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Love this video! Barney is the one exceptional man, look at everything my boy lived through

I always love me some Lovecraft, and I've always loved Half-Life; Half-Lovelife just makes sense.

Good video 👍🏻 may you be blessed by the algorithm 🙏🏻

I do think you talk about this but another aspect of the cosmicism is that humanity is also... sort of a pawn in the game between two incomprehensible powers. The Combine killed and oppressed and then used humanity for more resources (no matter how inconsequential those resources may be in the grand scheme). In HL:Alyx, they also use Earth/The Vault as a trap/prison for G-Man. G-Man is obviously a very powerful entity but it also shows the combine is advanced and powerful enough to challenge them. Its an unknowable, self sustaining machine against an unknowable, likely inhuman entity working on behalf of other more powerful inhuman entities. Both of these groups are able to destroy each other in time and if an advantage is gained, but this victory over the foe would probably come at the cost of humanity also.

Great video!!

we serve the same mystery

My tired brain misread the title as How Valve Explores the Horrors of Criticism. That would be a very different but still interesting video. And this is a very interesting video. I’m realizing I’ve always admired the resistance because they had their reality fundamentally inverted and still chose to fight let alone survive. They are mythically brave not only for facing physical threats from other worlds but also fighting for their purest ideals. What’s exciting about the world of half life is the story possibilities. Maybe in the badlands there are former resistance that have had their ideals crushed and are now violent heathens only allowed to exist because their chaos indirectly supports the combine. Many new directions they can go, if not by a modding team. It would be nice if Valve did it so we can have more diverse assets to craft more of our own stories. Overall the writing is not only excellent (not too dumbed down but also not generic and overcomplicated) but also a perfect fit for the scope of the linear single player gameplay that’s been a part of hl’s DNA. idk what valve was on when they were working on an open world hl3. That would never have had the same impact as a focused experience. That’s why Bethesda’s games, as much as I want to love them, have such horrible ludonarrative dissonance. It’s therefore unsurprising how successful the TV series has been. Bethesda’s fundamental flaw is undervaluing cohesiveness for trendy features like open world, building, multiplayer. Lots of talented people but it’s wasted on visions that dont make sense. Fallout could have been as great of a story/game as half life otherwise. Lots of potential in that world. Basically Valve nailed the dystopian game genre. Anyways it’s great to hear someone’s thoughts on a classic series and I hope you make more videos like this. Awesome job matching the visuals too.

Really awesome video man, loved every second of it.

Shoulithoi. I spelt that wrong. I know but that is where the g-man is from

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She lives in Black Mesa's basement with half-life 3

You make excellent Half Life content. Keep it up!

Yk I just found this channel and in already loving it. I love your half life stuff and the way you clearly explain everything

Amazing videos!!!

your videos are great, guarantee the source community will find you soon

the interloper stuff is just an arg and not a real theory

This channel is a hidden gem, i hope you get the attention your channel deserves soon!

I hope one day you get more views

"It's your pet, the freakin' head-humper!"

Fantastic video!

Definitely need more Half Life lore 😍

Dude this is a great video, I hope the half life community catches on soon

Fhis was a good breakdown. You should do an update

Really good video, it’s interesting to finally see someone analyze this somewhat overlooked element of the half life games. I really hope more people see this video.

This is a really good video, this should have way more views and attention, have you tried reaching out to lambda generation?

nice video dude! dont forget me when u become famous -a random subscriber lmao

Nice video but half life as a both game and lore is not that much serious and as not well written as Metro series.

I know i’m a year late but wow. What a well-done video. Definitely subscribing

the cp is the jury and the ai is the judge

In the HL2 beta, the OTA soldiers were using HK XM 29 OICW grenade launchers and used modified MI 8 helicopters, these two things being another example for the use of human inventions

Man I love your videos keep it up,

Nice video

Great video :)

stop playing the game at 65 fov its disorienting

'Graffiti is the human spirit shining through the stranglehold of oppression' now that's a bar 🔥

The Vortigant one is so interesting! Makes me reflect on human art itself as this outward expression of our invisible inner condition as a means to connect to other people, so a Vortigant who is connected to all other Vortigants all the time wouldn't need art to express themselves like we do

its a good video but man you gotta work on the audio the mic sounds distant and the audio mixing gets loud and then quiet

I love your videos, you deserve more subs :)

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Thank you for video, it was so interesting

This implies the combine never discovered guns or trains.

*WE ARE THE UNIVERSAL UNION. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!*

Actually pretty interesting

Very insightful and in depth

Very interesting point about the convergent evolution of certain technologies. What works will be independently developed and copied everywhere. I see no reason that a flashlight, for example, wouldn't be invented on an alien planet if it provided the same benefit (planet has a day-night cycle). We see convergent evolution in biology on earth. Eyes have evolved multiple times ... Because they work As for the flashlights darker cousin, the fleshlight... Who knows

Excellent video.

Low subscribers, good video. This is really rare. You deserve more subs

Thanks for reminding me why I love this franchise.

Very insightful video!

Nice video