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It’s not often that my heart races when I read a blog post, but this one did it for me. Good old Valve have announced a pre-purchase deal for the the Orange Box (Half Life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal). The deal includes 10% off the $50 price, plus the biggie: access to the TF2 beta from September 17th.

Goddamn I’m so excited. Spore and TF2 have been the only games on my must-play list for the past year or so, and being this close to TF2 is almost too much to handle.

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For some reason I’m madly excited about Endless Ocean (formerly known as Forever Blue), a scuba diving simulator for the Wii.

It looks very tranquil, and apparently will feature some sort of online component.? No word yet on whether this will be online co-op (swimming around with friends), or just sharing photos and aquaculture with friends.

Rumour also has it that the game includes an aquarium mode so you can capture pretty little fishies and display them.

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