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Half Life EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Dino D-Day: Great mod or greatest mod? 25 It finally happened. Someone made a Half-Life 2 mod about Nazis, dinosaurs, and Nazi dinosaurs. Sure, the main reason why I want to even give it a try is incredibly shallow, but even still, it's ... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! MGS VS Half-Life 237 Last week's bonus questions brought in even more discussion than the week before, and when you outdo a Zelda and Final Fantasy debate, that's saying something. And boy did you guys and gamer girl... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! Halo VS Half-Life 244 Last week I introduced a new format for these weekly game debates, and it went great! I used two of the most loved series in the game industry of all time, and the result was just as vicious... Ueda wants to make an FPS, loves Half-Life 2 23 If you've played either of Fumito Ueda's games, Ico or Shadow of the Colossus, and come away feeling nothing then you need to double check your pulse and then make sure you're still human. It's p... Korsakovia is like the Silent Hill sequel that never was 12 If you haven't played Dear Esther or Conscientious Objector, stop reading this and do so immediately. Not just because these two games by thechineseroom are tremendously interesting experiments i... Warning: This Half-Life 2 mod will make you chuckle 33 In my ongoing quest to find a mod for Half-Life 2 that is simultaneously the dumbest and greatest thing ever (at least for today), I think I can finally give my life's work a rest.Thanks to the b... Valve announces Half-Life yard sale: 66% off! 29 If you're stuck at home with no plans this weekend, things may be looking up more than you think. Steam just announced that they're having a sale this weekend, with everything Half-Life-related s... Game Debate to the Death! Gravity gun VS Portal gun 107 Last week was a fighting genre fight to the death. The clash of old versus new brought out all sorts of supporters and critics. The thought process of many of the comments was logical, balanced, ... Half-Life with real guns should not be tried at home 23 The guys (and one attractive girl) at Waterloo Labs like showing people how to do cool science-based projects on the cheap. For instance, if you have a large wall you can shoot, something to shoo... Valve's learning sign language for Half-Life 2: Episode 3 48 Valve's Gabe Newell has been moving his hands around in very fast, repetitive motions in a room full of people. By that, I of course mean that he's been practicing sign language, and is looking a... Indie Nation: Research and Development 31 Our "Indie Nation" series highlights kickass independent games.Here is everything you need to know about Research and Development:- You can download it here  - Despite being a mod,... Indie Nation: Handle With Care 17 Our "Indie Nation" series highlights interesting games from the world of independents.Handle With Care, the sequel to Polaris and second game in Robert Yang's Radiator series, came out ... Indie Nation: Curse 9 Every week, Destructoid highlights interesting, innovative, or just plain odd independent games for its "Indie Nation" series.After three weeks of heady, combat-free first-person shoote... Game Debate to the Death! Counter-Strike VS Portal 113 Last week's debate could have gone so much worse, and I'm thoroughly pleased that it went as well as it did. I went into the PC odd game debates nervous about what games I could possibly pair up ... James Barnett's Fauxvism: Fallout 3's Megaton meets Matisse 14 The Internet is a wonderful place -- you can find anything on it, including the results of videogame × Fauvism mash-ups. Well, let's back up a bit. Perhaps Arizona is a wonderful place, sin... Indie Nation: Polaris 9 Half-Life 2's Source engine may well be one of the most reliably satisfying pieces of technology in the modern gaming world. It gave us gravity guns, zombie hordes, portal physics -- and now, of ... Game Debate to the Death!Counter-Strike VS World of Warcraft 100 Last week's debate brought us to the end of the PSP odd game debate brackets with two very deserving games in the finals. The votes were a dead tie half way into the tallying, but in the end one ... Indie Nation 63: Dear Esther 14 I have to admit -- I heard about Dear Esther from RockPaperShotgun, and their writeup is probably superior to whatever it is I'm about to blather on about regarding this moody Half-Life 2 mod.Dea... Lego Half-Life 13 Some of you reading that title got really excited about the idea of Lego Half-Life while the rest of you probably rolled your eyes. Of course its also possible that most of you looked at the imag... Steam goes insane, offers The Orange Box for $10 61 If you don't own The Orange Box by now, why not? This weekend's Steam deal is 66% off the normal $29.99 asking price, so you really have no excuse for not owning the