Importance of Playing the Original Half-Life

[Gamerforlife]

I actually haven't play HL despite my desire to usually play things in order. I had no trouble following the story in HL 2 though.

For those of you who have played the original, here's a funny video that sums up its story as well as HL 2's story

[t0yrobo]

I had totally forgot about this till this thread got me thinking about the HL games again. Everyone that's played HL2 really should read Concerned http://www.hlcomic.com/. It's well worth the time.