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First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Mac OS X

Bad Bots are bad, and they want to destroy your Mac and PC

Listen, robots, you’ve got three simple rules to follow. Three ! Is that so hard? Apparently so, if Bad Bots is any evidence. Thankfully, we’ve got intense robot blasting action to remindthem of just who built them, we’ve got the game on Steam for Mac ... [Published Technology Tell - May 18 2013]

Entities: Half-Life, Mac OS X, Robotics

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Left 4 Dead

The Secret To Becoming A Billionaire Is Zombies

Zombies. People seem unable to get enough of zombies, whether in movie form (“Shaun of the Dead,” “28 Days Later,” “Resident Evil”) or games (Half-Life, Walking Dead, Left 4 Dead).This fascination has not gone overlooked by Naruatsu Baba, the 35-year-old ... [Published Business Insider - May 17 2013]

Entities: Quartz, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Linux

Steam for Linux Should Run Half-Life Mods w...

Valve has launched yet another Beta version for its Steam for Linux client, this time with just a few minor fixes and improvements.After a development version garners sufficient changes, Valve promotes it to stable. The work for the next beta starts almost ... [Published Softpedia - May 17 2013]

Entities: Linux, Half-Life, Google Inc

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Counter-Strike

Steam Trading Cards Now In Beta

Valve are the creators of many industry leading gaming franchises, with Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress all offering some of the finest gaming experiences that the PC (and now in many cases also consoles) has to offer, ... [Published ETeknix.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2, Team Fortress, Gaming

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Reconciling a divided self

EXACTLY 23 years ago today Joshua Prager was in a road accident that changed his life. When the day began he was a 19-year-old in rude health, racing to catch a minibus during a visit to Israel. But a collision with a runaway truck broke his neck, leaving ... [Published The Economist - May 16 2013]

Entities: Herman Melville, Half-Life, Disability

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

The top five best and baddest video game villains

Wednesdays have been a little serious around here as of late, and I apologise for that. It’s been all ranty and sober; less pretty pictures and more wall of text. Well I’ve decided to restore the balance this week with something a little more upbeat.In ... [Published NAG - May 15 2013]

Entities: Half-Life, Video Games, John Romero, Half-Life 2, Memory Loss

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Half-Life 2

Now Half Life 2 Arrives On Steam For Linux

The first-person shooter is the second game titles in weeks to hit Linux. After the recent introduction of Portal 1 and 2 puzzle games, another Valves game title Half-Life 2, a first-person shooter has finally made its way to Linux. The Portal game was ... [Published EFYTimes.com - May 12 2013]

Entities: Linux OS, Half-Life 2, First-Person Shooter, Source (game engine)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 3 reports

Half-Life 2 now available on Linux!

Half-Life 2 was released in 2004, and since then, it and its episodic expansions have been released on PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Mac OSX. Finally, it has now also been ported to Linux, perhaps the last platform to see the game before we finally, ... [Published VR Zone - May 10 2013]

Entities: Half-Life 2, Mac OS X, Xbox 360, Half-Life

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Valve engineer applies to Mars One program

Non-profit organization Mars One recently began accepting applications for the chance to travel to Mars in order to colonize the red planet, with the only caveat being that you’ll be living there for the rest of your life. That didn’t stop most applicants, ... [Published SlashGear - May 08 2013]

Entities: Team Fortress, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

China trade surplus and better exports helping EUR, AUD, GBP

By: The better than expected trade surplus and exports figures out of China have cast a rosy hue over the world (Half-life of rosy hue? Probably a few minutes, maybe an hour, get some while you can). EUR/USD has popped above 1.3090 and AUD has recovered ... [Published FXstreet.com - May 08 2013]

Entities: Trade Surplus, China, Half-Life

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

Half-Life by Joshua Prager: An excerpt from a Byliner.com original. - Slate Magazine

This is an excerpt from Half-Life: Reflections from Jerusalem on a Broken Neck by Joshua Prager, out now as a Byliner.com original. ... [Published Slate Magazine - May 01 2013]

Entities: Half-Life, Jerusalem

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Valve Is Still Upgrading the Original Half-...

After launching the original Half-Life on Steam for Linux, Valve has now started to push updates for this very old game.Even if more than a decade has passed since the release of Half-Life, Valve still found some bugs that needed to squashed.Here are ... [Published Softpedia - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Half-Life, Linux, Google Inc

Quotes

..." He went on to say that a Wine-style layer "could allow developers to get Linux versions with little more effort than supporting, say, Windows XP."

In Depth: Can gaming be the turning point for Linux on the desktop? [Published TechRadar.com - 12 hours ago]

"Fans have been clamoring for Krieg since we first announced him at PAX East," said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. "The Psycho Pack adds even more replayability to the wildly popular Borderlands 2 experience that both casual and hardcore fans will love."

