Half-Life 3 Dev Commentary Revealed
Recently, the Internet noticed a file named hl3.txt was included in a DOTA 2 update, and everyone had a massive brain aneurysm and died. Or something. Later, everyone noticed it was probably mostly inconsequential.
OR WAS IT
Below, you’ll find some excerpts from what appear to be subtitles for Valve’s trademark Developer Commentary that were hidden away in the file. The’re not labelled by name, so it can be hard to know who’s saying what, but some bits are easy to guess. Don’t read on if you don’t want to see massive spoilers, obv.
In a post-Witcher 3 lull, I went back and finally finished the Most Forgettable Game of 2011, id Software’s Rage. OR DID I?
Yes. I did.
Some thoughts.
(Despite all my Rage, you click to see the rest of the page…)
9 facts about Splinter Cell that are so hard to believe, you probably shouldn’t.
Molyneux Boss, Same as The Old Boss
There’s nothing I can really add to the recent Peter Molyneux controversy. So, very quickly, here’s what I’m adding.
Maybe Your Best Course Would Be to Hoplitely
As a mobile game, the title “Hoplite” doesn’t immediately call to mind the spearmen of Ancient Greece, instead sounding a bit like the free trial of a cheap Hopscotch knockoff with numbers upwards of 4 locked behind a paywall. Hoplite is a bit like hopscotch, come to think of it, only rather than numbered squares, you have a hex-grid, and in place of childhood laughter and frivolity, you have a spectacular turn-based strategy game. So.