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The FPS: Where Freedom isn't Free
As game designers become more like film directors, the paths they lay out for players becomes increasingly scripted and, frankly, downright restricted. Still the illusion of freedom persists in this genre. More »Explore The End Of The World With Post Script
Post Script is a mod for Half-Life 2 which is kind of like Fallout, only without the mutants. The Road, only without a whiny kid. I Am Legend, without vampires. You get the idea. More »This is Battletoads?
Machinima just can't help itself. We've seen Castlevania, Mario, Contra, and now here we are with Battletoads as reenacted within Half-Life 2. More »Half-Contra: The NES Classic Goes 3D
Machinima put this up last week, following the Castlevania and Mario reconstructions in Half-Life 2. Anyone who's ever played Contra - that should be all of us, right? - will want to watch this start to finish. More than once. More »"Look Out, He's Got A Piece!" — Half-Life 2 Mods Mario, Castlevania
From all-new video games to fabulous cakes, the Super Mario Bros. and Castlevania games get lots of makeovers from fans and developers alike. Here are two more machinima renditions to add to the list. More »Dino D-Day: Dinosaurs And Nazi's, Living Together, Mass Hysteria
You've fought Nazis, and you've fought Dinosaurs, but have you fought Nazi dinosaurs? You can now, with Dino D-Day, a new Half-Life 2 mod from Digital Ranch Interactive. More »Half-Life 2 Mod Is All "Pew Pew Pew"
Sure, Half-Life 2 is a shining example of how to do sound effects right, but still...sometimes it's OK to have a little fun with it, and replace those mechanical sounds with something a little more human. More »Valve Studying Sign Language For Deaf Half-Life Character
While Valve has been largely silent on what's happening with Half-Life 2: Episode 3, a recent focus test at the developer may point to the inclusion of a deaf character that ties into supporting character Alyx's past. More »Explore NeoTokyo In Half Life 2
Colorful cityscapes hide dark intriguing in the streets of NeoTokyo, the newly released Source mod freely available to anyone with Steam and a Souce SDK title. More »Valve Games Now Support Gun Controller
Sadly, it's not the "PC Game Gun". Instead, it's been announced today that most of Valve's shooters will be compatible with Novint's Falcon peripheral. More »Expressionist Scenes From Fallout, Half-Life, GTA
asdfRobots We Love: Dog
The only thing better than man's best friend is a giant, robot version of man's best friend, and that's why we love Half-Life 2's Dog. More »Yeah, LEGO Half-Life 2 Would Be Pretty Great
The guys at LEGO gotta make money. So they license Star Wars, and Harry Potter, and Rock Band. But if they didn't have to make money, we like to think they'd license Half-Life 2. More »Steam's Weekend Orange Box Deal Is Insane
Steam's weekend deal should take care of any leftover PC gamers who've yet to experience the glory of The Orange Box, with the whole shebang available now for 66% off. More »Half-Life 2: The (Short) Movie
A Half-Life movie based on Gordon Freeman would suck. But this short film - the first in a series - is not about Gordon Freeman. And, what do you know, it doesn't suck, either. More »Study Determines Violence Has No Effect on Games' Appeal
Researchers modified Half-Life 2 to study whether violence makes a game more enjoyable for players. The short answer: It does not. More »Half-Life 2's Graphics Dragged Kicking & Screaming Into 2009
Half-Life 2? Only one of the best games ever. Sadly, it's getting on in years. It's not ugly, by any stretch of the imagination, but in 2009, it can look better. More »Garry's Mod Makes Garry Rich
Were it not for Garry's mod, Half-Life 2 would be a serious place. Lucky, then, it's not, and for years now Garry's mod has been allowing entry-level machinima to bring a smile to our faces. More »Valve Tried to Lure Out Hacker with Fake Job Interview
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More »Here's Who To Blame For Half-Life 2: Episode 3's Long Gestation
Half-Life 2's "episodic" expansions are hardly what you'd call episodic in the gaming sense of the word. Other series can knock out two, sometimes even three full games in the time it takes Valve to cobble together a single 4-6 hour mission pack. Of course, the wait's always worth it, since nobody does it quite like Valve does it, but still. Long waits hurt. And when something hurts, we like to blame somebody. So who can we blame for the agonising wait between Episode 2 and Episode 3? Blame Left 4 Dead. And blame Team Fortress 2. More »