21 years later

Getting older, time feels increasingly erratic. Things that happened in the past couple of years feel like a lifetime ago, whereas the Nineties feel like last week.

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I'm sure I've documented before how Half-Life 2 is my favourite game of all time. If I had to play one game for the rest of my life, that'd be the one. It's the only game I've played through - from beginning to end - more than twice. Probably four times, at least. Its production design, its physics, the way it delivers its narrative and character - it's all still up there. You could sit a 14 year old in front of it and they'd still have a good time.

There have been rumours recently - I mean, when aren't there? - that a Half-Life 3 is in development. And then... I realised that Half-Life 2 was released a ridiculous 21 years ago.

I say again: 21 YEARS!!! There are 21 year olds alive now who didn't exist when Half-Life 2 was released.