It’s like hearing Dr. Breen’s own playlist
I’ve been a fan of the various You Are Listening To… streams for a few years now. Initially, you could listen to the police banter of various North American cities while a stream of ambient and instrumental music played at the same time. It made for an oddly soothing listening experience but I don’t think there’s anything gentle about thiscustom station, a loop of radio chatter fromHalf-Life 2’ssinister dystopia City 17.
I haven’t playedHalf-Life 2for a while now but just hearing that combined radio chatter and the cold, mechanical loudspeaker announcements brought back memories. I kept expecting to hear gunshots at some point as I’m so used to Combine guards chasing me around.
Half Life 2gets a lot of credit for the design of City 17 but its sound design never gets that much praise. This station reminded me how atmospheric the city really was.
