Meet The Spy

We thought Valve had given up introducing us to its Team Fortress 2 cast (considering The Orange Box launched in 2007), but a new video has shown us to be a little too hasty. This time, players get a glimpse into the world of the Spy. Devious, brutal and womanizing ... the Spy is a force to be reckoned with. We've loved the short introduction vignettes Valve has developed to promote the game's classes so far, but the Spy's video is definitely our favorite of the bunch. Enjoy.

[via Joystiq]

I have to get this game

TF2 Karaoke: My Heart Will Go On from FLOOR MASTER on Vimeo.

OK. I just had to share this from Kotaku, this game looks supremely fun.

Warning, this is supremely obnoxious and you should turn your speakers down.
Dad sometimes asks me for explanation of certain video games, and since his frame of reference stops at 8 bits, and todays titles are far deeper than anything I played as his dependent, the conversation gets a little difficult at times.

But If he ever asks me what Team Fortress 2 is all about, I'm gonna point him to this video.

This is shot through with Kodak moments:

• "I own Titanic on VHS. All four fucking tapes."

• The bitching about Titanic at the beginning. "All the hype around it just drove me away." He says it so sincerely. Like it totally would have been his kind of movie otherwise.

• "I'm in key, fuck you buddy."

• The rocket fire accompaniment to the chorus. I'm just imagining Celine Dion in the studio, belting this out, while the footage rolls. Yes, this is the kind of emotional climax that deserves her French Canadian ministrations.

• The death montage at 3:29. Right on time.

• The singing gets so intense I swear it causes server lag.

If you can make it through sudden death, you probably don't have any eardrums right now

Game companies try to scuttle Iron Man

This weekend may offer just what the gaming doctor ordered. Just in case you didn't go ahead and get Grand Theft Auto 4, you can try out one of the most popular multiplayer games around. Valve is letting everyone try Team Fortress 2 this weekend free!!! All you have to do is install Steam, which is pretty handy anyway and play this weekend for free!!!!

It seems the gaming industry has a problem with geeks going to see Iron Man this weekend. First GTA comes out, now this? What's next, double experience on World of Warcraft??? Can you imagine the chaos that would cause!!!

Team Fortress 2: Meet the Scout, Meet the Demoman

OK.  After watching these two videos, I think it's a moral imperative that I get this game.  Just have to decide which platform, PC or 360.