Half Prince/Headscratchers


 * Okay, so there's a massive, and the only way to solve the problem is to kill the game. Why isn't the company just explaining the situation and killing the game!?
 * Economics. A lot of people are invested in the game at this point, be they players or not (1/2 life has stores in real life too), and they'd loose a lot of support if they just killed everyone. There are a lot of people who don't care about the NPCs and/or aren't affected by the HD. They would be pissed at being killed on account of someone else's problems. Companies, even big ones, don't like taking risks. It's all about making money.