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Underneath the Oversea. The ocean is rising…. Straight up! “On a bluff above the sea lived a gargoyle, a tree, two bards, and their various children.”. Gorlen and Plenth, the wandering bards in question, have quit a life of rambling to raise their daughter Aiku in peace at the edge of a curious sea. Aiku’s other father is the gargoyle ...
Nov 2, 2009 · November 2, 2009. 22 Min Read. [In a rare interview, Valve writing lynchpins Marc Laidlaw and Erik Wolpaw talk in-depth on the narrative structure and pithy quips behind critically feted games like Half-Life 2, Portal, and Left 4 Dead 2.] Valve has developed a particularly strong reputation for story in its games, recently, and much of that ...
Jan 8, 2016 · Marc Laidlaw, the esteemed sci-fi writer who has worked at Half-Life developer Valve since 1997, has confirmed his retirement from the Bellevue, Washington studio. He was the sole writer for both ...
Jan 1, 2015 · Cunningly constructed and powerfully felt, Marc Laidlaw’s menacingly resonant novella leads us through woods half recognised from fairy tale and nightmare, to locations truly dark and strange. Genres Horror. 65 pages, Hardcover. First published January 1, 2015. Book details & editions.
Laidlaw told Rock Paper Shotgun he would "have come out the other side a lot less embarrassed" had he refrained from hitting publish. Even after the writer described his enthusiasm, ideas, and creative disagreements over Half-Life, he noted the decision caused trouble for friends at Valve and led hopeful fans to believe Episode 3 could've followed his vision.
Mar 2, 2023 · Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007) Image: Valve. Six years ago, former Valve and Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw posted a fictional letter on his website that sure read a lot like an outline for the ...
Marc Laidlaw is a writer, novelist, and former game designer who worked for Valve Corporation between July 1997 and January 2016. Marc started writing when he was a child and started selling professionally around 1978, with stories in Omni Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and plenty of other science fiction, horror and fantasy magazines and anthologies.
