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  "map_content": "The venerable Half-Life 2 is playable in a web browser\r\nIn 1998, Valve was still a small company founded by former Microsoft employees eager to develop their own games. They left the company with a project in mind: a revolutionary first-person action game that would become Half-Life and achieve immense success. So much so that when a sequel was announced, it immediately became one of the most anticipated games on the market. Development of Half-Life 2 began only six months after the release of the first game, but it still took five long years for the project to come to fruition.\r\nOn November 16, 2004, almost 22 years ago, the game was finally released and, in turn, achieved great success. With its universe, its characters, and its physics engine, Half-Life 2 is undoubtedly even more of a benchmark than the first installment. Yet, at 22 years old, it's probably unknown to many gamers today. As Club386 explains, a fan who goes by the name slqnt decided to pay homage to this video game classic, and in a rather unique way: he made Half-Life 2 playable directly from any web browser without needing to install anything.\r\nBy visiting the website set up by slqnt \u2013 https://hl2.slqnt.dev/ \u2013 you'll simply see some data load automatically. Then, the game will start exactly as it did in 2004, but in your browser. It's not perfect, and to simplify things, slqnt, for example, omitted facial animations. Similarly, some textures for eyes and faces are missing, but otherwise, it's the complete game. This is precisely where SQLnt might run into a small problem: there's copyright, and it's hard to imagine Valve leaving its creation so freely available. For now, the site remains active, so enjoy it while you can!",
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