Jump into the portal and reach the 3 fighting Striders. What else can I tell you? The first and only speech is in Russian but you don’t really need to know what he says. Just run, think, shoot and kill!

This little map is the result of a challenge I gave Dylan when he said he was bored. It’s amazing what you can do with two hours!

Not another rant, but more of an introspection. Nearly 4 years ago I wrote a piece called Location, Location, Location in which I shared my thoughts about the locations used in Half-Life 2.

I’ve been a vocal opponent of Episodes almost from the beginning. I don’t like them and feel they have stifled the modding community by making modders unsure which engine they should make the mod for.

A set of corridors that eventually lead outside, assuming you can make it that far!

A simple, linear map, it has some strange texture combinations but it’s quite fun to play.

This is really the very first Poll Question back on 26 October 2006: Have you crowbarred Barney for his ammo?. I decide to ask it again but this time with Alyx.

Work your way from the train station to a huge Combine Facility and don’t leave until you have destroyed it!

Well, everybody and his dog have different theories about the G-Man. The question is whether ultimately he is evil.