Neil Manke, who had made the Half-Life mod USS Darkstar for PC Gamer earlier in 1999, was already familiar with game modding for promotional purposes such as Coconut Monkey Adventures for Quake II and Soldier of Fortune for Quake. They Hunger was originally released in 1999 as a PC Gamer demo disc freebie, followed by two additional episodes in 20.
Since Halloween is around the corner, let’s look at the zombified single player mod They Hunger. The mods that did really interesting stuff for Half-Life, and end up being the must-play mods for the game. Some were interesting, others were bizarre, then there’s the classics. Much like Quake and Doom before it, people were messing around in WorldCraft making maps for the internet masses. How I got to experience it for the first time is a story for another time, but one thing that really caught my eye was the mod scene for Half-Life.
Half-Life is my most favorite game of all time.
