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Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary
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Valve developers share the history of Half-Life 2, covering its physics engine, the birth of Steam, a major hack, and legal battles.
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the release of Half-Life 2, we've gotten members of the HL2 team back to talk about the game's development, how we almost ran out of money, what it was like when we were hacked, what happened when we were sued by our publisher, the birthplace of Steam, and much more. Check out the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update, with developer commentary, steam workshop support, tons of fixes and quality of life updates, and more at half-life.com/halflife2/20th - Intro - Chapter One: Raising the Bar - Chapter Two: Performance - Chapter Three: Physics - Chapter Four: Road Trips - Chapter Five: The Lawsuit - Chapter Six: Malcompliance - Chapter Seven: The Hack - Chapter Eight: Building Pressure - Chapter Nine: End of the Line - Epilogue: The EpisodesWhy it's here
5 people recommend thisWhat people say. Highly recommended by developers and gamers as an exceptional look into the technical, legal, and creative history of Valve.
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bejdon Hacker News • Recommends
On “A summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit”
Mentioned in the article, but the source is the excellent YouTube documentary Valve released for Half-Life 2's 20th Anniversary 0 0 link to this video
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On “Ask HN: What are some of your favorite documentaries?”
I really enjoyed the Half Life 2: 20th Anniversary documentary. It gave a pretty neat perspective of what the games' industry was like at the time, and also made me really appreciate the technology that Valve was building. A lot of really innovative stuff came out of the creation of that game. link to this video
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On “Half-Life 2 and Dishonored art lead Viktor Antonov has died”
RIP. For those who haven't seen it yet, he was interviewed in the HL2 20th Anniversary Documentary: link to this video (intro and chapter 1 at 13:40)
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On “Why Half-Life 3 speculation is reaching a fever pitch again”
They drop the episodic content idea, it will be a full game You can watch the 20th anniversary doc, they speak about it : link to this video