PC Accelerator was an American personal computer game magazine that was published by Imagine Media. It was known for its Maxim-like humor and photography.
March 2000 cover of PC Accelerator showing developer, Stevie Case
Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The p
PC Accelerator
…by the current staff of PC Gamer with contributions by former PCXL staff including Rob Smith and Dan Egger. Games were reviewed on a scale of 0-10. Half-Life was the only game to receive an 11 (in the February 1999 issue). Mike Salmon: Editor in Chief and writer…
Original North American cover art
An in-game screenshot of the player battling Marines, an AH-64 attack helicopter, and a gun turret in the chapter "Surface Tension"
Valve's president, Gabe Newell, in 2002
Valve hired the novelist Marc Laidlaw (pictured in 2011) to write the story.