I miss the outrageously olive drab Steam of the early 2000s WebDesignMuseum.
, but I think the Web Design Museum hit a real sweet spot with this '05 iteration—it's nowhere near as sparse asat the Steam official site in 2002, but we've also yet to see the gleaming grey-and-blue terminator of today start to tear out of its olive drab flesh like inMy eye was immediately drawn to the bronze/silver/gold editions of Half-Life 2—at the risk of revealing myself to be a pathetic bronze-tier gamer, I had no idea what these gradations meant at first.
My heart was also filled with yearning and nostalgia on seeing the Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar art book over on the sidebar. I remember absolutely poring over that thing for hours back in middle school, and it offers some tantalizing glimpses of alternate designs for iconic enemies and areas. Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Prima"Eguides" were a real hoot for me to see as well. The single player Counter-Strike campaign and Prima's attempt at an early pivot to digital content are like looking at the first rungs of abandoned tech trees—I can almost imagine an alternate present where Counter-Strike scooped Call of Duty on itscinematic campaigns or where Prima managed to get out ahead and dominate the SEO videogame guide space.
The whole shebang is wrapped up in that wonderfully horrendous dull green color scheme Steam pot-committed to for so many years, and it's all jammed onto a page so busy you don't even know where to start. Ok, maybe this isn't"flawless UX design" but god dammit, it makes me feel something! Perhaps it's just because I was a sweet little boy who didn't have to pay rent or taxes back then, but this image really takes me back.
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