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Half-Life under Kojima's direction:

[Gordon moves five feet]

[Alyx]: Gordon, you need to pick up that crowbar!

[Gordon]: Pick up that crowbar? How do I do that?

[Alyx]: To pick up an item, run up to it and press X.

[Gordon]: So, to pick up the crowbar, I walk over to it and press X?

[Alyx]: That's right, Gordon!

[Gordon]: Thanks, Alyx.

[Gordon walks another five feet toward the crowbar]

[Alyx]: Oh, Gordon, I forgot! There might be headcrabs around here.

[Gordon]: Headcrabs?

[Alyx]: Yeah. You know, those things you killed in the first game. They like to leap on to people's heads and turn them into zombies.

[Gordon]: Oh, yeah. Headcrabs. Now I remember.

[Alyx]: Just be careful, okay Gordon? If you need help, press the A button and I'll give you hints.

[Gordon]: So, if I'm stuck, press the A button?

[Alyx]: Right, Gordon.

[Gordon]: All right. Thanks again, Alyx.

[Alyx]: No problem, Gordon!

[Gordon reaches the crowbar and is about to pick it up.]

[Alyx]: Oh, by the way, did you know that the artist Salvador Dali once said, "Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings?"

[Gordon]: ... Just let me pick up the damn crowbar already.

[Alyx]: No, wait; I need to explain to you, at length, why the Combine is an allegory for the Communists in the Cold War.

[Gordon]: ...

[etc.]



"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."

 -Sean Malstrom