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Mar 1, 2023 · “I was deranged,” says Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw of his decision to publish the plot of Episode 3 as fanfiction. “I was living on an island, totally cut off from my friends and creative community of the last couple decades, I was completely out of touch and had nobody to talk me out of it.
Marc Laidlaw is an American writer of cyberpunk-oriented science fiction and horror as well as a former video game designer at Valve Software. He is perhaps most famous for writing Dad's Nuke and The 37th Mandala, and for working on the popular Half-Life series. Laidlaw was born in 1960 and raised in Laguna Beach, California, he attended the University of Oregon where he tried, and was ...
Marc Laidlaw's Writings. While no design documents of Valve titles have ever been released, all of the concept writings by Marc Laidlaw are contained here. All are sourced from Half-Life 2: Raising The Bar, marclaidlaw.com, or valvetime.net. Games: Half-Life; Half-Life 2; Epistle 3
May 25, 2024 · Marc’s Friend Comments. post a comment ». No comments have been added yet. Marc Laidlaw is the author of The 37th Mandala (3.33 avg rating, 314 ratings, 42 reviews, published 1995), Neon Lotus (3.75 avg rating, 89 ratings, 14 re...
Praise. “With unusual insights into the cruel extremism and vulnerability of adolescence, this suspenseful thriller of psychosis and serial killing follows the parallel stories of a young murderer and the boy he might have been in the quiet Southern California town of Bohemia Bay. Laidlaw peoples Bohemia Bay with colorful multidimensional ...
Oct 3, 2016 · The lead writer reflects on drafting one of gaming’s best stories, way back when. Opinion by Marc Laidlaw Aug 25, 2017, 11:16am EDT More on how Polygon writes opinion pieces. Author’s note ...
Jan 22, 2020 · Marc Laidlaw was instrumental in the story and narratives of the original Half-Life games, but left Valve in 2016, meaning a few new writers have been on the series. There might not be any need to ...
