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Some Hollywood Genius Wanted to Make a 'Half-Life' Movie with Horses

Gaben described bad 'Half-Life' movie ideas in a recent interview.

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Hollywood types often come up with fucking awful ideas that then somehow get made into films (Battleship anyone?) but thankfully Valve head Gabe Newell wasn't having any of that when it came to a Half-Life movie.

During an interview with Chris Hardwick of The Nerdist, Newell described some of the awful ideas that movie-makers have approached him with over the years, including adding horses to a Half-Life movie:

The interview with Newell is spread over The Nerdist's two most recent podcasts—listen to them here. What other bad video game movie ideas have you had or heard of?

[via Game Informer]

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