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When Valve first announced HL2, I was mightily impressed at how Valve was able to keep quiet about such a large project for 5 years. Avoiding all the "when it's done" nonsense by simply not announcing the game until near the end of the development cycle just seemed like such a refreshing, new way to deal with the issue. It also made me think that they actually must be very close to completing the project if after 5 years they were finally announcing it with a release date attached.

Well, here we are in the midst of the so-called "holiday season" and it seems that HL2 has a slim-to-none chance of coming out anytime soon. All I wish is that Valve had stuck to their guns and not announced the project until it was ACTUALLY close to being done. For a brief-fleeting moment in time it seemed like a high-profile game was going to transcend the chaotic, murky and generally unpleasent world of "when it's done," but alas...

HL2 is now officially in WID limbo.
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