[ WP ] Half Life 3 is released , and the entire world is crazed to beat the game to figure out how the plot ends . In a race to the finish , you 're in the lead , but start to notice the game does n't end .

`` This... this should be it?'' I speak into my headset. The stream has been on for nearly a day and I'm determined to finish this goddamned game. The messages I'm getting are flooding my other screen. `` Where is the door?'' 
 
 The room is dark. Suddenly, the sound drops from the game. I stop getting notifications. Everything is gone, the HUD, everything. 
 
 I am met with a voice, and then his face appears. GabeN. 
 
 `` Holy shit!'' 
 
 `` Holy shit is right, Dave.'' 
 
 `` How do you know my name?'' 
 
 `` How do n't I? Do n't you know who I am?'' 
 
 `` Youre... you're Gabe Newell.'' I realize that the stream is paused. It's like I'm in my own little timezone. 
 
 `` And you think you can just waltz up in here and finish my game?'' 
 
 `` Well, I mean, is n't that... the point?'' He grimaces and waves his hand. 
 
 `` Do you remember the comment you made on October 2, 2013?'' 
 
 `` Uh, no, I do n't.'' He pulls up the comment seemingly out of the air. I ca n't believe this is happening on my monitor, in front of my own eyes. It reads *'Yeah, too bad Gabe ca n't count to 3, huh?'* 
 
 Shit. 
 
 `` Gabe, no, it was just a joke!'' But it was too late. My computer crashed. The stream ended. One by one, reports of other streams ending suddenly popped into my feed. 
 
 Surely there had to have been one player who had n't made fun of Gabe? 
 
 Mass reports of HL3 crashing. Millions of streamers gone silent. 
 
 Apparently not.
