[PATV] Monday, January 7, 2013 - CheckPoint Season 2, Ep. 30: PSGone

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[PATV] Monday, January 7, 2013 - CheckPoint Season 2, Ep. 30: PSGone

The doors closes on the PS2, and Eidos' Life President is also a Commander now.

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Kronos43

YAYCHECKPOINTISBACK!

Aileid

I. I'd just taught myself not to see that in the RE6 logo. Damn you, Checkpoint! ;_;

Mostlyjoe13

I am one of the 1 million Sega Nomad owners.

ArcSyn

PS2 ends production and I still never owned one. Woo?

PMAvers

Five years down the line when Fez comes out on other platforms, I'll care about as much about it as I do a new Sirlin game: Not at all.

wackelpudding

CheckPoint's back and with what an episode! )
Though, not cool to remind us of the non-existence of HL3, Kathleen, not cool!

wormspeaker

Fez bundled with Half Life 3? But when will that happen? Oh, wait...

enderandrew

FWIW, I think it is noteworthy that there hasn't been a Half Life title since Valve dropped the Orange Box on consoles. Half Life titles are supposed to push the envelope. I think Gabe Newell is waiting for the next console generation to drop the next Half Life title simultaneously on PC and consoles. They want to get Steam running on consoles more.

Valve will tell Sony and Microsoft that their options are either allow Steam on their consoles, or Steam eats their lunch and launches their own console.

Punk Rex

I want that nude ep... or im gonna start burning stuff... stuff thats alive.

enderandrew

Clearly, we all should all start fires because there isn't enough nudity on the internet.

MrButtons

This show needs more eh, eh?

Tleilaxu

8/10 for 2012? I'm calling LRR on ratings inflation!

marsilies

@enderandrew That still doesn't explain where Half Life 2 Episode 3 has disappeared to. I can see them saving Half Life 3 for a new console, but HL2 Ep3 should be using the same old engine as the other HL2 games.

Or are HL2 Ep3 and HL3 the same thing now?

Crazy-ass timeline charting the (non)progress of HL2 Ep3:
http://kotaku.com/5952823/kotaku-timeline-half+life-2-episode-three

Dyvion

There is plenty of info out there about how Valve is actually run as a company. Only projects that someone takes the helm on and gathers support for actually get produced. Mr. Newell doesn't tell people what to work on. Nobody wants to be the person who screwed up HL3, or episode 3, so it's never going to get made. Their handbook is a fascinating read. http://newcdn.flamehaus.com/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf

RandomRob1906

is Paul always listed even when he's not doing a segment?

RandomRob1906

also WELCOME BACK! YAY! Viva la Check Point

Sorce

enderandrew wrote: »

FWIW, I think it is noteworthy that there hasn't been a Half Life title since Valve dropped the Orange Box on consoles. Half Life titles are supposed to push the envelope. I think Gabe Newell is waiting for the next console generation to drop the next Half Life title simultaneously on PC and consoles. They want to get Steam running on consoles more.

Valve will tell Sony and Microsoft that their options are either allow Steam on their consoles, or Steam eats their lunch and launches their own console.

Isn't Steam already on the PS3?

Don Reba

So the nude episode was just Graham and Kathleen, without the Boom, right?

UNHchabo

Fez is coming to other platforms?

Well then, my reasons to buy a 360 just dropped down to 2. Even if it takes a while, that means I'll eventually be able to buy it elsewhere.

And no, I don't current own a PS3 either, but I have 3 reasons to buy one at the moment.

enderandrew

Steam is on the PS3, but not for many games yet. That is why I said they want Steam on consoles more. They want to make further inroads.

And it is true that Valve employees are free to work on whatever projects they want, but while employees aren't micro-managed, I'm sure Gabe has to make the final call to publish a title or not.

I wouldn't be shocked in the plot of HL2:Episode 3 gets rolled into HL:3. It would make up for the wait if you paid $60 and basically got two games for it.

rainbowhyphen

TIL Sony was still manufacturing the PS2