I was going to buy the game anyway, i promise!

Poker Night at the Inventory is now available for pre-order. If you move fast, not only will you save 10% off the already low price, but you'll also pick yourself up a sweet pre-order bonus of this spiffy Poker Visor for your favorite Heavy. Once the game is released, you'll also be able to unlock new TF2 items by beating The Heavy, Max, Tycho, or Strong Bad at high stakes games of poker.

This is pretty exciting to us - it's the first time a game made by someone other than us allows you to find TF2 items by playing it. If you'd asked us, as we slaved away on TF2 back in '63, whether one day you'd be able to get the Heavy's first minigun off him by playing poker, we'd think you were nuts. Then we'd have hired you, because you had a vision for the future.

If you're curious, here's the set of items that you'll be able to collect inside Poker Night at the Inventory:

• The Enthusiast's Timepiece - Tycho's favorite timepiece (equippable by the Spy)
• License to Maim - Max's Badge (equippable by all classes)
• The Lugermorph - A second chance at Max's personal armament (equippable by the Scout and the Engineer)
• The Iron Curtain - The Heavy's first love (equippable by the Heavy, obviously)
• Dangeresque, Too? - Strong Bad's styling glasses (equippable by the Demoman)