Half Life 3 might've been confirmed way before Mike's tweet and we never noticed

So, we all know Epistle 3 right? Marc LaidLaw's own take on what Episode 3 could've been

Posted in 2017, blows up, we all read it and go crazy

It's fine, then on sometime around 2022 he sudddenly has a change of heart and deletes it from his blog

Now why would he do that? It's been 5 years since he had published, anyone that could've read it has already read it and people had already uploaded archives of it because well its just a bunch of text not hard to simply ctrl c + ctrl + v

He then gives an interview and says he regretted publishing it because "It could create trouble for my friends at Valve" and "the real story development can only happen in the crucible of developing a game"

My ass I say, now hear me out on this one, what if he deleted it EXACTLY because Valve contacted him asking him to take it down because they WANT to make Half Life 3 and indeed having Epistle 3 up is a problem if they plan on releasing Half Life 3??? THINK ABOUT IT, Alyx came out in 2020, 2022 is a perfectly plausible date to begin production and now in 2025 it could've been 3 years in development already, perfect to announce it with a trailer like Mike's tweet

HALF LIFE 3 IS COMING OUT I AM NOT CRAZY I AM NOT CRAZY I AM NOT CRAZY I AM NOT CRAZY I AM NOT CRAZY I AM NOT CRAZY I AM NOT CRAZY I AM NOT CRAZY I AM NOT CRAZY I AM NOT CRAZY