Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Meet The Engineer

By John Walker on September 11th, 2007 at 10:25 pm.

As if you needed more this evening, Valve have put the Meet The Engineer video on Steam.

Strum strum strum.

Very different from the previous two trailers, but still just as superb, the Engineer takes things at a remarkably casual pace, strumming away on his guitar, gently explaining his nature to you, while his hand-made machinery slaughters any who might come near.

His profile will be with you after this short break.

Name: Engineer
Role: Defense
Weapons: Shotgun / Pistol/ Wrench
Contraptions: Turret / Dispenser / Teleporter
Favorite Equation:

This amiable, soft-spoken good ol’ boy from tiny Bee Cave, Texas loves barbeque, guns, and higher education. Natural curiosity, ten years as a roughneck in the west Texas oilfields, and eleven hard science PhDs have trained him to design, build and repair a variety of deadly contraptions.

It’s smart, and once again, the facial expressions are of a quality beyond reason. Six days until the beta, six days until the beta, six days until the beta…

EDIT: the thing in full.

__________________

« | »

, , .

3 Comments »

  1. Feet says:

    Woop! Excitement builds!

    report

  2. Si says:

    Oddly enough, I wasn’t at all excited about TF2 until now. I mean, I really liked the direction they were taking the art style, but didn’t overly have a desire to play it. But now, with talk of a beta I’m suddenly all a flutter o_0.

    report

  3. Risking to sound completely unprofessional for my status of THE gaming journalist in Latvia, I can state only one thing: Artistry 4 TEH WIN!! Tf2 is teh rox!!!!

    report

Comment on this story

XHTML: Allowed code: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Search

Respond to our gibber

  • Radiant : “Which two Yomi decks do you recommend that play well against each other?” on Cardboard Diaries: A Change Of Pace
  • Consumatopia : “It's actually kind of a problem with Gaiman's original article that it blurs the distinction between calling for something eventually and immediately.” on The Sunday Papers
  • Hematite : “@KG: tldr version: NG definitely argued that there's no obligation to work on fans' timeframes. I argue that there's an obligation of politeness for the ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • Drinking with Skeletons : “@JackShandy: Maybe it is, but can you honestly say that Viva Pinata was an experience that has genuine replay value? You can redesign your garden, ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • yutt : “@Archonsod I'm not sure which side of this argument you're on with that comment. You're equating Valve with the unethical marketing practices of cigarette companies? ...” on The Sunday Papers

Browse the archive