Former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw says he 'retired too hard', but there's no way he's coming back for Half-Life 3: 'We need new stuff, [not] me going 'Well the G-Man wouldn't do that in my day''

The G-Man looking at the camera.

A new episode of Netflix's Love, Death and Robots is based on a short story written back in the 80s by former Valve writer and now professional retiree Marc Laidlaw. Laidlaw left Valve in 2016 but, in a new interview with IGN, wonders whether "I retired too hard."

Last year saw the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2, as part of which Valve commissioned an official documentary from NoClip, in which Laidlaw featured. At the time Laidlaw also dug up an old development video on his own YouTube channel. "I'm like, I'm in the wrong business!" jokes Laidlaw. "I should just be leaking information about my old employer."