MetaFilter posts tagged with HalfLife2

Not now James, we're busy

Artw — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:38:40 -0800

Robert Yang on the homophobic response to his Half-Life 2 mod Handle With Care.

Unique HL2 horror mod, Korsakovia

The Devil Tesla — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:18:05 -0800

Korsakovia is a Half Life 2 mod from research driven developer The Chinese Room. It melds the abstract driven story of their previous mod, Dear Esther (previously), with more traditional gameplay. The end result is an equally distinctive horror FPS with minimal narrative cues. Rock, Paper, Shotgun had a nice write up about it. The mod's ModDB page includes a comments section that is a mix of loving adoration and extreme frustration. Korsakovia lack of narrative clues means it's never clear that you are going the right way, and the game has a few bugs. I personally wasn't able to get through without cheating (remember, you have to type "sv_cheats 1" before any of these will work). Consider yourself warned.

Won't you come out to plaaaaaay?

Sebmojo — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:19:10 -0800

Dear Esther is a Halflife 2 mod. It could be viewed as an enigmatic, emblematic simulated afterlife, a Hebridean theme park or just a very slow shooter with with a laudable lack of any guns or enemies. Whichever you pick it's hard to deny that this interactive ghost story is Art. Or is it? Some other people liked it too.

City 7

chunking express — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:55:34 -0800

City 7 is a Half-Life 2 mod of Toronto. Be sure to check out their media page for some screen shots. My fiancee informs me that the North York City Centre is as dimly lit and post-apocalyptic as the screen shot suggests.

The Piracy Pyramid

designbot — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 10:32:39 -0800

Anathema, darknets, master rippers, and currys: The Shadow Internet. [via Volokh]

Speed Demo Archives

turbodog — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:55:29 -0800

Speed Demo Archives is the Guinness Book of Records for Quake speed runs, but they also have speed demos for other games, including a 2:57:35 Half-Life 2 run (torrent to video here). [Via FileRush]

SWEET MOTHER OF FUCK

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:43:02 -0800

TODAY WE ARE BECOME GORDON FREEMAN. This is the best of the web if e'er there was one. Go play.

Half-Life 2 source code stolen

stazen — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:20:51 -0800

Half-Life 2 source code leaked online Valve Software, the makers of Half-Life 2, said the leak followed a concerted hacking effort on the company's computers over a number of months. Easily one of most eagerly anticipated games ever, Half-Life 2 is regarded by many as the next step in the evolution in First Person Shooters. What does this mean for the future of Valve Software? (More inside)

Natural Selection

Orange Goblin — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:50:56 -0800

Half Life 2 may be postponed , but there's something here to keep you going - Natural Selection. The site is currently sporting a spartan look because they just released a new version of this essential Half Life mod, which combines games such as Command and Conquer with that of action shooters. Visit The Ready Room for more info.

Half-Life 2

McBain — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:49:14 -0800

After nearly five years of silence Valve is starting to talk about Half-Life 2. More to come at E3 in Los Angeles. What ever happened to Team Fortress 2? (Vaporware?)