It’s not going to guarantee you an A+ like showing up with a working Portal gun would. But you can still wow your teachers by building your own version of Portal 2′s potato-powered AI, even though the kit’s a fraud. More »
The big news over the weekend: Counter-Strike — the quintessential team-based shooter mod — is coming back for PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Mac! Valve says it’s targeting a 2012 release complete with new and updated maps, characters and weapons. Here’s a quick look at what we’ve learned so far. More »
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It’s great news that Steam is now available on Mac, but some users have been upset that performance isn’t quite as smooth as it is on PC. Maybe this latest update will help! More »
It’s so simple; all you need is a mirror, some blue paint and a love for Valve’s masterpiece in virtual teleportation. More »
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Mac users will have to wait until tomorrow to download Half-Life 2 tomorrow, but in the meantime we can watch a teaser that parodies Apple’s lovely old ’1984′ commercial. Cute, Valve. Real cute. More »
Macs now have Steam and we’re mostly happy. But what about Linux users? It seems that they’ll have to wait a bit longer, but “Steam content delivery platform and Source Engine are coming to Linux.” [Phoronix]
The teasers were great and got us riled up, but April’s almost over and we still haven’t seen Steam on Mac. Oh, wait! Valve set the date for May 12. OK, back to twiddling our thumbs again.[Joystiq via Engadget]
