Planet Half-Life

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Planet Half-Life
URL http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/
Commercial? No
Type of site Gaming
Registration Optional
Owner IGN
Created by GameSpy
Current status Active

Planet Half-Life (often abbreviated to PHL) is a gaming website owned and run by GameSpy. Maintained by a voluntary team of contributors, the site is dedicated to providing news and information concerning the games Half-Life and Half-Life 2, as well as any related modifications. It was originally founded by Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen as a simple fan site, was bought by GameSpy and is now one of the largest of an array of GameSpy-run gaming websites known as planet sites.

Contents

As well as daily news updates, Planet Half-Life also supplies other content in the form of:

  • Picture of the Day (POTD), a daily, often comical picture relating to HL/HL2.
  • Mod of the Week (MOTW), a weekly feature showcasing prominent, excellent Halflife/Half-Life 2 modifications.
  • Level of the Week (LOTW), a weekly feature showcasing the best levels from HalfLife/Half-Life 2 and their modifications.
  • Mod Reviews, a feature with objective and analytical points about a recently released modification.
  • Mod Previews, a feature similar to mod reviews, but concerning unreleased modifications.
  • Weekly Poll, a topical and often witty poll, the results for which are posted a week later along with humorous comments from the staff.
  • Tech Corner, an audience sustained mailbag concerned with technical issues as well as a monthly column dedicated to individual issues.
  • Weekly Fiction, a fan fiction revolving around the Half-Life Universe. Currently The Silent Approach.
  • Mailbag, a reader-sustained feature involving staff-reader banter.
  • Editorials, opinion articles released on a weekly basis.
  • Interviews, a monthly feature in which PHL interviews various mod developers, prominent community members and Valve employees.

As positions are voluntary, Planet Half-Life staff are free to leave at any time. New applicants must undergo a detailed application process and a subsequent trial period. Many staff members choose to volunteer for personal benefit, such as writing practice or a stepping stone to larger projects.

The staff list as of April 2007:

  • Danny Scot, Site Director
  • Ben Ballinger, Content Director
  • Chris Fillmore, News Director
  • John Phillips, News Editor
  • Gregory Hall, Staff Writer
  • Alex Capriole, Staff Writer
  • Tim McCarthy, Staff Writer

Planet Half-Life also offers free web hosting for Half-Life themed websites. The web hosting is regulated through GameSpy, though the address of hosted sites is a subset of the Planet Half-Life domain (http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=HostedSites.List).

As of September 2006, the following games are covered by Planet Half-Life:

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