Half-Life 2 remains one of the most influential and critically acclaimed games of all time. Through exploring its intricate world and revolutionary mechanics, I’ve learned invaluable lessons about ...

Here’s how it works. Hear me out. Let's say instead of violent nerd Gordon Freeman wasting alien invaders in City 17, Half-Life 2 was actually about a gritty hardboiled detective fighting ...

Half-Life 2 has a unique narrative because, although it offers a good storyline throughout the game, many details that deepen ...

Eventually this would lead to Half-Life: Alyx, the VR-exclusive spinoff. There were other fun tidbits from the documentary on some fan-favorite elements of the game, and how it all came about.

Valve has released the Half-Life 2 Anniversary update to celebrate the game’s 20th anniversary, adding developer commentary, improved the graphics and lighting in the game, Steam Workshop ...

Laidlaw would later reveal the plot in a story called "Epistle 3," featuring "Gertie Freemont" and "Alex Vaunt" — plays on Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance. Half-Life 2: Episode 3 would have been ...

Valve released Half-Life 2 on November ... a single Half-Life 2 RTX-themed GeForce RTX 4080 Super card. The card, reportedly valued at $2,014, is a true collector's item. Gordon Freeman better ...

For the uninitiated, Half-Life 2’s narrative pitch hardly radiates the qualities of a tale worth etching into the annals of gaming history. Transported to the Tarkovskian urban sprawl of City 17, ...

“Fixed a crash under 64-bit caused by some custom HUDs using Half-Life 2 HUD elements which assume the player is Gordon Freeman,” say the latest patch notes, released overnight on April 2 ...

Meanwhile, survival horror like Resident Evil 2 ... Half-Life, threw players smack dab in the middle of the eerie Black Mesa scientific facility, where theoretical physicist Gordon Freeman finds ...

A recently released fork of one of the premier VR mods for Half-Life 2 (2004) added a number of features that should make you feel a little less like Gordon Freeman, and a little more like John Wick.