I would totally play a zombie-themed costume quest type game!

Shades of http://gawker.com/5969878/nice-g…

WAIT, NO, THERE IT IS! there’s a burned out husk of a Citgo sign - my expectations have been met!

I see the USS Constitution, a couple of Colonial era landmarks, the State House, and Fenway Park, but I really want to see a wrecked post-apocalyptic Citgo sign. And maybe a wrecked Bill Buckner Bridge Zakim Bridge

Yeah, that's where my mind went first, too. It's not unheard of for natural deaths to not get reported so that Social Security or pension checks don't stop.

I played the original "Elite" game back in the 1980's and helped kickstarter "Elite:Dangerous", and the game is so far being all I wanted. Still rough and unfinished in a few places, but oh my FSM is it gorgeous.

They have a TF2 Level 1 sentry in their lobby. Video footage of the sentry

Black Mesa handles it pretty well. They dropped the other tentacle interaction in the exterior desert area.

One of the design choices I *really* like in the HL series is that they (mostly) eschew cut-scenes - even while you're getting an infodump, you can usually walk around a small area, interact with things, etc, so it doesn't break the FPS experience too much. The only exception I can think of mid-game is the bit where…

I WAS OVERCOME BY MY FANGIRLING. IS THAT SO WRONG?

You missed a couple of awesome ones: Michelle Yeoh in "Wing Chun"! Also, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, and Maggie Cheung all together in one film, "The Heroic Trio". And to round out my Michelle Yeoh fangirling, she steals the show from Jackie Chan in "Police Story 3: Supercop"

I'm surprised they didn't run into trademark issues with Valve, since the name of the Combine's military/protection forces in Half Life 2 and Half Life 2: Episodes 1 and 2 is "Overwatch"

I used to be an electrician and once - back when I was an apprentice - I worked in the basement of a building that had been a funeral home for a while. Creepiest place I've ever been. By the end of the afternoon, as the sun was setting and we finished up wiring the gas heater zone valves, we practically ran out of…

DORK-FUCKIN-TASTIC.

FemShep is the best Shep.

What's that? AN ANGRY MAN AVENGING THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER?

Be funny. Not "LAUGHING TO HIDE MY PAIN OF UGLY" but plain old funny. And even more importantly, be kind. Both of those will go further than beauty. (I'm saying this as someone who is several negative std deviations off from societal norms for "average", not even close to "beautiful".)

Sort of like in Left4Dead, when one of the opposing players becomes the Hulk

Because when you have to list "Next of Kin" on a hospital intake form, "spouse" carries a lot more weight than "person I'm shacked up with".

I BLAME QUARK THE INTERSTELLAR GARBAGE MAN