One of my guilty pleasures is a little show on G4 called Cinematech which is, ridiculously, videos of video games. Absurd, but for some reason I’m drawn to it. I guess it’s cause I’ve always liked watching people play games (well) just as much as I enjoy playing them myself. And on the subject of playing games well, they were playing through Half-Life. The entire game. When I played through that earlier this year it took me a couple days, so maybe 10 hours or so to finish. They were slightly faster at 45 minutes. If you’ve never played Half-Life think of it as watching a two-hour movie, in its entirety, in 15 minutes.

And while we’re on the subject of games, I finished The Getaway : Black Monday and was not disappointed. Despite their rather mediocre ratings I’ve really liked both of the games in the series. They’ve got a nice feel about them and you can really see how the developers tried to inject it with a cinematic vibe.

As an afterthought, I need to direct you to their site again. It is a pretty impressive endeavor, not so much because of its design but because of its content. By clicking around you end up on a mini-tour of London and meet all the characters (played by their voice actors from the game). It’s a great way to introduce you to the environment or just kill some time.