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Re:A summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit by bejd on Monday November 25, 2024 @05:26AM (#42234950)
Mentioned in the article, but the source is the excellent YouTube documentary Valve released for Half-Life 2's 20th Anniversary [0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjNT9qGjh4

Re:A summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit by Nexxxeh on Monday November 25, 2024 @06:38AM (#42235399)
There were so many excellent touches and insights in the documentary. And I got goosebumps in a couple of places.

Also the Half-Life documentary they released last year was one hour long. The Half-Life 2 documentary is two hours long. I sure doesn't feel like 2 hours.

Highly recommended. (There are manual English subtitles included that seem perfect too, if you need them.)

Re:A summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit by garaetjjte on Monday November 25, 2024 @04:47PM (#42240490)
These documentaries are nice but I feel they're missing something by being commissioned. Obviously they don't contain any criticism about Valve, but is it still documentary or just marketing material?
Re:A summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit by Incipient on Monday November 25, 2024 @08:40PM (#42241813)
In this era of marketing and polish, honesty I don't really take anything from big companies or 'big people' at face value. Everything is scripted and wordsmithed within an inch of its life.

Even if something was genuine...it's hard to tell.

Re:A summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit by Faelian2 on Monday November 25, 2024 @07:58AM (#42235898)
At what timestamp in the documentary do they talk about ?
Re:A summer intern once saved Valve from a near-fatal lawsuit by kulminni on Monday November 25, 2024 @11:03AM (#42237353)
1:38:00 - 1:44:00