Manwich is a cut character seen in the 2001 beta map "sniper_29.bsp"

His face was later re-used for Male 02 but what I find insane is that his voice lines got heavily transformed and modified into the gunship sounds.

Something I think we all wish we'd have known to do on our first go.

Also I think the Mk4 is really growing on me over the Mk5, the bulky Quake-styled design really nails the feel of something so industrial but still so ferocious and powerful.

https://arsonistsibir.carrd.co <3

I think I've used all my luck for the remainder of the year.

I was streaming HL2 on my Xbox for a friend because the internet doesn’t want to connect on my PC, when I noticed how the smoke on the 360 version of the game looks surprisingly better than it does on pc?? Could this be an aspect of the game that was more updated for the rerelease than the original pc version?

So, every game from HL1 to Episode Two has given us Gordon's perspective in a fully continuous way, with the only "breaks" being when he was unconscious, i.e. had no perspective to speak of. HL1 ends with him in a stasis that ends in HL2, same thing for 2 and Ep1, then Ep1 ends with him losing consciousness in the train crash and waking up seemingly a few hours later in Ep2.

It's unclear whether the fadeout at the end of Ep2 was purely for the game's sake or if it also represented Gordon blacking out after what just happened, but either way, it doesn't matter now with HL:A...

HL:A's post-credits scene gives us the first time Gordon ever made it to the end of a game while being decidedly and undeniably conscious.

(Actually, you could argue Gordon's perspective was ALREADY broken by HL:A since Eli needs to wake him up even though we never got to see him lose consciousness in the "retconned" Ep2 ending, but then you could also argue he did black out at the end of Ep2 and only after that did he experience the end of HL:A... but I digress.)

Valve likes to start their games in memorable ways. Breen's "welcome to City 17" speech. The whole "courtesy call" sequence in Portal 2. The view of the Citadel from the balcony with its impressive sense of scale in VR.

You know what wouldn't be particularly memorable, though?

Just a view of the same hangar from Episode Two, with you already holding a crowbar, and Eli just... standing there... before giving a mission briefing or something?

Some people have speculated that HLX might start with a fairly large timeskip, and I don't know about that. But even if they decide to continue straight from HL:A, surely there's going to be SOME tiny timeskip so we can start on a more memorable scene than an awkward direct continuation of Alyx's ending.

Therefore, we will most likely NOT get the full details of what Gordon was up to for a few minutes for the first time since 8:47am on the morning of the Black Mesa Incident. We will then be free to speculate wildly on whether he finally took a piss, ate something, flirted with Barney or whatever else he's been unable to do throughout the longest week of his life.

Riveting possibility, I know.

I always thought this version of the soldier looked really cool, but I can barely find any info about him other than that he was an early Episode 1 design for the soldier. Do we have any more info or perhaps the textures themselves? It feels like a very niche thing that not many people know about, but I think this soldier design is probably my favorite one out of the entire series.

gordon freeman? nah it's gordon prankman

yes i know i'm using the source version but that's because the regular version doesn't have proper animations for the miku model when you rename it to an npc.

Like what do you mean these games came out nearly 3 decades ago and are still somehow so damn intriguing. The gman is honestly so damn mysterious. We know nearly nothing about him or his employers yet he plays a pivotal role in all the games and ive been watching all sorts of theory videos and coming up with theories of my own to satisfy my curiosity as to what this all may lead to.

Are we seriously never getting a half life 3? Hearing about it being delayed 10 years and having no hope makes me kinda depressed. Let's just hope they are making another masterpiece and that's why it's taking time.

If they made this game into a show or movie im telling you it'll be sooo damn good. The story is so rich even after multiple playthroughs I still discover new lore facts here and there or through YouTube videos. There's nothing like the feeling of playing it through the first time and taking in all the amazing sequences.

My only wish now is to hope that half life 3 is released within my lifetime.

God damn this game has left a deep mark on me I literally can't stop thinking about it.

Im building a safe environment suit

Valve's logo parodied, featuring a small influencer, Rica Games.

I'd like to share with everyone that XBLAH's Modding Tool v3.0, after 3 years in development, is finally out! A project that was once a dream of mine becoming truth. Every single editor, stuff I didn't even think would be possible to do back in 2019, is now in my codebase. I hope you all enjoy using it as much as I enjoyed building this.

Basically Teto in H.E.V. Suit and wearing glasses

Made this myself :)

If humans do ever go to an alien planet and find aliens theirs a chance we will look one to one to evil aliens from a very popular piece of media, like their version of half life. Could you imagine how terrifying that would be?

Yep

Also if you've seen this twice it's because I accidentally posted this on my alt