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1. www.marclaidlaw.com › blogBlog - Marc Laidlaw

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   May 25, 2024 · Studying, writing, and now some performing. One of my goals for 2023 was to take the first steps toward playing live (or livestream). I’ve done some extremely unkempt jams on my YouTube channel, both solo and as Man #2 of my two-man band Mort Solár, but so far all of my music has been desktop stuff.

   • A Swim and a Crawl and a Interview

     I answered a few questions about my latest short story, “A...

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     My first EP is out and available in the usual places....

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     The Twitch livestream mentioned in the previous post did in...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Marc_LaidlawMarc Laidlaw - Wikipedia

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   Marc Laidlaw is an American writer. He is a former lead writer for the video game company Valve, where he worked on the Half-Life series before his departure in 2016. Before joining Valve, Laidlaw was a novelist working in the fantasy and horror genres, and in 1996 won the International Horror Guild Award for his novel The 37th Mandala.

4. www.newrisingmedia.com › blog › 2012/11/23Interview With Marc Laidlaw: The Writer Of Half-Life

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   Nov 23, 2012 · Powered by coffee, sim racing, and Squarespace. Marc Laidlaw, the writer behind the Half-Life series, is probably aware of the impact he has made with his work; but not so to the magnitude of it. Check out our full interview with the mind behind one of the most influential games of the 20th century.

5. www.rockpapershotgun.com › the-narrative-had-to-be"The narrative had to be baked into the corridors": Marc ...

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   Mar 1, 2023 · Published on March 1, 2023. 61 comments. Follow Half-Life. “I was deranged,” says Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw of his decision to publish the plot of Episode 3 as fanfiction.

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6. www.gamedeveloper.com › business › valve-s-writersValve's Writers And The Creative Process - Game Developer

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   Nov 2, 2009 · Stay Updated. 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.

7. www.lightspeedmagazine.com › nonfiction › featureInterview: Marc Laidlaw, creator of Half-Life - Lightspeed ...

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   Nonfiction. Subscribe. Interview: Marc Laidlaw, creator of Half-Life. by Matt London. Published in Oct. 2010 (Issue 5) | 3647 words. Marc Laidlaw is the author of several novels, including Dad’s Nuke, The Orchid Eater, The 37th Mandala, and The Third Force, a novel set in the world of the computer game Gadget.

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   Who is Marc Laidlaw?

   • Marc Laidlaw is an American writer. He is a former lead writer for the video game company Valve, where he worked on the Half-Life series before his departure in 2016. Before joining Valve, Laidlaw was a novelist working in the fantasy and horror genres, and in 1996 won the International Horror Guild Award for his novel The 37th Mandala .

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   Why did Marc Laidlaw publish episode 3 as fanfiction?

   • “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. It just seemed like a fun thing to do… until I did it.”

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   How did Laidlaw find a community?

   • Laidlaw first discovered that community in the mid 90s, in the office of Valve, where Gabe Newell and team were already hard at work on Half-Life. “I’d seen bits and pieces of the levels they were working on, but as soon as I heard the name, I just got this amazing buzz,” Laidlaw says.

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   When did Laidlaw join Valve?

   • Laidlaw joined the video game company Valve while they were developing their first game, the first-person shooter (FPS) Half-Life (1998). He was originally hired to work on another game, Prospero, but switched when Prospero was canceled and the Half-Life project expanded.

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