Borderlands® 2 Psycho Pack Now Available [Published Business Wire - May 14 2013]

"One thing we are very interested in is the notion of biofeedback and how it can be applied to game design," he said. "There is potential on both sides of the equation, both for using physiological signals to quantify an emotional state while people are playing the game. The more interesting side of the equation is what you can do when you incorporate physiological signals into the gameplay itself."

Valve Experimented with Sweat Detection and Eye Tracking in Left 4 Dead and Portal [Published Softpedia - May 09 2013]

Ambinder also revealed that a version of Portal 2 has been made that is controlled with the player's eyes: "It's still experimental, but it worked pretty well, and we were pleased with that" he noted

Sweat levels and eye control to power Valve's next-gen games [Published TechDigest - May 07 2013]

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In Depth: Can gaming be the turning point for L... [Published TechRadar.com - 12 hours ago]
Bad Bots are bad, and they want to destroy your... [Published Technology Tell - May 18 2013]
The Secret To Becoming A Billionaire Is Zombies [Published Business Insider - May 17 2013]
Steam for Linux Should Run Half-Life Mods w... [Published Softpedia - May 17 2013]
Reconciling a divided self [Published The Economist - May 16 2013]
Reconciling a divided self [Published Prospero - The Economist - May 16 2013]
Steam Trading Cards Now In Beta [Published ETeknix.com - May 16 2013]
The top five best and baddest video game villains [Published NAG - May 15 2013]
Borderlands® 2 Psycho Pack Now Available [Published Business Wire - May 14 2013]
Are nice people more likely to win a Nobel prize? [Published Business Insider - May 13 2013]
Now Half Life 2 Arrives On Steam For Linux [Published EFYTimes.com - May 12 2013]
Valve Releases Linux Betas for Half-Life 2 and ... [Published Hot Hardware - May 10 2013]
Half-Life 2 now available on Linux! [Published VR Zone - May 10 2013]
Freeman on a free OS: Half-Life 2 now available... [Published Engadget - May 10 2013]
Freeman on a free OS: Half-Life 2 now available... [Published Engadget - May 10 2013]
Steam für Linux: Half Life 2 und Left 4 Dead 2 ... [Published Warp 2 Search - May 10 2013]
Half-Life 2 Linux vs. Windows Screenshot Compar... [Published Softpedia - May 10 2013]
Friday question: What is your gaming comfort food? [Published Northern Daily Leader - May 09 2013]
Valve Experimented with Sweat Detection and Eye... [Published Softpedia - May 09 2013]
Valve engineer applies to Mars One program [Published SlashGear - May 08 2013]
Valve engineer applies to Mars One program [Published SlashGear - May 08 2013]
Why Games Matter Blog - Breaking the Link Betwe... [Published International Business Times UK - May 08 2013]
China trade surplus and better exports helping ... [Published FXstreet.com - May 08 2013]
China trade surplus and better exports helping ... [Published Great China Brokerage Ltd - May 08 2013]
The Entire Intro To Star Wars, Remade In Minecraft [Published Kotaku - May 07 2013]
Sweat levels and eye control to power Valve's n... [Published TechDigest - May 07 2013]
Valve Testing Sweat-Sensing Biometric Gaming In... [Published Gizmodo - May 07 2013]
Game Key Revealer [Published ZDNet - May 07 2013]
Sweat levels and eye control to power Valve's n... [Published Tech Digest - May 07 2013]
Linux versions of Portal, Left 4 Dead 2 hit Steam [Published Tech Report - May 06 2013]

Blogs

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Reconciling a divided self [Published Prospero - The Economist - May 16 2013] EXACTLY 23 years ago today Joshua Prager was in a road accident that changed his life. When the day began he was a 19-year-old in rude health, racing to catch a minibus during a visit to Israel. But a collision with a runaway truck broke his neck, ...
Freeman on a free OS: Half-Life 2 now available... [Published Engadget - May 10 2013] You already know that Half-Life 2 for Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and OS X is excellent, but have you tried it on Linux? Well, yes, technically speaking, you couldn't actually play that version until this week when it launched on Steam for Linux, ...
Freeman on a free OS: Half-Life 2 now available... [Published Engadget - May 10 2013] You already know that Half-Life 2 for Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and OS X is excellent, but have you tried it on Linux? Well, yes, technically speaking, you couldn't actually play that version until this week when it launched on Steam for ...
Valve engineer applies to Mars One program [Published SlashGear - May 08 2013] Non-profit organization Mars One recently began accepting applications for the chance to travel to Mars in order to colonize the red planet, with the only caveat being that you’ll be living there for the rest of your life. That didn’t stop most applicants, ...
Valve engineer applies to Mars One program [Published SlashGear - May 08 2013] Non-profit organization Mars One recently began accepting applications for the chance to travel to Mars in order to colonize the red planet, with the only caveat being that you’ll be living there for the rest of your life. That didn’t stop most applicants, ...

Press Releases

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Borderlands® 2 Psycho Pack Now Available [Published Business Wire - May 14 2013]
Xencor Licenses Xtend™ Therapeutic Protein Half... [Published PR Newswire: Health - Apr 16 2013]