As part of The Replay Experience Experiment, here is the fifth of a number of podcasts, discussing one of the games we have played.
In this case, it’s for Half-Life 2: Episode One. Joining me on this podcast is Don.
We discuss Half-Life 2: Episode One from a number of different aspects. This time we go through chapter by chapter and I feel this is one of our best podcasts.
Both Don and I will respond to any comments you may make, so please don’t hesitate to comment.
In this final chapter, Gordon helps evacuate citizens and rebels and fights a strider blocking the train tracks. The Citadel blows at the end of the chapter, and its shockwave overtakes Alyx and Gordon’s train.
Upon reuniting with Barney at the train station, Alyx and Gordon work to move the citizens to the trains while facing increasing Combine opposition. They then decide to stay behind to lure the Combine away from Barney and the citizens as they board the train and make their escape.
15th July 2013 7 Comments
This is the seventh chapter of Half-Life 2. Freeman is informed that Eli Vance has been taken to Nova Prospekt, and sets out on a journey along Highway 17 to rescue him.
The player encounters Combine Soldiers for the first time, as well as a new type of Xen alien, the Antlions.
31st March 2013 15 Comments
Well, it’s been discussed many times before but it finally looks to be happening on a professional scale: A Half-Life (or portal) movie!
I’ll probably be the one Half-Life fan to say that I think it’s a bad idea and here’s why…
You know how a movie is never as good as a book (well almost always never)? I think the same will happen here. Yes, the movie will be fantastic but not if you played Half-Life near when it first came out.
7th February 2013 33 Comments
Following on from last week’s poll question of Which is better: P1 or P2, I thought I would continue the theme.
This time it’s much hard to decide because like many great questions of prowess (Ali vs Tyson, Caruso vs Pavarotti etc) it often comes down to era. Just as importantly is which one you played first.
19th November 2011 29 Comments
“What a party, eh! Those barneys sure know how to throw one, and the antics of that professor, what was his name? The one with the moustache?
Ah who cares, anyways, hell of a party, and then some. Of course, most of it lies quite dead in your memory, as you blacked out somewhere halfway, a short while after someone brought in some home made drinks, created in his lab while the supervisor wasn’t looking, then kept running under pretense of biological experiments! Applejack, that’s for sure!
Total Downloads: 1,85127th June 2011
18 Comments
and 14 recommendations, most say "Play It Later"
I admit that this is a pretty tough question to choose one area from but I am unable to allow a few choices.
When I first thought of this question I had been thinking of mod music for a particular idea I am working on and it made me realize that some mod music is absolutely fantastic.
28th January 2011 10 Comments
Not the most interesting poll question on PP, but I am hoping the results prove interesting. As you would imagine I have played all of them but I suspect that HL2 and EP2 will be the “winners” here.
I have to admit I am curious as to how many players have play BS and OP.
Anyway, get voting and let’s see what the results are.
13th November 2010 29 Comments
Last week I asked Would you play a mod that was purposefully trying to be offensive? and naturally the discussion touched on what is and isn’t offensive. So this week I have decided to allow that discussion more freedom.
Let me start by saying that personally none of the items in the poll are acceptable for me in a HALF-LIFE game. I am not saying that they shouldn’t appear in other games but that I don’t think it’s suitable/acceptable in a Half-Life game. Valve have worked hard to set a certain tone within the games and focus on other elements rather than simple shock value and for that I am glad.
26th June 2010 38 Comments
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5th August 2013 5 Comments