Relive Half-Life 2 with this paper-fueled animation

Every so often, a brilliant spot of creativity hits the web only to go criminally unwatched. Then, if we’re lucky, it resurfaces months or even years later to a willing, expanded audience. This is one such time.

What is it? Half-Life 2 — and Half-Life, if you want to go in order — recreated with stop-motion paper wizardry. Select scenes from both games were carefully chosen, and the sound effects are straight from Valve’s crack commando unit of audio pros.

Ah, gamer culture. It really is the best.

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