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To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the release of Half-Life 2, we've gotten members of the HL2 team back to talk about the game's development, how we almost ran out of money, what it was like when we were hacked, what happened when we were sued by our publisher, the birthplace of Steam, and much more. Check out the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update, with developer commentary, steam workshop support, tons of fixes and quality of life updates, and more at http://half-life.com/halflife2/20th 0:00 - Intro 2:48 - Chapter One: Raising the Bar 19:32 - Chapter Two: Performance 34:40 - Chapter Three: Physics 42:53 - Chapter Four: Road Trips 1:00:15 - Chapter Five: The Lawsuit 1:06:30 - Chapter Six: Malcompliance 1:18:16 - Chapter Seven: The Hack 1:23:35 - Chapter Eight: Building Pressure 1:28:28 - Chapter Nine: End of the Line 1:46:23 - Epilogue: The Episodes

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the release of Half-Life we reunited the original development team to share their memories of creating Valve's first game. Check out the Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update, restored content, new multiplayer maps, and a bunch of quality of life updates for the original game at http://half-life.com/halflife25 0:00 - Intro 1:33 - Early Days of Valve 8:29 - Technology & Scripted Sequences 17:06 - Character Design 30:14 - Creating the Opening Levels 37:09 - Weapon Design 39:46 - Sound Design 44:08 - Level Design 51:05 - Narrative & Voice Acting 57:48 - Xen 01:01:12 - Post Release Produced for Valve by Secret Tape (https://secrettape.video/) - Directed & Edited by: Danny O’Dwyer - Filmed by: Joey Fameli, Danny O’Dwyer, Michael Lewington, Jeremy Jayne - Colored by: Jeremy Jayne - Gameplay Director: Frank Howley - Motion Graphics - Dan Silverstone / Pica (https://pica.me.uk) - Production Support: Jesse Guarascia - Captions by Megan Carnes