Half-Life in 60 seconds by cheeky Germans
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Nov 7th 2007 at 8:01PM }
Created by Simon Krãtschmer and Jakob Rompkowski, the little vignette seems to sum up Half-Life quite nicely. We know it's really nothing special, but the sprinkles of German are what really make it pop. We actually wouldn't mind seeing more by Krãtschmer and Rompkowski in the future -- plus, those two names strung together sound cool.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Lee337 @ Nov 7th 2007 8:09PM
Wow. That was A.D.D. funny as hell.
rom @ Nov 7th 2007 8:09PM
Awesome vid! I didn't think they could sum up both games so quickly, but I was wrong. lol
gonk @ Nov 7th 2007 8:25PM
yeah, they didn't miss anything important, lol
Einhanderkiller @ Nov 7th 2007 8:29PM
They missed Ravenholm!
Neebs @ Nov 7th 2007 8:11PM
"wouldn't mind seeing more by Krãtschmer and Rompkowski in the future -- plus, those two names strung together sound cool."
Don't forget, it's German, they become Krãtschmerompkowski.
Mr French @ Nov 7th 2007 8:12PM
blah blah blah mr. freeman. lol, classic.
Deprincer @ Nov 7th 2007 8:17PM
Gordon Freeman!! Gordan Freeman! ROFL
gonk @ Nov 7th 2007 8:24PM
hahahaha
rDr4g0n @ Nov 7th 2007 8:27PM
extremely hilarious! worth at least 10 or 15 cookies.
archie91s @ Nov 7th 2007 8:38PM
that was really funny, even though it makes the games seem like a waste of time.
Bennyishere @ Nov 7th 2007 8:41PM
The "Stayin' alive" part alone made it worth watching for me.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure Germans normally don't use "ski" in the end of their surnames like the Russian, Polish, etc do. It's like finding a movie online made by US residents, blog about it, and then crack jokes about how their last names are Ali and Olsen.
Dan Bugglin @ Nov 7th 2007 8:45PM
Clearly inspired by this stuff: http://www.angryalien.com/
Not a bad thing.
rom @ Nov 7th 2007 8:46PM
I was actually going to post that, but I couldn't find the site. Thank you, I thought I lost that site forever.
DonWii @ Nov 7th 2007 8:48PM
Very good summary
WiNG @ Nov 7th 2007 8:57PM
lol @ blah blah blah Mr Freeman
SGT Grumbles @ Nov 7th 2007 9:41PM
I really wish you could duel wield a crowbar and a pistol in Half Life. That would of made Xen so much easier.
Fox318 @ Nov 7th 2007 9:44PM
Awesome Video. I saw it on digg a little while ago and laughed out loud.
The Half-Life series really is just people yelling GORDAN FREEMAN!
Bucket @ Nov 7th 2007 9:47PM
That's all fine and good, but what about the rocket?
Rubang B (BRUSH WITH FAME) @ Nov 7th 2007 9:51PM
Damn, I couldn't finish the video because I haven't finished Half-Life 2 yet (too busy with Portal, school, and Wii/DS gaming right now, mostly school and Portal)... but please if there's a G-d let these guys do this for every game ever.
James @ Nov 7th 2007 10:04PM
WOT it was all in germun I didnt underst& any of it
StalkerDan @ Nov 7th 2007 10:44PM
Best sound effects....ever.
rpgmatthew @ Nov 7th 2007 10:44PM
"Ich bin Alyx" lolz, you can't imagine my glee when I knew a sentence with half a semester of German under my belt.
muppetmeth @ Nov 7th 2007 10:53PM
Excellent, now I don't have to buy the games.
Sieged Eagle @ Nov 7th 2007 11:56PM
I posted a comment on that video 3 days ago. If you guys want to see what I posted, just make a CTRL+F search on the first page of comments (the one that has 500 comments, not the page with the most recent comments).
I'm surprised this video made it here. I thought Joystiq wasn't going to post it but wow, they did. I can't stop laughing at the G-man part, it makes me laugh my pants off!
Such a brilliant flash. Germans are such brilliant people, mmyess.
shaoron @ Nov 8th 2007 12:05AM
yep.. that's basically it...
gonk @ Nov 8th 2007 3:03AM
haha, its still funny
TheBard @ Nov 8th 2007 3:38AM
Simon Krätschmer was the host of Giga//Games, a quite successful daily videogame show on Giga TV, which nowadays focuses more on pro-gaming.
Now he's hosting a videogame show on the german MTV.
Fadobo @ Nov 8th 2007 4:48AM
Translations:
-Willkommen in Black Mesa = Welcome to Black Mesa
-Krasse Forschung (in Background) = Kick Ass Science
-Rette uns = Save Uns
-Willkommen in City 17 = Welcome to City 17
-Hi, ich bin Alyx = Hi, I'm Alyx
-Mach erstmal alleine weiter = Keep going a bit on your own.
-Auf'n Sack! = In ya crotch!
dark2200 @ Nov 8th 2007 4:40PM
Blah blah blah Mr freeman
XD XD