Half-Life: Alyx Retrospective
Examining Half-Life Alyx, its place in the Half-Life series, and its potential impact on video games as a medium.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:26 Prologue - Prove Me Wrong
12:27 Half-Life: Alyx
53:36 Conclusion
Sources:
Valve opens up about Episode Three - https://ca.ign.com/articles/valve-explains-why-half-life-2-episode-3-was-never-made
Gabe Newell moves on from the episodic model - https://www.mcvuk.com/business-news/publishing/newell-weve-moved-beyond-the-episodic-model/
HL3 will not be a VR game, says Chet Faliszek - https://www.vg247.com/2015/09/24/half-life-3-wont-be-a-vr-game-says-valve-2/
Valve is working on three full VR games - https://www.engadget.com/2017-02-10-valve-working-on-three-full-vr-games.html
Valve is experimenting with Half-Life in VR - https://kotaku.com/yep-valve-is-experimenting-with-half-life-in-vr-1689726340
GameSlice Podcast with Gabe Newell and Erik Johnson - https://soundcloud.com/gameslice/valve
Kerry Davis @ DigiPen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kzu2Y33yKM
The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx Preliminary Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9K0eJEmMEw
Ozioma Akagha on playing Alyx Vance - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/life-alyx-star-ozioma-akagha-taking-iconic-role-1258133
HLA Workshop Tools on SteamDB - https://steamdb.info/depot/1295040/
Why You Can’t Use a Crowbar in Half-Life: Alyx - https://kotaku.com/why-you-cant-use-a-crowbar-in-half-life-alyx-1842491319
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