I'm a long-term HL fan myself. Personally, the original HL game wasn't all too amazing to me, but I LOVE mods for HL. Im simply salivating over the mods for HL2, good gravy, I can't wait. But with HL3 coming later, the story-line should end in a cliff-hanger....again. Argh! But anyway, it still seems very interesting, and I can't wait to go snatch it up. Oh, and by the way, I really don't like the new version of DoD (after they sold out). Its just so weird.