And I still own that 3-year old piece of crap PC. I hope the game really is so good that I finally find an excuse to upgrade.

It will be interesting to see how the whole deal with Steam sales vs. retail goes… especially with the "preload" trick that Valve pulled off: removing the pains of having to wait for the download while other people are already playing, means that more people will be willing to go the Steam route. Will that be a significant number?

Will be a busy end of year with Dawn of War, Fable, HL2, Halo 2 and San Andreas (plus Metroid Prime 2 if you are a Gamecuber).