The Replay Experience Experiment

An event to re-experience all the Half-Life games


Introduction

I have started replaying Half-Life and Half-Life 2 a couple of times since I first completed them. I got a few chapters in and suddenly something shiny would come along and the next thing I knew it was a few weeks since I last played and then I just couldn't be bothered to continue from where I finished.

After the relative success of 100 Days of Summer Nostalgia last year, I decided that I wanted to run some sort of event this year.

I didn't want the commitment of having to post something every day all through the summer and this seemed like the perfect time to replay the games at my own speed, but with the added motivation of being part of an event.

How it Will Work

Starting 1st June, I will post details of each distinct chapter of the games in order. Each post will be similar to a map or mod post: a thumbnail, a factual description and some screenshots. In addition, I may include some trivia and other interesting information.

Then I will post my thoughts and feelings as a comment. There is no posting schedule but I estimate I will add a new post every 3 or 4 days.

I am hoping that the event will generate some serious and interesting discussion about how games have changed, how well the games stand up to our memories and how our experiences since finishing those games affect our replay impressions.

Participate

Once I have made the post and added my comment, all readers will be able to do the same.

To include screenshots to illustrate your points, please use a hosting service like imgur.com and link to the image in your comment.

I will then download the image, create a thumbnail and approve your comment.

Just watch the video instead!
Phillip
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Date Chapter Phillip William Unq Emo Level
Designer
Technic Vic Kaito Kid Ade Twin Suns Dr. Amazing Olrick MisterAddy
Accumulated Play Time in hours (h) and minutes (m) for Half-Life 11h 14m 8h 47m 5h 57m 7h 19m 6h 6m 7h 5m 1h 14m 48s 9h 19m 8h 51m 2h 18m 22m
1 June 2012Hazard CourseView
16m
William's Video
30m
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7m
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10m
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10m
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11m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
3m47s
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10m
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12m
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3 June 2012Black Mesa Inbound
Saves: Easy | Medium | Hard
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7m
William's Video
12m
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7m
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7m
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7m
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7m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
7m
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9m
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7m
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8m
8 June 2012Anomalous Materials
Saves: Easy | Medium | Hard
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17m
William's Video
22m
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11m
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19m
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9m
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17m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
5m30s
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7m
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11m
11 June 2012Unforeseen Consequences
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26m
William's Video
41m
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13m
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23m
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9m
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34m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
2m50s
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19m
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20m
17 June 2012Office Complex
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52m
William's Video
35m
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21m
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18m
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14m
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30m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
1m58s
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11m
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22m
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11m
20 June 2012We've Got Hostiles
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35m
William's Video
33m
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15m
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16m
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15m
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40m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
2m25s
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24m
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30m
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8m
23 June 2012Blast Pit
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59m
William's Video
33m
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24m
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25m
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20m
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39m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
6m50s
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38m
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35m
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15m
25 June 2012Power Up
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21m
William's Video
22m
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15m
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16m
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10m
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19m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
3m1s
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25m
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35m
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10m
26 June 2012On a Rail
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1h2m
William's Video
49m
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45m
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56m
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38m
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51m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
5m55s
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1h9m
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1h10m
27 June 2012Apprehension
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43m
William's Video
15m
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16m
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24m
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12m
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22m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
2m23s
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22m
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28m
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15m
2 July 2012Residue Processing
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25m
William's Video
18m
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12m
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11m
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13m
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12m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
3m30s
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22m
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17m
4 July 2012Questionable Ethics
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24m
William's Video
25m
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14m
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22m
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20m
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19m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
3m15s
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27m
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19m
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12m
6 July 2012Surface Tension
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1h24m
William's Video
1h4m
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46m
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54m
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51m
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48m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
7m21s
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1h28m
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1h23m
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36m
15 July 2012Forget about Freeman!
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28m
William's Video
15m
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13m
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26m
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15m
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17m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
2m20s
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29m
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25m
19 July 2012Lambda Core
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51m
William's Video
41m
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34m
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51m
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33m
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40m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
6m49s
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54m
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46m
21 July 2012Xen
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10m
William's Video
12m
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4m
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4m
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5m
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7m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
46s
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6m
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9m
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3m
23 July 2012Gonarch's Lair
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13m
William's Video
9m
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9m
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7m
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7m
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12m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
2m32s
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15m
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10m
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4m
31 July 2012Interloper
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53m
William's Video
32m
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38m
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32m
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37m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
5m22s
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52m
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32m
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7m
5 August 2012Nihilanth
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48m
William's Video
24m
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14m
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18m
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41m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
1m14s
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32m
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10m

