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Featured Article - F-Stop

Shortly after the release of the Orange Box, Gabe Newell was concerned that Valve was focusing too much time on releasing games, and not on experimenting/innovation. To combat this, he thought up the 'Directed Design Experiments'. In essence, Valve would shut down development on games and let the employees do whatever they want. Valve would turn into a creative playground for four months, with no stress or pressure from developing full games. One of these experiments was titled F-STOP; A project that made Gabe Newell think "Fuck yeah!" after seeing it. Valve were sure that this could be the mechanic for the next Portal game, thinking that Portal as a franchise would have a new mechanic each game, with a common link of Aperture Science experimentation. This, of course, didn't pan out. After nearing a year of active development, Valve began to question everything. Playtesters thought the overall mechanic of the game was fun, but were confused at the fact they didn't have a Portal gun... in the sequel to Portal. In October to December of 2008, development of the game was completely rebooted, leading to the Portal 2 that released. >> Continue Reading <<

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Eras Leaks & Releases Misc Pre-Pitch Era Cameo Era Hyper_Era F-STOP Team Fortress 2 Invasion Derek Jenson Portfolio Ep2/Ep1 Mappack Epistle 3 Get Your Free TVs (Demo) Left 4 Dead Zero Asset Release Proj3ct ZeRo Leaks Timeline of Leaks (Facepunch-Era) Blobulator Leak Age Identification Techniques Oasiz's Map Documentation Portal Alternate Map Names Reference Textures The 2003 Leak/FBI Logs Weapons NPCs Evolution AK-47 (AR1) Heavy Machine Gun (HMG1) Iceaxe Jaytest MP5K (SMG1) MP7 (SMG2) XM29 OICW (AR2) Combine "Sniper" Elite Conscripts Gasmask Citizen Mannequin Odell TBot1 Rollers Antlion (Evolution) Citizen (Evolution) CTF 2Fort (Evolution) Combine Soldier (Evolution) Classic Headcrab (Evolution) GLaDOS (Evolution) Gravity Gun (evolution) Metropolice (Evolution)

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Did you know...
... That the combine soldier used a shield? ... That Car01a (and others) are direct descendants of Car01? ... That the Conscripts originally filled the role of the rebellion, and would act like the Security Guard AI in Half-Life 1? ... That the 2003 XSI demonstration was done on an earlier build of Half Life 2 with a different HUD font? ... That there is a Portal style prior to Prospekt?