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Laidlaw: Half-Life 2’s Alyx Works Because ‘She Gives You Back Emotion’

02 Nov 2009 10:49:19 PST

Written by DigiQ8
Gamasutra had an interview with Laidlaw and fellow Valve writer Erik Wolpaw. Laidlaw made some comments on Gordon Freeman's development as a lead character and how it has more to do with his external interactions rather than internal mechanisms. So we were trying to do a thing where it wasn...

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Half-Life in Real Life

31 Oct 2009 10:09:07 PDT

Written by DigiQ8
A group of CERN lovers have taken a trip to the CERN tunnels (where Gordon Freeman had been spotted last year). The pictures show a great resemblance between the CERN tunnels and the original Half-Life settings. To read more about their trip, click here.

Original story at Halflife2.net .

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CSS SCI-Fi 3: Hardwired – Half-Life 2

08 Oct 2009 02:51:34 PDT

CSS SCI FI 3: Hardwired is a single-player modification for Half-Life 2. Waking up to find himself an augmented clone of Gordon Freeman, the player must fight time-travelling Combine forces and other enemies across 42 unique and replayable missions. Missions are set in 18 retail and 24 cu...

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Half-Life, Portal scribes detail the Valve process

16 Sep 2009 11:11:13 PDT

Gamasutra When he joined Valve during development of Half-Life, Laidlaw said his biggest contribution was simply in assuring the team that the problem was both common ... GDC Austin: Half-Life, Portal Scribes Talk Writing ProcessGamasutra

Original story at GameSpot .

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Research and Development: Media Release

23 Aug 2009 11:04:26 PDT

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I'm not the type of person who enjoys sitting down and spending time for what is simply a Half-Life 2 map pack, most will need more than just a few kill rooms to tickle my fancy, but RnD does a fantastic job of putting the focus off combat and taking what Half-Life 2 promised from the beginning a...

Original story at Life Gaming.com .

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Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Review

06 Jul 2009 15:11:52 PDT

Written by geoffcalver
Half Life 2: Episode Two begins right where Episode 1 left off. The Citadel has come crashing to the ground, City 17 is in ruins, and your train out of dodge has derailed. You awake to find Alyx outside, thankful you’re alive. She helps you out using the Gravity Gun, and thus begins your mission.

Original story at terminalgamer.com .

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Half-Life news and blogs - November 06, 2009

06 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Half-Life news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Zombie Panic Source 2.0 Released! -- from HL Fallout
• Insurgency 2.5 Beta Released! -- from HL Fallout
• Borderlands PC DRM loyally guards street date; Pitchford unable to order stand-down -- by James Ransom-Wiley from Joystiq
• Frankenreview: Borderlands [Round Up] -- by Mike Fahey from Kotaku
• Weekend Coupons: The Known and Unknown [Dealtaku] -- by Owen Good from Kotaku
• Left 4 Dead 2 Xbox 360 Achievements! -- from HL Fallout
• Left 4 Dead 2 Achievements Reveal New Items, Confirm Campaigns -- by Michael McWhertor from Kotaku: Valve
• Kotaku's Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists [Lists] -- by Owen Good from Kotaku
• CSS SCI FI 3: Hardwired Released -- by Hectic Glenn from Halflife2.net
• Valve Announces Left 4 Dead 2 Scavenge Mode -- by Valve from Steam RSS News Feed

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Half Life 2: Episode 2 Trailer

20 May 2009 16:36:18 PDT

A new trailer of Episode 2. Warning: May contain coolness and mindblowing awesomeness....Also Dog fighting a Strider. www.gamespot.com

Original story at GameSpot . Related stories include: Half Life 2 Episode 1 compilation - gametrailers.com , Escape From City 17 Part 1 HD - strimoo.com

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How to Get, Install, and Play portal_playground_v1

08 Mar 2009 19:03:27 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (NightbringerMinion)
Keywords: Portal PRTL Skins Maps Map Skin Half-Life Orange Box Epic Sandbox Cool Experiment tutorial how to use portal playground v1 awesome sauce video made so you will all leave me alone about it heres the map OB Engine Cube Guns Cubemaps noclip cheats console

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How To: Half - Life on PSP

25 Jan 2009 07:24:21 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (Neomatrix125)
How to get Half - Life 1 on PSP Files: HL.zip (Half life Kurok Mod) http://postdownload.filefront.com/12088502//96bc14fb4502f146edadfac79f96977078afcf9864b1646f81515e7f3aa7d4b477b6d2303d33da37 Kurok: http://www.bladebattles.com/kurok/files.html Just put hl in ms0:/PSP...

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Opinion: Wertzone Classics: Half-Life 2

24 Jan 2009 13:19:00 PST

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Adam Whitehead)
Half-Life 2 (****½) is no longer available as a solo game in the UK, but only as part of The Orange Box, alongside Episode One, Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 and the spectacular Portal. This package, available for the PC, X-Box 360 and PlayStation 3, is well-recommended. The game is still avai...

Original story at The Wertzone .

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Valve Tried to Trick Half Life 2 Hacker Into Fake Job Interview

19 Nov 2008 04:49:09 PST

Written by Kevin Poulsen
In September 2003, the source code for the much-anticipated Half Life 2game turned up online, and Valve's managing director, Gabe Newell, revealed that the company's network had been breached. In a postto the company's web forum, Newell asked for gamer's assistance in finding the hack...

