Somehow I came to live here in America making documentaries about video games. So, what's this all about exactly? Well, Half-Life just turned 20 years old and I'm not a kid in Ireland anymore.
I didn't have any follow up questions so I just kind of nervously shuffled away. I met Gabe Newell at a gaming convention in Germany when I was 19, told him Half-Life was the first PC game I'd ever completed.
I think maybe two people recognized who I was. The head grab made of chicken wire and paper mache. One year I went to our Halloween party dressed as a zombie scientist. When I was in school I'd day dream about the fastest way to complete levels. Maybe for you it was the Italian plumber, or a soldier on a sneaking mission, but for me, and many others, it was a theoretical physicist with a crowbar. The one that shattered your preconceptions about what video games could be. ( loud keyboard typing) ( machine beeping) ( chimes) - Computer Welcome to the HEV Mark IV protective system for use in hazardous environments and conditions.
