MY LINKS My Patreon - My Website - My Soundcloud - About 3 years ago “Half-Life SFX” videos started really popping off. People would take the sound effects from 1998’s Half-Life and dub them over movies, TV shows, cartoons and cat videos. There is a reason these videos are so funny and in this video I break down the sound effects to try and find out why. OTHER LINKS: My cover of Hazardous Environments (The Valve Theme) by Kelly Bailey - Some original, Half-Life inspired, music I made for this video - Kelly Bailey's interview with The Gaming Library - :// A more in depth video explaining digital audio by David MacDonald (well worth watching if you are interested in nerdy audio things) - @Hellmord 's channel (which has more Half-Life SFX videos on it) - @Hellmord/videos Get tf out (the Test Chamber) by @googleygareth- CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 00:29 Sample Rate 01:53 Bit Depth 02:49 Why LoFi audio is cool 03:48 Artistic Intention 05:25 Example 1 - Black Mesa Transit System 05:57 Example 2 - Rocket Launch 06:42 Example 3 - XEN 07:28 World Building 08:10 Conclusion #halflife #sfx