'Half-Life' writer Marc Laidlaw leaves Valve after 18 years

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Marc Laidlaw, an 18-year veteran of Valve Software and the lead writer of

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and its two subsequent episodes, has left the company. News of his departure broke on Reddit after user

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posted screenshots of an email exchange with Laidlaw (which

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). In the email, Laidlaw confirms his "retirement" from Valve.

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