I got my Orange Box, did you?

I hope so. Today I swung by GameStop with my mom (I just turned 16 and the game is M rated) and snagged a copy. I had an hour of hands-on time with Portal to get myself hungry for more, then forced myself to shut down the console. Why? Orange Box is so awesome, I want to dedicate the whole day to it tomorrow, not just buzz through it during the night, tired as hell, like I did with Lost Planet. If you really want to enjoy a game, this is what you should do. Play a bit one night and all night you'll be dying to play it. The next day you'll wake up and say "Yes! I can finally play it!" And it's like Christmas morning when you run to the tree to open your presents. This is better than playing it all night because when you play through it all night, you gradually grow tired, your appreciation for the game diminishes over time and is replaced with frustration and disinterest; leaving you reluctant to play it much anymore. That's what I did with Lost Planet. Sure I got all the achievements, but did I have any fun? Almost none.

I urge everyone who owns an Xbox 360 to buy this game. Valve deserves our support. They took a risk giving us this awesome deal: 5 top-of-the-line games on one disk for the price of one good game. They deserve a pat-on-the-back, in hard cash. Plus the game is totally awesome, you'll have tons of fun I assure you. The Half Life story is great, tons of fun to play. A match for Halo. So you have Half Life 2, Half Life 2 Episode 1 and Episode 2. Then you have a first-person puzzle game; Portal, which is so original and witty you just have to play it first. Ask anyone (make sure you catch the beautiful ending song that plays during the credits). And then Team Fortress 2, which is an online-only strategy/shooter game where you pick a class (like sharp-shooter, heavy gunner, mechanic or medic) and play as that character in a match to capture territories or other objectives, depending on the map. This a very intelligent multiplayer master-piece and I'm sure people will be playing this for years and years to come.

So over-all, loving the Orange Box and again, you really should get this game, point finish.
Take care and have fun gaming,

-ProjektWikked

P.S. I'd also like to apologize for not posting on Thursday and Friday for personal reasons. I'll make sure that doesn't happen frequently.