Interview: How three games became a classic in one go, thanks to Orange Box.
On October 10, 2007, Valve dropped a bundle of software. Whether they knew it or not, it would go on to make such an impact that its ripples can still be heard reverberating around the games industry some 15 years later. Ominously titled The Orange Box, this compilation boasted three games, all wildly different in style and ambition.
That thought clearly worked. The Orange Box sold like hotcakes, especially as word got around about how great the rest of the package was, beyond the heavy hitter Half-Life sequel that was initially driving interest. I remember pre-ordering it to access the TF2 beta, a game that I would go on to clock 383 hours in during my early teens. And let’s be real — that’s child’s play relative to the more devout players, part of a strong community that keep the game alive even today.
Like many, the ending left my head spinning. Half-Life 2: Episode Two stands alone as one of the greatest story-driven first-person shooters, a tradition that has since gone out of style, for the most part.It’s hard to think of a game that has entwined itself so successfully with the internet and meme culture than Team Fortress 2.
From getting scammed to pulling off favorable swaps, It taught me important lessons about online finance in my teens. In 2022, it’s hard not to look at the hat economy as a hopeful utopia of virtual cosmetic attachment with user-generated and supported assets, at least compared to the grim desert of cringe late-capitalist metaverse merchants.
Even so, it’s difficult to quantify the impact that two blue and orange ovals could have on an entire industry. Faliszek says that the internal team were “always excited” about the prospect of giving Portal to the world, but due to everyone being heads-down on various aspects of The Orange Box, it wasn’t until testing that it became clear how special it was.
“I was really worried throughout the development of the inevitable Portal comparisons,” Stubbington said. “I think the first-person genre is crowned and almost dominated by the Portal series. It means it is very hard to break into without being labeled as an imitator or rip-off; whether your game has a portal puzzle mechanic or not. For me, I just felt like the genre still had some untapped potential.
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