If you're tired of these stories, stop reading them. Simple.
I'd like to but I can't. At this point it is basically like a Car Accident, you can't help but slow down and stare to see if someone died. Which, in the case of Half Life 2, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say at this point its all hype. All the "New, Groundbreaking Graphics" they used in it are dated 2 years. So, to keep going on this rant, as with most traffic accidents this game is going to be "Nothing to see... move along"