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will hl3 have a suspicious number of babies born exactly nine months after dr kleiners tv psa

oh i mean like definitely right? it would be very funny if that was mentioned in game. but i doubt it, i imagine it’s picking up on Gordon Freeman’s Bad Day At Work, the same one we’ve been in since Half-Life 1

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gordon freewoman yes or no?

to me? yes. do i think they’ll do it? i doubt it

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will there be sloppy makeouts with gman in hl3

never say never

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in half life 3 will the Gordon. will he free a man.

i do not know anything about the story of Half-Life 3 beyond very VERY broad, vague strokes. sorry.

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will hl3 have a scene where gman tells gordon "i'm so proud of you, my daughter, and how you've blossomed into a fine young woman since starting estrogen" in my dad's voice

this made me laugh out loud

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i only think Star wars is a more annoying fan base cause you like can't escape. though Magnus fans bother me and I enjoyed the podcast and plan to finish the new one, fans just fucking suck but I can avoid them more than star wars fans (the tma blorbos thing makes me want to kill)

see but i can’t avoid them as a transfem. they show up on literally all of my posts no matter how much i block them. star wars fans aren’t saying OMG CIS JUST LIKE STAR WARS!!!! on all of my posts, even though there are theoretically many more star wars fans.

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i guess this is a thing now.

ask me anything about Half-Life 3 and i’ll answer the best i can.

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Do you think HL3 is gonna have significantly different gameplay?

i don’t know much about Half-Life 3’s gameplay beyond the fact that it will have a higher replayability factor than other entries due to low level procgen — entire level geometry will still be hand placed but enemy types/placement, door positions, ammunition placement etc is theoretically rerollable i think.

the other thing is physics engine stuff. Half-Life 2 was all about picking things up and throwing stuff, momentum etc, but HL3 is shaping up in a way that suggests different objects/materials will have different melting points, deformation from temperature, different levels of grip (e.g. car tires could spin out in a thick pool of blood etc.

also mario galaxy style xen sections. or so i hear.

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well um about that other anon, i think it’s really interesting how the only political topic i consistently see labeled as “discourse” on here is transfem advocacy :) i never ever see any other group of people arguing to have better rights and get a voice in their communities tagged discourse on this site but the moment a transfem walks in every participant suddenly can’t stop talking about how aggressive the hashtag disk horse is getting

tbh i very much DO see this about other demographics (it happens to everybody, trust) but like yeah it's incredibly transparent innit. "why do you, a trans woman, have so much time to spend talking about how your life is affected by transfemininity" well, you see,

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hey, so, like, am I allowed to ask about what you may or may not know about Half Life 3?

you may, i just don't promise to give you the answer you're looking for

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like im in the middle of sorting out my immigration & stuff. i have plenty of time to kill necessarily NOT with my loved ones. so what's your excuse. nobody you love enough to make you say "wait. this is a waste of my time" and run to them? sucks to be you i guess.

how do u have time to care this much abt discourse

how do u have this much time to send anon hate to trans women. surely there is a better way for you to spend your time. surely you have loved ones to be spending it with

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how do u have time to care this much abt discourse

how do u have this much time to send anon hate to trans women. surely there is a better way for you to spend your time. surely you have loved ones to be spending it with

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remember to check in on the trans women in your life regularly please. please be a good friend to her.

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Okay. Is it an adult cartoon or is it a familyguylike

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if you're a transfem, The Magnus Archives is THEE most annoying fandom, bar none, because literally every single time we talk about being transmisogyny affected (TMA) some loser who didn't read animorphs growing up will show up and say "OMG I THOUGHT THIS WAS ABOUT MY BLORBOS FOR A SECOND XD". i have heard this literally -- i am not exaggerating -- literally hundreds of times.

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Stop just asking "is it normal?" and start asking "is it harming anyone?" Lots of harmful things are normalized in this society and lots of things considered weird or rare are completely harmless. Whether something is considered normal or common shouldn't be the deciding factor in whether it's okay

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could it be that you're complicit and benefit from some elements of this wider transmisogynistic culture? perhaps it's in your best interest to just redefine non-binary existence as this homogenous political experience so you can keep being the norm of it. so fucking many of you hate non-binary transfems.

it's kind of crazy how people are so dismissive about "what class of non-binary" somebody is being referred to as a concept like. there are actually non-binary people who can exempt themselves from transmisogyny and those who can't, and this is in fact a relevant way of analysing the experiences of trans people. wow i wonder why y'all don't want us to analyse the systems of power overarching the wider trans community? i wonder why you don't want to acknowledge that non-binary experiences are not just one huge shapeless party blob but reflect the nuances of wider transphobic & transmisogynist culture.