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10 things we'd do with a real gravity gun

Mischief, murder and physics fun with Freeman's famous gun

Words: Dave Meikleham, GamesRadar UK
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The gravity gun is a godsend to Gordon Freeman throughout the Orange Box. As adept at creating impromptu platforms, bridges and makeshift shields out of whatever’s laying around City 17 as it is at blowing bits off headcrabs; it’s perhaps the most intuitive and visceral gun in games.

So just imagine how amazing having one in real life would be. Solving complex physics puzzles. Helping kids get their balloons and cats down from trees. And just basking in the technological and scientific boundaries mankind had broken for such a device to exist. Actually, sod all of that. With a real gravity gun pitted in our petulant palms we’d get up to the following acts of laziness, deviancy and homicide.


 
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TheHiphopopotamus  - 1 year 20 days ago 
FIRST! *proud*

I agree. Please kill Simon Cowell.
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key0blade  - 1 year 20 days ago 
Second I suppose...

Great article GR
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pimlicosound  - 1 year 20 days ago 
The skeletons on the bow of the Titanic are a nice touch. Great feature!
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sixboxes  - 1 year 20 days ago 
Best use of photoshop I've seen all day!
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Metallica  - 1 year 20 days ago 
Best.Article.Ever.
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Sash  - 1 year 20 days ago 
I haz sword no gifs camelot.

You forgot about pull down dress of hot female celebs.
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PurplePancake  - 1 year 20 days ago 
The Gravity gun can't pick up people, you would need the Super Gravity Gun.
Good article though!
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KHfan  - 1 year 20 days ago 
id love to scare lil kids in planes
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crazyshemai  - 1 year 20 days ago 
raising the titanic, lmao
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devilflake  - 1 year 20 days ago 
tenth lol gr8 article pwnd
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SilverWerewolf  - 1 year 20 days ago 
The third and tenth reasons are funny as hell.

Flying kids around for cash? Oh, yeah. Just don't die laughing.
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bron1417  - 1 year 19 days ago 
haha very nice GR.
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skyguy343  - 1 year 19 days ago 
i agree with sash
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the_real_fluke  - 1 year 19 days ago 
i think moving around cars in parking lots should be there, making the,where did i park my car question, just that much more frequent
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Corsair89  - 1 year 19 days ago 
Simon Cowell would say,"You are the worst excuse of a car I've ever see. All you could do was crush my spine, encave my skull, and shatter my testicles. Pathetic." And then Cowell begins to rub his nipples until he bleeds out.
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GoldenMe  - 1 year 19 days ago 
It will also be easier to egg houses across the city.

But awesome article GR!!! Best photoshopping I seen all month!
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MobstahLobstah  - 1 year 19 days ago 
16th!
You could make quite a profit from flying little kids around.
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The_Zanger  - 1 year 19 days ago 
wow, those are some original ideas.
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StupidFaceXD  - 1 year 19 days ago 
I like the idea of the gun... Interesting... Well, I rather like this article.
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kingpin202  - 1 year 19 days ago 
Question? Maybe they could use the grav gun to help a qb complete passes.

Answer? This has already happened. It's called Brett Farve's Agent.

*Oh, that makes sense! haha.
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