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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s hard not to get excited remembering how we found out about Half-Life 2. It was announced in a magazine that some random guy accidentally got sent a copy of early, then he scanned the pages and leaked it online. I think I was browsing some dodgy Russian website when I found out about it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

IIRC, he didn't get sent it early, he got into Valve's servers and snagged it.

The kicker, and this is the part I always remember: he guessed Gabe Newell's password. It was gaben, same as his user name, same as his name name.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow, stars really are just like us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I feel like the fact he worked for Microsoft before starting Valve adds a whole new layer to the story, too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s the source code leak. The leaked announcement came from the magazine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Ah, right. Got my wires crossed I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

You might be mixing up the first we knew about hl2 with the time the entire source code for the game was leaked early.