this a try)
I stumbled on this, which is quite recent and Gabe talks openly about the Steam Box so... if there were any doubts, they are still on it and gonna bring it to the masses.
Quote from ThrikWow. I'm gonna be honest, the stuff they were working on sounds pretty awesome. It also sounds like they were pretty much geniuses. But it makes sense that Valve decided to pursue true virtual reality rather than augmented, it's just a shame that some extremely talented people kind of got taken for a ride
Agree, and maybe it does even more when you listen to the lady on the videocast. I did listened to it the other evening and most of the things are reported 1:1 in the articles, but still there are some bits here and there, and hearing from the people making it makes it more appealing.I mean, I've never been interested in the augmented reality stuff as we've seen it, but the general idea for the final product these guys have sounds very interesting I must confess. There's the potential to simply replace all the classic table board games with an enhanced digital version.
And if you think they're making the Steam Box, a compact(!) product thought for the living room, having an application like this would make it even more appealing. I mean, they are now hooking up glasses to the computer, but if Valve is also looking to implement technologies like Miracast, as in the above video, it makes even more sense.
It's true that this is outside what Valve currently does... as was Steam at the beginning 
They could have treated it as an internal spin-off (which maybe is how it's logical any hardware they make should be?). Also, this can offer a great deal of tie-in opportunities for them... it can go from things like having a classic games like Cluedo with TF2 and other characters from Valve's brands to totally new products, be it a spin-off or an original title.
Not counting that this could be as much as a "platform" as any console, if it reaches a mass.
That is all very cool, and the distance affecting the effectiveness of Sam's shooting in the Executions in particular is a very nice addition.
Thanks for the infos
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That is a good question. Don't quote me on this, but I'm 90% sure its not going to be locked.
Just wanted to highlight I'm in favor of having the Purist Mode unlocked from the start; I must have deleted inadvertently rewriting the sentence.
Watched it just now. I immensely appreciated Conviction and always defend that game in discussions against "purists fan" (I played all Splinter Cells trying to be non-lethal). But this makes it just a bit more interesting to excite me more.
Dark, can you tell us if that mode will be available from the beginning? I hope it's not *locked*, it'd be just much more interesting to play it like a stealth-nazi, then replay it with flare.
I don't understand if the video mixes footage from different demos, because I can see the Mark & Execute indicator... is it simply not going to fill up?
I embed the video for immediateness.
I didn't think about the portal stuff, but that could actually make for a wonderful storytelling mechanism... to make it work a bit like Back To The Future.
One thing to make it interesting would be to have to clean up recognizable locations from the most famous FPS games.
Quote from KinkyLooks solid. Add unlocks, achievements and QTEs and were talking money.
It'll be fun when you unlock a mopping machine
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Quote from PuddyHere's the hospital version of lasagne btw.
Lasagna sided with sweet corn is breaking my Italian heart right now. Are there spare beds, I guess i'll need one...
Quote from NysuatroI now see in the future a mapcore cooking workshop, lol
I sometime thought to ask if anyone here is into that stuff 
Lovelly, I'll finally be able to try it.
I'm curious because of the roadsigns in Italian, is this inspired by some Italian or Spanish town in particular? (name?)
Quote from ChimerayGTA for me is: Jumping off buildings, performing stunts with all kinds of vehicles, running around exploring. Wreaking havoc by driving through crowds, blowing up stuff and shooting everyone in my way. Also: Cheats, lots and lots of cheats to spawn cool vehicles. 95% of my time was spend doing sandbox stuff.
Sounds more like Just Cause 2 
Quote from SenturaI'm sure even if I played through just the campaign I'd probably enjoy some of it (if it is like where in the vid you could switch from the sniper to pin a guy down, that's pretty cool and XCOM-esque)
Unfortunately, that's scripted. You can switch during free-roaming.
Quote from SenturaI can only choose what the game lets me, which from the video seemed like a few different premade options
Seems very binary to me from the trailer :-/
They said sometime ago there would be routines btw, so that you can stalk an armored truck and decide when to take it down... seemed like what you could do during free-roaming as a "self assigned side quest".
not sure if appropriate here
Quote from ThrikLooks like id had a look through this stuff...
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Same thing i thought!
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Damn, heart stuff is serious stuff.
Happy you sound well and wish you get back to normal the soonest!
Quote from Thurnip(a post with japanese monsters:
Man this stuff is golden!There are so many stories you could envision from these myths and make awesome original games.
Quote from FrieChampSame here. I quit because I was stuck in one mission [...] The amount of content is getting ridiculous. Just when you think they can't add more they add stock trading.
I played GTA4 completely, no problem. Except I found it rather boring. I played it a second time doing the minimum amount of side activities, to see if the story was more engaging, but it wasn't.I was disappointed because when they announced it, I thought the story would be darker than usual, instead it's the same stuff of cartoony characters.
I am actually disappointed by all these side-activities in 5... i mean, being a completionist this could suck my life when I'll put my hands on the pad 
Only thing that could limit me, is the fact they went back and put all that stuff reminescent of San Andreas, which is the only GTA I couldn't find the will to play.
Everything as expected; happy to see characters move much more smoothly.
Graphics is quite impressive, curious to see how it will be on current consoles.
I confess I didn't like GTA4, but I guess I'll end up playing this anyway sometime.
Ahie, another offer, from Apple itself: 5 apps and 5 games for free to celebrate the 5 years of App Store. At least that's advertised on the Italian website, don't see in the US one, but maybe the link will work for you anyway:
Games: Superbrothers Swords & Sorcery, Infinity Blade 2, Where's My Water, Tiny Wings and Badland.
The part about bonuses reminds me of the reports from the guys that were laid off from Zynga.
Maybe the "flat organisation" works best until the company reaches a certain size? Or if it is more compartmentalized.
I wonder if Michael Abrash has gone too, he's one of the guys there from the beginning, but he was working on VR stuff (see last QuakeCon).
PS: she obtained her stuff and continues working on VR stuff, but other than VR and the supposed "Steam Box", Valve talked first and foremost about controllers and biometrics. I'm looking at the pictures of her stuff on The Verge and looks nothing like i imagined after Abrash's insights at QuakeCon. Maybe they had more departments working on the same field, and they kept the more promising?
Edit: clearly Abrash is still working at Valve and on VR stuff.
Edit: Ok, it's clear the distinction from The Verge's article:
Still, before long, part of the story comes out. Valve's hardware initiative was researching both augmented reality and virtual reality... and the virtual reality supporters won out. "You can imagine that Valve is known for a certain class of game," says Johnson. Augmented reality simply isn't as suitable for the first-person shooters that Valve has built its reputation on.
