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Seeing as how Jericho was released day-and-date on GameTap today, I can't seem to get away from it. Even as I type, the pulsating orifices and fly vomit that make up the chapter select screen ooze over the monitor behind me. Make no mistake about it, Jericho is a gross game, but it's also pretty damn sweet. Our fearless leader described it as "Ghost Recon in Hell." Fair enough, really. I haven't played much of it myself, but it's on my to-do list for the week.
A list that actually consisted of one title: The Orange Box. After tearing my way through Portal on day one, I've made it my personal mission to force my way through the Half-Life 2 series. I use the term "force" because I honestly couldn't stand it. To me, Half-Life 2 was about 8 hours of horridly paced "meh," highlighted by a few, brief glimpses of brilliance. That said, I was glad to have polished it off for a third and probably final time.
Half-Life 2: Episode One, on the other hand: wow. The first 10 minutes of it were easily more entertaining than the entirety of Half-Life 2. It makes me want some sort of roller coaster based off the series in the style of Disneyland's Indiana Jones. I'm not sure how I'll take to Valve's inability to tell a story for a second time around, but I hear its worth it for Episode Two.
