jungletoad: Hey guys! Guess what? I'm at Valve Headquarters in Bellevue, Washington right now!

A guy I know from the psychology department of my university got a job here and is doing a study for Valve to evaluate player intent and emotional response while playtesting Valve's latest games. He is going to hook me up to some machines to monitor my physiological responses and see how I responsd. He said I might get to play Portal 2 and Defense of the Ancients 2. I'm hoping I can try both.

I'm excited! If I see Gabe, I'll say hi for you guys and try to pitch him all my game ideas. ;)

jungletoad: *snip*

michaelleung: I hope they don't measure erections because that would be embarassing.

jungletoad: Tyler, if you are only an hour away from Bellevue and want to do the same thing, then you should send me a message (jungletoads@yahoo.com) and I will forward the message to you where you can contact the study manager to participate.

hobblinharry: Secondly, I forgot just how HUGE game boxes for PC games used to be. Look at the top row vs the bottom row lol: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/jungletoad/Trip%20to%20Valve/ValveGameBoxes.jpg?t=1288807320

hobblinharry: Jungletoad,

Be careful in posting information. If you had to sign an NDA at some point, be extremely careful in what kind of information you post, you could get hit with a hefty fine if you "leak" any information. I'm sure you know better but this is just a cool opportunity for you and it would suck if it was soured. But by all means continue to fill us in with what you are legally allowed to! :D

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Secondly, I forgot just how HUGE game boxes for PC games used to be. Look at the top row vs the bottom row lol: http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a235/jungletoad/Trip%20to%20Valve/ValveGameBoxes.jpg?t=1288807320

lukaszthegreat: They should release games back in old boxes for collectors editions... people would dig that.

Wesker: They do. I got one for Gothic 3 and saw one a few days ago for Civilization 5.