Uplink

7 August 2012Lambda ComplexView
30m
William's Video
25m
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19m
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19m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
6m20s
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28m
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19m
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22m
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Date Chapter Phillip William Unq Emo Level
Designer
Technic Vic Kaito Kid Ade Twin Suns Dr. Amazing Olrick MisterAddy
Accumulated Play Time in hours (h) and minutes (m) for Opposing Force 5h 45m 4h 9m 4h 18m 44m 8s 6h 9m 3h 51m 1h 7m 3h 2m
16 August 2012Boot CampView
27m
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20m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
10m49s
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16m
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18 August 2012IncomingView
4m
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2m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
2m36s
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3m
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3m
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6 October 2012Welcome to Black MesaView
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31m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
6m26s
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21m
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21m
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16m
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19m
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7 October 2012We Are Pulling OutView
17m
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8m
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12m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
3m50s
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12m
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12m
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9m
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9 October 2012Missing in ActionView
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21m
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26m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
4m49s
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38m
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16m
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13m
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13 October 2012Friendly FireView
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31m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
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27m
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18m
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14 October 2012We Are Not AloneView
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4m
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9m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
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7m
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4m
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1m
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4m
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14 October 2012Crush DepthView
20m
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13m
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17m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
3m53s
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13m
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12m
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13m
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16 October 2012Vicarious RealityView
34m
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31m
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25m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
4m24s
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44m
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21m
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23m
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21 October 2012Pit Worm's NestView
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12m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
35s
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10m
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22 October 2012Foxtrot UniformView
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23 October 2012The PackageView
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25m
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11m
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24 October 2012Worlds CollideView
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37m
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1h20m
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22m
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11m
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Date Chapter Phillip William Unq Emo Level
Designer
Technic Vic Kaito Kid Ade Twin Suns Dr. Amazing Olrick MisterAddy
Accumulated Play Time in hours (h) and minutes (m) for Blue Shift 2h 56m 2h 21m 1h 19m 45m 50s 2h 52m 2h 26m 1h 51m 54m
21 August 2012Hazard CourseView
10m
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10m
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14m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
3m 50s
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7m
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12m
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8m
22 January 2013Living Quarters OutboundView
7m
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4m
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4m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
3m 37s
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4m
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4m
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4m
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24 January 2013InsecurityView
16m
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13m
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24m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
5m 1s
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14m
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14m
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12m
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27 January 2013Duty CallsView
22m
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23m
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37m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
2m 51s
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32m
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15m
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16m
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28 January 2013Captive FreightView
1h 11m
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41m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
15m 7s
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50m
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31m
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36m
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11 Feb 2013Focal PointView
28m
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27m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
6m 38s
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26m
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34m
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16m
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30m
3 March 2013Power StruggleView
18m
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15m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
3m 15s
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30m
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21m
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14m
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20m
5 March 2013A Leap of FaithView
3m
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7m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
4m 31s
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14m
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5m
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4m
5 March 2013DeliveranceView
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Kaito Kid's Speed Run
1m
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Date Chapter Phillip William Unq Emo Level
Designer
Technic Vic Kaito Kid Ade Twin Suns Dr. Amazing Olrick MisterAddy
Accumulated Play Time in hours (h) and minutes (m) for Half-Life 2 12h 51m 11h 42m 17m 3h 6m 54s 4h 20m 22m 23m 7h 24m 2h 25m
18 March 2013Point InsertionView
18m
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17m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
7m 14s
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20m
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12m
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23m
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15m
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21 March 2013A Red Letter DayView
14m
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12m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
9m 25s
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12m
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10m
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11m
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10m
24 March 2013Route KanalView
1h 16m
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46m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
13m 20s
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40m
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38m
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25 March 2013Water HazardView
2h 1m
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1h 23m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
17m 21s
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1h
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46m
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2h
27 March 2013Black Mesa EastView
24m
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19m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
14m 40s
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22m
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16m
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15m
29 March 2013We don't go to RavenholmView
1h 21m
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1h 10m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
13m 21s
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55m
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44m
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31 March 2013Highway 17View
1h 29m
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1h 13m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
7m 59s
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51m
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42m
3 April 2013SandtrapsView
1h 10m
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1h 22m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
18m 30s
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50m
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37m
15 April 2013Nova ProspektView
35m
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40m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
7m 28s
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32m
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21m
20 April 2013EntanglementView
53m
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1h 1m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
28m 35s
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41m
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35m
21 April 2013Anticitizen OneView
1h 7m
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1h 13m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
14m 8s
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55m
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56m
28 April 2013Follow Freeman!View
1h 14m
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1h 23m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
14m 49s
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58m
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49m
5 May 2013Our BenefactorsView
29m
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25m
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17m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
11m 21s
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17m
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18m
8 May 2013Dark EnergyView
20m
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18m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
8m 43s
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16m
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16m
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Date Chapter Phillip William Unq Emo Level
Designer
Technic Vic Kaito Kid Ade Twin Suns Dr. Amazing Olrick MisterAddy
Play Time in hours (h) and minutes (m) for Lost Coast 31m 26m 3m 59s 11m 12m
26 May 2013Saint OlgaView
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26m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
3m 59s
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11m
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12m
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Date Chapter Phillip William Unq Emo Level
Designer
Technic Vic Kaito Kid Ade Twin Suns Dr. Amazing Olrick MisterAddy
Accumulated Play Time in hours (h) and minutes (m) for Episode One 2h 43m 1h 28m 14m 47s 56m 2h 4m
Prologue
8 July 2013Undue AlarmView
32m
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30m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
14m 47s
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28m
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31m
9 July 2013Direct InterventionView
25m
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25m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
11m 10s
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6m
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18m
10 July 2013LowlifeView
19m
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33m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
10m 58s
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22m
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23m
11 July 2013Urban FlightView
1h 46m
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1h 14m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
17m 34s
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49m
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52m
15 July 2013Exit 17View
29m
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40m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
10m 10s
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20m
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22m
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Date Chapter Phillip William Unq Emo Level
Designer
Technic Vic Kaito Kid Ade Twin Suns Dr. Amazing Olrick MisterAddy
Accumulated Play Time in hours (h) and minutes (m) for Episode Two 4h 23m 2h 55m 8m 35s 1h 54m 2h 44m
23 July 2013To The White ForestView
34m
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32m
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
6m 51s
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30m
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27m
28 July 2013This Vortal CoilView
58m
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1h
Kaito Kid's Speed Run
1m 44s
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1h
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54m
30 July 2013Freeman PontifexView
39m
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41m
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24m
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32m
31 July 2013Riding ShotgunView
29m
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42m
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21m
4 August 2013Under The RadarView
1h 1m
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30m
5 August 2013Our Mutual FiendView
33m
6 August 2013T-Minus OneView
9m
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