Half-Life Retrospective

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.

Timestamps:
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/album/unforeseen-consequences
Intro music by the Project Borealis team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQezIkaLKFA

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

Big ol' list of sources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverchiang/2011/02/15/valve-and-steam-worth-billions/
https://www.neowin.net/news/gabe-newell-i-learned-more-in-three-months-at-microsoft-than-entire-time-at-harvard
https://web.archive.org/web/20150211164700/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/296735/features/gabe-newell-my-3-favourite-games/
https://web.archive.org/web/20111126125407/http://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/story_type/site_trail_story/interview-gabe-newell/
https://soundcloud.com/gameslice/valve
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/half-life-2-episode-one-gold-two-dated-three-announced/1100-6151796/
https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/05/09/valve-leaving-episodic-model-behind.aspx
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/11/08/rps-interview-episode-ones-david-speyrer/
https://youtu.be/MMYsEJ-vZaQ?t=47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKSUUvxCr2Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfhvzeuJUMI
https://www.deviantart.com/apansenok/art/EPISTLE-3-700898393
https://www.deviantart.com/andronix/art/Epistle-3-Tribute-701372667
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar - It’s a book, you should read it.
https://www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/
https://github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3/blob/master/Epistle3_Corrected.md

If I missed anything, please let me know!

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