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Half-Life and Stephen King's "The Mist"
CaptainApocalypse | 6:06 PM on 05.10.2008 13 comments


I was watching The Mist last night and it dawned on me that the events contained therein could be similar to what might have happened between Half-Life 1 and Half-Life 2. Think about it. Government experiments open a gateway to another dimension and bad shit ends up coming through. Giant bugs, walkers, and a myriad of other creatures terrorize the populace. Sounds kind of familiar doesn't it? Now, I'm by no means implying that the film is a perfect piece of inter-game filler, but the major points seem to line up a little bit. I know we don't now for sure, and most likely never will, what happened in between these two great games, but I thought it was at least worth consideration. Am I crazy, Destructoid?



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KamikazeTutor's Destructoid Blog
You know that The Mist was written in 1980, don't you?
Animated Trigger's Destructoid Blog
If I remember correctly, I read that Half-Life was actually inspired by the Mist, so there's your connection.
Zombutler's Destructoid Blog
You are crazy. But I find your post interesting.
CaptainApocalypse's Destructoid Blog
@KamikazeTutor

I was unaware. Thanks for the heads up.

@Animated Trigger

That would make a bit of sense.

@RedRabbit

I figured I was crazy. Thanks for the verification.
Zombutler's Destructoid Blog
This reminds me of how LOST has hundreds of incredibly coincidental similarities to The Wizard of Oz....


/lostobsession
Velt's Destructoid Blog
Really? Never read the Mist but im a great half life fan so i will try to get it...

wouldnt be great a book with a storyline between half life 1 and 2?
TheDespised's Destructoid Blog
As you were already told CaptainDumbAss...The Mist came WAY before Half Life. Try some research idiot.

Or try picking up a book once in a while.

What a fucking tool.
CaptainApocalypse's Destructoid Blog
lol @ TheDespised
Keriaku's Destructoid Blog
I don't know why people are telling him it came out first. He never said it WAS in between the games, just that it had similar events to what could have happened.
PetiePal's Destructoid Blog
That's the same thought chain I had a month ago when a friend and I rented that movie. I had an eerie Xen feeling of the creatures early on.
MEE's Destructoid Blog
OMG! TIME PARADOX, YOU KILLED OCELOT!


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