The Faces of Half-Life 2
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Published 2023-02-20
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Footage Credit:
Gorgeous Freeman by Delak (Beautiful classic)
IGN (Half-Life Alyx footage)
The VOC Podcast (Cheers for the work y'all do)
Harry101UK (Valve tour footage)
Into the Pixel Interview with ArenaNet's Daniel Dociu
Garry's Mod Steam Trailer
This Is Martin Bonner! (Film Trailer)
Land Ho! (Film Trailer)
Music Credit:
Various tracks from Half-Life + Half-Life 2
Various tracks from Donkey Kong Country 2
Various tracks from ISS 2000
Super Mario Sunshine - Welcome to Isle Delfino
Team Fortress 2 - MVM Shop Theme
Resident Evil 4 - Save Theme
Postal 2 - Map Muzak
Pink Guy - Ronald McDonald Instrumental
Shook - Within
All Comments (21)
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From skibidi toilet not half life 2
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Imagine walking down the street, completely minding your own business, and bumping into G Man.
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A random Janitor becoming an eldritch god-like G-man just for being at a right place and right time is the most G-man thing he could do.
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I don't know where I heard it, but Gmans face actor, when they asked him to come back for HL:A, turned up with a full suit and briefcase. He knows at least a little bit of the legacy he created
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Larry Heard is not just a house DJ, he almost single handily created the modern incarnation of House music. If you listen to "Can You Feel It" it's produced in 1984 and could be a house track you'd hear today in a nightclub. It was also in GTA5. Really cool guy, I'm amazed he's a HL2 character, I didn't know that!
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imagine being an avid half life fan and buy half life 2 on release, just for one of the main characters to be your dad.
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It's really sad that the face actor for Eli Vance goes unrecognized. IMO he is one of the most comforting characters in video games
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Imagine being Michael Smith walking in the street and being attacked by some random ass kid screaming "THE SKIBIDI GUY! ITS THE SKIBI TOILET FACE MAN!"
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I went to Warrens obituary page and started to cry. His parents would go and leave comment's wishing him happy birthdays and Christmases. Rest in Peace Warren.
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I think the best 'actor to character" design Valve made was Nick from L4D2 They did a fantastic job at making Nick look like a playable Taymour Ghazi without making him uncanny or clay-faced
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I really hope Eli's face actor is okay.
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Imagine booting up half-life 2 after you bought it excited to play, then you see your dad as one of the main characters
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G-Man's quote in the beginning of HL2, "The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world," sums up Frank Sheldon's opportunity perfectly. If Valve cast him as Dr. Breen then the world would not have gotten such an iconic face as G-Man.
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Anyone who is curious about gordon's face, he is referenced by half life 2's sound designer, kelly bailey!
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Wow! Half Life 2 was so popular they made all the characters in real life!
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So. my uncle is Paul Eenhoorn (yes, two O's but you nailed the pronunciation which barely no one does!). I had asked him about this, and he had no idea that the scan he did ended up in any thing until I told him about it. The scan was done quite a long time before the actual release of Ep2. Anyway. I had no idea either, until actually playing... now that was one hell of a surprise! Rest In Peace uncle Paul.
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Larry Heard (aka Mr. Fingers) is actually one of the Godfathers of House music and really important figure for electronic music history in general. It's kind of amusing to see him being somehow present in game series which soundtrack is really inspired by music that he paved way for.
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The use of scans of real people is just another reason why Half Life 2 was so ahead of its time. Using random people from the streets of Seattle for civilians really captures the feeling of being amongst the remnants of a downtrodden urban populace.
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Wow I originally remember hearing some rumors about Eli’s Face actor was a homeless dude but this just confirmed it. The sad thing is he probably wasn’t paid a lot for how pivotal and recognizable he is in gaming. The horrible truth is that he is likely dead. That one hurt the most out of them all. 😢
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Imagine if the homeless man who provided Eli's face was both credited and well compensated with Half Life 2's success and actually had his life changed for the better. It would've been one heartwarming story.
