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A major theme in Old Man Murray criticism was the accusation that many new games failed to add any original ideas to the medium. , there was such a worry about the crate cliche that eventually the Valve Software team gave up and made a crate one of the first things the player sees and manipulates, figuring this "was the Old Man Murray equivalent of throwing yourself to the mercy of the court." In February 1999, the site received a form letter from the United States Postal Service personally signed by US Postmaster General Marvin Runyon . This letter was interpreted as proof that Old Man Murray had been named the official gaming site of the United States Postal Service and, by extension, the United States Government . The Old Man Murray forums were a hotbed of game discussion, as well as other topics. When updates began to slow on the main website the forums remained active. When Faliszek removed the forums, many of the regular posters migrated to a new site called Caltrops. Old Man Murray was still running as of 2007 , but for archival purposes only; the site is no longer updated. The founders of Old Man Murray continue to run Portal Of Evil and its affiliate website system. Faliszek and Wolpaw are currently employed with Valve Software. In March of 2006, Wolpaw won a Game Developers Choice Award for Best Writing for his contributions to the game Psychonauts . APPEARANCES IN OTHER MEDIA
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