Category: StuffWeLike Related

Sleek New Look

After 7 hours and 30 minutes, I’m proud to release the latest design of StuffWeLike.com! If I attached a number to this layout I’d say it was version 8.5 (I guess). The largest improvement was the header/navigation areas. All the blog pages have been added onto the header and their previous location on the sidebar of the blog has been removed. It’s pretty amazing to receive feedback I never knew you could submit videos!

Indeed, welcome to a feature we added 1 month ago. . . No, I’m not blaming you – it’s our fault for not making your experience as easy as possible. With this new layout, I hope that you get more out of this website than you ever have.

Sorry if you were trying to access the website while it was under construction earlier today. I’m sure you might have been totally confused and baffled to see the blog in such disarray. We had a couple of bugs that carried over from the previous version in which I believe I eliminated them.

If you experience anything that you don’t think should happen – let us know!

Thanks for being a part of the StuffWeLike.com experience.

E for All

E for All
If you need one more reason to attend this month’s E for All expo, here it is. I’ll not only be there – I’ll be a panelist on “I Made It!” We’ll be discussing how we broke into the video game industry, which will hopefully inspire our audience to figure out ways on how they too can break in. The conference will be held on Friday October 19, 2007 at 10:30AM-11:30AM.The best part about this convention is that it’s open to the public! Yes imagine E3 except ANYONE can come.

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Preview: Half-Life 2: The Orange Box

Gordon and Alyx From Half-Life 2 Ep. 1 and 2

We’re only weeks away from the premiere of yet another fabulous game, Half-Life 2: The Orange Box. The Orange Box is a compilation of 5 games: Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Episode 1, Half-Life 2 Episode 2, Portal, and the highly acclaimed Team Fortress 2.

Half-Life 2 has been upheld as one of the best PC games to date. With beautiful graphics, a revolutionary physics engine, and both a compelling story and gameplay, it alone justifies the $59 price tag. Thankfully the developer Valve is packaging in even more! The Half-Life episodic content, Episode 1 and Episode 2 has been additionally added in, but the best surprise is the addition of the action-packed puzzle game Portal.

Portals is another game set in the Half-Life 2 universe where you play as a yet unnamed female character who has possession of an experimental portal gun. With the portal gun she can create wormholes wherever she pleases. In the demo, the character was able to put one wormhole above another and create an infinite freefall or use the momentum gained from the acceleration of gravity from falling into one portal to jet out of the other in order to reach a faraway platform. This is something you HAVE to see yourself. It is a revolutionary gaming experience.

Heavy from Team Fortress 2

The last, and certainly not least addition to this compilation pack is the multiplayer game, Team Fortress 2. You play as one of nine different stylized characters in a multiplayer combat driven arena. Each of the characters have their own specific abilities and strengths. For example, the Spy can become invisible or disguise himself as an opponent character, the Engineer can build gun turrets, teleportation points, and health stations, the Heavy can endure brutal damage and deal it just as well, and the Scout can run incredibly fast and double jump. This unique and engaging multiplayer experience might be the threat to Halo 3 for best multiplayer game of the year.

The Orange Box will be released for the Xbox 360 and PC on October 9th and on the PS3 on the 13th.

Roll this beautiful game footage!