Now you can play Half-Life on your smartwatch

Your smartwatch may not be the ideal platform to play a videogame on, but perhaps you’d make an exception for Half-Life, one of the finest first-person shooters ever made.

Thanks to the SDLash app, you now have the option of doing just that. You can play Half-Life, or perhaps any old game that uses the Source engine, on your Android Wear smartwatch via the app.

There are some compromises made. And you have to put up with some technical limitations. The framerate can drop significantly, for example, and the on-screen controls are tiny.

It’s not the most immersive way to enjoy Valve’s classic first-person shooter. But maybe it’ll tide you over until there’s some more news about Half-Life 3. Don’t get your hopes up; that could take some time.