# Happy Valentine's Day from Valve **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 14, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-from-valve/571314 "2011-02-14T16:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-from-valve/571314/1 "2011-02-14T16:17:25Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/w5I3VnCHWsU/maxresdefault.jpg "Valentine's Day Gift Buying") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5I3VnCHWsU) Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-from-valve/571314/2 "2011-02-14T16:18:55Z")
Could we have some alt text please? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-from-valve/571314/3 "2011-02-14T16:20:22Z")
1. It’s a joke video about Valentines day at the Portal offices. 2. Portal is available for pre-order now. That’s it, I think. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-from-valve/571314/4 "2011-02-14T18:52:26Z")
I’ve been reading all the text bubbles in Dwight Schrute’s voice: Fact: Women love diamonds for their wide range of industrial applications. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-from-valve/571314/5 "2011-02-14T19:03:18Z")
Uh, make that “Portal 2” is available for pre-order, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-from-valve/571314/6 "2011-02-15T03:00:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Uh, make that “Portal 2” is available for pre-order, by the way. 😕 Kinda makes me wonder what Amazon has been doing with my Pre-order before today. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-from-valve/571314/7 "2011-02-15T14:19:16Z")
Pre-ordered!! ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valentines-day-from-valve/571314/8 "2011-02-15T15:59:49Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > 😕 > > Kinda makes me wonder what Amazon has been doing with my Pre-order before today. You _really_ don’t want to know, but if you get curious I understand you can find video of it at some of the … less reputable … areas of the 'net.