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Half-Life 2 Finally Activated

Posted by timothy on from the this-is-a-video-game-apparently dept.

Thomas Scovell writes "After over half a decade of development, stolen source code debacle, a promised deadline that was missed by a year, and a feud between the developer and the publisher that is still in court, Half-Life 2 has finally started to activate for those who have purchased online via Steam online or who grabbed the boxed version at the retailers that let it slip early. Go play!" Reviews are available via Gamespot, Gamespy, HomeLAN Fed, and IGN.

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  1. Yeeeeehaaaaaa! by d2_m_viant · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeeeeeehaaaaaa!

    So much for the rest of this college semester. Between this and Halo2, I'll be lucky if I even come in contact with a female during the next 3 months...

    1. Re:Yeeeeehaaaaaa! by thatJoshGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're posting to Slashdot dude, like there was a chance of that happening anyway.

    2. Re:Yeeeeehaaaaaa! by Kwaichang · · Score: 5, Funny

      So much for the rest of this college semester. Between this and Halo2, I'll be lucky if I even come in contact with a female during the next 3 months... Good to see you have your priorities straight.

  2. Re:No net connection by RonnyJ · · Score: 5, Funny
    So this game is unplayable if i have no internet connection ?

    I'm not quite sure how you've got first post then ;)

  3. Finally by JakeD409 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel like I am truly alive for the first time ever. It's like my life itself was finally fully activated at midnight PST on November 16th, 2004. Infanthood, toddlerhood, preschool, elementary school, middle school, puberty, high school, these were just pre-loads.

  4. Opening.... by fishmasta · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the opening train ride took less than 10 minutes! Thank you, Valve!

    1. Re:Opening.... by Zorilla · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't worry - I'm sure my brother will find a way to fall off the first tram ride without saving.

      --

      It would be cool if it didn't suck.
  5. Why lord why... by FluffyPanda · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...did they have to release HL2 on my girlfriend's birthday.

    Now I'll be looking over a candle in a romantic restaurant picturing gordon freeman's beardy mug.

    I wonder if macdonalds would do...