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I was thrilled to have the privilege to play Half Life: Alyx right on launch week! I used an HTC Vive headset with Valve Index controllers.

I'm going to have to draw some more to commemorate my reawakened love for the half life series, but I wanted to share a little sketchdump just like the old days with the previous games.

All in all, it was fabulous. I didn't sketch out every moment that really struck me (and there were a LOT), because I wanted to keep things at least vaguely spoiler free, but wow. What a game.

The ability to wear hats and masks was actually really fun, because if VR requires a heavy pair of goggles, your avatar might as well be wearing clunky headgear too. I also was stuck with a pair of earbuds that did not stay in very well, so I liked to imagine Russel's headset being just as finicky to wear as it was to transmit the signal. (Put up more towers, dude!)

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I was thrilled to have the privilege to play Half Life: Alyx right on launch week! I used an HTC Vive headset with Valve Index controllers.

I'm going to have to draw some more to commemorate my reawakened love for the half life series, but I wanted to share a little sketchdump just like the old days with the previous games.

All in all, it was fabulous. I didn't sketch out every moment that really struck me (and there were a LOT), because I wanted to keep things at least vaguely spoiler free, but wow. What a game.

The ability to wear hats and masks was actually really fun, because if VR requires a heavy pair of goggles, your avatar might as well be wearing clunky headgear too. I also was stuck with a pair of earbuds that did not stay in very well, so I liked to imagine Russel's headset being just as finicky to wear as it was to transmit the signal. (Put up more towers, dude!)