Comment on Half-Life 3 is reportedly playable in its entirety and could be announced this year
twinnie@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
It’s hard not to get excited remembering how we found out about Half-Life 2. It was announced in a magazine that some random guy accidentally got sent a copy of early, then he scanned the pages and leaked it online. I think I was browsing some dodgy Russian website when I found out about it.
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
IIRC, he didn’t get sent it early, he got into Valve’s servers and snagged it.
The kicker, and this is the part I always remember: he guessed Gabe Newell’s password. It was gaben, same as his user name.
Yermaw@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Wow, stars really are just like us.
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I feel like the fact he worked for Microsoft before starting Valve adds a whole new layer to the story, too.
twinnie@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
That’s the source code leak. The leaked announcement came from the magazine.
Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Ah, right. Got my wires crossed I guess.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
You might be mixing up the first we knew about hl2 with the time the entire source code for the game was leaked early.