Original story at Wired News .

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Patch: New Half-Life 2: Fistful of Frags Mod Released - Video

16 Oct 2008 14:38:43 PDT

The Fistful of Frags Website now offers a new version 2.0 of this western-themed modification for Half-Life 2 (Thx:Blue's News). Described as a "massive" update, this point release incorporates the Source "OrangeBox" engine "bringing to ...

Original story at COMBATSIM.COM . Related stories include: Patch: Half-Life 2 Perfect Dark: Source Beta v1.1686 Mod [PC] - GameSpot , Half-Life 2 Insects Infestation v1.0.8 to v1.0.9 Mod Server Patch [PC] - GameSpot and ... DriverHeaven.net , Blue's

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Patch: Eternal_Silence_v3.0_to_v3.1_Beta_Client

23 Jun 2008 18:22:40 PDT

This is the newly released patch for the popular Half-Life 2 mod Eternal Silence that will bring your game client from version 3.0 to version 3.1. It fixes the gameplay and balance problems uncovered in 3.0 and is certainly a must have update.

Original story at SPAWNPOINT.COM .

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HALF-LIFE DEATHMATCH -TEXTURE FIX+PATCH 1 3 - games game fixes patches

30 Mar 2008 13:57:01 PDT

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Podcast: PCGP Episode #157: PC-Dog Billionaire

27 Mar 2008 02:00:00 PDT

Written by jeremy@pcgamerpodcast.com (PC Gamer Magazine)
On this weeks show we recount what it was like to discover Half-Life 10 years ago. Then we find out how strong an industry we the PC can be. Also, the editors give their Wotlk, L4D, and Fallout 3 impressions, answer a few listener questions and more.

Original story at PC Gamer Podcast .

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Fanfiction: HALF LIFE: FULL LIFE CONSEQUENCES

24 Feb 2008 01:04:54 PST

Written by Hangmen
Most epic Half Life fanfic ever written. Technorati tags: 2007, Blog, Comedy, Fanfiction, Hangmen, Humor, Internet, Parody, Retarded, Superior Internet Content, Weblog, Youtube. John Freeman who was Gordon Freemans brother was one day in an office typing on a computer. He got an email f...

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Patch: Zombie Panic: Source 1.21b Update Awakens

18 Feb 2008 16:30:00 PST

Everyone's favourite* Half-Life 2 zombie mod has just received a new update, just two days after the previous one. There's no mention of what 1.21b fixes, but if you plan on playing the survival horror mod online, you'll have no choice but to update. If missed the 1.2b patch released on Feb 16, i...

Original story at Kotaku Australia .

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How To: Half Life 2 Mods For Dummies

08 Jan 2008 21:36:34 PST

Written by tech-geek
How cool would it be to build your own levels and customized weapons for Half-Life 2? This book will get you ready to mod so you can enjoy the ultimate gaming experience. You'll find out how to create your own maps, strategically place ...

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Opinion: Half-Life: Blue Shift - Completed

08 Dec 2007 00:19:25 PST

Written by *Legion*
Next up is Gearbox’s little-known third Half-Life expansion, Decay. While Decay was only officially released as an added chapter to the PlayStation 2 port of Half-Life, a mod team has been hard at work porting it to the PC (I previously stated on this blog that the mod was a Source-engine mo...

Original story at Economy of Effort .

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How To: Portal Gun in Half-Life 2 Deathmatch Map

16 Oct 2007 16:04:21 PDT

Written by Chris
You can see in the video above – complete with Radiohead music – a tutorial of how to get the Half-Life 2 Deathmatch map Overwatch into Portal and how to spawn a portal gun. While it’s still a long way from playing with others, ...

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Podcast: Episode 30

12 Oct 2007 00:29:12 PDT

Bungie and Microsoft get divorced, Valve Interview Explores Why There Is No Mac Half-Life, FIFA 08 Heading To Mac?, UT3 PC specs released, No UT3 editor for mac?, CMR Mac date "announced".

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Valve's Orange Box bundle goes gold

27 Sep 2007 12:45:00 PDT

The Orange Box game bundle that will include Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal, as well as Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One, has gone gold, Shacknews reports. The site has received official confirmation from ...

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Games - Half-Life 1.5 + CounterStrike 1.5 + HL 1.1.1.0 Patch

01 Feb 2007 14:08:10 PST

Category: Games Subcategory: Windows Quality: Full Game Language: English Uploaded by: macboy9000 Size: 1001.86 MB.

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Source Engine 360 Now Available

16 Oct 2006 13:20:28 PDT

Source, the technology that powered Valve's Half-Life® 2, is already the benchmark game technology on Microsoft's Windows platform, offering state of the art performance in graphics, networking, artificial intelligence, physics simulation and more.

Original story at Ve3d.com .

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Opinion: Half Life 2's Developer Commentary

05 Sep 2006 08:53:06 PDT

There have been a couple earlier attempts at in-game commentary, most notably the "Developer's Cut" of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004), a game that sounds awful but is widely considered one of the best modern first-person shooters. Valve was clearly inspired b...

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