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The Dramatic Half-Life Deal That Altered The Fate Of Valve Forever
The terms of the deal, Harrington said, was that Valve would fund all but $1 million of the development costs of Half-Life's ...
Former Valve exec recounts the meeting where Half-Life's publisher almost killed the iconic FPS: "Half-Life would quietly die. I was stunned"
Ex-Valve CMO Monica Harrington, in a recent panel from the Game Developer's Conference, once again remembered an era where ...
System Shock 2 celebrates 25 years with a remaster that brings the iconic sci-fi shooter to consoles for the first time ever in June
Nightdive Studio's long-awaited System Shock 2 spruce-up has finally got a release date, and it's barely three months away.
Getting Half-Life 2 to work on 8 MB of VRAM means turning it into an eerily befitting voidscape: 'there were absolutely no effects left'
Not that I wish to imply that you have been sleeping on the fact that Half-Life 2 (HL2) can run on 1,000x less VRAM than ...
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Finite-state machine
A finite-state machine (FSM), finite-state automaton (FSA), or simply state machine is a mathematical model of computation and an abstract machine that can be in exactly one of a finite number of ...
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Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission launches to the Moon
UPDATE Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying IM-2 successfully lifted off at 7:16 P.M. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Early next month, a robotic lander will arrive at the Moon ...
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Half-Life 3 could be in the late stage of development, based on new Valve update
I’ve been doing this for 18 years, ever since the credits rolled on Half-Life 2 Episode Two, and like, I imagine, everyone reading this, I’m tired. I want to crawl into a Gordon Freeman-y ...
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2 Agents On A Phone Call Realise They Are AI Bots. This Happened Next
The hotel chatbot suggested switching to Gibberlink, a secret mode of communication. It looks like a scene from a dystopian sci-fi film. Why do we say that, you ask? If two devices talking to each ...
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Netflix Viewing Up 5% in Second Half of 2024, ‘Squid Game 2’ Leads as Most-Watched TV Series
“Squid Game” Season 2, despite premiering on Dec. 26 with only six days left in the year, dominated the period as Netflix’s most-viewed series with nearly 87 million views. That ...
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Thieves stole £2.8m gold toilet at Blenheim Palace in just five minutes, court hears
Sledgehammer-wielding thieves who smashed their way into Blenheim Palace managed to steal a £2.8m gold toilet in just five minutes, a court has heard. The toilet, an artwork by Italian artist ...
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The legendary Half-Life Alyx NoVR team is making a new Valve inspired FPS game
Now, the team behind the mod is making its own shooter called Chemical-Burn, and it looks like a true spiritual successor to Half-Life 2. The Half-Life: Alyx NoVR project is nothing short of ...
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Remembering Viktor Antonov, Beloved Artist Behind
It was his unmistakable style that defined Half-Life 2's City 17 and Dishonored’s Dunwall, two of the most distinctive and unforgettable locations in game history. We spoke to people who knew ...