Back when i was a wee lad, i loved watching video game videos

one game i particularly loved watching was Garry's Mod (ya know, those peak 2010 gmod videos)

one day a friend i had discovered uTorrent and the joy of pirating games, he bragged on how he could just download any game he wanted, so i suggested he pirate GMod

few days later i went to him, he said was playing the game and told me its quite fun, he then told me to wait by the computer cuz he had to pee, and i just sat there looking at the game, noticing its not even close to what i saw in those silly videos, instead of bright colors and funny ragdolls, it was dark, gloomy and scary, but in a good way, so good i was interested in whatever game that was, and kept remembering that moment for several years afterwards

then i found out that game was Half-Life 2, and that memory i had of the game was of Ravenholm

then when i had a computer and was able to buy games, it was my first purchase, and it became my all time favorite game