PC.IGN.Com's Half-Life Blue Shift Interview talks with Randy Pitchford of Gearbox Software about progress on Half-Life: Blue Shift, the upcoming Half-Life follow-up that will place you in the role of one of the security guards (Barneys) at the doomed Black Mesa research facility, a logical progression after playing a scientist in the original game, and a soldier in Opposing Force, Gearbox's first Half-Life expansion (I guess the only thing left is Half-Life: Snark Attack, where you would play one of the aliens). The conversation covers the welcome decision to publish Blue Shift for the PC as a stand-alone game after it had been announced as a Dreamcast-only title, differences between the PC and console versions, some details about the bundled Half-Life High Definition Pack that will update the game's appearance for today's more advanced hardware, and loads of gameplay details. (This and a couple of other articles were posted last night on IGN, but they were having technical difficulties at the time, hence the stories this morning.)