Dismissed as vaporware for years, “Black Mesa,” the remake of the acclaimed “Half-Life,” has finally been released. Following the 2004 release of “Half-Life 2” and “Half-Life: Source,” “Black Mesa” was announced that September as a conversion of the original game using Source, the new game engine created by game developer Valve.

“Half-Life” is one of those rare movies where it doesn’t matter how busy you are or what you were thinking about before you started watching it. When the credits start […]