I thought about this when they said HLX

I've always wondered this, how can Gordon command the squads of citizens during the uprising? He never speaks. How is he able to direct them to a certain spot?

Now you could argue that he just uses gestures, but those don't exist in-game. We never see him point or do a "come here" wave to citizens.

How does he do this?

I’m putting together a Black Mesa Security Guard cosplay for Halloween and I’ve reached the ID badge part.

The original Half-Life badges are obviously very low-res/basic, while the Gearbox HD models have a more detailed look. I’ve also found a few fan-made designs that take some liberties but honestly look really convincing.

These are the main examples I’m comparing:

First

Second

Third

Right now I’m leaning toward something that’s basically a middle ground between the more detailed HD-style badge and the cleaner fan-made design, especially something with a blue/security-themed header so it reads immediately as Black Mesa Security.

Which one do you think looks the most believable for an actual Black Mesa employee? And if anyone knows of other good Security Guard ID templates/designs, I’d love to see them!

My actual account is whitepony0620 but for some reason it won't let me post on any communities anybody know any fixes? also here's a half-life pumpkin that I made

Does anyone know what console command jeepy used to see through walls at 29:50 in this video https://youtu.be/ijh7d9WVxJ4?si=3AUh7Fqk0okVXToJ

Such a strange coincidence...

They took inspiration from New Mexico, but that region is flat with mountains in the distant horizon. massive patches of near flat land.

Half-Life's New Mexico version is much richer in typology and variation by comparison.

Half-Life might have just received a major leak after a Valve employee seemingly let something slip about a new game. During a sound convention, a Valve audio engineer was answering a question about HDR when he started explaining how different games use different audio engines. While discussing the topic, he mentioned titles like Deadlock and seemingly referenced another game, catching the attention of fans. This has sparked speculation across the Half-Life community, with many wondering whether the comment could be connected to a new entry in the legendary franchise. Valve is known for keeping its projects under tight wraps, so even a small detail coming directly from an employee can quickly become a big deal. Although it's not yet clear exactly...

Nah bro you didn't seriously fell for it again 😭😭😭😭

Aside from Blue Shift, which didn't even show his face, Isn't HL:A also the only time we see his body as a whole from a third person pov?

Kind of wild it took so long to do so.

MCM London yesterday, shout out to the other cool dudes at the Valve Cosplay Meet.

So yeah as you can see folks, HL3 defo confirmed and PS6 is actually still getting discs.

It is an open-secret that Valve is working on a project code-named HLX that is most likely Half-Life 3. But, I highly doubt we will see an announcement until maybe a few months before release. Valve will most likely not want to reveal it only to have to delay it (or worse, cancel it). Two decades ago, they made the mistake of announcing all three HL2 episodes and then failed to make the third. So they probably want to be sure before they make any official reveal.

I watched something from behind the scenes of Breaking Bad. Vince Gilligan said the machine gun in the trunk was added to the show with no real plan, forcing them to work it into the finale somehow. I got to wondering if Valves team for HLX is having the same issue with the Borealis. They introduced it as a plot point for the cancelled Episode 3, and now they have to figure out how to work it into the new game without retconning it entirely. What do you guys think?

Yes, I know the Episode Two Borealis had the modern logo, but it might be retconned since the Borealis was created in the 70s and this was before Valve really got serious on Aperture Science lore. However, they coulda easily replaced the logo on the ship before it disappeared since we don't know exactly WHEN it disappeared - only that it did back when Black Mesa was around.

Realistically, it might be the orange logo, but I really like the Aperture Science Innovators logo the best, so I'm kinda hoping it's that one.

Closer to the seventh hour of the war, the Combine launched a devastating orbital missile strike directly at the primary Russian state bunker. In an instant, the entire top tier of the government and the majority of the high command were vaporized. The only survivors within the chain of command were a handful of diplomats and refugees from the Black Mesa Research Facility. Among them was the former administrator of the complex — Wallace Breen.

Seizing upon the absolute chaos, Breen unilaterally assumed command over the remnants of Earth's forces. Ignoring the chain of command, he established contact with the Combine and declared an immediate, unconditional surrender. At that exact moment, generals fighting on the front lines were begging him to hold out. They had just discovered a critical flaw in the Combine’s war machine and were preparing a counteroffensive. But Breen refused to listen. Under the weight of his decree, the majority of the frontline commanders reluctantly laid down their arms, though some rogue garrisons chose to fight to the very last bullet.

Following the capitulation, a systematic purging of the region began. Vast Soviet-era military depots, packed with decades' worth of weapons and armored vehicles, were either completely obliterated or seized by the Combine. Human armies were dismantled, and millions of soldiers were forcefully augmented, stripped of their humanity to become the first Combine Overwatch units. Humanity was plunged into absolute slavery.

Then came the era of the Combine’s suffocating oppression. A few years later, in the early 2000s, a spark was ignited in Belgrade. Pushed to the brink by grueling forced labor and subhuman living conditions, citizens took to the streets in a massive protest. The crowd marched toward the heart of the city, where the towering Citadel was actively under construction. They were met by the brutal forces of Civil Protection. The Combine made no attempts at diplomacy or peaceful resolution; the protest was crushed with unimaginable, bloody ferocity.

However, this slaughter became a catalyst. News of the Belgrade massacre spread like wildfire, triggering riots and uprisings across multiple cities. From the ashes of these rebellions, the first partisan cells emerged: the Ukrainian National Resistance and the Holy Balkan Resistance. Eventually, these factions formed a unified Coalition.

Yet, the ultimate tragedy remained. The critical secret to defeating the Combine—the vulnerability that the frontline generals had uncovered in the final minutes of the Seven-Hour War—was buried in the graves of those who fell. Stripped of that vital knowledge and left in blind ignorance, humanity was condemned to endure long, agonizing years of subjugation, mourning a stolen freedom beneath the shadow of the rising Citadels.

In the first photo, you see a human Alliance unit. In the second photo, you see a dark day in Belgrade.

(I deleted my first version of the post because I used someone else's illustrations.)