I doubt all the games will launch simultaneously. Steam service will launch and maybe Portal 1 (which were tested).

The "leak" is weeks old. (barely a leak).

cider is garbage. rather play on windows.

Learn to time differentiate. It's 12th here, not 12th in the US.

valve will be rolling out a new game every wednesday, or something to that end.

so portal this week, next wed TF2, etc etc.

doesnt download in sleep. you can turn off your display while it downloads tho.

portal performance is kinda ehhh. have to turn off fps killing video options like color correction and anti-aliasing. it still looks alright, playing native res 1920x1200.

the engine is buggy, ie not perfect, turn off color correction, AA if necessary.

Is it just me or is there patches for Portal almost everyday?

39mb yesterday 71mb today.

too late, torchlight promo is over. its back up to $19.99 instead of $9.99. that is, unless you wan to buy it at full price.

dont bother with exchange rates, banks wont gut you too much, it'll be roughly the same everywhere. and its gonna fluctuate so you cant go looking for the lowest rate every time.