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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 12:49AM falcomadol said

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Also like the original Half Life, it's taking forever.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:31AM Comet 20 said

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Stay true to the roots.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 9:19AM falcomadol said

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Well, to be fair, these guys have valid excuses for not being done yet. Like jobs and school. Valve on the other hand...
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:11PM Demaar said

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Yeah, definitely can't blame part-time amateurs for taking a while.

Been looking forward to this for ages though. Basically been holding off replaying HL1 since forever.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 12:50AM (Unverified) said

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Who wants to bet that the fans who are making this get hired by Valve?
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:24AM ultimateq said

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That would be very cool. It looks entertaining, well built and the trailer was impressive.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 4:17PM (Unverified) said

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It is cool. That trailer looked better than a lot of other AAA games!
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 7:50PM AtomicPlayboy said

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More like: who wants to bet that Valve waits until these poor buggers get something running and then buys them out? It's a hell of a lot cheaper to let some amateurs build something and then just pay a fixed price to bring it in-house in the 11th hour than to build it yourself with your paid resources. I'd bet that Valve learned something from CS, Portal, L4D and are employing a streamlined version of that dev/pub model here.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 12:52AM Negativecool said

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Holy shit!


Kudos to the passionate and hard working PC gamer that brings their imagination to fruition.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 11:21AM FredFredrickson said

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Completely agree... now where can I download this at?
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 12:55AM Negativecool said

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Eh?

For it question the rephrase you must make sense to.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 12:59AM Negativecool said

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Agh! Curse you reply button!

This was supposed to be a smartass reply to sjs2626.

My apologies to everyone for my stupidity.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 12:56AM SecretAgentHam said

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that looked freaking amazing. HOLY crap i'm excited for user generated content.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 12:57AM cheesehound said

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Been excited for this one since it was announced shortly after the release of HL2. It looked great then and it looks better now. The quality of the trailer really pumps my faith that they'll be able to get me as involved in the game world as I've come to expect in the years since HL1.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 12:58AM (Unverified) said

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Hot damn that looks amazing. That looks better than games I plan on paying for.

$50 says Valve picks these guys up some time during development.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:00AM (Unverified) said

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Also, that is some hardcore motion blur. I don't think I've ever seen a Valve game with that much blur... and that's saying something. I'm not complaining, but I'm willing to bet more than a few people won't be able to play this due to motion sickness.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:13AM cheesehound said

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On the motion blur:

Most of the Valve game trailers have a lot of motion blur in them, actually. Just check out some of the TF2 gameplay trailers. I bet web video-izing the gameplay footage exaggerates the effect a bit, too.

I turn off motion blur in most games I play because it slows things down for me and makes things slightly less playable, even if my fps doesn't dip.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:22AM einhanderkiller said

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Quote from Black Mesa Lead Animator.
"- The trailer was filmed at 1/6th speed and sped up to achieve a higher quality motion blur. But since we're using the Orange Box we do have motion blur in the mod..."
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:35AM (Unverified) said

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"Most of the Valve game trailers have a lot of motion blur in them, actually. Just check out some of the TF2 gameplay trailers. I bet web video-izing the gameplay footage exaggerates the effect a bit, too."

You missed where I said '-and that's saying something'. I am aware that Valve games are chock full of motion blur,
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 2:49AM Haggard said

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Just take note from Killzone 2 - More motion blur = best graphics ever!

It's like the bloom of two years ago.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 9:54AM LaughingTarget said

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Motion blur is the retro futurism of the graphics world. 3dfx was making a big deal about it in 1999.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:08AM chispito said

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Looks all right. Co-op will reel me in if anything does. Synergy just doesn't cut it sometimes.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:11AM (Unverified) said

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Why is the cockroach from Wall-e at the end of the video?
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 4:57AM iHavePants said

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Because it's one of the cockroaches from Half-Life...

(Unless you're 100% joking).
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:18AM einhanderkiller said

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The name of the mod changed to simply Black Mesa, btw. No more Source. People were thinking that the mod was an official Valve product so Valve made them take Source off the end.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:25AM (Unverified) said

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I'd hit it... two times!
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:39AM Giantenemycrab said

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That was.. Startlingly amazing. This guy should give himself a pat on the back.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:51AM (Unverified) said

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lol...

So many people talking about THE guy, or THE PC gamer... It's not just one guy- it's a team...
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 1:58AM CB said

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I'm speechless...
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 2:01AM (Unverified) said

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I want to hug everyone involved.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 8:13AM HozeRapha said

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You can't say that while having a Chuck Norris avatar.. you.. lol
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 2:03AM QuePasa87 said

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Looks awesome. I look forward to it. :)
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 2:25AM ForTheHuynh said

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I'd actually pay real money for this. But since it's free, I'd download it and donate.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 9:32AM Haggard said

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Man, that was really good lookin'. A lot of work must have gone into it.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 3:10AM ch3burashka said

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Because I've been shut out of the gaming world for most of my life, I picked up the HalfLife 98 cents promo on Steam. I'm just playing through everything on that vid.

To sum up my thoughts: Fuck yeah.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 8:16AM HozeRapha said

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I did play and finish Half Life 1 back then (and the expansions) but I also bought the .98$ on Steam and am currently (SLOWLY) playing through the story mode..

Though I gotta say... Half-Life: Deathmatch FTW!
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 3:13AM Mort said

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holy fuckshit
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 3:13AM dr steve brule said

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one of my top 5 favorite games and its getting awesomer x100? oh hell yes
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 3:17AM (Unverified) said

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I can't believe they are giving this away for free. It is taking longer than many games coming out today to make, and looks like so much effort is going into it. I just hope this comes out before Duke Nukem Forever.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 4:58AM iHavePants said

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Even if they wanted to sell it (which according to them , they don't) it's actually illegal for them to do so.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 2:15PM Vordus said

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Unless they get bought out by Valve in the meantime, which considering previous acquisitions, is entirely possible.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 3:21AM (Unverified) said

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*Mr* Freeman?
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 8:18AM HozeRapha said

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Yeah, I thought the same.. that's a bit of an understatement right?
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 12:29PM (Unverified) said

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I don't think a powerful alien being with a power to bend time and space is really that impressed with Gordon's P.h.d's.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 12:35PM (Unverified) said

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No, but the security guard should ;p
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 3:19AM (Unverified) said

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*Yawn*
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 3:20AM (Unverified) said

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No.. way. That looks like more fun than most retail games that I see being hyped.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 3:24AM Courtney said

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Wow, I'm blown away, that's some seriously impressive work.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 6:40AM (Unverified) said

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Your headline makes it sound like the trailer is made by fans of Black Mesa Source.
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Posted: Dec 1st 2008 4:43AM (Unverified) said

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respect where respect is due.
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