The big release I was talking about was of course Portal 2. And the way it was released blew everyones minds. It all started as an potato-based april fools joke, where Valve released a game bundle on steam, In the days since, updates and cryptic messages have appeared both across the Internet and in the Potato sack games (the game bundle). At first it was merely simple messages or cryptic clues, such as strings of numbers or in-game glyphs, but soon more and more clues surfaced, eventually leading to potatoes invading the games en force. A week before schedueled release a mysterious page went up, on it was only a timer. It was counting down to something, and nobody knew anything exept that it had something to do with the portal 2 release. Everyone was of course hoping for an early release, but we know Valve (the company behind portal), and no way in hell would these wishes come true. They are not exactly known for early releases. A couple of hours before the timer would reach zero, a message from GLaDOS appeared which ended with this:
"The time is near, humans. But it is not here yet. Tomorrow you will be given
the final test. Then it will be entirely in your hands when I am freed."
Then at est. 19:00 friday knight the timer ran out and a new site came up, with just that, the final test. Valve had collected 13 indie games that we could play, and collect potatoes in to power up GLaDOS so that the game could release early. (If you think the potatoes sound weird, i guess you havent played portal). So over the weekend there were tens of thousands people playing these games and collecting potatoes, and we got the game out around 12 hours earlier than chedueled time. That doesn't sound like alot, but the event was absolutely crazy and a lot of fun. I am so glad Valve made this release into such a big event, it was more than i had hoped for, even though it was almost unbearably nerve wrecking at some points. Frankly Valve is my absolute favorite game company of all time.
The site is still up here where you can see the games, GLaDOS' messages etc.
Also a wiki site was made just for this special occasion, where you can view all the announsements and news that was posted during the event.
A new (gaming) blog era.
Ok, so I have moved on from my old blog (ingabi.blogg.no). And this one is going to be alot different. This will be a blog about Gaming, and things related to gaming. News, reviews, events, facts, cool merch, tips etc. 2011 is going to be a great and exiting year in the world of gaming, and I am really looking forward to it. In fact it has already been a good deal of interessting things going on, both good and not so good, but still interessting! I mostly play on pc, that is my choice of platform. Frankly there is only a few types of genres I can stand to play on consoles, and they are mostly Nintendo games. This is definitely the nostalgia kicking in.
This might be my favorite design of Mario.
There has very recently been an humongusly awaited game release, and the gaming community and industry went totally nuts. There was a big online event and this is of corse something I am going to cover. I predict some of you already know what I am talking about. If not, you need to fucking pay attention! Also this week there has been a big event going on in Norway. Yup you guessed correct: The Gathering, which I sadly was not able to attend this year. But I still want to write a little post about it, and maybe write about my experienses there to give you an idea of how it is like, if that is something you would find interessting that is? Maybe I could pursuade some of you to attend next year ( I suppose not those of you who attend Inferno, those two events in a week might just be deadly).
Now for the blog I am still a noob at blogspot, and it is going to take a little while before it will be looking awesome, and organized. I really would love if you have any suggestions on what you want to read about (don't worry I have alot of things in mind), if it is a game you would like me to write about, if you want tips on good places to get more socialised in this big big community, and generally every feedback is very very welcome.
