Sort Of A Concerned Citizen

So, after procrastinating for almost a year, I finally finished Half-Life 2. I have an excuse for the waiting around this time - somebody hacked our Steam account and Valve won't let us use it any more, and the hell we're buying a new copy for PC...! So we bought one for Xbox instead. Yes, yes, my soul actually went to Jhonen Vasquez a little while ago, fortunately, so I don't have to worry about that particular method of damnation.

( In case you're bored by HL2 squee. Hugh Laurie is mentioned near the end, however. )

(PPS: A lot of my town looks very City 17-y - it's got an orange-cream colour scheme, blowing papers, sparsely-leafed trees and the odd mix of old and new. It does not, however, have the gradual encroach of the hideously oppressive Combine technology. It's only a matter of time, though. Suppress your instincts. Obey. Obeeeeeey.)