[baby]

I realize now that I would read a book on half life or counter strike and its inception.

[jccalhoun]

Not a book but Geoff Keighley has done articles on Half-Life 1 + 2, a kind of app of Portal 2 and Alyx https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361700/HalfLife_Alyx__Fi... https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361700/HalfLife_Alyx__Fi...

[bondant]

For half-life you might like: http://thegamedesignforum.com/features/rd_hl_1.html