quarantine 'em

Oh yeah and why not just go back in time to the Seven Hours War and fight it again and win this time, OBVIOUSLY

One of these days I will make a videogame and then we'll see if I have any idea what I'm talking about

The other thing about the Half-Life story is that although we never got all the answers, I never got the impression that there were none

Compare with, let's say, Lost, which could not have been more blatantly improvised

Half-Life always felt as if it hung together behind the scenes. There were questions, but very rarely inconsistencies

It's weird but true that a viewer can tell this. Even without knowing all the answers, someone can get a sense for whether there are any

Lesson: the purpose of your story may not be to gradually reveal every answer, but you've still gotta do the work and HAVE them

It may be possible to get away without answers if you're producing something surreal and Lynchian (?) but that's a skill far removed from me