OMG I love HL! I borrowed the orange box from a friend several months ago and went through HL2,Ep1 & 2 in like a few days. Loved every second of it so I played through a second time.
They did such a great job with the story I got really attached to the characters. I was on thr verge of literally crying at the end of ep.2 when (WARNING: SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO HAVENT BEAT IT YET!)
... when Eli, Alyx's dad died. While the credits scrolled I just dropped my controler and stared at the screen, mouth open with tears in my eyes asking 'why?'
It was really sad. Sorry if I'm weird. lol
I cannot wait for ep. 3. I heard it may not even come out till 2010.

I may kill myself. lol