collection of damn fine Valve... Half-Life 'viral video' is not really a viral video, still cool 45 There has been some speculation that a new video found floating around the Internet might be some sort of viral advertisement for Half-Life 2: Episode 3. It looks like that theory is pretty bunk,... Half-Life 2 fan made mini-series is absolutely amazing 43 Escape From City 17 is a short film series made by the Purchase Brothers. Part one was just released onto Youtube and this is easily going to be the best videogame related fan made video of 2009.... The Memory Card .50: A shocking loss 60 This being the landmark 50th edition of The Memory Card (wow!), I decided to focus on something special. And by “special” I mean a videogame moment that affected me more than any othe... The trailer for Black Mesa is absolutely gorgeous 54 For those of you that don't know, Black Mesa is a full conversion mod of Half-Life 2, developed by a team of dudes who thought that Valve's Half-Life: Source simply wasn't good enough. Their ... Crowbar delivered to CERN's 'Gordon Freeman,' hilarity and a contest ensue 43 You guys remember when Reddit decided to send a crowbar to CERN scientists in case a Half-Life-like resonance cascade came from the firing up of the Large Hadron Collider? We laughed, because fun... Crowbar finally shipped to prevent humanity's destruction 53 A month ago we posted a story about Reddit offering to send a crowbar to the brains behind the Large Hadron Collider project. Many fear that the particle accelerator at Cern could cause the end o... Reddit sends crowbar to scientists to protect against headcrabs 57 Scientists near Geneva are weeks away from switching on the Large Hadron Collider, a particle accelerator that promises to change our understanding of the universe forever. A Reddit user, however... Instant replay: Level select and the freedom of choice 43 Look at the back of any videogame packaging, and you'll likely see some marketing jargon about the length of the game or its replayability. Movies, on the other hand, all feature a run time hover... Half-Life: The Crossword 11 Kotaku dredges up some quirky stuff sometimes, such is the case with this Half-Life crossword, created by one of its readers. Definitely among the more imaginative pieces of videogame craftwork I... No Episode Three for E3, but we advise you to check out this concept art 28 Check out the hotness, the first concept art for Half-Life 2: Episode Three. This piece of art is part of the Into the Pixel exhibit which will take place at this year's E for All Expo on October... Half-Life 2: Episode 3 not at E3, playable Left 4 Dead the consolation prize 15 Despite rumors that have been swirling around since yesterday, Half-Life 2: Episode 3, Valve’s next installment in the Half-Life series, will not be showing up at E3 this year, as stated by... Play Valve games with a robot 27 On August 4, 1997, Skynet went online, and shortly thereafter it became self-aware. Thankfully, John Connor saved humanity from the possible nuclear oblivion that would have been wreaked by Skyne... The Memory Card .29: The Hunter attacks 43 Have you ever gasped out loud while playing a videogame? Even better, have you ever been so surprised by a moment that you have looked over and expressed your shock to someone that wasn... Orange Box 2: Back in the Habit 52 Doug Lombardi and Gabe Newell have recently been chattering about a few things of interest to the many Valve fans out there, chief among them the future of Counter-Strike and even the slim possib... Part two of Half-Life 2: Full Life Consequences: Rockets are my weakness too! 32  The epic Full Life Consequences saga continues. This time, John Freeman gets revenge for the death of his brother by giant GMan. But before he can get revenge, he has to go get a new motorc... EA rips up The Orange Box, sells games separately 37 As wonderful as The Orange Box was, some people complained that there was no value for them personally, because they already owned Half-Life 2 and Episode One. These people are blasphemous demons... Horrible, yet awesome, fan fiction: Half-Life: Full Life Consequences 83  In most cases, fan fiction is always horrible. Sometimes though, they are so horrible, they end up being hilarious. Take for instance this fan fiction for Half-Life written by a 6-year-old.... Gordon Freeman calls radio station, finally speaks out about the G-Man 59  There's not a lot else to say about this rather brilliant hoax. For the first time in public, the legendary Gordon Freeman has decided to speak out about his experiences in Black Mesa by ca... Half-Life 3 practically confirmed: About as inevitable as the Seven Hour War 65 With Half-Life 2: Episode Three planned to be the grand finale' of the Half-Life 2 story arc, you may be forgiven for wondering what's next in the parade of constant interruptions for the long su... Stop whining: PS3 version of The Orange Box isn't broken, please relax 32 If you were to believe