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The inferred primary antagonists of Half-Life 2 and its Episodic expansions.
This page is for Black Mesa the COMPANY, not the location. Describe accordingly.
A squid-faced enemy that charges you like a bull. Seen in Half-Life and planned but cut from Half-Life 2.
Sometimes, rather than building a character model from scratch, a developer will sometimes use a real person as a template and use his or her physical attributes to create a similar character model to be used in their video game. In some cases that real reason will appear as themselves in games.
Your friend in medicine. Mostly.
Any game that represents a society noticeably worse or less desirable compared to those in the present. This can relate to kinds of political and economic organisation, excessive human suffering, social problems caused by technology, or as a result of an apocalyptic event.
Spider-like parasitic animals from an unknown universe with amazing powers of genetic transformation. Introduced in the original Half-Life, headcrabs come in several varieties, all of which are incredibly dangerous to unsuspecting or unprepared humans.
A cutscene (usually using the in-game engine) which allows the user to contribute to or modify the action- such as changing camera angle, zooming in and out, or being able to move the player character around actors playing a scripted sequence.
One man's terrorist, another's freedom fighter.
An energetic and extremely destructive event which tears at the dimensional fabric of universes.
A brief global conflict between various human alliances & the Combine which lasted just seven hours. The war itself serves as a perpetual catalyst for the events in Half-Life 2.
Valve Corporation's proprietary game engine that debuted in summer 2004 with Counter-Strike: Source and later that same year with Half-Life 2. It may be worth noting that the first Source game released a full 2 weeks ahead of Counter-Strike, and that was Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Also known as the Universal Union, the Combine is a trans-dimensional empire comprised of enslaved species spanning an unknown number of universes, and Earth is their latest annexation.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
Vortigaunts are an extra-dimensional sentient alien species seen in every Half-Life game to date.
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