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"Gordon Freeman in the flesh. Or rather, in the Hazard Suit"
Today we are taking on a big one - the crazed story of Valve's first masterpiece - the shooter that changed a genre and an industry - HALF LIFE
We're not only going to unpick the crazy story of it's development, explore it's incredible legacy and discuss it's highly controversial ending - but also trace it's descendants - strange expansions, baffling mods, unlikely ports and one of the most enthralling remakes ever made.
It's part critique, part retrospective, part review and part history lesson - obviously full of spoilers and obviously full of my opinions
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=== Chapters ===
00:00:00 – Rutherford and Freeman
00:04:14 – Building Black Mesa
00:18:05 – That Legendary First Hour
00:27:19 – A Message from our Benefactors
00:28:24 – More Than Just A Shooter
00:38:52 – Half Life vs Repetition
00:49:00 – Quite A Nasty Piece of Work
01:00:08 – Under New Management
01:10:58 – The Absurd Expanded Universe
01:23:38 – How Half Life Broke Free (From Everyone)
01:33:43 – Welcome Back to Black Mesa
01:43:00 – Welcome Back to Xen
01:54:24 – The Game You Cannot Escape
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#halflife #valve #Retrospective