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What is Half-life?

Released on October 31, 1998, Half-Life is a first-person shooter for the PC. It is widely considered as one of the greatest shooters ever made due to its expansive world, story, and delivery of gameplay. The game includes no cut-scenes or dialogue text, helping you engross in the game as if you were really in it. Almost all shooters of today take something from Half-Life, Halo as a good example. Even 8 years after its release, people still play and create MODs for it, Counter-Strike being the most popular. It has had a long awaited sequel released in 2004.

The historical importance of the game in video gaming will remain as long as shooters exist. It was the first FPS to not have levels or stages and the first to not introduce you with a weapon at the start (you begin on a tram on your way to work-- an ordinary day gone wrong to say the least). Gamespy awarded Half-Life with the second best game ever made, and PC gamer declared it as the best PC game as of 1999.

"Half-Life is the closest thing to a revolutionary step the genre has ever taken. -Gamespot"

"Nothing half-assed about it--this has to be the finest shooter ever crafted. -IGN.com"

"Everything about Half-Life smacks of quality: the storyline, the gameplay, the graphics, the sound effects and last, but not least, the obvious level of committment Sierra and Valve have invested in it. Half-Life is, without doubt, the best PC game I have ever played. Ever. -Yahoo! Games"

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Half-life - video


Half-life - what is it?

The half life of a radioisotope is the time taken for the current level of radioactivity to drop to half that amount. Note that this means radioactive decay follows the curve of a decaying exponential. Oh, as mentioned, it is also somewhat of a revolutionary computer game. "As for the suit, I think you've earned it"

Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years. Let's say its radioactivity 'level' at time = 0 is 2. After around 5,730, its radioactivity will be 1, After a further 5,370 years its radioactivity will be 0.5, and after yet another half life, the radioactivty would be 0.25, and so on.

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What does "Half-life" mean?

The game with the best mods ever.

Hostile intent
Pirates vikings and knights
Sven coop
Hammy-bob mod
Rocket crowbar 2
Grenades, snarks and teleporters
Natural selection
Front line force
Etc. Etc. Etc.

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Half-life - what does it mean?

It was awarded "Game of the Year" by over 50 publications for its debut in 1999.

I need not say more then this;
NO GAME WILL BEAT THE TITLE SAID BELOW!!

"Best Game of All Time" - PC Gamer
Half-Life was named "Best Game of All Time" by PC Gamer magazine in its November, 1999 issue.

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Half-life - meaning

a great pc game or,
going half life is beating the sh*t out of some one with a crowbar

"i'm going to go play half life"

"i'm going to go half life on your ass"

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Half-life - definition

One of the most addictive games after Counter-strike and World of warcraft.most of the players are individuals from 5 years to 25 years old and are those who play up to 8 hours a day are called ironiclly "half-lifers" because they have a"half-life" by playing that long.

Dude 1: hey what are you doing?
Dude2:nothing, playing half-life
Dude 1: how long?
Dude 2: 9 HOURS STRAIGHT
Dude 1: you such a half-lifer

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Half-life - slang

A very good computer game that gets abused by HALO zombies. Basic single player owns. Got lots of addictive mods.

Half-Life owns. And Half-Life 2 will own HALO2

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Half-life

1. The length of time needed for half the atoms of a radioactive isotope sample to decay
2. A sweet game

We are learning about Half-Lifes in Science.

I pwn at Half-life 2.

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Half-life

Half-Life is a revolutionary game for computer; more need not be said.

An element's half life is the period of time it takes for half of the radioactive isotopes to decay. It is ibnot/b/i used to describe the dissapation of something not radioactive(subliminal hintcaffeine for instance /subliminal hint)

Random_Gaming_Publication: And our game of the year award goes to... Half-Life
The_rest_of_the_word: ... really? *yawn*

Random_Chem_1_teacher: The radioactive half-life of carbon60 is approximately 6000 years.

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Half-life

Valve's Half-life is one of the best games, and one of the best game series, to grace the Steam library. It was revolutionary, and not only proved that mindless shooters can have a compelling story.

Half-life 2, proved that good physics can be a vital asset to shooters/ With the inclusion of the Gravity gun, one of the series most iconic weapons, the Source physics engine is put to the test, being able to launch entire boxes, and barrels, and throw them an insane distance.

The music is an integral part of the series. It puts some extra flavor on everything. Like when you come upon a very eerie setting like Ravenholm, creepy music begins. Or when you get thrown into a HECU ambush, or a Hunter-Chopper chase, amazing action packed music starts playing.

Something that helped take off the series was the inclusion of a silent protagonist, Gordon Freeman. Giving the player a character that only makes decisions that the player makes, means that you don't get to see a story though the character's eyes, you are the character. This stays pretty much the same through out the entire series. And not to mention that so many things came out of these games. Such as Counter-strike, Team Fortress 2, or even Garry's Mod, even though it's not a Valve game, it was built directly off of Half-Life 2.

And I can go on for hours, but you've probably got better things to be doing, like school work. But I don't blame you. School is terrible.

Long story short: Half-life is fucking amazing.

Guy 1: Hey man. What's you favorite game?
Guy 2: Half-life. Easy.
Guy 1: Nice.

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