FeaturesWe Love the Weighted Companion Cube Case, Not Sure If It Loves Us Back

Scott Dacus is such a big fan of Portal his ringtone is the game’s theme song, “Still Alive.” However, an even bigger fan of the game commissioned Scott to build this case as a gift for his wife. We think this man is a genius or headed for divorce court—either way, he’s our new hero!

Weighted Companion Cube

Hit the jump for an up-close look at a case which will never threaten to stab you, and in fact cannot speak.

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ColumnsGame Theory: The Sundance of Gaming

The Independent Games Festival is chock-full of inventive indie fare.

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ReviewsThe Orange Box

Finishing The Orange Box left us in a state of shock. It wasn’t Half-Life 2: Episode 2’s requisite cliffhanger ending that floored us; rather, it was the realization that Episode 2 is the low point of the entire Orange Box package. Portal and Team Fortress 2 completely eclipse what Valve bills as the “centerpiece” of the bundle.

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No BS PodcastNo BS Podcast #38: The Hard Drive Edition

In this weeks episode of the Maximum PC Podcast, the gang talks about hard drives, solid state drives, and Intel's X38 chipset

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