Half Life 2 Issues

The internet connection in my area has been down for about 3 months and Im thinking of installing Half Life 2 again. That bloody steam thing stops me from playing a game I spent £30 on. Is there anyway on Earth I can get to the single player campaign screen other than spending 47 hours on dial up downloading every single update in the past two years since its release
I just want to shoot things in the face.

[Global Moderator]

turn off all your internet connections and try....

Im sorry but what comes after ..... or are you mucking around?

Here is the link to the Steam page that explains how you can play games in offline mode.  

http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=213

I hope this helps!