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Black Mesa: The Source-based Half-Life Total Conversion

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Half-Life‘s reputation within the PC gaming community is akin to that of a messiah: fourteen years ago, its first iteration came and delivered us from first-person shooters with poor storytelling and enlightened the game development community to the work that can be done by scripted sequences without taking control away from the player. Since then, … [Read more…]

Valve, Electronic Arts and a Catalogue of Failures

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Electronic Arts is no stranger to the idea of acquiring other companies to embellish its portfolio of intellectual properties, and, given this history, it came as no surprise that, according to two anonymous sources talking to the New York Times, EA has “pursued” Valve’s acquisition, potentially valuing the company at over $1 billion. The question … [Read more…]