Ported through Portal

Just got The Orange Box! Don't worry though i have played through Portal previous to this - i'm not some kind of heathen. Anyway, so i "ported" my way through Portal last night snapping up the achievements along the way. Such an awesome game, and after the stuff at GDC about it i felt i needed to play through it again with a supposed deeper understanding of the game. I got Orange Box primarily to play through the Half Life 2 games - which i haven't really played much. Currently on Chapter 8 in Half Life 2 and... it's amazing. Each level is absolutely massive and can take well over an hour (sometimes two) to finish, which does somehow add to the involvement but, it can sometimes be overwhelming knowing that any given level will take up such a huge amount of your time.

Retailers in the US have listed that Metal Gear Solid 4 will be available sometime between June 12th and June 17th, depending on which retailer you look up. Look for the PS3/Metal Gear Solid/Dual Shock 3 bundle deals around that time, might be a good time to pick up a PS3 if you don't already have one.

Two new Pokemon games for the DS in April! Don't get too excited though, the games are a follow up to the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games released on DS and GBA last year. The Mystery Dungeon games allowed you to play as the Pokemon themselves rather than take the role of a Pokemon trainer, the games were rather weak compared to the standard Pokemon games - i'm sure the game will still fly to the top of the chart upon release. The games are Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness. Time or darkness, take your pick.