PC

Hey, Valve, What’s Going On, Eh?

Valve have created themselves an interesting situation. Presenting themselves as bastions of consumers, remarkably accessible to gamers, regularly inviting in groups of modders — often to give them jobs — and always being present to offer a quote on how customers deserve to be treated with more dignity, they establish themselves as being our friend.


January 5, 2012
In Real Life

How A $US21,000 Half-Life Gun Was Made

Harrison Krix’s replica Half-Life 2 gravity gun looked incredible, but it was never destined for his shelf, or that of an international adult collectible retailer. It was built for charity, and it’s for charity it was auctioned.


January 3, 2012
In Real Life

Half-Life 2 Movie Posters Make You Wish For A Half-Life 2 Movie

If you’ve ever wanted to see a live-action Half-Life 2 movie, these mock posters are only going to make you want to see one a lot more.


December 23, 2011
In Real Life

Half-Life Lego? One Man Made It Happen

Custom Lego builder Brandon Bannerman doesn’t wait for due process to take its course, he makes his own damn Lego. And this week he’s made this wonderful little Gordon Freeman.


December 8, 2011
PC

Good Evening. Welcome To Terror.

Good evening, Kotaku. I hope you weren’t trying to get any sleep tonight.


In Real Life

A Half-Life Gravity Gun That Actually Exists

Master craftsman Harrison Krix has built himself a replica of Gordon Freeman’s Gravity Gun from Half-Life 2. It’s really something.


August 25, 2011
In Real Life

The World’s Best Half-Life 2 Movie Now Has A Sequel

Escape From City 17, a 2009 short flick from The Purchase Brothers, was and still is the best piece of fan-made Half-Life cinema we’ve ever seen. Over two years later, it finally has a follow-up.


August 10, 2011
PC

The Stanley Parable Turns Video Game Storytelling On Its Head

Is it a game? Is it a manifesto? An artsy-fartsy waste of time? A story-within-a-story, an exercise in branching plotlines, meta-humour and video game commentary? The provocative new Half-Life 2 mod The Stanley Parable is perhaps all of those things. Or maybe none of them. The game and its designer hope only that you’ll draw your own conclusions.


August 5, 2011
PC

Uncover A Twisted Tale In This Deceptively Deep Half-Life 2 Mod

Branching storylines have become quite the thing in games lately, but most games don’t take the idea much farther than “choose option A to get ending A, choose option B to get ending B”.


August 2, 2011
PC

Your Handy Map Of Half-Life 2′s City 17

Reader Michael sent us an image he’s been working for a while. It’s a map of Half-Life 2′s City 17 done in an “authentic” style.