It is a good deal, thanks. I just bought one online to pickup. It is $5.41 in NYC including tax

thanks OP

Thanks, OP! In for one.

Don't forget the 7.5% - 12.5% LiveCB.

Great game, but it has a very annoying bug under Vista 64-bit where the AI stops and you have to enter the console and type a command to get it to start again.

I am in.. thanks!

MIShopper said:Thanks, OP! I'm in for 2 (one for a friend).

As long as your friend isn't named eBay.

insomniac8400 said:Does half-life 2 include counterstrike? And if you buy the disks, does steam force you to keep the disk in the drive to play the game?

Episode pack wont include counterstrike 2, but it does include death match.

Steam forces you to keep the disk and it sometimes doesn't work if you have certain programs installed. At least, that's how it was when HL2 was first released. Personally, I hate getting any games with Steam.

The game rocks, by the way. I can't wait for Episode 3 to find out what happens.

Better deal than the $10 nobama shirt.

insomniac8400 said:That's what I am afraid of. If buying the disk means you have to keep the disk in the drive to play the game, then that would mean I would have to buy hl2 online first, and not be able to buy it from Circuit City with these episodes.

I got a free license for HL2 through some video card promotion back in the day, so my HL2 files are downloaded through Steam, and I purchased (but haven't installed) the Episodes discs through CC, so I'll verify later today. Once you activate a game on Steam, though, you can download them again through Steam, so I don't expect this to be a big problem.