Robots We Love: Dog

@Hamsfork: He's more like an ape than a dog really. The Dog is probably the level of the robot's mentality. Imagine if later on Dog gets some Aperture Science spare parts and an intelligence boost and start talking like GlaDOS.

markcocjin

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@Zaxxon Q Blaque: Yeah, calling other people nerds just after you express nerdish humility is pretty lame.

@Phydeaux: The way you royally whooped my ass in the race to White Forest because I was too busy focusing on keeping the Gnome in the car...

@Bruticus: Please disemvowel him for this. Not out of rule breaking, but to protect the poor idiots who didn't play Half Life yet.

@Zaxxon Q Blaque: Normally I'm completely pro-console, but Half-Life is definitely best played on PC with a mouse and keyboard. That's what it was designed for, and what it feels best on. Plus, you can play HL2 on its highest settings on an average computer at a lagless 60 Frames-per-second. Which is awesome.

I am probably the only one who really didn't like DOG. I hate when movies/games/books anthropomorphize animals, and I hate when a child builds a robot (like Anakin and C3PO). DOG was the worst.

Hamsfork

@KicktheCAN: ∙_∙ Jeeze, stab him in the eye with a fork next time, why doncha?

@Zaxxon Q Blaque: Haha, because the guy in the picture is sitting at a desk and is fat and OkayOctane sits at a desk too. Because everybody who sits at a desk is a nerd. Hilarious! Your powers of humor and debate know no bounds, do they Zaxxon?

@Tye-The-Czar: Yeah! Charmeleon can decapitate people!

@JAGJEET: Don't be an asshole. Some people don't need to have spoilers shoved in their faces.

@Toasticus: Exaclty. A very memorable character

@ZombieKid: i have that poster in the den, all framed like...would make a good diorama...

Its amazing, a character with about 30 combined minutes of screentime is 1000000000 times better than practically 99% of the characters in FPS today

Yoshiarecool

@OkayOctane: Hmm...

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@JAGJEET: Number one, what the hell does "go with spoilers" mean? Number two, it's not censorship, it's just common courtesy. Number three, "Fuck you" is kinda harsh. Might wanna take your meds and calm down a bit. Number four...

@JAGJEET: ... you quoted yourself? Really?! Okie dokie. 0_o

@Zaxxon Q Blaque: When you have a comfy chair, a bottle of your favourite drink (mine's water) and a little snack, I think anyone could sit at a desk for hours on end.

And people who work in offices.

"He's loveable, fiercely loyal, and downright cute at times, but he's also capable of tearing open a Strider and ripping out its brains with his bare hands."
Just like Pokemon!

Tye-The-Czar

@JAGJEET: And also you know when going on this article full well what will be said.

@Zaxxon Q Blaque: No fuck you, I only go with spoilers when a game has just been released not when it is years old, what is this censorship?

@Ashurahori: Which part, the

"tearing open a Strider and ripping out its brains with his bare hands"

or the "If dogs are man's best friend, then Dog is his best friend with benefits."

YOU DECIDE

@Southrncomfortjm: Dogs>MAN ????

@sephycloneno15: +2

curly haired boy

@bronchiosaurus: Oh yeah... well, Snape kills Dumbledore. >_<

@ST19AG_WGreymon: Oh, you PC elite snobs need to get over it. Not everybody can sit at a desk for hours on end.

@lolgreg: Polar bears would totally own Paris Hilton though.

RagtagOperation

@sephycloneno15:

+1

@Vault: Paris Hilton could never own a polar bear.

lolgreg

@Zaxxon Q Blaque: Both episodes have been out for awhile, don't expect people not to discuss stuff like that about an xpac that was released over a year and a half ago.

@lolgreg: Polar Bears < Pac-Man

@Zaxxon Q Blaque: It's kind of wrong that you're playing with a controller to begin with, but outside of that, no.

sephycloneno15

@Yossarian: "Gordon, if you want this as bad as I do, say *anything*

Well...?

Okay, you had your chance. I guess we'll just have to go back to saving the human race from annihilation. Your loss."

sephycloneno15

@Bruticus: Uh... dude... spoiler much? Jeeze. You guys have no restraint on stuff like this, do ya? >_<

Is it wrong that I get so happy when Dog makes his entrance that I drop the controller, clap my hands, and squeal, "Yay! Dog!!!"?

