Half-Life 2 is 20 years old this November and still features prominently in top PC game lists. But how did Valve’s sci-fi shooter and videogaming’s most silent protagonist capture our hearts yet again ...
The Citadel, the gravity gun, the headcrab. Valve Corporation’s 2004 first-person shooter was a masterclass of game design that has endured, inspiring waves of video games, film and TV since.