http://www.yamagi.org/quake2/ 

R1Q2 sourceport has sp, I'm just a dink I guess. 

Try Hammer of Thyrion for Hexen II, it's near-perfect. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1HU_Wc7k2o&feature=player_embedded

Lots of new footage, especially of environments. I'm getting quite excited now :) Some of those areas looks drop dead gorgeous 

Yeah I saw that, October can't come soon enough. But I'm sure I won't have beaten the SHIT FUCK TON of games I need to play atm, but Rage really is on my top 5 list right now. Only a month before Skyrim... 

looks awesome. i like the rocks 

but, like the vanilla variant, it is not working with vista... probably just my computer skills again.
anyone know if you can make steam automatically launch a sourceport instead of vanilla? It's much nicer than having a desktop brimming with icons. 

Steam -> library -> add game (bottom corner) -> add non steam game 

duh 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBCp_rgAkfc&feature=player_embedded

YARR! 

Dunno, doesn't look all that exciting and I didn't play Planetside 1. =/ 

I'm probably thinking back to Planetside with the rose tinted spectacles of +4 nostalgia ;)

But it was really quite something back in the day, like battlefield only with hundreds per side. If SOE don't balls up this sequel it could be something quite special! 

Darksiders. Looks like fun. 

Stalker series.

Now to find the time... 

I would recommend an xbox pad for darksiders however, the combat feels a lot better when using a pad to control it (one of the few games I feel comfortable saying that about!).

To be fair I only used the kb controls for a few minutes so maybe they are not so bad :)

Have fun with stalker :), SOC is awesome, clear sky not so much, and COP is awesome also. I think the first one is my favourite, so many good moments I remember having, one of the most atmospheric games I have ever played. 

Yeah so Planetside 2 seems to be a direct remake of Planetside with some new mechanics to fix broken things from the first one like generated missions. 

Looks like it might be a diversion from the general meh-ness of games/first person shooters:

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/08/bioshock-infinite-footage/

While I'm not a 100% sold on the art style it still seems a lot more interesting than all the generic stuff being pumped out.

(oh, and that rage stuff looked pretty nice too) 

yeah I have a gamepad I've been meaning to try but havent yet found a game I preferred it on. Will give it a go. 

Just played through the Cold Stream beta campaign in l4d2, and it was pretty damn good for the most part. HDR was very nice in some spots. The last level was kinda bleh, mostly because the bots weren't doing much, the nav mesh probably isn't done or something.

There should be a l4d icon. 

run like dogs??

The gfx look good but not that good compared to other games which run fine. 

It's been out for a while, but I'm finally getting around to playing this, and it's really pretty fantastic, and I'm sad that it got shitty enough reviews that it looks like there's not going to be a sequel.

You're "the new guy" at the titular ultra-secret government agency, and you're first sent to Saudi Arabia to investigate stolen missiles, and then, when that's resolved, sort of, you have three safehouses in Taipei, Rome, and Moscow from which you can take a number of missions in any order you wish as you progress through the game, level up skills, and try to get to the truth behind a fairly complex plot and and broad cast of trustworthy (or not-so) individuals.

Good stuff:

-various ways to approach gameplay, depending on your specializations. Great feeling of progression as you increase your skills.

-various plot twists and aspects of the game that you may or may not ever even see with one playthrough, depending on the choices you make.

-very good VO (for games anyway), and an interesting dialogue system wherein you select the general "tone" of your response and see how it plays out.

-combat is fun and generally pretty forgiving, if not groundbreaking.

-the levels look good (UE3).

Not-So-Good Stuff:

-pretty iffy UI; you can tell this was made for a console first. (Which actually makes a few of the mini-games significantly easier on PC). Speaking of poor conversions...

-quite poor job of handling keybindings and suchlike, to the point where if a key does multiple things, it will sometimes only rebind *some* of those things, and you have to figure out what proper (default) key to use on others. There's even one tutorial where you are specifically told what (WRONG) keys to use. I had to go look up online what the right ones were. :( If you're going to play on PC, be prepared to get really pissed at the hacking minigame until you figure out wtf.

Highly recommended. I haven't finished it yet, but I probably will today/tonight. 

finally got l4d and l4d2. playing through, SP style since everyone else out there has beaten it a billion times and is on to difficult mode by now, I'm sure. only two campaigns in, but I think I'm fully addicted.So far I've completely avoided all witches because I'm absolutely terrified of what dealing with them might entail. no spoilers please - just sayin.

The only thing is that the bots seem a little too good at times for me. And NEVER use explosives, ever. 

and the two latest PoP games too. I'm now officially a games hoarder! 

lol amateur 

i liked borderlands. :) i didn't bother with all those addons, but the main game is quite fun.