@MrBionic: Episode 2 has some great D0g shinin' moments.

indeed! Delicious rubber skin!

OrtenseDemophon

But he isn't fluffy...

ohayou_kun

@Yossarian: Id hit that if he wouldnt.

mp3

Favorite scene for all versions of half life. Dog jumping on the strider! So good.

@OptimusSlime: There should be some statue of limitations concerning spoilers...

The_nub_next_door

Can Alyx be my best friend with benefits?

@lolgreg: Polar bears are going extinct. Are dogs going extinct? NO

"Maybe it's because of how little a grasp he has on the larger meaning of any given situation."

@Toasticus: They walked the Forrest Gump retard line perfectly with him.

+ Watch video

@OptimusSlime: Yeah, that's the perfect time to take advantage. She could use the distraction that only Gordon and his "crowbar" could provide.

...or maybe I'm just screwed up from seeing the Asian woman in Terminator immediately get horny after getting shot at by indestructible sentient oversized robots.

I just finished Episode 2 for the first time this week. Dog is f'n awesome. Totally fearless. Hope his programming never gets hacked, because I would hate to face off against him.

@Southrncomfortjm: Dogs < Polar Bears.

lolgreg

@Toasticus: Context my friend, context. Believe me if id had happened that DOg was in the story an enemy chasing you, the player, you would totally think different.

@OptimusSlime: Oh... Spolier... LOL

@OptimusSlime: Oh... Spoiler.

OptimusSlime

@Yossarian: You suggest The Freeman takes advantage of a lady after her dad is murdered by telepathic, intergalactic, oversized maggots? That's low.

OptimusSlime

He had my vote!

RyderJ

Why couldn't he have swooped in faster to save Alex's Dad?

I love dog, my dog's name is dogg, because of this one.

One of the interesting characteristics of Dog is that he fits in well in both serious and light-hearted situations. He would have worked fine as a supporting cast member of Wall-E, for example. Maybe it's because of how little a grasp he has on the larger meaning of any given situation.

I love his visual design too. Valve did a great job at making him look like a ramshackle Frankenstein of a robot, yet also looking sturdy and friendly. He's a very memorable character.

I always loved Dog in HL2. I was sad at the part he "dies" in HL2, and was overjoyed when he was alive again!

svenhoek: Bite My Glorious Golden Ass

Gordon better be tapping Alyx Vance by the end of episode 3.

She was practically begging for it by the end of 2.

No way you turn that down.

makes me want to grab my gravity gun and go play some catch

"If dogs are man's best friend, then Dog is his best with benefits.

Wait..."

lulz achieved

Dog is indeed awesome... Just gotta be careful when playing fetch, erm, catch with him.

Oh Dog. I love you. The way you chase after the giant bits of metal that I toss with my gravity gun in that unconditionally loving way that you have.

They way that you ripped me from my metal prison after the citadel exploded.

The way that...

... ok, that's as far as I got in Half-Life 2.

I still love you.

Wouldn't you rather have Kosmos be your best with benefits?

Dog is all around great... and you don't have to potty train him. Unlike my new yellow lab puppy haha, but she took to it well so all is good. Dogs > all.

That's gotta be painful.

Ashurahori

@Xylophone: Damn. I had repressed those memories.

orijimi

@Zaxxon Q Blaque: Darth Vader is actually Dumbledore's sled who kills Snape's father. Also, he's already dead.

@Révolution: Really? Thats a bit harsh for something that came out almost 2 years ago.

svenhoek: Is Eagerly Anticipating Red Faction: Guerilla

@Hamsfork: It was built by Eli Vance, her father. She merely did modifications to D0G, as you can see in the parts.

jasonliang

It's D0G, with a Zero, not the letter O.

jasonliang

Yeah dog is pretty badass.

-Tachyon-

@svenhoek: Is Eagerly Anticipating Red Faction: Guerilla: Not ban, disemvowel. It wouldn't count against him, just protect everyone else.

I thoroughly enjoyed this A.I. because Valve went the extra distance to make every animation seem like a REAL dog. I am sure many dog owners that got some HL2+Episodes action will agree.

It is awfully hard to do so when your composed of maligned metal.

PsycheE

@Yossarian: Yeah definitely. I'm quite fond of romance in games, but only in a linear way. Gordon and Alyx is a pretty good combination.

@ sephycloneno15: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...

I would most likely break my keyboard trying to get him to talk.