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Free Half-Life 2 Mod ‘Minerva’ Is Enhanced And Up On Steam Right Now

You may have played the Half-Life 2 mod Minerva when it was released a few years ago. Now it’s back, enhanced, on Steam and totally free.


This Is What The Half-Life 2 Gravity Gun Replica Looks Like

Last year, we saw a prototype of a Half-Life 2 gravity gun made by NECA, a toy company previously behind the replica Portal guns. While the gravity gun replica won’t be out until June, NECA released the first official image of the final design this Monday. Take a look.


Another Hollywood Director Wants To Make A Half-Life Movie

Fede Alvarez, the 35-year-old Uruguayan (and director of Panic Attack) who has been given the keys to the Evil Dead remake, has bigger ambitions than just reworking somebody else’s old movie. Speaking with Yahoo!, Alvarez says his dream project would be to make a Half-Life movie.



First-Person Shooter Graphics Have Improved Since 1992

Sit back and watch two decades of video game graphics flash before your eyes. YouTube user drloser333 has uploaded a video that unfurls the graphics of more than a dozen first-person shooters, from 1992′s Wolfenstein 3 to 2011′s Battlefield 3.


How Valve Hires And Fires Its Employees

There’s no company quite like Valve. Super successful and even sometimes referred to as crazy, there’s also no company quite as interesting. So hearing about how Valve hires and fires people is far more educational than it would be for just about any other video game company.


Don’t Expect The J.J. Abrams Half-Life Movie To Actually Get Made

You may have gotten awfully excited yesterday when you read that not only is JJ Abrams talking to Valve about making a game, he’s also talking about making a movie with the studio.


These Fans Want $75,000 To Make A Half-Life Short Film Series

You might remember “Enter The Freeman”, a very cool short Half-Life film we featured a few months ago.


J.J. Abrams: Half-Life And Portal Movies Are In Early Development

Appearing with the director J.J. Abrams at D.I.C.E. Summit today, Valve’s Gabe Newell said the company would “find out if there’s a way we can work with you on a Portal and Half-Life movie.”


Morgan Freeman. In Grand Theft Auto IV. Dressed As Gordon Freeman

The world is bursting at the seams with Grand Theft Auto IV mods. You’d think there wouldn’t be room for any more. But there’s always room for wapeddell’s Morgan Freeman. Oh, sorry. Gordon Freeman.


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