Catching A Breath With Freeman

Sometimes, you’ve got to give yourself a little bit of a breather.


Ripping and tearing is hard work: be sure to pace yourself
Today’s going to be a short one, as a (fortunate) schedule hiccup, while overall positive, has left me positively ghoulish as a result of a lack of sleep. Which works out well, as I’m predictably short on time , and the industry itself seems to be in a bit of a lull in terms of big gaming news, which is understandable: you can’t have world shattering events occur every day. One of the few points of interest I saw worth mentioning was that someone discovered a Half-Life beta dated October 1998, which was a mere month before the game launched to the gaming public and changed the gaming world…


…one crowbarred smacked headcrab at a time

Wild stuff, and super groovy we were able to salvage a piece of important gaming history on an accidental whim. The build is still playable if you follow the directions involving on how to boot it up for anyone of you feeling nostalgic enough to kick it with good old Gordon Freeman in celebration of the game’s upcoming 26th anniversary, which feels appropriate as the game represents a benchmark in FPS history for the entire game industry as a whole. As for other good time sinks you could check out, I wrote a few articles of note this week, one involving finding inspiration for writing about video games, the eventual release of Elder Scrolls VI, gossip and rumors involving many subjects including the Switch 2, and even a first look at the charming Zelda like The Plucky Squire. As always, cheers for stopping by to see what’s new, and I hope you get some good gaming in this weekend.

~Pashford