# So what's the big deal with Half-Life (2)?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 30, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-big-deal-with-half-life-2/611208 "2012-01-30T17:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-big-deal-with-half-life-2/611208/61 "2012-02-05T09:01:04Z")

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I found a [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_2hzJq9bws) of the Vort’s speech, in case someone wants to hear it without slogging through Water Hazard. Does anyone else take some of his comments as hints that he knows the player is out there, looking through Gordon’s eyes and controlling him?

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