Since it's already midnight here, I'll take a head start and post this thread.
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Software and the company's debut product. First released by Sierra Studios on November 19, 1998
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That's right bitches, 10 years. I myself remember my brother buying the game early '99. I was 8 years old, and that game was to change my life forever. I had played games before that, but nothing really kept me as interested as this. The atmosphere was so scary for the mini-me. I mean, the characters looked so realistic comparing to earlier games, especially the monsters. It took me months to actually finish the game, but when I did... I had never been that impressed by a game, ever. (Well, maybe Super Mario Bros. 3, but that's a whole other thing
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Now, looking back at that, ten years later; Damn I am happy that I got to play it, and have played it through so many times since. I mean, nowadays it takes just a couple of hours - I sometimes play HL at school when I am bored. But still, if I had never played Half-Life, I probably would have never become a gamer. And if I hadn't become a gamer, I would've never become so interested in computers... and next spring I will get my paper as an "ICT assembler" or "electronics assembler", whatever the name is nowadays. I am also a quite respected member in the best Half-Life scripting community around
Needles to say, HL changed the path of my life. And now it's time to fucking celebrate that! Tomorrow, or, well, today since it's past midnight, I will start a Half-Life marathon. I will play HL, OpFor, BShift, HL2, the episodes and Portal in a chronological order. Hell, I'll probably drop by the liquor store tomorrow and buy a small bottle of something just for this occasion.
But as for the discussion, did Half Life ever have an impact in your life? Were you even aware that it's been 10 years already? What are you gonna do to celebrate this, or are you gonna do anything?
Discussion's open for anyone, but I wish those 12-year-olds who never touched the game because "the graphics suck" would keep their mouths shut.
Also, thanks to Gaben. "They're waiting for you Gordon. In the test chamber"
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