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more about #halflife2 more comments → fuchikoma: "Like Dawn of the Dead without zombies. Star Wars without spaceships. District 9 without aliens. 12 Angry Men without dialog (ha!)" Sounds really bad... more » D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!: Awfully lot of green in a nuclear fallout. You would think all that poisonous dust would stop that. more » Poul Wrist: Not really a game for the console audience of this website, is it now? more » Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition: I'm all for dark puzzle worlds. Might not come close to Braid. Or maybe it will. Ehh. I'll give it a shot sometime this week. :P more » SketchyIndividual: It's only a game in the sense the sense that you watch it, then read about the story? Sorry y'all, but I think I'll pick up an actual book instead. more » Livingtarget: can dance if He wants to!: So its a puzzle game in vein of the ol' point and click adventures? more » bjblackmamba: I can't believe no one has posted this yet, so I will: more » bass28: Meh, I'll be interested when I see the Wind Tunnel level. more » mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: Owen, this is nothing like BattleToads. The hit detection is too good. Actually, the hit detection "is". more » S.I.: Faster than the speed of awesome: No, this is Combat Amphibians. more » Cpryd001: Zeno Clash would be PERFECT to mod battletoads with! more » abort_user: gotta be the lamest HL2 nes mod ive seen. Battletoads (and the others too) are really impossible without modding some of the core mechanics of the gam... more » G1bblets: No its Doom 3 more » Pretty Sneaky Sis: WHOA! When's it come out? I'm going to preorder Battletoads for the f*ckin' Wii from Gamestop over the phone right now. more » Fernando Jorge: Well, aside from the awkward jumping parts and the apparently easy gameplay, it looks kind of fun. That would be an awesome design choice for an FPS. ... more » -
#mods
Explore The End Of The World With Post Script
Post Script is a mod for Half-Life 2 which is kind of like Fallout, only without the mutants. The Road, only without a whiny kid. I Am Legend, without vampires. You get the idea. More » -
#mashup
This is Battletoads?
Machinima just can't help itself. We've seen Castlevania, Mario, Contra, and now here we are with Battletoads as reenacted within Half-Life 2. More » -
#mashup
Half-Contra: The NES Classic Goes 3D
Machinima put this up last week, following the Castlevania and Mario reconstructions in Half-Life 2. Anyone who's ever played Contra - that should be all of us, right? - will want to watch this start to finish. More than once. More » -
#clips
"Look Out, He's Got A Piece!" — Half-Life 2 Mods Mario, Castlevania
From all-new video games to fabulous cakes, the Super Mario Bros. and Castlevania games get lots of makeovers from fans and developers alike. Here are two more machinima renditions to add to the list. More » -
#mods
Dino D-Day: Dinosaurs And Nazi's, Living Together, Mass Hysteria
You've fought Nazis, and you've fought Dinosaurs, but have you fought Nazi dinosaurs? You can now, with Dino D-Day, a new Half-Life 2 mod from Digital Ranch Interactive. More » -
#clips
Half-Life 2 Mod Is All "Pew Pew Pew"
Sure, Half-Life 2 is a shining example of how to do sound effects right, but still...sometimes it's OK to have a little fun with it, and replace those mechanical sounds with something a little more human. -
#halflife2
Valve Studying Sign Language For Deaf Half-Life Character
While Valve has been largely silent on what's happening with Half-Life 2: Episode 3, a recent focus test at the developer may point to the inclusion of a deaf character that ties into supporting character Alyx's past. More » -
#mods
Explore NeoTokyo In Half Life 2
Colorful cityscapes hide dark intriguing in the streets of NeoTokyo, the newly released Source mod freely available to anyone with Steam and a Souce SDK title. More » -
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#valve
Valve Games Now Support Gun Controller
Sadly, it's not the "PC Game Gun". Instead, it's been announced today that most of Valve's shooters will be compatible with Novint's Falcon peripheral. More » -
#art
Fallout, Half-Life, Grand Theft Auto Landscaped
James Barnett's "Fauxvism Series" of paintings focuses on a genre of video game-inspired art that we, unfortunately, all too rarely see: painted landscapes. Half-life 2 fans will likely recognize "Canal Barn with Figure," seen above. More » -
#kotakuroboto
Robots We Love: Dog
The only thing better than man's best friend is a giant, robot version of man's best friend, and that's why we love Half-Life 2's Dog. More » -
#lego
Yeah, LEGO Half-Life 2 Would Be Pretty Great
The guys at LEGO gotta make money. So they license Star Wars, and Harry Potter, and Rock Band. But if they didn't have to make money, we like to think they'd license Half-Life 2. More » -
#steam
Steam's Weekend Orange Box Deal Is Insane
Steam's weekend deal should take care of any leftover PC gamers who've yet to experience the glory of The Orange Box, with the whole shebang available now for 66% off. More » -
#clips
Half-Life 2: The (Short) Movie
A Half-Life movie based on Gordon Freeman would suck. But this short film - the first in a series - is not about Gordon Freeman. And, what do you know, it doesn't suck, either. More » -
#studies
Study Determines Violence Has No Effect on Games' Appeal
Researchers modified Half-Life 2 to study whether violence makes a game more enjoyable for players. The short answer: It does not. More » -
#mods
Half-Life 2's Graphics Dragged Kicking & Screaming Into 2009
Half-Life 2? Only one of the best games ever. Sadly, it's getting on in years. It's not ugly, by any stretch of the imagination, but in 2009, it can look better. More » -
#machinima
Garry's Mod Makes Garry Rich
Were it not for Garry's mod, Half-Life 2 would be a serious place. Lucky, then, it's not, and for years now Garry's mod has been allowing entry-level machinima to bring a smile to our faces. More » -
#valve
Here's Who To Blame For Half-Life 2: Episode 3's Long Gestation
Half-Life 2's "episodic" expansions are hardly what you'd call episodic in the gaming sense of the word. Other series can knock out two, sometimes even three full games in the time it takes Valve to cobble together a single 4-6 hour mission pack. Of course, the wait's always worth it, since nobody does it quite like Valve does it, but still. Long waits hurt. And when something hurts, we like to blame somebody. So who can we blame for the agonising wait between Episode 2 and Episode 3? Blame Left 4 Dead. And blame Team Fortress 2. More »
