File:Half-Life Retrospective-2

An exhaustive analysis of the Half-Life series, discussing just why it deserves to be revered and remembered today. This video took a very long time to make, and for good reason.

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:08 Prologue - Forming Valve 4:28 Chapter One - Half-Life 25:58 Chapter Two - The Legacy of Half-Life 32:37 Chapter Three - Following Up a Masterpiece 39:13 Chapter Four - Half-Life 2 1:05:06 Chapter Five - The Legacy of Half-Life 2 1:09:28 Chapter Six - Half-Life 2: Episode One 1:15:15 Chapter Seven - Half-Life 2: Episode Two 1:23:24 Chapter Eight - A Decade of Silence 1:44:53 Conclusion

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This video features music by Morch Kovalski: https://morchkovalski.bandcamp.com/album/unforeseen-consequences Intro music by the Project Borealis team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQezIkaLKFA

Half-Life: Decay on PC: https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-decay

Big ol' list of sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverchiang/2011/02/15/valve-and-steam-worth-billions/ https://www.neowin.net/news/gabe-newell-i-learned-more-in-three-months-at-microsoft-than-entire-time-at-harvard https://web.archive.org/web/20150211164700/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/296735/features/gabe-newell-my-3-favourite-games/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111126125407/http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/story_type/site_trail_story/interview-gabe-newell/ https://soundcloud.com/gameslice/valve https://www.gamespot.com/articles/half-life-2-episode-one-gold-two-dated-three-announced/1100-6151796/ https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/05/09/valve-leaving-episodic-model-behind.aspx http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/11/08/rps-interview-episode-ones-david-speyrer/ https://youtu.be/MMYsEJ-vZaQ?t=47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKSUUvxCr2Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfhvzeuJUMI https://www.deviantart.com/apansenok/art/EPISTLE-3-700898393 https://www.deviantart.com/andronix/art/Epistle-3-Tribute-701372667 Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar - It’s a book, you should read it. https://www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/ https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3/blob/master/Epistle3_Corrected.md

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