October 10, 2007
This Box Is Orange
I just picked up The Orange Box at lunchtime at our local indie game shop and I think it’s just starting to sink in that I purchased five games for the price of one. Sure, I’ve played a couple of those games already, but that’s not really the point. Any one of these games would probably sell at $60, but to get all of them together on one disc is… surprising. (Pleasantly.) I almost feel like asking what the catch is.
I had heard that Valve was unhappy with effort-vs-sales of their port of Half-Life 2 for Xbox; I wonder if this insane deal is at least partially motivated by that experience? “You know what? Fuck you guys - here’s a deal you can’t refuse. If you don’t buy this one, it’s not our fault.” At any rate, I bet that a bunch of folks’ top-5 Desert Island Games lists are going to get reworked today…
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