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Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update

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573 points Philpax | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 22:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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jjcm ◴[15 Nov 24 23:46 UTC] No.42152649[source]▶
If you want a fun way to revisit the game but don't want to replay, the 50min "Developers React to 50 Minute Speedrun" is a ton of fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK_PdwL5Y8g

It highlights some of the architectural decisions (and how players exploit them), and has gems such as one of the commentators having their entire section skipped by the speedrunner.

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1. ethbr1 ◴[16 Nov 24 00:04 UTC] No.42152814[source]▶
> gems such as one of the commentators having their entire section skipped by the speedrunner

The day that dev looked at player time-location heatmaps, investigated outliers, and then cried...