Want to know what could have happened in Half-Life 2: Episode 3? Well, now you might be able to

It seems an ex-Valve writer has written up a blog post detailing what could have been the story for Half-Life 2: Episode 3. The writer, Marc Laidlaw, joined Valve in 1997 where he helped write and design Half-Life, Half-Life 2 and the episodes that continue after.

The blog post can be found here, but the site has been annihilated by eager fans wanting a read, so see this archived link.

The actual post doesn't name Half-Life directly, but the title is "Epistle 3" and it features characters such as "Gertie Fremont", so it's quite obvious really. It's worth noting though that Marc tweeted this out:

My website's down for now. I guess fanfic is popular, even a genderswapped snapshot of a dream I had many years ago.

— Marc Laidlaw (@marc_laidlaw) August 25, 2017

So this could be something he had written quite a while ago and he's simply adjusted a few things. It's sad really, as it's likely we will never get to see an Episode 3.

I have still yet to finish Episode 2, but I've also come to appreciate the story.