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SteamOS to Take Over Your Living Room

Valve looks to take over your living room with SteamOS. This is a Steam oprating system that will be free for developers to use. In short, we are likely going to see a lot of Steam dedicated systems released in the coming months.

Friday Internet Bulletin: First Edition

Today's FIB features a hefty amount of tech industry news, a music video of Mr Rogers, and a strange Skyrim mod.

Top twelve games that will make you get into a fight with your friends

Ever play games with your buddies and end up getting into arguments, disagreements, or even start using verbal abuse and physical attacks? We've compiled a list of our top twelve games that cause rifts between you and your friend.

Top Ten games that let you play as the "bad guy"

Check out our list of the top ten bad guys that you can play as in video games.

Half-Life Meets Scrubs: Dr. Gordon Freeman

Zach Braff + Gordon Freeman = Hilarious!

Beyond Black Mesa: The Live Action Fan Film and Excellent Tribute to Half-Life. And Zombies!

Beyond Black Mesa, the independent fan film inspired by the Half-Life Video Game series, is a blast to watch. Focused on a new character named Adrian Shephard, the film shows him and his ragtag squad of resistance fighters plowing their way through zombies and danger to make sure the world knows about the impending invasion that is building inside of Black Mesa.

Wolfenstein 3D Converted to a 1-Pixel Line

Wolfenstein 3D, a game said to popularize the first-person shooter genre and the first to feature WWII German baddies, is easy to find. It is available in many forms on many different systems and devices. The game was originally released on the PC as shareware, but eventually found it's way to Macintosh computers, Acorn Archimedes, Super NES, Atari Jaguar, Amiga 1200, Game Boy Advance, iPhone, 3DO, Nintendo Wii, Linux, and back onto PC via Valve's Steam platform. But it has never been recreated like this before! Now you can play Wolfenstein 3D as it was meant to be played: in 1D!

Papercraft Half-Life 2 is amazing and made from 100% recycled materials

Gordon Freeman, the main character in the series Half Life, a high quality video game and excellent First-Person Shooter, is the man. He can do anything he wants with any weapon he wants. He has access to all sorts of high-tech and lethal devices, yet he chooses to tough things out with an old crowbar. What a badass.

Team Fortress 2 Classes in RPG terms

If you have ever played a traditional RPG, whether it be pen-and-paper, or something like Dungeons and Dragons, you might be aware of the character alignment and personality system. If you don't know what it is, catch up here on Wikipedia. Either way, take a look at this Team Fortress 2 chart that classifies each TF2 class in the alignment methodology.

Four YouTube channels that you can’t miss!

Every now and then you might stumble across a hilarious video on YouTube and share it with your friends on Facebook or email it to your family members. Likewise, one of your buddies might send you a link to some strange web video with a song, a cat, a nutshot, or a delightful combination of any of the above. But let's cut to the chase - why not just bookmark some heavy hitters on YouTube and keep up with their exploits all the time? We got some for you! You can thank us later.

Valve’s game history and success. An infographic.

The history of Valve in an easy-to-read chart!

Vindictus: Free-to-play MMORPG from Nexon using Valve's Source Engine

Vindictus - it's free, built using Source, and has a great story The battles never end, the rain never ends, and nothing ever grows in this land. "Rain falls, yet the land is barren, as if the earth has been drenched in too much bloodshed…

Counter-Strike Videos: The Sequel

This morning, the internet revealed an all new set of videos involving the lovable game of millions. While there may not be as many videos as the last Counter-Strike Video post, this one still has some gems.

Counter-Strike Videos

Here are some interesting videos centered around a game that I play constantly. Some are very funny. Some are really stupid!