I dusted off my old VR headset and finally set aside the 67 GB of free space required on my Windows box to start a Half Life: Alyx play-through.

So far, it's great. The "gravity gloves" play mechanic is very clever and feels comfy. It's also very clearly a game that was purpose-built for VR. A lot of pancake games that were ported over to VR after-the-fact are very clumsy and the controls SUCK (ie: Minecraft, Skyrim, Fallout) but this is very clearly designed for VR from start to finish. I've not used my VR headset in like multiple years at this point and I forgot how immersive it was, even with my old Vive Pro2 headset (which I originally bought at the start of the covid19 lockdowns, knowing full well I'd be cooped up inside for a while).

It's been so many years that I've played a Half Life game I had to read through the plot / lore of the game for a refresh. Reminded me what a hugely influential game Half Life was, and also reminded me that Counter Strike was originally a Half Life mod, back in the day.