9/1/2023 0 Comments Half life alyx globe![]() ![]() The article subhead reads “how the right man in the right place could save us all,” alluding to Breen’s negotiation of Earth’s surrender after the Seven-Hour War against The Combine. The mag is clearly a homage to Wired magazine with its panelled neon trim. ![]() The spine of this book is seen in Half-Life 2, and it obviously refers to Kleiner, the baldy scientist who experiments with teleportation in previous games.Īlso in Russel’s Lab (I promise we’ll get out of here eventually) is a magazine cover that depicts Wallace Breen looking all Elon Musk. ‘From here to there in under a second’ by Dr Isaac Kleiner can be found on the balcony where you start Half-Life: Alyx and later in Russel’s Lab. In the game files, some of Russell’s assets are tagged with Lazlo suggesting that this was a previous name for his character, but it might also be a reference to Laszlo, a character in Half-Life 2 referred to as “the finest mind of his generation” who is murdered by Antlions. There’s a sticky note on the wall next to the Grabbity Gloves with ‘pw: lazl0’ written on it. There’s a blue counterpart to this red bobblehead on a shelf in the late game, referencing the RED and BLU teams from Team Fortress. You can use this asset on the table when Russell asks you to “find something that represents us” for an achievement. Good luck!Įlsewhere in the office is a bobblehead depicting the Scout class from Team Fortress 2. In Alyx, the situation is no different - there’s an achievement for carrying him to The Vault at the end of the game. Gnome Chompski first appeared in Half-Life 2: Episode 2 as part of an achievement where the player must transport him through the whole game and send him off in a rocket. This place is littered with secrets, but the most interesting one has to be his Gnome Chompski bottle opener. You’ll soon go through a playground much like the one from Half-Life 2 and then arrive in Russel’s Lab. Black Mesa was nuked into oblivion, leaving America’s fate unknown. This is due to that nasty alien business at Black Mesa that Gordon unintentionally kicked off at the start of the original Half-Life. Spin it and you’ll see a gigantic black mark across all of North America. Left from the Snark cage, you’ll see a globe where Alyx has circled a vague area in Eastern Europe as City 17’s location. Alyx appears to have captured one and is keeping it as a pet. This is a Snark, which was previously used as a grenade in the original Half-Life. You can feed it with the nearby chow shaker for an achievement. ![]() You can also find scribbled blueprints for his eventual upgrades on the table nearby.Īlso in the room with Dog’s blueprints, you should see a creature in a jar. PSA: Secrets and easter eggs should be considered spoilers, so if that's not your thing, please come back once curiosity gets the better of you.Īfter you’ve finished drawing dicks on the windows in Alyx’s greenhouse, if you head downstairs and grab a Polaroid from the shelf you’ll find some necessary eye bleach - a candid pic of Dog, Alyx’s robot sidekick from Half-Life 2 as a wee baby. I’ve played the game twice through now so I feel like I’ve pinned down most of the tidbits and secrets hiding in the game, including references to Valve’s other games and nods to the fate of unseen characters. Sweaty geeks the world over are strapping on a plastic gasket and diving into the nooks and crannies of City 17 in Half-Life: Alyx, the long-awaited prequel-sequel to Half-Life 2, the ground-breaking shooter with the crabby things.Īs is customary for the crew at Valve, the game is littered with the kind of details you could only find if you gave Gabe Newell a wedgie. ![]()
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