@ja2ke whelp: serious high five. Alyx left me dumbfounded, awe-struck throughout. In addition to the usual muscle strain of having an HMD clamped to your face for a few hours, I found my smile muscles exhausted from grinning with glee at each reveal. The piano, the puzzle mechanics/animations, the bottle shader, everything about the ammo/weapon mechanics... nobody does it better, y'know. Don't get me started on how the Deck's got gaming back into this parent's life again or we'll be here all day