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Love, Death & Robots is known for giving audiences masterpieces. Following a similar format to Black Mirror, the series releases individual storylines for each episode and brings something new every single time. In addition to having interesting stories and characters, the series is also known for its animation, which is of the highest quality in the medium and rivals masterpieces like Arcane and the Spider-Verse films.

The recently released fourth season is no different in this, having all kinds of themes for audiences to explore in a short time. Its episodes exist within all kinds of genres and seem to draw inspiration from everywhere. However, no one expected the creators to take inspiration from a 40-year-old story crafted by the writer of Half-Life.

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Netflix’s animated anthology series “Love, Death + Robots” will return for a fourth volume on May 15, and the streamer has unleashed the official trailer this afternoon.

The animated, genre-bending series is created by Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller, who executive produces alongside David Fincher.

Of particular note for the upcoming Volume 4, David Fincher returns as a director with his episode “Can’t Stop” featuring the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Here’s the full “Love, Death + Robots Volume 4” Episode List…

Can’T Stop: A unique take on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ legendary 2003 performance at Slane Castle, Ireland, with band members Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante recreated as string-puppets. Directed by David Fincher, who originally made his name with music videos in the 1980s and early ’90s, before segueing into unforgettable feature films.

Director: David Fincher

Music, Lyrics, & Performance: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Animation Studio: Blur Studio.

“Love, Death + Robots” is coming back with 10 wacky new short films and a sprawling voice cast.

In the trailer Season 4 of the Emmy-winning program, streaming May 15 on Netflix, MrBeast leads a galactic gladiator ring with dinosaur-riding mutants and John Oliver plays an adorable robot butler.

David Fincher directs the premiere episode “Can’t Stop,” a spin on the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 2003 performance at Slane Castle, with Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and John Frusciante recreated as marionettes.

Plus, cat plotting world domination, Dolphin Jesus, enormous babies and Satan fill the next batch of episodes of the dystopian anthology series, presented by Tim Miller and Fincher, who executive produce alongside Jennifer Miller and Joshua Donen. Jennifer Yuh Nelson returns as supervising director.

Read Netflix’s episode descriptions and watch the Season 4 trailer for “Love, Death + Robots” below.

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The gaming world is ever-evolving. There’s always something going on there, and in this vast universe, it is impossible to stop speculations and rumors. Whenever there’s a lack of information, rumors fill that void, and the burning speculation regarding the announcement of Half-Life 3 once again highlights this side of the gaming community.

Rumors about Half-Life 3 coming soon have once again surfaced. Image Credit: Valve.

The Game Awards 2024 is only a few hours away, and there are already debates circulating in gaming communities about the winners in different categories. The fight is tough this year, but there’s something more interesting, and that’s the rumor about Gabe Newell’s announcement of Half-Life 3 at the event.

How the rumor regarding the announcement of Half-Life 3 originated Half-Life 2 has celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, but no announcement has ever been released about any sequel coming in this series. Image Credit: Valve.

It’s quite hard to believe, but Half Life 2: Episode 2 debuted almost 17 years ago, and that’s a long time for fans to wait for a Half-Life 3 title in this legendary series. Even though Half-Life: Alyx was an incredible return to the series’ world, the fact that it was limited to VR led to a split within the community.

Valve doesn’t have any plans of bringing Half Life 3. (Image via Valve)

So, for the most, it’s been nearly two decades without the once-most-hyped sequel of all time. At this point, players would be better off moving to another series as Valve itself doesn’t have any intentions of crafting a third entry in the franchise, which could prove to be a positive thing in the long run when you think about it.

Valve Doesn’t Want to Make Half Life 3 and That’s Good

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As Half-Life 2 celebrates its 20th anniversary today, Valve has dropped a bombshell in the form of a comprehensive two-hour documentary. For many fans, it’s a bittersweet reminder of both the game’s revolutionary impact and the sequel that never was.

The “20th Anniversary Update” is also live. | Image Credit: Valve

But while Half-Life 3 remains gaming’s greatest “what if,” one former Valve writer actually tried to answer that question. In a moment of what he now calls temporary insanity, Marc Laidlaw decided to share his vision for the series’ conclusion—a decision that would come back to haunt him.

The story behind this infamous blog post is as fascinating as it is bizarre, involving an isolated island, a severe case of cabin fever, and what happens when one of gaming’s most brilliant minds decides to go rogue.

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Geoff Keighley’s new documentary, The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx, explores the development of Valve’s recent Half-Life VR game and reveals fresh details about several games that Valve canceled over the years.

Let’s start with Half-Life. The documentary includes information which suggests that Valve essentially canceled five Half-Life projects that they had been working on in one form or another between the releases of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Half-Life: Alyx. One of those games was referred to internally as Half-Life 3.

