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So it turns out that when Gabe Newell informed us in E369 that Valve had better uses for its time than “building a sort of gamelet” for Steam Deck, he was telling porkies. But on the strength of this return to ’s setting, we’re ready to forgive him. While can be played on any PC, it’s clearly: this is essentially a half-hour interactive comedy sketch. But it’s enough to remind you just how good Valve is at making singleplayer games – and how long the wait is likely to be for the next one. That, alas, is considerably harder to forgive.

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