I think this game illustrates perfectly the paradox of games, technology and cutting edge technology.<\/p>\n
HL:A is a single-player, first-person shooter.<\/p>\n
HL:A apparently redefines the VR experience.<\/p>\n
HL:A demands technical knowledge. I\u2019ve heard of people fighting to get the game to run. I\u2019m talking hours before being ready.<\/p>\n
HL:A demands a $3K hardware investment or the experience will be poor.<\/p>\n
HL:A was in production for at the very least five or six years. It will not break even (I imagine Valve doesn\u2019t care so much about that but other developers would).<\/p>\n
Despite all that, the reviews and what I gather is that the experience is phenomenal. That HL:A is one of the best game experience ever made.<\/p>\n
And that this experience involves shooting at people, having a dedicated room, a powerful computer, being very tech savvy and that this game cannot be shared with anyone else.<\/p>\n
Simply put, that is very 1999.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s like the opposite of the zeitgeist right now. On the other hand, A single-player VR game in a quarantine and self-isolation era sounds great. Except that we all long for socialization and going outside.<\/p>\n
Humans! Games! Stuff!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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