First of all let me start by saying that I am a huge Half-Life fan...always have been. In fact...I shamefully admit (don't do this in real life guys...the ladies don't appreciat it) I almost missed my first date with my girlfriend in college because my friend introduced me to this realy cool PC game called Half-Life way back in 1999 and I got sucked into it SO much! She forgave me for it in the end ;)

Anyway, so yeah...I can't really gather my thoughts clearly enough to express how excited I was to receive my game in the mail yesterday. I mean..I was right smack in the middle of playing some awesome Halo 3 goodness...and I stopped...got to the next checkpoint...saved and imediately pulled it out and put in The Orange Box. I will say that due to my lack of HD TV goodness..I won't really be able to take advantage of the 1080i just yet. But it still looks so good on a standard def TV! Anyway...I didn't hesitate...I went STRAIGHT to Portal. I've been waiting for this moment for months!

And it's everything I wanted it to be and so much more! Of course...the moment I got the ability to make my own in and out portals...I did the usual thing that EVERYONE will most likely do...the infinity drop :D I did that for about 10 minues...just making portals...hurling myself through them and flopping out in strange ways. The theory and concept behind this speaks to me greatly! I love puzzle games..and I love trying to figure things out. It just feeds my lil' brain to overflowing!

So I basically played straight through all the "experiments". And...I'd love to tell you what happens when y ou get through all of that...but I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Let's just say (and this is my opinion of course) that I had not been that surprised and giddy since playing the original HL (not to say I don't love HL2). I was amazed :)

Anyway...thank you Valve...you are teh l337. :P