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Concerned Parents Association
''Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman'' is a webcomic by Christopher C. Livingston that parodies the first-person shooter video game ''Half-Life 2''. The comic is illustrated with screenshots of characters posed using ''Garry's Mod'', a tool which allows manipulation of the Source engine used by ''Half-Life 2''. The comic ran from May 2005 to November 2006 and had 205 issues. While ''Half-Life 2'' follows protagonist Gordon Freeman in a dystopian future, ''Concerned'' follows "Gordon Frohman", a dangerously clumsy character who arrives in the setting of the game a few weeks before Freeman does. The webcomic's dark humor is derived from its contrasts with the game and through references to the game's shortcomings. On several occasions in the comic, Frohman becomes the cause of various disastrous circumstances that Freeman will later encounter. Several reviews of ''Concerned'' praised the attention to writing and presentation and the comic's humor. Livingston als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valve Corporation
Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, video game publisher, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam (service), Steam and the game franchises ''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'', ''Counter-Strike'', ''Portal (series), Portal'', ''Day of Defeat'', ''Team Fortress 2, Team Fortress'', ''Left 4 Dead (series), Left 4 Dead'' and ''Dota''. Valve was founded in 1996 by the former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington. Their debut game, the first-person shooter (FPS) ''Half-Life (video game), Half-Life'' (1998), was a critical and commercial success and had a lasting influence on the FPS genre. Harrington left in 2000. In 2003, Valve launched Steam, followed by ''Half-Life 2'' (2004), the Episodic video game, episodic sequels ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'' (2006) and ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Episode Two'' (2007), the mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locations In The Half-Life Series
''Half-Life'' is a series of first-person shooter games created by Valve. The games combine shooting combat, puzzles and storytelling, and are played entirely from the first-person perspective. The original ''Half-Life,'' Valve's first product, was released in 1998 for Windows. Players control silent protagonist Gordon Freeman, a scientist working at the Black Mesa Research Facility who must survive an alien invasion caused by the facility. The use of innovative scripted sequences instead of cutscenes were influential on the first-person shooter genre, and the game inspired numerous community-developed mods, leading to the release of the multiplayer games ''Counter-Strike'' and ''Day of Defeat''. ''Half-Life'' was followed by the expansions ''Opposing Force'' (1999), '' Blue Shift'' (2001) and ''Decay'' (2001), developed by Gearbox Software. In 2004, Valve released ''Half-Life 2'' which was developed using their new game engine, and features a more dystopian setting, strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combine (Half-Life)
The Combine are a fictional multidimensional alien empire which serve as the primary antagonistic force in the 2004 video game ''Half-Life 2'' and its subsequent episodes developed and published by Valve Corporation. The Combine consist of organic, synthetic, and heavily mechanized elements. They are encountered throughout ''Half-Life 2'', '' Half-Life 2: Episode One'', and '' Half-Life 2: Episode Two'', as well as '' Half-Life: Alyx'', as hostile non-player characters as the player progresses through the games in an effort to overthrow the Combine occupation of Earth. The Combine are depicted as cruel rulers, suppressing dissent with brutality, using excessive violence to police humanity, and forcibly performing surgery on some to transform them into slaves. Throughout the games, the player primarily battles transformed humans as well as synthetic and mechanical enemies that are the product of Combine technology. In addition to their role within the ''Half-Life'' series, the Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episodic Games
An episodic video game is a video game of a shorter length that is commercially released as an installment to a continuous and larger series. Episodic games differ from conventional video games in that they often contain less content but are developed on a more frequent basis. Such a series may or may not have continuity, but will always share settings, characters, and/or themes. Episodic production in this manner has become increasingly popular among video game developers since the advent of low-cost digital distribution systems, which can immensely reduce their distribution overhead and make episodes financially viable. Alternatively, it can be used to describe the narrative of the game. Examples of episodic video games include most Telltale games, ''Alan Wake'', '' BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea'', '' Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City'', ''Life Is Strange'', '' Resident Evil: Revelations'' (and '' Revelations 2''), '' Half-Life 2: Episode One'' (and ''Two'') and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episode One
Episode One, Episode 1 or Episode I may refer to: Books * Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (novel), a 1999 novel * ''Star Wars Episode I Journal'' (book series), a 1999 book series Film * '' Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault'', a 2012 film * ''Case Closed Episode One'', a 2016 film * ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', a 1999 film * '' Vader Episode I: Shards of the Past'', a 2018 film Music * ''Episode 1'' (EP), a 2013 extended play by Broiler * '' Episode 001: Chasing Hayley'', a 2009 EP by Kidz in Space * '' Episode One: Children of Harlem'', a 1994 album by Gary Bartz * ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' (soundtrack), a 1999 soundtrack Television episodes * "Episode 1" (''All of Us Are Dead'') * ''Ashes to Ashes'' episodes ** "Episode 1" (''Ashes to Ashes'' series 1) ** "Episode 1" (''Ashes to Ashes'' series 2) ** "Episode 1" (''Ashes to Ashes'' series 3) * "Episode 1" (''Baby Reindeer'') * ''Being Human'' episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
