
The game itself reminds us of this fact in its opening moments. The game begins by admitting that the mission Alyx is on - a journey to save her father Eli Vance from the Combine - is doomed to fail. So let’s talk about that ending, because it’s a doozy, and it certainly does seem to suggest a lot. “The ending certainly suggests certain directions that we’re all really excited about, so it’s not like there’s no idea, but no, there’s not a concrete, 300-page manual of where the game goes after this,” Valve writer Jay Pinkerton said in agreement. “There’s certainly no bible that lays everything out for the next three games, I would love that, if Marc had some secret book,” Valve writer ( kinda) Erik Wolpaw told Polygon, laughing. What those games will be, however, is up for some debate. Everything old is new againĪs we’ve reported before, there doesn’t seem to be much question about whether there will be more Half-Life games in the future. What might have been a game that kept the story in a holding pattern became something that changes the nature of Half-Life’s narrative as we thought we understood it.īut of course, to go any further, and to ask the game’s writers about what it all means, we’re going to have to spoil some stuff. That's the consequence.Half-Life: Alyx ends where Half-Life 2: Episode Two ends, after having changed everything we thought we knew about where the story was going, or what will happen next. The fact is, if you are not vaccinated and you catch COVID-19, you have a much higher probability of getting very, very sick and end up in the ICU and possibly die.

Stand with Kyrie.” On the matter of the protest, Tsai, who advocates for getting vaccinated, told ESPN, "They're hijacking the issue, but it's dangerous because we have a life-and-death situation. Meanwhile, a group of protesters gathered outside of Barclays Center ahead of the home opener last week, yelling “No vaccine mandate. The only thing that bugs me is he’s still going to make $17 million sitting at home."

"I really am proud of the Nets for putting their foot down and saying we’re not going to deal with this half on, half off. I think everybody should get vaccinated," Barkley said.

“First of all, you don’t get the vaccine for yourself.

Hall of Famer Charles Barkley urged Irving to think about those around him who could be impacted by his decision during the same TNT's pregame show. "But, at least from everything that I understand, science is firmly on the side of getting vaccinated, and this is, in essence, a miracle vaccine.” "I understand that it’s not just Kyrie, there are people in this country who disagree with the notion of getting vaccinated," Silver said.
