If you never played Half-Life, you missed out on one of the defining moments of videogaming history. Before Half-Life, first-person shooters were dumb, and just involved 'fragging' your enemies. After Half-Life, nothing was the same again - its immersive, story-driven experience raised the bar so far that no-one matched it for years.
And now it's being remade, by a team of fans, in the engine of its 'brilliant-but-in-a-very-different-way' successor Half-Life 2. They've just released a trailer, it's right there, at the top of the post. Click play. Even if you only played ten seconds of the original game, you'll recognise the iconic opening sequence.
If you played the original substantially, you'll be sitting there going 'squeeeeeee!', and demanding to know when this thing is going to be released. All we've got so far is '2009', but to be honest, I'm happy to wait. This is going to be a moment of gaming joy in 2009 unlike any other and right now, I've got 2008's fantastic lineup to work through. I can wait.
Black Mesa Source (via Kotaku)
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