Portal is Free (For a Limited Time)

Re: Portal for FreeI got Portal from Orange Box... but it's still awesome.I wonder if Team Fortress 2 will get free in the future...

Re: Portal for FreeTF2 occasionally has free weekends, usually whenever they release a major update.I already have both games, though.

Re: Portal for FreeWhats portal? :/

Re: Portal for Free...So I'm guessing The Orange Box isn't out in Singapore?http://store.steampowered.com/app/400/

Re: Portal for FreeIt'll take me 5 hours to download it...I'll wait for tonight after a game is done...But I might as well not even try...It'll probably end up not running. =\

Re: Portal for FreeWe don't have any kind of orange box. The internet cafes have them pirated though. But i've played this game. its amazingly fun.

Re: Portal for FreeWell damn. I've had Portal for ages. but still its pretty cool steam is giving it away. Hope its a start of a trend.

Re: Portal for FreeI'll say what I said to my friend last night. Expect a lot more info on Portal 2 in the next month to six weeks. Leaks, the beginning of the hype machine, etc. Then the press releases.

Re: Portal for Free

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The hype machine started a while ago with the new Portal achievement, the radio stuff, and the new ending.

Ah, I missed Portal so much. I lost it with my old computer, but now I've finally tasted it again! First Photo Dojo, now Portal. This has been a great week.

this is aweosme. took me like 20 minutes to download

Steam related thread so I'll post here.
Steam is officially coming to Linux, not just rumors.

Valve Corporation has today rolled out their Steam Mac OS X client to the general public and confirmed something we have been reporting for two years: the Steam content delivery platform and Source Engine are coming to Linux. This news is coming days after we discovered proof in Steam's Mac OS X Client of Linux support and subsequently found more Linux references and even the unreleased Steam Linux client. The day has finally come and Linux gamers around the world have a reason to rejoice, as this is the biggest news for the Linux gaming community that sees very few tier-one titles.Those enthusiasts within the Phoronix community even managed to get the unreleased Steam Linux client running up to a partially drawn UI and other modifications, but now that work can stop as Valve is preparing to officially release the Steam Linux client from where they will start to offer Linux native games available for sale. For all those doubting our reports that Source/Steam would be coming to Linux, you can find confirmation in the UK's Telegraph and other news sites. An announcement from Valve itself is imminent.Found already within the Steam store are Linux-native games like Unreal Tournament 2004, World of Goo, and titles from id Software such as Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and Doom 3. Now that the Source Engine is officially supported on Linux, some Source-based games will be coming over too. Will we finally see Unreal Tournament 3 surface on Linux too? Only time will tell, but it is something we speculated back in 2008. Postal III is also being released this year atop the Source Engine and it will be offering up a native client. We have confirmed that Valve's latest and popular titles like Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, and Team Fortress 2 are among the first of the Steam Linux titles, similar to the Mac OS X support. The released Linux client should be available by the end of summer.[...]

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=valve_steam_announcement&num=1I'm guessing there will also be a free game with this too as it's kinda major in the Linux world.

ace1o1 · #25It'll take me 5 hours to download it...I'll wait for tonight after a game is done...But I might as well not even try...It'll probably end up not running. =\

That's almost all the time.All apps, all games...will end up crashing after using them for a while.By the way, what is Steam?

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Not true.

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At least they do on my PC & this laptop.

yoshi2889 · #34By the way, what is Steam?

It's an online distributor of games along with something that runs in the background of your games so you have a consistent friends list, and you can go on the web while playing your games. It's also an online service akin to battle net.There's usually a lot of deals on Steam, make me happy.

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OK thank you for the info.

yoshi2889 · #34All apps, all games...will end up crashing after using them for a while.

yoshi2889 · #36At least they do on my PC & this laptop.

So something you've done wrong on your PC makes it happen on every PC.

yoshi2889 · #34By the way, what is Steam?

What Natewlie said.
It also provides DRM to games, since mostly all games on Steam actually need to go through Steam to run.
Steam has all your gaming needs. You can even add non-steam games onto your list so your friends know what you're playing and you can access Steam while in-game but with some games (like ones that use an anti-hacking program) don't allow you to do that because it thinks Steam is a hack >:Valve <3