15 Things I Learned While Playing Half-Life

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Aidinthel

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DeadlyYellow said:
Paragon Fury said:
14: When given tools that allow them to manipulate time and space itself, the first (and likely only) thing people will do is use it to replace their (or other's) penis with various forms of weaponry.
What can be seen as a Yahtzeeism. I am just not sure how it applies to the Half-life series.
My assumption was that it related to the level editor.
 

Paragon Fury

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DeadlyYellow said:
Paragon Fury said:
Groin joke?
Paragon Fury said:
14: When given tools that allow them to manipulate time and space itself, the first (and likely only) thing people will do is use it to replace their (or other's) penis with various forms of weaponry.
What can be seen as a Yahtzeeism. I am just not sure how it applies to the Half-life series.
Penis miniguns.

Penis Gravity Guns.

People do weird shit with the mod tools for Half-Life.
 

Mr36

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What I learned from the original half life is that after spending possibly decades and untold thousands of dollars getting the training to be one of the premiere theoretical physicists in the world, you will know how to do two things:

1: Bash aliens with a crowbar

2: Push shopping carts full of rocks into a laser
 

Wintermoot

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1. theoretical physicists research stuff with a crowbar
2. government officials talk funny and have magical powers
3. you NEED to have a MIT diploma in theoretical physics to plug stuff in and push stuff into beams
4. at MIT you learn how to use weapons
 

IBlackKiteI

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Paragon Fury said:
15: No one ever comes back from Ravenholm. Except that one mute dude with the Haz-Mat suit and a crowbar apparently.
LIES! GRIGORI LIVES!

Ahem, that list was pretty damn true. Nice work, keep it up. : D
 

Jack Macaque

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Paragon Fury said:
Liberaliter said:
Obviously you're in league with the cake.
That made me laugh quite a bit, I appreciate your cakeism.

Half-Life teaches us many things, like how 6000 games will be based off the engine and some of those games will really shine.

Others will fail.

Much like cake.

Cake...
 

SL33TBL1ND

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I learned a great deal about how to make a linear game's linearity justified in universe without pulling bullshit tricks on the player.
 

Paragon Fury

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IBlackKiteI said:
Paragon Fury said:
15: No one ever comes back from Ravenholm. Except that one mute dude with the Haz-Mat suit and a crowbar apparently.
LIES! GRIGORI LIVES!

Ahem, that list was pretty damn true. Nice work, keep it up. : D
More lies from the cake I see.
 

TerribleAssassin

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Aptspire said:
I've learned that although the world may be ending, there are still balance puzzles that need solving :)
Too many Jigsaw puzzles I tell you!

Also, during my time in Half-Life, I learnt that world-class physicists can also be world-class electronic bolt limbo-ists..
 

bulldogftw

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1.Scientists have better firearms then the military.
2.Helmets are overrated.
3.Those things on the ceiling aren't ropes.
 

Imbechile

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Not everything that is dangling from the ceeling is a rope.
Whenever in doubt, look for the nearest ventilation shaft.
 

timeadept

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TheYellowCellPhone said:
In the event of an invasion on the homefront, scientists should be the first to be drafted.
This, only unless they're mute they'll probably just end up being fodder.
 

Romidude

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Paragon Fury said:
IBlackKiteI said:
Paragon Fury said:
15: No one ever comes back from Ravenholm. Except that one mute dude with the Haz-Mat suit and a crowbar apparently.
LIES! GRIGORI LIVES!

Ahem, that list was pretty damn true. Nice work, keep it up. : D
More lies from the cake I see.
Find the sound file that is named something like monk_death. Grigori is referred to as "Monk" in the code and mapping. The sound also happens to be the same laughing screams that you hear as you take the trolley into the caves.
 

timeadept

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If the human race is ever under attack by aliens, and you meet the single person in the world who seems to have a chance of stopping them, RUN he's the mobile epicenter of the disaster! It's only a matter of time before aliens show up and kill everyone BUT him!
 

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I learned that giant green worm monsters will completely nuke your framerate. And that #12 also applies to snipers... but only in the sequel, strangely enough.