Half-Life 2: Episode One Update

A new Steam Update (thanks Frans) on Half-Life 2: Episode One discusses the add-on's plot and describes Valve's frustration at Half-Life 2's six-year development cycle as one reason for the move to episodic content. The update includes a thumbnail with a broken link to this screenshot and a broken link to the recent Robin Walker Q&A on Computer and Video Games.
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I really love the new Battlestar Gallactica series. I am digging it to the nth degree. But you know how many episodes I've watched on the Sci Fi Channel? ZERO.

I knew I would love the series after reading reviews and watching trailers about halfway throught the first season. But I am NOT and episodic content kind of guy. I prize continuity of experience over almost everyhting else. So I patiently waited until season 1 was out on DVD, bought it from Best Buy, and spent the next 12 hours watching every episode in order. I loved it. I can't stand getting little snippets of a story and then waiting a week for more content.

So, does this mean episodic content is a bad idea for games? Of course not. It's just, on a personal level, extremely dissapointing for me, as I do not like episodes. So I'll effectively be waitng much longer for more HL, since I'll be waiting for the "First Complete Season" equivalent of the first several episodes. I hope that all publishers don't start moving towards this model.

"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."

"Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
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