the hype, the PlayStation 3 version of The Orange Box is an unplayable mess. The man would have you believe that the game (which ran so smoothly on capable PCs and the Xbox... PS3 The Orange Box coming to US, Europe December 11 32 If The Orange Box isn't the game of the year, it's most certainly the deal of the year. Five games for the price of one is hard to beat. Xbox 360 and PC owners have been loving it since October, ... Orange Box PS3 not so 'downright unplayable' now? 30 Jim pointed us to 1UP's preview of The Orange Box for PS3, and more specifically, of Half Life 2, where they said the game is "downright unplayable" due to frame rate issues. They did t... Half-Life 2 sucks on the PS3, according to 1Up 95 It's bad enough that Valve's The Orange Box is suffering from a joke of a delay on the PlayStation 3, but if 1Up is to be believed, the wait isn't even going to be worth it. Once again, the prosp... 1/5 of The Orange Box to get Xbox Live demo 35 If you own an Xbox 360 and you haven't picked up a copy of The Orange Box, well ... we think that's just silly. Valve are a bit more forgiving, and will be offering "the first demo for The O... We don't go to Ravenholm, but we can make it come to us 13 A great little weekend story, this. A man who recently held a Half-Life 2-inspired Halloween party is giving away his setpieces, which were based on the classic Ravenholm chapter of Valve's maste... Half-Life 2: Episode Three is going to be epic 55 With Half-Life fans making love to copies of The Orange Box everywhere, Valve is now turning our attention to the final installment of its current Freeman-flavored story arc. As the final chapter... Garry's Mod and Team Fortress 2: A match made in LOL 25 Garry's Mod is a thing of beauty. Many Machinimas and wacky videos from the Half-Life universe have all been possible thanks to Garry (and the awesome Concerned comic too). The latest version of ... Valve speaks on recent software territory violations 13 It seems that Valve's territorial control for The Orange Box and other software has caused a bit of trouble for gamers who opted to import to save a few dollars. Some gamers found out about this ... The Orange Box sells more copies than Halo 3 last week, only 3,134,327 to go 44 According to Video Game Chartz, the Internet's self-proclaimed "Most comprehensive videogame charts in the world," the Xbox 360 version of Valve's The Orange Box has outsold Halo 3 ... ... Portal + Half-Life 2 = Dog/Companion Cube slash fiction (we hope) 42 What do you get when you combine Half-Life 2 (the finest FPS of all time) with the lovingly hand crafted portals from Portal? Apparently you get the above video clip.Primotech sent us notice of... The Orange Box topples BioShock and Halo 3 on Metacritic 50 It was looking like it was going to happen, and now it finally has: Valve's The Orange Box has taken the top PC and Xbox 360 spots on game review site Metacritic. It was a pretty easy call: jammi... Destructoid review: Half-Life 2: Episode Two 39 [This is just one of the new games available in The Orange Box. Don't forget to read our reviews of Portal and Team Fortress 2, and keep your eyes peeled for forthcoming console reviews.]I'll... Orange Box to steal top Metacritic ranks from Halo 3 and BioShock? 29 It's still early, but Valve's bargain-of-the-year bundle The Orange Box looks like it could overtake two of the highest rated games ever on Metacritic: Halo 3 and BioShock.The Xbox 360 version of... 'Surprise single' by folk rock nerd to be included in The Orange Box 15 You must be some kind of monster if you felt like Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 weren't enough. But to sweeten the deal, and appease... Valve uncertain about the future of episodic gaming 36 Valve might be dropping the whole concept of episodic gaming once Half-Life 2: Episode 3 finally sees the light of day. While that release may seem like a distant prospect with Episode 2 still aw... Team Fortress 2 impressions 41 When I was young, I had dreams of becoming a doctor, fostered as dreams tend to be by the games I played. Had I taken that long and expensive road through med school, I would have invariably been... Valve hearts EA, will continue relationship 27 Hey, Valve likes Electronic Arts, so what's your problem? In an interview with Eurogamer, Valve's Gabe Newell wonders the same thing. "Everybody always tells us what a horrible monster ... Excuse me, but you have a crab on your head 25 You know it's true love when your girl gives you crabs for your one year anniversary. Sorry, I couldn't resist. The lovely Vintage Lust over at Girl Gamers decided to make her sweetie a 3D hea... Insurgency mod released, parallels Iraq War in more ways than one 22 The beta for Insurgency, the Half-Life 2 mod which seeks to realistically replicate the current battling in the Iraq (but with respawns, anyway), was released today after four years in developme... 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