Got news? tips@destructoid.com | Never miss a story: RSS + Twitter + YouTube

Hey! New here? Destructoid is a gaming discussion community, updated nearly every 20 minutes. Make a quick avatar to comment and enter our contests. Take the tour!

Home PC updates

Half-Life turns 10 today, Valve offering it up on Steam for 98 cents

3:53 PM on 11.19.2008, Nick Chester

44 comments

Half-Life turns 10 today, Valve offering it up on Steam for 98 cents photo

The headline pretty much says it all. Today, Valve's highly-acclaimed PC shooter Half-Life turns 10-years-old. And with that, I can hear my bones creaking.

But the important stuff -- Half-Life is available on Steam starting now for only 98 cents. It anniversary pricing will only be available until 12:01 pm PST on November 21, so go get her while she's hot. And cheap. The way you like it. You naughty thing, you.

Next page: More Valve stories

Valve: People always complain
54 comments

I don't feel so good: Buy your own Left 4 Dead health pack
26 comments

Gearbox: How did we forget games were supposed to be fun?
17 comments

See the Little Sister 'makeover' of BioShock 2
16 comments

pwned88 at 11/19/2008 15:57

well I'll be damned, it does bare striking resemblance!

Mikey at 11/19/2008 15:58

In fact...where are his glasses?

nademagnet at 11/19/2008 15:59

And that girl's mug bears a striking resemblance to Ron Perlman!

Mikey at 11/19/2008 16:00

MrSadistic at 11/19/2008 16:01

It's the 00s.

He doesn't wear glasses anymore. He wears super-advanced nanomachine-powered contact glasses. He also shorted his name from Gordon to Gor because it's so edgy!!!!! Either that or the glasses fell off. Whatever!

Genfuyung at 11/19/2008 16:03

I just got it. Its installing now. :)

king3vbo at 11/19/2008 16:03

If I didn't have my original install key from back before Steam, I'd buy it

mix at 11/19/2008 16:06

My brother bought me this for PC form my birf day a while back, else I would eat this .98 cents up like it was .50 cents.

Chicken008 at 11/19/2008 16:07

Wii's birthday too, 2 years. :O

Guagloves at 11/19/2008 16:07

I would buy that for $1. Do it people. You will not be disappointed.

vexed alex at 11/19/2008 16:07

Bought.

@ Edarios

Good. Most gamers are stupid, obnoxious, they don't shower, and they lack social lives.

nukka jdav at 11/19/2008 16:13

I bought it and bought a copy for each of my (IRL) friends.

Ahh, such a good thing, Steam.

These deals get me all the time.

musicforus at 11/19/2008 16:14

And done.

Capn Birdseye at 11/19/2008 16:15

didnt they redo this using the HL2 engine? if so, is this the original or the redone version?

Shirley Temple at 11/19/2008 16:15

@vexed

Those are just the "hard (gears of halo - resistance) core" console crowd. Oh, and MMO gamers.

Sharpless at 11/19/2008 16:18

That picture is amazing. And it's really sad to admit this, but Ben Affleck would actually make a really good-looking Gordon Freeman. In fact, he might even be able to portray him well, I'm ashamed to say. But after Daredevil, do I really want to risk it?

Well, I don't like FPSing on PCs, but it's criminal not to buy a brilliant, legendary game like this when it's only a dollar.

Dexter345 at 11/19/2008 16:20

Hmm, for a buck, I might just grab it.

RonBurgandy2010 at 11/19/2008 16:28

Aren't there tons of mods for this thing?

Fuck it, I'm getting it anyway.

Rockvillian at 11/19/2008 16:30

Happy Birthday Glasses-less Gordon! I'm playing through Half Life: Source. So amazing.

vexed alex at 11/19/2008 16:31

@ Shirley Temple

No, it's pretty much the Final Fantasy cosplay crowd that stinks up the place. I've heard enough PAX and E3 horror stories, thank you.

Gears of War/CoD4/Halo fans are (mostly) too douchy to not shower. They need to smell good. Stink wouldn't match their Hollister shirts.