Imagine spending five years developing a video game only to have it stolen in the final hours. This is the story of the boy who hacked Valve and stole the source code of Half Life 2 and an early copy of Steam.

Visual Sources:
Jaycie’s Tweets About It -   / 1134533997910986752  
G4 Half Life Doc -    • G4techTV Icons: Half-Life  
G4 Valve Tour -    • Valve Studio Tour – G4tv.com  
Half Life Footage -    • HALF-LIFE - Full Game Walkthrough  | ...  
Warcraft III Footage -    • WarCraft 3 Reforged - 1v1 Multiplayer  
Gabe Newell Speech -   • Gabe Newell Acceptance Speech - Golde...  
Valve Tour -    • Valve Office Tour  
Half Life 2 Beta -    • Half-Life 2 Beta: Late 2001 - Early 2...  
Half Life 2 Broken Beta Maps -    • Video  
Gabe Newell Interview -    • Gabe Newell Gamestar Interview (Engli...  
Sasser Article - https://www.newscientist.com/article/...
Eurogamer Article - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...
Final Hours of Half Life 2 - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the...
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