“That’s a crusher. We sell those too.” Valve’s promotional videos rarely fall short of the mark- people are still excited about the TF2 ‘meet the…’ videos 40 years after the game’s inital release. This is the first of a new series of ‘investment opportunities’ presented to us by Aperture Science CEO Cave Johnson, showing off [...]

Since the PM’s communications man can’t seem to stay out of the news, maybe David Cameron should try smoozing Valve’s Master of Media Intercourse, Doug Lombardi as a replacement? This is a man that knows how to spin bad news and make it feel good somehow. This arrived in the email post this morn:
Valve today announced that Portal 2 – the sequel to the ground-breaking title that won over 30 game of the year awards, despite missing its original ship date – will now be available the week of April 18th, 2011.
This two month slip not only marks the shortest delay in Valve’s proud tradition of delays, it represents the approaching convergence of Valve Time and Real Time. Though this convergence spells doom for humanity, it will not affect the new Portal 2 release date.