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.

Chapters:
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/al...
Intro music by the Project Borealis team:    • Project Borealis OST | ∅. Threatening...  

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

Big ol' list of sources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverch...
https://www.neowin.net/news/gabe-newe...
https://web.archive.org/web/201502111...
https://web.archive.org/web/201111261...
  / valve  
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/hal...
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/...
   • Why we need Half Life 3  
   • Gabe Newell Gamestar Interview (Engli...  
   • Half-Life: Decay - Xen Attacks (Bonus...  
https://www.deviantart.com/apansenok/...
https://www.deviantart.com/andronix/a...
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar - It’s a book, you should read it.
https://www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/
https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaid...

If I missed anything, please let me know!

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