Half Life 2
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Valve's Steam page currently lists a second mystery game alongside Deadlock, sending Half-Life 3 theorists into another frenzy of speculation
By Rick Lane published
News But before you get too excited, it could just be gift cards.
If you missed it over the holidays, this noir Half-Life 2 mod turns you into a hardboiled detective in Prohibition-era Chicago
By Christopher Livingston published
News The Burton Equation is full of fedoras, Tommy guns, and, oh yeah, time travel.
G-Man's voice actor rings in the new year by dropping a cryptic tweet grenade promising 'unexpected surprises' into the starving Half-Life 3 fanbase
By Harvey Randall published
News Eerily monologues. Refuses to elaborate. Leaves.
A Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you'
By Rich Stanton published
News Ken Birdwell was all about "getting the lighting right."
Galactically petty Half-Life 2 modders ban 'anticitizens' who criticised their mod by targeting their Steam IDs, leave the proof visible in code: 'Script kiddies vibes from this lmao'
By Rich Stanton published
"Right now it is the number 2 most popular mod on the entire site, and it's literally all just people shit talking them."
The actor behind Half-Life's G-Man based his iconic, halting delivery on the idea he was experiencing multiple timelines at once: 'His relationship to time is very different than you or I would think'
By Ted Litchfield published
news The right man in the wrong places.
Valve stiffed speedrunners by adding an invisible wall in its Half-Life 2 tuneup, so now it's fixed the fix and says 'enjoy'
By Rich Stanton published
news Fetch my pipe and gravity gun.
Valve was going to ship The Orange Box in a white box before staff 'destroyed' the idea, and yes they saw you all doubting Portal before release: 'You guys are gonna eat those words'
By Rich Stanton published
News "A great example of how Valve dysfunctionally works but works well."
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