August 19, 2011
Got a TF2 backpack full of crap and neither time nor patience to figure out what to do with it? Try the TF2 crafting advisor -- it'll tell you exactly what goodies you can make, and how.
August 10, 2011
Old and cranky and not fond of headgear? Or just running an old computer? Well, now you can get rid of TF2 hats (and other frippery) entirely, if that's the way you want to roll.
June 23, 2011
The rumour surfaced earlier this week, and the idea's been bandied about for a while, but it's finally happened: with the latest Uber Update, Team Fortress 2 has gone free to play FOREVER. [more inside]
June 20, 2011
"Valve engineers and artists regularly contribute to industry and academic conferences, covering topics from the high level goals of our cabal development process to the inner workings of cutting-edge rendering algorithms.": Valve publications (all pdf, but that link is html) contains articles and slides from presentation pertaining to Valve games from the original Half-Life up to Left 4 Dead 2. [more inside]
Rumours are aswirl that TF2 may, after nearly 4 years, become completely free. It would make sense, and seems like a very Valve thing to do, and it's another reason, despite my great and abiding love for Quake 3, that I will feel no grief if Quake Live crashes and burns.
Grounded in the conventions of early 20th century commercial illustration, the look of Team Fortress 2 is the result of tight collaboration between artists and engineers. Illustrative Rendering in Team Fortress 2: the paper (pdf), the slides (pdf), the video.
March 24, 2011
Valve's Japan Charity Bundle is a set of in-game items for TF2 that are available until April 6. They cannot be crafted or traded, and 100% of proceeds from their sale will go to the Red Cross's Japanese Disaster Relief Fund. [more inside]
March 10, 2011
Team Fortress 2: The Demo Knight Holy shit.
February 1, 2011
So you want to pick an alternative HUD for TF2? PC Gamer has the best 7 and instructions for installation.
January 23, 2011
The Psychology of Video Games is a blog run by industrial psychology Ph.D. Jamie Madigan about the psychological factors of games and gaming. [more inside]
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