Mac is now Steam-ing

Steam for Mac

Valve have finally launched the Mac version of their popular gaming platform, Steam. I am expecting there to be a lot of happy Mac gamers

The library of games available for the Mac on launch are pretty large. It's currently listing at 60 games, but most of the games are from indie developers. Valve will release more games every Wednesday for the next few weeks. If you have a game already on the PC,  you can just download it again on the Mac.

Also, up to 24th May, Valve is also giving out Portal for the all expensive price of free. Portal would be the first Valve developed game available on the Mac. I'll be waiting patiently when they bring out Team Fortress 2.

Steam Store: Free Portal
Steam Store: Torchlight

Valve is at it AGAIN!

Steam Holiday Sale

Steam is at it again. Their Christmas Holiday Sale is up with some pretty good games selling up to 80% discounts.

Tempting...

Team Fortress 2: The war is over!

Team Fortress 2: Victory!

Finally, the Soldier is the victor in this war. And the reward, are these special shoes:

Originally designed to solve the problems of going up to the second floors before stairs were invented, these boots now serve to reduce the amount of damage received while rocket jumping (or sticky jump if it were for the Demoman)

The week-long war have seen a very close match between the two classes. With 6,406,065 dead Demomen and 6,372,979 dead Soldiers. It was a close match that surprised even the developers.

Good job Demomen. Even though we lost, we put up a good fight.

Team Fortress 2 Blog: The War Update

Team Fortress 2 Blog: It's a Bloodbath!

Team Fortress 2 Blog: War, Day 2

Team Fortress 2 Blog: Weekend Update

Team Fortress 2 Blog: Casualties of War

Team Fortress 2 Blog: The Big Red One

Team Fortress 2 Blog: It's Close: 5,727,928 Soldiers, 5,742,720 Demos

Team Fortress 2 Blog: Countdown: War ends in less than an hour

Team Fortress 2 Blog: VI Day

Team Fortress 2 Blog: And the winner is...

Team Fortress 2: WAR!!!

Yay Gordon

And the all time greatest game hero is... Gordon Freeman!

Well, the result wasn't totally unexpected.

Gordon vs Mario 

Gordon Needs You!

The Poll Standings

It all started when I heard about Gamespot having one of their polls for The Greatest Game Hero. Unfortunately, I only realized it when it's Gordon vs Link. Of course, I picked Gordon, no questions about that. :3

I read a post in the comments about Valve's announcement. I didn't know what it was until I got back and logged on to Steam.

And saw this:

Valve and the Community

Valve Software, the creators of Team Fortress 2, Left4Dead, Portal, and the Half-Life series. They have a knack for not taking things seriously in a serious way. They even play along with some of the eccentricities in the community. Which makes it pretty fun.

This is especially true in the Team Fortress 2 community. The game itself is over-the-top and humorous. Add to that the frequent replies of Mann Co., the fictional company that provides the Team Fortress 2 classes their equipment, and their CEO Saxton Hale just completes the picture (and I have to say, I am a HUGE fan of Team Fortress 2).

Here's a few compilations of their interactions with the community.

Giving sound advice on forum posting.