I'd recommend Camden town and market for lots of different shopping and food varieties. The covered market will be busy but its certainly worth a browse, and there are lots of food stalls mixed in offering pretty much anything you could think of.
Happens to me occasionally with some source games but doesn't affect the game itself any - it also seems to happen to me with the Ubisoft logo when loading Assassins Creed. Windows 7 also.
This is the episode one critique from google video. If the embedded video doesn't work then click the link above it.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=894488339656427727#docid=-7791992304107970746
Episode 2...
I've watched and re-watched these fantastic commentaries many times now and wanted to add my appreciation to the comments here. I'm certain I am one of many people hoping to see future commentaries in the same vein.
One for Portal would be delightful...
P.S. I, being British, would have...