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Half-Life 2 - Gameclub

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Alon, Danny and Teddy played through Half Life 2 and had a freaking BLAST. Do we say anything original here? Probably not, but it was great to play and shoot the shit, so to speak. We wanted to keep our very first ep short and sweet, but we cover:

  • 00:00 - Intro
  • 00:34 - Is this still a good game
  • 06:35 - What aged the best
  • 10:00 - What aged the worst
  • 18:00 - Pathing, level design
  • 20:30 - Game difficulty
  • 22:02 - Quicksaving
  • 34:49 - What's the best gun
  • 36:50 - What's the best gravity object
  • 40:02 - Hitscan vs projectiles
  • 43:33 - What's the best quote
  • 46:55 - G-Man love
  • 51:00 - Silent protagonists
  • 56:00 - What's the most replayable moment/chapter
  • 1:00:19 - Music
  • 1:04:18 - Player agency vs game narrative
  • 1:06:35 - The ending
  • 1:08:21 - On next month's episode we will be playing Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

    • Show notes:

    • Coriolis effect clip https://youtu.be/ReOoZbWixlc?t=1052
    • Singing vortigaunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzpl_e23D1Y

      • Also, correction, apparently the coriolis effect does influence bullet trajectories, but in very small ways that seem nearly impossible to account for. If you are an experienced marksman and have some feedback for us, we'd love to hear it, and please tell us why we are wrong.

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