Half-life 2 goes gold! Ship date confirmed!

Hey all you fellow PC gamers out there. I heard wind of the news that Half-Life 2 has finally gone gold and a ship date has been announced! Half-Life 2 will be released to the world on November 16th, OF THIS YEAR! Not that I'm really that excited any more about this game, but I think it's surprising to see the game finally being released. For all of you disbelievers out there, read about it here

After my disappointment with Doom 3, I think I will wait on purchasing this game until I've had a chance to read the reviews and possible try out a game demo. I should have posted my reviews of Doom 3, but I found it a big waste of my time so I didn't want to waste more time by writing anything about it. Basically it was a whole lot of nothing. Just a basic shooter. So what the graphics were good. The game blows. I wish I had waited.

These days I find myself playing the multiplayer demo for Tribes: Vengeance. It's a fun and addicting game, but somewhat frustrating to those of us who are used to other FPS multiplayer games like Battlefield 1942 - my favorite game of all time (with the Desert Combat mod of course). Maybe I'll revisit BF 1942. Haven't played it in a long time.