The game employs a new Progress Bar system within each chapter too, revealing how far towards solving a specific problem you are and detailing how many ‘bonus actions’ you’ve managed to solve along the way. Although not necessary to advance the plot, bonus actions allow you to discover more detail about the back-story. (They also reward you with those inexplicably tempting Gamerscore morsels on Xbox 360.) –Kristan Reed, Gray Matter Preview @ Eurogamer

(See also: Mata Hari)

[Chell’s suit] is not supposed to look like a sexy Marvel superhero suit. It’s supposed to look like it was designed without any thought of making her look attractive. We don’t want to make her be unattractive, but we want to balance that out. Chell is a test subject, so she should look like one. –Matt Charlesworth, concept artist, Valve

By definition, an adventure is a dangerous or risky undertaking: a novel, exciting, or otherwise remarkable event or experience. On your personal computer, Adventure is that and more.

Personal Computing Magazine, February 1980

Via Warbird Games

Oh my, the Valve Time countdown timer hit zero and Steam got clobbered. We’ve added more kerosene, primed the engine, pulled the crank and kicked the server a few times and it looks like we can continue with the sale for another day. Thanks for your patience. –Steam News

“Nobody had any idea what the game was. I thought it was an adventure game up until it was released; commercials made it look like a heavy metal WOW parody; the demo apparently made it seem like heavy metal Zelda; and then it turns out it’s basically heavy metal Halo Wars?” –mkozlows @ Quarter to Three Forums

M: I was resting a bit, mmh I don’t get much sleep at night….
You interrupted one of my nightmares
T: Sleep depravation [sic]
You should go see a doctor!
M: I know

In other non-news, we’ve just introduced our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/slowdownvg – we’re not at all certain as to what we’ll be publishing over there, but this is as good a starting point as any, right? All new videos should be published over to our Twitter, too.

“Ever fancied a pet hyena? Well, now you can get one. In this update we are introducing Veteran Points. You will earn these points by staying subscribed to the game, and you can use them to purchase a wide variety of special items – from breast enlargements to pet hyenas!” –Age of Conan Newsletter, Issue 24

“Multiplayer: Unfortunately one of the best aspects of Death Rally, multiplayer, is not available in this release. It was built for the modem and IPX network era, and would have needed a full rewrite. That was sadly out of the scope on what we could do with this free release.” –Death Rally freeware re-release readme

“Grime accumulates on the body and can increase the likelihood of an infection. You can wash the grime away with soap. Elves do not believe in soap (due to the materials used) and will use water, but they won’t fully be able to clean themselves because of this” -Highlights from the Dwarf Fortress Talk #3

“Choose from two charismatic characters: Mr. Smith, an Elvis impersonator who has suffered the misfortune of being turned into a vampire, or Welson, a femme-fatale witch hunter. Though his unquenchable vampire bloodlust, Mr. Smith has killed his entire family.” -September 28, 2009 press release

cf. http://www.aliveandundead.com/

“Mata Hari makes [gamers] masters in seduction. … [PC gamers] will also perform dances on stage to earn money. … Stylized notes float in and over the screen. Players try to catch them by following the beat at the right time and place by using their mouse cursor.”