Contextual kills usually mean that the engine is going to feel clunky and heavy, the wading-through-treacle effect. I really miss the days of fast, flowing FPS games that had huge individual skill ceilings involving all things like aim, dodging, rocket jumping, bunnyhopping and other clever manipulations of the engine.

That's what i think of when i get nostalgic for old FPS games like doom and quake and (later) half life 1.

Modern gamers dont know that the things they pay for now,used to be part of the game,,extra maps, characters (mortal kombat) etc. DLC and patch support ,was a given.
All the things gamers now pay for used to be the game, earn extra characters,costumes,skins, maps used to be released, free,,regularly,,,as a support service for the game. Compare half life or half life 2 to any COD game.

The way they got stuck on level 3 drove me up the wall... My oldest, who's now 11, probably played it first around 6 or 7 and didn't get confused until level 8 or so (if I recall properly).

That all said, it still is probably one of the most perfectly well designed games ever, at least in terms of how it eases you into each lesson during the tutorial levels. I'd also guess we'd see a Portal 3 before a Half Life 3. I'd think they are afraid of HL3 at this point...

No so much here, but those things (the pigs, not the cats), make sounds exactly like headcrabs in Half Life.

The Red Back reminds me of the dangle tentacle things from Half Life. Hit one and up Freeman goes.

First up, it's not 500 million years. Nuclear waste (typically Plutonium 239) has a half life of around 24000 years, an eyeblink geologically. Even if it wouldn't be too flash for life as we know it for a while, the planet will be fine, and life will recover.

But yeah, there are undeniably problems with nuclear energy, which are addressed in the related video (http://videosift.com/video/Nuclear-energy-is-terrible).

We have essentially 3 choices:

1: ditch our energy rich lifestyle and go back to an agrarian economy with no cars, internet or whatever. This also means ditching lots of really nice stuff, like medical technology (drugs and MRI machines don't grow from pixie dust). Pretty unlikely, IMO.

2: Accept that the eco-system is basically fucked and learn to live with climate change. Depressingly, this is probably the most likely scenario.

3: Invest heavily into other energy sources. And, like it or not, that's got to include some form of nuclear. Renewable (solar, wind, tide) etc, will help, but they won't cover all of our energy needs and they have their own problems. So ideally, it's fusion, but practically, thorium seems the next best bet.

HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED!

I love me some Half Life, but unfortunately had to stop after less than 3 minutes. I just can't handle the narrator.

With all the shit they put in milk, you'd think it would have a half life on par with Plutonium.

Well, that's it. It took several thousand years, but human culture has finally peaked. Let's be honest. Nothing is going to top that.


except maybe Half Life 3.

Guess I'm not the only one who sees this as basically a strait rip from Half Life 2 with a bit of the Matrix thrown in for good measure. Might as well call it City 17.

And yea the constant 'what if...' gets super annoying super fast.

"what if.... you ask so many 'what if's' that people stop caring.....?"

Also they'll need to give royalties to the makers of Half Life for like.. every vehicle here.

He's a private consultant for Valve Software.


HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED!!!!

And then we will be on our way to a real life version of Half-Life... Get your crowbars ready.