A quick reverse search suggests that this was initially made with HL3 news in mind. I found (a lot) of very recent reposts of it.
I don’t have much more to say, other than to express mild cynicism that the same joke used in waiting for a computer game gets reused for very serious historical events.
Refreshing news feed like nth attempt at a skilltester machine.
WW3 again?! is HL3 even in this thing?
begrudgingly changing the link in my bookmark of ?sort=New Hebxear Bulletins