[nailer]

Exactly. And the blog's explanation of beign used for game scripting as a minor feature falls short: can anyone imagine what Half Life would be like without scripted events?

[Qz]

Imagine Half Life without 3d graphics. Now you see why scripting is a 'minor' feature.

[zaphar]

Minor? Those scripted events are easily just as important as the 3d graphics. Without them it's just a fancy screensaver.

[cturner]

    Imagine Half Life without 3d graphics

It'd probably a fair bit like this: http://doom.chaosforge.org/

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