With the latest Team Fortress 2 update, which includes the new Heavy class achievements, weapons, and a new game mode, Valve has also released another short trailer for the game: Meet the Sandvich.

The “sandvich” made its debut in the Meet the Scout video, where it changed hands between the Heavy and Scout after a scuffle, and continues to be the source of conflict in the newest video.  It’s also a new unlockable item for the Heavy class. It can heal 120 health, and the Heavy who has it equipped has an unlimited supply.  The downside is that eating it makes a considerable amount of noise, and leaves the Heavy vulnerable for four seconds while he consumes it.

Watch the video below!

Thanks to everyone who entered the raffle to celebrate Marty Blog’s 50th post, and congratulations to the winners, listed below!  And no, that’s not a picture of me up there.

Runners Up ($5 game via Steam):

• CoolGmrSms
• Xxypher

Grand Prize (Team Fortress 2 or $20 equivalent via Steam):

• Xot

I will be contacting the winners via email.  Hope to see you all around the site again soon, and thanks for helping to make this a successful raffle!

Image courtesy of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition

In all my excitement over the Spore Creature Creator and trying to fit my game playing / creating time into the remainder of the day, I nearly forgot that Valve had announced a Team Fortress 2 update, along with the release of a new character vignette!

Meet the Sniper is another brilliant clip introducing the playable character classes from TF2, this time, quite obviously, for the sniper.  The short video follows the sniper around his “workplace” as he guns down and machetes enemies, drives his truck, and…  talks on the phone with parents (who, by the sniper’s own admittance, don’t like his job).

The camping scene and the ending are also fantastic, but I won’t ruin it for you - watch it for yourself, below.

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