Unforeseen Consequences: A Half-Life Documentary

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  @NoclipDocs · 7 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Thanks for watching our documentary on the legacy of Half-Life! Before you ask, yes we have a number of break-out videos coming from this. We&apos;ll have a longer chat with Scott Smith about the history of Counter-Strike, a chat with Geoff about The Game Awards, Cory about God of War and a few more. Look out for those over the coming weeks. We also have a 40-minute behind-the-scenes feature available for Patrons and Channel Subscribers so if you want to watch that and help fund more docs like these, check out our Patreon: <a href="https://patreon.com/noclip">https://patreon.com/noclip</a> - Thanks again for watching. Make sure to hit that like button, subscribe, spam your friends and tell your gran! (Caption inbound. We ordered them a week ago, still waiting. I guess this video was long.)

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  @omfgstfuandgtfo · 7 years ago

  Thank you for doing this documentary. I was 8 when i came home from school one day to see my dad playing this new game on our family computer. From that day on my life changed. I couldnt stop talking about it at school. I used to draw new map outlines in my notebook and come home to create them in Hammer editor. When i was 15 i emailed Gabe about a &quot;mod making book&quot; for HL2 that was rumored to be released but never was. Another employee at valve answered my mail and asked for my adress. A few weeks later i got a package from valve with two half-life shirts in it, signed by Gabe Newell himself. Im 28 now and I still have them today.

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  @starjik · 6 years ago

  Man Geoff Keighley has a mean poker face. &nbsp;He said in the &apos;behind Closed Doors at Valve&apos; video that he&apos;s been aware of project Alyx for a couple years now meaning that he would have known about it at the time of making this documentary.

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  @CreativeZachGaminglebestvids · 7 years ago

  The term “unforeseen consequences” still sends chills down my spine

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  @mugmun · 5 years ago

  hearing Randy Pitchford talking about how Valve was exploiting them and proceeded to say “we would never do that to any developer” makes me feel like i just drank a gallon of grease

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  @kevinmiles5857 · 7 years ago (edited)

  I was playing Half Life 2 at a friends house. I got to a puzzle where you&apos;re supposed to open a door by going around it and removing a plank that&apos;s stuck on the back with the gravity gun.<br>After a few minutes running back and forth without figuring out the solution, I decided to throw something at the door with the gravity gun. <br>The door moved, slightly..<br>I kept running back and forth grabbing a few more things, and then started to throw them at the door. When I ran out of stuff, I&apos;d just hit the door with the gun&apos;s alt fire. Meanwhile, my friend laughed at my inability to solve the puzzle.<br>The door started to swing wildly until it violently opened, the plank flying into the distance behind it.<br>Then we both said &quot;THAT WAS AWESOME&quot;, albeit for different reasons.<br>I&apos;ts been 14 years, but I&apos;ll never forget that moment.

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  @CheekyPseudonym · 5 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLEW1c-69c&amp;t=3030">50:30</a> &nbsp;back when I was playing Half Life, I went to get my wisdom teeth taken out<br> &nbsp;The surgeon was Dr. Freeman (didn&apos;t notice the name, when I was awake); coming out of the anesthesia, I hear the concerned voice of the nurse &quot;Tim, doctor Freeman needs you to wake up!&quot; <br> I thought I was dreaming, and didn&apos;t want it to end

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  @AsparagusVideo · 6 years ago

  It&apos;s astounding how they kept HL: Alyx a secret so well even through all this.

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  @steezy_deezy · 5 years ago

  &quot;The entire industry fundamentally shifted with the release of that demo...&quot; might be the most powerful quote from a dev ever imo. Great interview.

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  @FdupTV · 7 years ago

  The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

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  @Gibshooter · 7 years ago

  &quot;I dont think my kids ever played Half-life.... I have to go home and fix that.&quot; (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLEW1c-69c&amp;t=6210">1:43:30</a>)<br><br>Loving that sentence.

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  @TylerMcVicker1 · 7 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLEW1c-69c&amp;t=121">2:01</a> yoyo that&apos;s me

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