14 Things Only 2000s Gamers Will Understand

VALVE AT ITS BEST

Valve hasn’t made an actual game in years, unless you count Artifact, which- well, why would you? But though the company’s been focused on its storefront in recent years, none of us have forgotten its legacy. Seeing Valve’s name on a game’s box was once a guarantee of quality, with the studio having delivered some of the greatest games of all time, and during the 2000s, they were at their peak, with their output in those years including games such as Half-Life 2, Portal, Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, Team Fortress 2, and more.