My favourite video game studio! Creators of Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, and many other games I've endlessly rambled about
Half-Life
Previously in this blog I talked about Blast Pit, my favourite chapter from the original Half-Life. Today I am following that by talking about another chapter that's been in my mind, but for different reasons. Not necessarily a bad reason, though — in fact, that's exactly why
Half-Life
Yesterday I finally finished my replay of Half-Life within the HL: Legacy mod! And by playing the entire game again I've really been able to solidify some of my more specific thoughts about it, and I wish to talk about one of those today. Although Half-Life 1 is
Half-Life
Aside from being TWOW's 10-year anniversary, yesterday was a very exciting day for me, due to many other things that were announced to happen during it! One of those was the release of a fanmade restoration mod for the original Half-Life, called Half-Life: Legacy. HL: Legacy was made
The Backlog
Umm does this actually count as a thing in my Backlog? … Sure!
Team Fortress
I just wanna add a small addendum to what I talked about a few days ago of The Engineer being my favourite TF2 class. Although I do really like the Engineer and is probably my over-all favourite, I have to say that it is in part because I am mostly
Team Fortress
As I mentioned a while ago, I finally started playing Team Fortress 2, which I've been meaning to for years. I am kind of shy of playing multiplayer games so I still have only played bot matches, however I have played them a lot, and at this point
Video Games
Today is the anniversary of a game that is very special to me! Today is also the anniversary of a small DLC level for another game that's just as special to me (the game that is, not just the particular level), and so I wanna talk about them
Video Games
For a few months now I have been trying to get into surfing in Counter-Strike: Source. Trying being the operative word. In CS: Source (amongst other games) one of the most famous community modes is called surfing, a parkour-like mode where you use slopes that make you gain momentum and
Valve Games
Here is a fun coincidence between two Valve games! The most common achievement in both Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Left 4 Dead 2 are both called "Acid Reflex"! I can't really think of any other achievements between Valve games that share a name like this
Half-Life
Hi guys. Yesterday I talked about a Half-Life reference in an old Minecraft achievement, and in that post I committed something terrible that I wish to apologize for… I used a screenshot from Half-Life: Source. Although Valve themselves have done everything in their power to hide this version of Half-Life
Half-Life
Today I was binge watching Yahtzee and Gabe's Let's Drown Out videos, and specifically their series on Half-Life: Source, and while watching I got reminded of something very silly that used to be in Minecraft, which might actually be a reference to the game. There'
Valve Games
Today is October 10, 2025! Meaning that The Orange Box turns 18 years old today, hooray!!! Technically, The Orange Box is my favourite video game of all time, as it features my favourite game of all time, Portal! And it also premiered two other games which I also adore, Half-Life