{"id":42469,"date":"2018-04-16T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=42469"},"modified":"2018-04-16T05:08:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T09:08:14","slug":"diecast-206-another-funeral-for-half-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=42469","title":{"rendered":"Diecast #206: Another Funeral for Half-Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, SoldierHawk is back for another funeral for another doomed series with a bad ending. I swear we’ll talk about something happy \/ satisfying one of these days. <\/p>\n

I wonder if she’s played KOTOR 2?<\/em><\/p>\n


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\nHosts: Shamus<\/a> with guest Brittany<\/a>. Episode edited by Issac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Show notes:00:06 Half-Life 2: Episode 2, and the non-ending<\/strong><\/p>\n

We both blanked out on the names of things in Half-Life. I said “Overseer” but the thing I was thinking of is Adviser<\/a>. Also, we briefly confused Stalker<\/a> with Strider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The other thing-doer names are Hunter<\/a>, Sniper, Kleiner, and Scanner.<\/p>\n

18:48 Epistle 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is the translated version of the intended Episode 3 \/ Half-Life 3 story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

33:40 Why can’t Valve count to 3?<\/strong><\/p>\n

53:20 The brilliant opening of HL2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is the first<\/a> of my After Curfew strips, and here is the first time Metro is recognized by name<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And here is the EgoRaptor video Brittany brought up:<\/p>\n