I've purchsed the Sexy Silver version of Halflife 2 from Steam, which is great. I've preloaded the whole game and I'm just waiting to play it as soon as Valve, Halflife2's creators, unlock it.

There was a statement made by Doug Lambardi, the PR guy for Valve that said basically people who buy the game through their content management system, Steam, will get it as soon as people get the retail game.

Many people, internet wide have understood this to mean that as soon as a copy is sold, legally, in a shop somewhere in the world, Valve will release the game via Steam for all the people in my siutation to play.

I'm hoping that this doesn't happen, as after the lecture I'm about to go to, I'm spending the weekend with housemate Chris's family, helping them move into their new house.

So, Valve, Please don't release the game just yet. Wait until Tuesday, the official release day. Tsk.