Gamespot writes:

"That's it. The votes are in and you, the faithful, the fans, the readers of GameSpot, have decided on the single greatest game hero of all time.

You have decided to follow the Free Man.

GameSpot offers its heartiest congratulations to Gordon Freeman, the hero of the Half-Life series, and the winner of this epic competition."

Freeman had a total of 107,581 votes to Mario's 85,280.
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2 Oct 2009

Fumito Ueda's A Big Half-Life 2 Fan, Interested In Making A First-Person Game

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360 - Half-Life 2 - Fumito Ueda's A Big Half-Life 2 Fan, Interested In Making A First-Person Game

G4TV writes: "When people talk about their experience with a Fumito Ueda game, whether it's exploring hand-in-hand with Yorda in a lonely castle Ico, scaling beasts of unimaginable size in Shadow of the Colossus or watching a trailer for The Last Guardian and knowing the game's probably going to make you shed a tear by the end, it's consistently an experience laden with strong emotions. Ueda's games make people feel something. But what games does he react to?"
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10 May 2009

Half-Life 2/Eve Online Hybrid Machinima Clear Skies 2 Now Available

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360 - Half-Life 2 - Half-Life 2/Eve Online Hybrid Machinima Clear Skies 2 Now Available

The highly praised Half Life 2/Eve Online hybrid machinima is back with Clear Skies 2, now available for download.
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23 Jan 2009

Four Freaky Half-Life 2 Mods

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360 - Half-Life 2 - Four Freaky Half-Life 2 Mods

PC World: "So a fat pig jumps into my cab, and then he busts out into song while I carve through city streets. Nope, this isn't some deleted scene from the end of Slumdog Millionaire. I'm playing Karma Cab--a goofball mod for Half-Life 2.

What the heck is a mod? User-created game content--it's been around since long before YouTube ever made do-it-yourself entertainment a household concept. Old-school gaming nerds crafted game levels, weapons, character models--heck, entire games have been built using the guts of game engines for ages. (In fact, I highly recommend that you check out Mod DB for a huge selection of game mods.) That means lots of extra, free games derived from what you've already bought. The mod scene also happens to be a breeding ground for tomorrow's great game designers."
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9 Jan 2009

Half-Life 2 gets graphical overhaul

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360 - Half-Life 2 - Half-Life 2 gets graphical overhaul

Bit-Tech reports: "This is why PC gaming is better than console gaming in our opinion; because of excellent mods like this which keep on improving on the games we all know and love.

When it comes to mods in fact it's tough to get more well known FakeFactory, the modder who's been working to improve the visual impact of the Half-Life games ever since their first release. The FakeFactory mods have been upping the polygon count (and amount of cleavage) on Half-Life 2's characters for a number of years now. "
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3 Jan 2009

The 28 Best FPS Games

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360 - Half-Life 2 - The 28 Best FPS Games

From the dystopian corridors of BioShock's subterranean "paradise" to the Strogg-infested space stations found throughout the Quake franchise, First Person Shooters have found countless ways to establish themselves as rich, enjoyable experiences, capturing the hearts and trigger fingers of gamers worldwide.

Even if it's just blasting away wave after wave of demons in Blood, or perhaps saving mankind from itself as you traverse Half-Life 2's City 17, the FPS genre has proven itself time and time again.
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18 Nov 2008

RUMOR: 'Halo 3: Recon' To Headline Major Downloadable Games

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360 - Half-Life 2 - RUMOR: 'Halo 3: Recon' To Headline Major Downloadable Games

Along with the GTAIV update next year, Halo 3: Recon could be one of the first games out of Microsoft that will be sold in retail and online at the same time. Half-Life 2 Episode 3 may also make its way to Xbox Live Marketplace.
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18 Jan 2008

Gordon Freeman: Strongest personality in gaming

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18th Jan, 2008 [Warning: Like our Portal article from December, this piece features some pretty heady discourse, and also benefits from a visit from Mr. Narrative Theory. If that stuff makes you run screaming, then feel free to run screaming. Also, if you haven't completed Half-Life 2, leave now. This contains some inhuman spoilers.] Half-Life 2 is widely and rightly regarded as a modern classic. In terms of both gameplay and artistry there have been few, if any, games in the FPS genre which ...
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20 Dec 2007

Dear criminals...

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Dec 20, 2007 If you park on the streets of a major city like San Francisco, you know there's the risk that a starry-eyed young hooligan with the bold dream of stealing your stereo will smash in your window. GamesRadar US editor Tyler Wilde is well aware of this risk - his car has been broken into three times in the past year. What he didn't know is that not just his stereo is at risk. As an avid gamer and an angry citizen, he felt it was time to send a message to the window/ocarina smashing ...
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3 Jan 2009

The 28 Best FPS Games