I sure as hell wouldn't refer to the Half Life episodes as 'episodic content' when they take longer than a normal game in between. I suppose for a HL game 2-3 years would be considered faster but in general they're just on a normal schedule. Episodic should refer to something within or at most a year between releases, even…
I thought they would be having more content packs with L4D but whatever, I loved it and I'll be buying the second one - I just sure as hell hope the lobby connects the two so all the content is available from one base location. I think people were expecting too much considering how amazingly generous they've been with Team…
Yeah, I know. Valve has already said that they're going to stick to Source for a while because they can keep updating it with new stuff as the technology comes around since it's structured to be very extensible or something. I still wish they'd start work on a new, more modern engine with an easier, more powerful toolset…