I probably just remember EP2 only because it was released then and how I got it. I already had HL2 and ep1 at the time.
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No. They publicly stated the cancellation of episode 3 years ago when it was still relevant, and is one of the reasons I was always confused about every single rumor that HL3 was going to be a thing; they never announced a HL3 and they already said Episode 3 wasn't coming out. Where the heck did the HL3 rumors come from?
Not unless they had some special bundle for HL2 I can't remember.
Ep1 had to be purchased. Ep2 came with The Orange Box (which also contained TF2 and Portal 1 as well as Richochet, though it wasn't advertised).
Hl1 and hl2 are not really connected plotwise and can be enjoyed separately. There's some small references and a couple characters you wouldn't necessarily know even if you played HL1, because HL1 didn't have much of a focus on that kind of story-telling.
The series is certainly a must play because of how much it influenced the industry. Going back to it now may not seem like it's all that great; but you gotta keep in mind, it was one of the very first FPS games designed this way. Before Half-Life, FPS games were all just basically Doom clones.
The showing signs of depression was part of the prank (and all you can get from this greentext is he shouted "I can't take it anymore" before cracking his neck). Getting suspended after learning it was a joke and he was not really in danger seems fairly logical here. You don't joke about that shit and it was also extremely disruptive to class.
For that sweet, sweet, $0.15 in ad revenue.
I already thought it was very stupid, but I look forward to it now also being funny and not just sad and pathetic.
Our group includes the Teenage Mutant Turtles, so you're not entirely wrong.
Cowabunga, dude!
"But I didn't get no Big Ass Fries!"
I suspect it will only because every single furry on YouTube seems to be trying to get the entire fandom to move from Twitter to BlueSky. You know we run the internet.
Is there any video chat service that isn't? It seems every single one has some glaring issue that makes it a pain to use. And it's not like I could just use a FOSS thing that's better; this is one of those things where you are kinda limited to using what everyone else you're going to be talking to is using. :(
You seem to be confusing a totally different issue for the situation in the post here. Do you genuinely think a kid pranking a suicide that disrupts the class doesn't deserve punishment because other kids completely removed from this particular scenario might actually be depressed and suicidal? Because that's asinine.