Half-Life owes its existence to one of the game industry's most formative figures—no, not Gabe Newell, the other guy
… And in 1996, as recorded by Geoffrey Keighley's The Final Hour of Half-Life report for GameSpot yes, he went by Geoffrey back then , Williams met with Newell. At this point, Valve "had their technology, their team, and their genre," as Keighley put it. …