I missed the heyday of Old Man Murray, instead spending most of my time in that era shuttling between Bad Candy, LiveJournal and Seanbaby in an endlessly rewarding quest for fresh lulz. But now I'm sorry I didn't keep up with the Old Man.

Anyhoo, the twin intellects behind the legendary site are now onboard with Valve, and writing for Portal.

Chet Faliszek and Erik Wolpaw of the once-great gaming website Old Man Murray will be lending their writing talents to Valve's upcoming environment-puzzler Portal. In an interview with Game Informer, Valve's Doug Lombardi promises the same "wry cynicism" fans OMM knew and loved. Wolpaw was also a writer for Tim Schafer's hilarious (yet sadly underrated) Psychonauts, a project for which he won Game Developers Choice Award for Best Writing for his Story and Dialog in 2006.

Which just proves that being a video game blogger is a gaping entryway into other, slightly higher-paid positions within the gaming industry. Thank god for the internet, where being funny is a raw commodity independent of looks, scent, or creed, or I would not be able to fill my trough each morn.

(And now that I think about it, I believe Seanbaby.com died before 2002. Making me more oblivious than distracted.)

(wait...apparently Seanbaby is back. Praise jesus!) Eliza Gauger

Old Man Murray Gives Portal Its Voice [Joystiq (props to Joystiq for using the correct "its" in the title of the article)]