The Retro Game of my Choice: Half-Life (1998)

Half life came out before I was born, so until recently I never had the opportunity to play it. Half Life 2 and it’s subsequent content came out when I was just learning to play video games and therefore it is very nostalgic to me. I had always had an interest in playing the first one as I’d always head very good things about it. A great example is how it revolutionized in game physics and their relationship to interact able objects. Until Half Life, realistic object physics and being able to pick things up and move them within a 3D space was unusual. But now it’s something gamers take for granted. I finally decided to stop making excuses as to why I wasn’t playing HL1  and have had the opportunity to play it more recently. I chose it for this project for two reasons. The first is that it enriches the nostalgia I feel with the later games in the series, and the second is that it was revolutionary for its time so I think it merits further study.