May 2016
Beginner
334 pages
11h 20m
English
Jason Custer
Initially serving as a compilation of the acclaimed game Half Life 2 and its subsequent expansions Half Life 2: Episode 1 and Half Life 2: Episode 2, Valve’s Orange Box also introduced players to Team Fortress 2 and Portal. The impact of these latter releases continues in a variety of contexts, including the massive success of Team Fortress 2’s switch to a free-to-play model that yields reports of students paying for portions of their college tuition using in-game objects (Hernandez). Portal, meanwhile, earned several game of the year awards for its unique physics puzzle-based twist on the classic ...