The story of a crazy Half-Life 2 bug, as told by former Valve dev Tom Forsyth (Mastodon thread)
Attached: 1 image Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.
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