Black Mesa Released! Here is the Torrent File

As Expected, The Black Mesa Homepage is being hammered.  Even Cloudflare is struggling to cope under the tremendous load of Gamers Worldwide.
Torrent link – http://www.mediafire.com/?ba8kfb4xu4jjvna
Black Mesa
Mirror for http://release.blackmesasource.com/pages/download_manager.html#
blackmesa.7z – Compressed archive file.
blackmesa-setup.exe – Automatic installer to extract the .7z archive.Total Size: 3.8GB
Please select a download mirror to begin your download.
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PlanetPhillip.Com Closes

Update: PlanetPhillip is now back online in a somewhat reduced capacity, good to see you back Phillip.  Check out the blog post for the full details.
In what has become a rather sad day for the Half Life community, PlanetPhillip has officially shut down with this message:

PlanetPhillip.Com Has Closed
It may reopen in October
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Steam Hacked? steampowered.com down.

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Welcome to Binary Gamer

The Next evolution of Steam Gamer has now become Binary Gamer, representing PC gaming as its own all encompassing platform.  We will still carry news, reviews, rumours and all the rest but now no longer stick to being dedicated to just Steam.
Binary Gamer now carries an original online game database of PC gaming goodness where [...]

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Gabe Newell on Closed Platforms

It appears Gabe Newell has foreseen an Apple iHome based future and dislikes the direction console gaming is going.  In a recent game panel at some WTIA TechNW conference, Gabe looks at the current gaming trends and offers his own insight into the direction gaming as a medium is going.  Seattle Times
On the platform side, [...]

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Divinity 2 The Dragon Knight Saga: Review

Divinity 2 starts off like a lot of typical Western RPG’s with a seemingly standard  introductory storytelling experience.  Just when you think the game is being too generic for its own good it suddenly gets epic, it actually takes you by surprise.  Welcome to the world of Divinity 2,

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