the one you were talking about not making sense: “it is the case”

you’re both kinda agreeing on the same thing, whatever the “it” is, is understood through context. which when you lack said context, the sentence becomes nonsensical

planet-scaping, some call it

got some examples of what you listed in the third paragraph?

this is hearsay but I read earlier either on lemmy or reddit that valve specifically confirmed that HL: Alyx is not a rebranded or retitled HL3