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Old 06-29-08   #1 (permalink)
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Default [EuroGamer] Valve: Why PC gaming is future
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php...=160866&page=1

Please read the entire article, it's well worth reading
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YOU VALVE FANBOY
lol jk.

awesome that valve is putting out teh truth D:
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Valve FTW
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good read. thanks.
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that was interesting
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What did you expect them to say, PC gaming is dead?

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lol, I love valve games. The HL series are absolutely superb. TF2...portal...I've said enough.
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I just read this and was about to post it. Very good read.
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pc gaming>consoles,period.
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Ive been playing HL and HL2 and Portal and i gotta say they completly pwn console games. Ive never seen graphics this good but then again im not much of a console gamer or pc gamer.

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