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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.

Escape from City 17

datter — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:06:36 -0800

Escape from City 17 - Live action short film (episode 1) Here's episode 1 of "Escape from City 17", a live action series set in the Half Life universe. Phenomenally well done, and completely worth the dreaded SLYT.

Anomalous Materials

Artw — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:00:17 -0800

Ten years ago Valve released Half Life, to the delight of gamers, modders, critics and people who hate cut scenes. Marc Laidlaw, writer for Valve, talks about the genesis of scientist turned crowbar wielding survivor, Gordon Freeman. Somehow avoided playing it in all these years? You can buy it on Steam for less than a dollar until midnight November 21st.

"Greetings! Welcome to another edition of Team Fortress 2 Trivia!"

empath — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:16:54 -0800

Team Fortress 2 Griefing and More Team Forturess 2 Griefing.

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]

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.