Even with Source 2 here and the amount of documentation on Source 1, GoldSRC keeps on kicking with life! The life of Half-Rats that is, the character in the new mod: Half-Rats: A Fever Dream.
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Watch: Top10Memes’ Top 10 Facts About Half-Life
Swedish YouTuber ‘Top10Memes‘, also known as ‘LEMMiNO’, recently uploaded a very interesting ‘Top 10 Facts’ video about Half-Life, which may just test your knowledge about the series we all know and love.
14 Wackiest Half-Life Mods
The Half-Life series can be quite glum at times, especially with no resolution in sight for the series. Good thing we have the modding community to deliver us some light-heartedness. Here are fourteen off-the-wall mods hand-picked to help relieve those Episode 2 cliffhanger blues.
Watch GoldSrc Speedrunner Quadrazid Play Half-Life… Upside Down
The popular GoldSrc speedrunner ‘quadrazid‘, known for his Half-Life in 20:41 speedrun, just uploaded a new run of the game, however this time things are a little upside down…
Early Beta Released for Doom Inspired Mod ‘Brutal Half-Life’
Incase the original Half-Life wasn’t gory enough, ‘Brutal Half-Life‘ is an upcoming Goldsrc mod which attempts to add even more blood, gore and gibs to Gordon’s quest through Black Mesa.
In Development: ‘It’s Been a Long Time…’
So it’s been a little too long since our last instalment of In Development. Let’s rectify that, shall we?
XboxAhoy’s Excellent Half-Life Retrospective
The popular “XboxAhoy” YouTube channel, which is a member of the Machinima.com gaming network, just uploaded an excellent retrospective video analysis that explores Valve’s success with the original Half-Life.
Written by Stuart Brown, the video analysis highlights the early influences of Half-Life, such as Quake as well as the affect that Half-Life’s release had upon the FPS in genre, including the modding scene as well as Valve’s later developments with Team Fortress, Steam and the Source engine.
If you have a spare 20 minuets, it’s well worth a watch!
Community Made Mod Brings Subtitles to the Original Half-Life
Thanks a new mod you can now play the original Half-Life with subtitles.
“Half-Life: Subtitles Mod” was only just released in July this year and enables you to play though the original Half-Life with subtitles, just like in Half-Life 2.
‘The Creative Minds Editing Competition’ Announced
Amateur video game filmmaking website Style-Productions.net has launched a competition offering a €300 prize pool for the winning submission.
Half-Life Backwarding?
Recently, GoldSrc speedrunner “quadrazid“, previously famous for his 20 minute Half-Life 1 speedrun, uploaded a video of what he calls “Half-Life Backwarding”, which is exactly what it is.
In the short video, quadazid attempts to make his way through various Half-Life levels such as the Hazard Course as fast as he can, but this time facing backwards.
If you thought normal Half-Life speedruns are crazy enough, then this has just taken it to a whole new level.