The documentary confirms something we’ve heard before, which is that Half-Life 3‘s cancellation can largely be attributed to problems with the development of the Source 2 engine. Those technical issues essentially prevented Valve from making serious progress on that sequel. Interestingly, it also seems that Valve intended for Half-Life 3 to feature a combination of procedural-generated levels and hand-crafted narrative moments. Basically, there would be certain sections of...

Matthew Byrd Oct 9, 2019

15 years after its release, Half-Life 2's Ravenholm remains one of gaming's greatest horror experiences.

Horror has long been somewhat free from the contempt that familiarity brings. At worst, the genre’s oldest trappings usually put a smile on your face as you recall your earliest memories of not only being scared, but being treated as if you were old and brave enough to be scared. We’re reminded of that feeling every Halloween.

However, if you're an adult and someone does something like wave a paper bat in front of your face with the intention of scaring you, not only will you not be scared but you might feel insulted. The cliches of horror are typically only appealing so long as they are treated like something that is fun. The moment that someone actually tries to use them in a genuine way is usually the moment when...

Former Valve writer Jay Pinkerton has returned to the company in an undisclosed role a year after he left, according to PC Gamer.

Reddit user OWLverlord spotted Pinkerton’s name listed on Valve’s staff page in the “Other Experts” category on Sunday. Pinkerton is perhaps best known for co-writing “Portal 2” with former Valve scribe Erik Wolpaw. He also reportedly worked on the “Team Fortress 2” comics and the “Left 4 Dead” series.

Pinkerton was one of several high-profile departures from Valve in recent years. Wolpaw left the developer in February 2017 and is now reportedly working on “Psychonauts 2” with Double Fine Productions. Another writer, Chet Faliszek, left in May 2017. His credits include two “Half-Life” episodes, the “Portal” series, and the “Left 4 Dead” series. He’s now working on a new project with Bossa Studios. “Half-Life” writer Marc Laidlaw left Valve in 2016 after 18 years because he wanted to go back to writing original stories.

Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw reveals an unofficial synopsis for the long in development third installment in the gaming series.

Presumably, this is the end of an era. In the wee hours of the morning former Valve employee and Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw published a story on GitHub which appears to be a full summary of the story planned for Half Life 3 if it were to ever be made. The story (which can be read by clicking the hyperlink prior to this) is penned by main man Gordon Freeman and chronicles the events of the game following Episode 2 of the series. 

As with all things related to Half-Life, the internet is going berzerk, with the main reason why being that many believe this is an indicator that Half Life 3 will never happen. If it is, chances are there are a ton of Valve employees currently pissed off at Marc Laidlaw as he might very well have spoiled the story they've been developing for years now. 

There's also a possibility that...

Matthew Byrd Nov 15, 2019

Former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw reveals what the Half-Life 3 story might have been about if it'd ever seen the light of day.

In 2017, former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw broke the internet when he updated his blog with a mysterious letter that appeared to contain the plot summary for his version of Half-Life 3. The post immediately caught the attention of a legion of Half-Life fans who deciphered the false names and hidden messages used in the original post and determined that it revealed plot details about the Half-Life sequel that never arrived. A translation of the text that inserts all the proper character, location, and occurrence names into the summary can be found here.

Fans have matched certain plot elements detailed in the summary to previously "leaked" concept art for an unreleased Half-Life game. Mentions of an arctic fortress and a downed helicopter in the summary have...

Matthew Byrd Jul 19, 2017

Former Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw wanted Episode 3 to open up the door for someone else's sequels...

Former Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw wants you to know that at one point he did intend to write another Half-Life game that would have allowed him to gracefully step away from the series.

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"I had ideas for Episode 3," said Laidlaw in an interview with Arcade Attack. "They were all supposed to take the series to a point where I could step away from it and leave it to the next generation. I had hoped for a reset between HL2 and HL3 that was as dramatic as the shift between HL1 and HL2. I honestly don’t know if anyone else shared this goal, but it seemed important to me to give ultimate freedom to whoever inherited the series, with my own personal set of loose ends tied up to my satisfaction.

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Did you know that, before being gobbled up by ZeniMax, Arkane Studios (of "Dishonored" fame) were working on a standalone Half-Life 2 episode called “Return to Ravenholm”? Me neither.

This is apparently old hat within the "Half-Life" community, but fan site ValveTime dug up some concept art and a few screenshots of the canceled, giving fans their first real look at the project.

The action in these screens mostly takes place indoors, which is strange: I remember a large, outdoor level, with gasoline traps in the town square and a final standoff on the rooftops of Ravenholm. In any case, ValveTime points out that the heads-up display includes an “Absorption” stat, without any real indication of what it might do or how it might change the core Half-Life 2 gameplay.

Almost a year ago, Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw explained how the game came to be and why it was...