To answer all the emails regarding the Half-Life 2 preload hype, we do not know what's going on. The Half-Life 2 community is losing their patience from all the delays. We do know that one Valve employee made an attempt with someone else to tarnish the community and radio over the weekend. Sounds like a lot of wasteful time for someone who is working hard for a game release. In other events, we have seen Gabe Newell announcing stuff on message boards that never seem to happen. So, what is really going on and what is Valve doing with their time?

I am sure we'll see or hear about another one of those so-called "official forum post threads" from either Gabe or another Valve staff member regarding Half-Life 2 preload status. If history repeats itself, it'll start out with some positive news or something to keep people hoping for a summer HL2 release. This will keep people occupied for a few weeks until they realize that there is no official release date. No official press releases. Even when we get the HL2 preload, it doesn't mean we'll have the game. We have to wait until it's released. Either that, or Valve will go into hiding again with the common practice of silence.

We will be bringing this up on Friday night's Half-Life Radio show on GameSHOUT. In the meantime, let's still wait for the Half-Life 2 preload. Hey, while we're at it, let's all continue to wait for the Half-Life 2 release date. Yeah...