Bill Van Buren Talks Half-Life 2

node writes "Pixel Kill has up a summary of the talk Bill Van Buren recently gave in London on the development of Half-Life 2. It's an interesting insight into some of the design decisions that resulted in such a fantastic game, plus there are some bits about the direction they're taking the upcoming expansion."

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Re:Half Life 2 and the Rights of Users

[zulux]

Just because the choice of the public doesn't match yours does not give you a right to judge it as a "wrong" choice like some kind of consumer overlord.

The public can be horrably wrong.

The America public tolerated slavery.
The German public condoned mass murder.
The Islamic public praises the famlies of suicide bombers.
The Japanese public diden't care about the rape of Nanking.
The Soviet public watched in silence at millions died.
The French public enjoyed the fruits of it's Empire.
The public likes WalMart, McDonalds, Toyota and Microsoft.

Sometimes, the public sucks.