Comments on: Gallery: Valve tease Steam/Half-Life/Left 4 Dead for Macs, in style http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JoeKickass http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726571 JoeKickass Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726571 Awesome, I'm a longtime PC gamer so this story doesn't really affect me one way or another. But its a great campaign. For those not familiar with the first image; the red turret (the PC) is from Team Fortress II and is upgradeable, can be customized, and extremely durable (it takes several pipebombs to destroy one). On the other side is the sleek looking white/silver version (the Mac one would suppose) that looks fantastic; its not upgradeable, entirely homogeneous and can be disabled by poking it with a broom. But it looks awesome! I love the analogy. Thanks Valve. Awesome, I’m a longtime PC gamer so this story doesn’t really affect me one way or another. But its a great campaign.

For those not familiar with the first image; the red turret (the PC) is from Team Fortress II and is upgradeable, can be customized, and extremely durable (it takes several pipebombs to destroy one). On the other side is the sleek looking white/silver version (the Mac one would suppose) that looks fantastic; its not upgradeable, entirely homogeneous and can be disabled by poking it with a broom. But it looks awesome!

I love the analogy. Thanks Valve.

]]> By: jayBOT http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-727349 jayBOT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-727349 Valves awesome sense of humor shines through again. Valves awesome sense of humor shines through again.

]]> By: Myca http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726602 Myca Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726602 Hey Joe, you forgot, "... and the red turret takes an engineer to operate." ;-) ---Myca Hey Joe, you forgot, “… and the red turret takes an engineer to operate.”

;-)

—Myca

]]> By: Myca http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726605 Myca Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726605 Or maybe the Linux response, "... and I want to smash both of them with a crowbar." Or maybe the Linux response, “… and I want to smash both of them with a crowbar.”

]]> By: JoeKickass http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726614 JoeKickass Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726614 ...and the white one can only be controlled by a central supercomputer. …and the white one can only be controlled by a central supercomputer.

]]> By: funnelbc http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726616 funnelbc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726616 Great news, there's a good discussion over at Rock Paper Shotgun regarding this http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/03/valves-big-fat-hint-steam-for-macs/ Really happy to see this happen. Valve do such excellent work and it'd be great not to have to boot my pc to play team fortress 2. (Don't know how much it will cost me in lost productivity though ;) ) Great news, there’s a good discussion over at Rock Paper Shotgun regarding this http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/03/valves-big-fat-hint-steam-for-macs/

Really happy to see this happen. Valve do such excellent work and it’d be great not to have to boot my pc to play team fortress 2. (Don’t know how much it will cost me in lost productivity though ;) )

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726617 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726617 Actually the white turret is from Portal. Actually the white turret is from Portal.

]]> By: Blue http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726658 Blue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726658 Ha. And don't forget that the sleek-looking white turrets try to appear all friendly, speaking to you in a cutesy voice and luring you in, only to turn on you the minute you're within range! Nooo. Nothing like Apple. Ha. And don’t forget that the sleek-looking white turrets try to appear all friendly, speaking to you in a cutesy voice and luring you in, only to turn on you the minute you’re within range!

Nooo. Nothing like Apple.

]]> By: Zac http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726921 Zac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726921 Eeeeeeeeeeee! Eeeeeeeeeeee!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726666 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726666 Joe.. That white one is from Portal.... Joe..
That white one is from Portal….

]]> By: 13tales http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726947 13tales Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726947 @Zac Seconded. @Zac

Seconded.

]]> By: delt664 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726700 delt664 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726700 Portal Turret - Shiny, white, easy to knock over, form over function TF2 Turret - Useful for fragging, upgradeable, repairable in the field, compatible with other devices, function over form. Yeah, I think valve got it right. Portal Turret – Shiny, white, easy to knock over, form over function

TF2 Turret – Useful for fragging, upgradeable, repairable in the field, compatible with other devices, function over form.

Yeah, I think valve got it right.

]]> By: grphiw http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726710 grphiw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726710 Not to mention that Apple is apparently represented by a turret that uses a little girl's voice to draw you in... Not to mention that Apple is apparently represented by a turret that uses a little girl’s voice to draw you in…

]]> By: desiredusername http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726712 desiredusername Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726712 And the supercomputer Joe is referring to is from Portal too. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLaDOS">GLaDOS</a>. And the supercomputer Joe is referring to is from Portal too. GLaDOS.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-755917 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-755917 I just wonder what percentage of the take Valve will have to fork over to apple? I just wonder what percentage of the take Valve will have to fork over to apple?

]]> By: tad604 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-727259 tad604 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-727259 As a recent convert to Mac (at home) I'm kind of excited I might actually play games on the computer again. I like my xbox 360 and my favorite game(s) are l4d. I even shelled out money for the pc version just to play with the level editors. Although having to dual boot into windows to use it, means I forget about it often. I hope they port the sdk/dev tools to the mac version. I also hope I don't have to re-buy the game (a third time). As a recent convert to Mac (at home) I’m kind of excited I might actually play games on the computer again. I like my xbox 360 and my favorite game(s) are l4d. I even shelled out money for the pc version just to play with the level editors. Although having to dual boot into windows to use it, means I forget about it often. I hope they port the sdk/dev tools to the mac version. I also hope I don’t have to re-buy the game (a third time).

]]> By: 13tales http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726751 13tales Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726751 DON'T TOY WITH MY FEELINGS LIKE THIS VALVE :@ ...I've been hurt before. Seriously, Mac compatible Steam would be fucking awesome. My money's on a partial port or compatibility wrapper for the Source engine that'll allow all the Valve games to run, if not the other games on the service. Even better would be a compatbility wrapper built-in to the Steam client (maybe a Crossover Games style development of WINE or similar?) that would run almost all Steam games, but I can't see other publishers letting it happen. DON’T TOY WITH MY FEELINGS LIKE THIS VALVE :@

…I’ve been hurt before.

Seriously, Mac compatible Steam would be fucking awesome. My money’s on a partial port or compatibility wrapper for the Source engine that’ll allow all the Valve games to run, if not the other games on the service. Even better would be a compatbility wrapper built-in to the Steam client (maybe a Crossover Games style development of WINE or similar?) that would run almost all Steam games, but I can’t see other publishers letting it happen.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/03/gallery-valve-tease.html#comment-726752 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-726752 But you can't sap the Portal sentry. (Which is only because Portal sentries aren't nearly as popular.) But you can’t sap the Portal sentry. (Which is only because Portal sentries aren’t nearly as popular.)

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