Just when I had my mind up to buy the Collector’s Edition of Half-Life 2 (to get it on a DVD, of course), Valve comes up with their super duper ultra mega HL2 deal that supposedly also includes a “Half-Life Collector’s box.”
I think I have changed my mind and will buy HL2 off Steam. My strength to resist is failing… help me…
Oh yeah, where’s HL2?
Well apart from some progress, Half-Life 2 is now over a year late. That is kind of saddening.
As we all can read for ourselves, Vivendi could sit on HL2 for up to six months. Would it be wise for them to do so? No way. We need the game, and Valve and Vivendi need the revenue. To delay the game any further at this point would be futile. Let Valve and Vivendi work out their dispute in court over Steam, and let Half-Life 2 free. They don’t have enough legal mumbo jumbo in their case to warrant a delay of one of the most-anticipated games of all time.
Yep, I finally got my video card yesterday. Of course I had to hook it up right away and check it out 😉
It is so awesome. Doom 3 just screams, and Unreal Tournament 2004 can now pump out the eye candy. Truly an awesome sight to behold.
You are no longer welcome here, Geforce 4 440 MX 😛
Just to update you on the video card status, it still hasn’t shipped 🙁
Wow, this would make a record… I am updating my blog twice in the same day! 🙂
I had the awesomest thing happen. I ordered a PNY Geforce 6800 GT from Provantage.com for $339, which as you can tell is considerably cheaper than the $399 retail price. So I decided I’d put in an order for it.
The next morning, I got an email from Provantage saying that “an unexpected cost increase has occurred,” and that my video card, if I decided to keep my order, would cost me $448.20. Well, crap.
* C A N C E L L E D *
Fast forward to last Wednesday, when I get another email from them. They now say that the price increase was due to PNY raising the price on their cards. Consequently, “[as] the result of a series of spirited negotiations between PROVANTAGE and PNY,” they were now offering to sell me the same card for the original $339 price.
The only catch is I have to wait until August 20 for my order to ship 🙁