Doctor Freeeeman

>I heard you're interested in some cock and ball torture

>that herb

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Was it the best cutscene in vidya, Yea Forums?

>jussssst...what did you think...hm...that the Combine...harvessssssts?

FULLYgm

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>I apologise for what must seem an arbitrary imposition in the...hm...boof ro-tat-ion, but I have to wait until my....sigh...moonrock gas arrives from the dispensary....not to imply that I will be unwilling to share...if and when my gas arrives...in the meantime...pass that shit...nigga....

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he said MISTER freeman you retards.

>youtu.be/ylyCY9srJGw?t=36

youtu.be/Vu4kDfztSCI?t=265

I KNOW BUT LOOK AT THE OP PICTURE AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Do you think they ever actually had an idea as to what this guy's deal was

Or was he a Lost-level 'Toss in this cool mystery and we'll think of an explanation later, maybe'

was anything written about him in the epistle 3? because if anything, it would be explained there since its the ending to the half life 2 story

Name the band.

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The Free-Men

>post numbers a single hundo apart
groovy, also I'm pretty sure he ended up being something of an interdimensional bureaucrat, he ends up taking Alyx instead of Gordon at the end and just sends him hurtling into a Dyson Sphere on the remains of the Borealis, he gets saved by the Vorts and Alyx is pretty much just left in stasis until he requires her 'services', which I'm assuming just means fighting the Combine on a universal scale, it's likely that he just plucks exceptional individuals from all over the universe/multiverse/dimensions just to have them slap the combine's shit at numerous pivotal locations.

There was a retcon after HL1, in HL1 his goal was to gain control of the boarder world and he used the United States military to do it so you could assume that he was an alien that was working with or for the United States.
In HL2 they retconned the US control over Zen with the Combine invasion.

Talking Heads.

Considerably Large Nudge

unforeseen consequences

Gordon Semen in the...flesh

this is the one, they're an alt indie band like black midi, gman on the vocals of course.

YOU FUCKED UP MY FACE

Galunga, Mr Freeman.

If you hate Valve games, you dont like video games.

Masterclass in innovation and game design.

Blah blah blah mistah Freeman.

Except:
Half life 1 uses Quake engine
Half life 2 physics wasn't made by valve, it's all HAVOC
"Innovation" my ass you faggot.

People make fun of FROM Software and their Zanzibarts but Half-Life is the worst offender when it comes to meme storytelling. Like, the actual game has no plot to speak of, its all inferences from the fan.

It still hurts that we will never get an ending to this franchise

You have no clue.
sad

epistle 3 exists

Yes, thats how innovation typically works. Building upon existing things to create something new

A black man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world...

That was an ending to half life 2, not all of half life

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Same as it ever was

>Gman squad
Damn, that takes me back

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Cocks, Mr. Freeman? Are you really here to... cum?

Someone post the screencaps of that epic thread. You know the one

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You smell the asses Mr. Freeman

WTF

Michael stop trying to be contrarian and do your homework.

so who are his "employers?"

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you could blur out the date and tell me this thread was made 2013 and I'd believe you.

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We don't know, they might not even be "employers" they might be something closer to peers or contractors or allies.

Does anyone even use this thing in 1?
I never used it because you get it so late, ammo is so scarce, and it's replaced with the gluon gun just a couple chapters later but I keep hearing that a lot of people really enjoyed it

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It was so fucking fun to fly all over killbox with this gun and pwn n00bs and they seethed about it so god damn much that they called you a hacker. I want online shooters to be fun again.

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Valve. Unironically.
>'Employers' hire him to create Black Mesa disaster
>Gordon thereby proves that he has 'limitless potential' for future games
>He continues to lead Gordon along, doing just enough to push him in the way that G-man's employers want, but not being able to do more than 'keep an eye' on Gordon (can't interfere with the gameplay or it wouldn't be a good game right?)
>Despite being vaguely against the Combine, pushing them off of Earth would be 'too large' of a nudge for G-man's employers to countenance (have to keep an antagonist for the games right?)
>G-man also mentions that Gordon has been unable/unwilling to 'perform the tasks laid before him' and that he and his employers 'have struggled to find a suitable replacement' - meaning that the games starring Gordon are no longer viable and that Alyx is the suitable replacement to make new games with

G-man is a representation/commentary(?) on the relationship between a game dev and the player. He pushes things into place so you, the player, can move towards a pre-determined outcome, with you only being vaguely aware of his existence and intentions. 'Rather than offering you the illusion of free choice I will take the liberty of choosing for you.' There is no actual freedom of choice in any game, since everything is pre-determined for you, the only choice you have is how you approach things within the confines of the sandbox the developer has laid out.

I loved it. Great sniper alternative if you know what you're doing. Best way to take down choppers through Surface Tension imo.

Yeah it absolutely wrecks heli's, if you know roughly whats coming up in a 2nd playthrough or w/e its hella useful for alien grunts and the floaty boys.

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>Takes down the chopper easily
>Perfect accuracy
>Only does as much damage as you want it to
It's perfect.

>no plot to speak of
You have to be braindead to think this.
If you're referring to the world building being largely inferred, that's the point. You are supposed to observe the game world and make your own conclusions. Often the evidence is pretty self explanatory. Like for example what are those soldiers you're fighting against and why do they follow orders blindly? Well, nobody tells you they're half-machine and brainwashed, but you can figure it out if you watch and listen. Stuff like that isn't the plot though, the plot is visible in plain sight.

i like how g-man outside his gordon appointments is just a crazy fuck who fucks around for fun because he basically has god powers over the half-life universe
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I don't think they thought it through that much, and why would they? They just wanted to have a mysterious character who fixes plot problems with interdimensional space magic.