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This QuickTime movie is a game play video of Valve Software’s hit action/adventure game Half-Life 2: Episode Two. The game was published on October 9, 2007. Valve Software is scheduled to release Episode Three this year.

This game play video covers the third and fourth chapters (Freeman Pontifex and Riding Shotgun) of Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Finally, Gordon Freeman has reached the bridge. He’s also found a car. He is at one end of the bridge. And Alyx Vance is near the other side of the bridge. Somehow, Gordon has to reach the other side of the bridge and open a door for her so that she can come down to the bridge.

After crossing a mountain through a tunnel, Gordon and Alyx reach a radio tower. Hopefully, they can send a warning message to White Forest.   (more…)

This QuickTime movie is a game play video of Valve Software’s hit action/adventure game Half-Life 2: Episode Two. The game was published on October 9, 2007. Valve Software is scheduled to release Episode Three this year.

This game play video covers the third chapter (Freeman Pontifex) of Half-Life 2: Episode Two. It starts at the point where the last game play video ended. Gordon is near-dead after fighting two Guardians. For now, he lives. Next, they have to get to the bridge to find a car so that they can reach White Forest fast.   (more…)

This QuickTime movie is a game play video of Valve Software’s hit action/adventure game Half-Life 2: Episode Two. The game was published on October 9, 2007. Valve Software is scheduled to release Episode Three this year.

This game play video covers the second and third chapters (This Vortal Coil and Freeman Pontifex) of Half-Life 2: Episode Two. It starts at the point where the last game play video ended. Gordon Freeman still looks for the larval extract to save Alyx Vance’s life. When he gets off a cliff, he encounters the Guardian, which chases him.

After regaining her consciousness, Alyx Vance insists that they immediately head to White Forest. On their way, they meet two Guardians. Now, Gordon cannot run away from them. They have to kill both of them to get to White Forest.   (more…)

This QuickTime movie is a game play video of Valve Software’s hit action/adventure game Half-Life 2: Episode Two. The game was published on October 9, 2007. Valve Software is scheduled to release Half-Life 2: Episode Three this year.

This game play video covers the second chapter (This Vortal Coil) of Half-Life 2: Episode Two. It starts at the point where the last game play video ended. Alyx Vance was attacked by Antlion and Hunter. She is now in a critical condition. In order to save her life, Gordon Freeman needs to go get the larval extract in the sacred nectarium.   (more…)

Almost 10 years ago, I heard that a PC game called Half-Life was a big hit in North America and other parts of the world, selling six million copies. They were also working on a Mac version. But the Mac plan was subsequently discontinued. I wanted to play Half-Life badly and see what a successful game was like. And I bought a cheap, used PC in 2001 and played a lot of PC games including Age of Empires II, Civilization III and Half-Life. Half-Life wasn’t exactly the kind of games I would enjoy. I don’t enjoy looking for clues to go from one point to another. So I didn’t really understand why Half-Life was such a big hit those days.

Valve Software released Half-Life 2 in November, 2004. They also developed Half-Life 2: Episode One, which was released by EA Games in June, 2006. And this game, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, was published on October 9, 2007. So Episode Two is about 14 months old.

This QuickTime game play video covers the first two chapters (To the White Forest, This Vortal Coil) of Valve Software’s Half-Life 2: Episode Two. The game starts at the scene where Gordon Freeman finds himself inside a wrecked train car, which is dangling on a bridge. One end of a train car is submerged in water. He gets out with help of Alyx Vance. Then they witness a strange phenomenon where a beam of portal energy is striking down the Citadel. Meanwhile, Gordon and Alyx manage to contact Doctor Kleiner and her father staying at an old missile base. They want the data packet she downloaded at the Citadel. They say it’s the contact code for the Combine Overworld.   (more…)

This QuickTime movie is a game play video of LEGO Batman. Warner Brothers Interactive released the game on September 23, 2008. It was developed by Traveller’s Tales, which also developed in the past LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures and so forth. LEGO Batman is also available for Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3.

This QuickTime game play video covers the entire episode of An Icy Reception. Batman and Robin arrive at one blog of Gotham City where people are locked in ice in front of a huge weird-looking snowman.   (more…)

2008 was probably a terrible year for most people visiting this website. It wasn’t particularly a good year for MacHouse, either. Let’s hope that 2009 will be a good one for both Mac and PC users. Of course, Linux users and others are also included.

Well, we are releasing a game play video of LEGO Batman to give our visitors and members 18 minutes of relaxing time. Warner Brothers Interactive released the game on September 23, 2008. It was developed by Traveller’s Tales, which also developed in the past LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures and so forth. LEGO Batman is also available for Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3.

Personally, the only LEGO video game that I played before was LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game. It was an interesting game to the extent that the game followed the story lines of Star Wars I, II and III. LEGO Batman has its own unique story line. Music comes from the movie series. One thing that I don’t like is that none of the characters speaks even during cinematic movies.

This QuickTime movie is a game play video of LEGO Batman. It shows all cinematic movies at the beginning plus a game play of the first episode.   (more…)

Intermediate Boris RED 4 Video Tutorial 10 - Text Around Earth 2

This video tutorial series is designed for those who have some experience in video editing/making with applications including Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion. It was initially available only as a digital download version. Now, we are offering four remaining video tutorials to our members.

We ended the last tutorial at the point point where we added a light filter. In this tutorial, we are going to add a text track, which we want to partially rotate around Earth.

Keywords: Add Cylinder, Extruded 3D Text, Materials, Spin Y, Type On   (more…)

Intermediate Boris RED 4 Video Tutorial 09 - Text Around Earth 1

This video tutorial series is designed for those who have some experience in video editing/making with applications including Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion. It was initially available only as a digital download version. Now, we are offering four remaining video tutorials to our members.

In Video tutorial 09 and 10, we are going to import a map image, which we want to project in 3D. Eventually, we want to add a text track, which will partially rotate around Earth.

Keywords: Add 3D Sphere, Still Image File, BCC Hue-Sat-Lightness, BCC Rays Textured   (more…)

Intermediate Boris RED 4 Video Tutorial 08 - Dynamic Chart

This video tutorial series is designed for those who have some experience in video editing/making with applications including Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion. It was initially available only as a digital download version. Now, we are offering four remaining video tutorials to our members.

Using a dataset from an Microsoft Excel file, we are going to create a dynamic pie chart.

Keywords: Comma Separate Value, Restore Default Timeline Buttons, Add Chart, Chart Editor, Import Data, Save Changes, Series, 3D Sytle, Animation Time, Overlap Time   (more…)