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The Wertzone
The Wertzone (thewertzone.blogspot.com) has great Half-Life news, photos, videos and more
Sunday, May 10
Mafia
is a very strong, compelling and even literate computer game which is more than just a meaningless exercise in violence and mayhem. It has some interesting and intelligent themes going on, but is also a highly playable action title. It is available now on the PC (UK, USA). The far inferior PS2...
Monday, Feb 23
Escape from City 17: The Movie
It just goes to show what two geeks with $500 (Canadian), a PC rendering farm and an obsession with Half-Life 2 can achieve. This is the first part of an apparently intermittent live-action film series set in the Half-Life universe, made with the blessing of original game developers Valve.
Sunday, Feb 8
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Episode One (****½) is a fun game and an enjoyable addition to the series, if you can stomach yet another cliffhanger ending (although that is eased due to the fact of Episode Two already being available). The game is available in the UK as part of The Orange Box (PC, 360, PS3), and the Half-Li...
Monday, Feb 2
Update
I am slightly backlogged on reviews, mainly because my watching and playing over and after Christmas has outstripped my reading and I didn't want to overload the blog with tons of movie/game reviews. However, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage, My Name is Bruce and...
Saturday, Jan 24
Opinion: Wertzone Classics: Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 (****½) is no longer available as a solo game in the UK, but only as part of The Orange Box, alongside Episode One, Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 and the spectacular Portal. This package, available for the PC, X-Box 360 and PlayStation 3, is well-recommended. The game is still avai...
Thursday, Sep 4
Red vs. Blue
A while back I reviewed the game Halo, which ripped off Half-Life, Larry Niven and/or Iain M. Banks and Unreal Tournament but wasn't as good as any of the originals. Nice vehicles though. I also mentioned that the game inspired a web-based comedy series called Red vs. Blue. Since the number of pe...
Tuesday, Apr 29
Wertzone Classics: StarCraft
StarCraft's influence on multiplayer gaming has been colossal. Battle.net, Blizzard's online multiplayer service, grew by 800% after the game's release, and several million people play the game regularly even today, giving it a serious claim to have the greatest longevity of any game...
Wednesday, Dec 26
Portal
is superb. It's original, it's funny, it's well-executed, it's perfectly-timed and has a sense of humour as black as midnight. It's part of The Orange Box for PC, PS3 and X-Box 360 (see the Half-Life 2: Episode 2 review for Amazon links) and is available now. Go get it!
Tuesday, Dec 25
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
The game is currently available on the PC in the UK and USA, the X-Box 360 in the UK and USA, and the PlayStation 3 in the UK and USA as part of The Orange Box, which also includes Portal and Team Fortress 2 plus Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode 1.
