#return to ravenholm

[cassketti]

Ik, ik, ik

[meepingpenguins]

return to ravenholm adrian

[transdamiengender]

Adrian in stasis headcanon: Despite not aging, not needing to eat or use the bathroom, and not even needing to BREATHE in stasis, his hair grows. Which he would be perfectly fine with, sure, he likes having long awesome biker hair. since Gman is NEFARIOUS however, he'll give adrian the most ungodly haircut whenever he sleeps without his helmet on. based off of this concept art for return to ravenholm btw cuz i think it would be hilarious if adrian was sent into ravenholm with the worst haircut possible because of Gman. it's a little hard to see because it probably wasn't actually meant to be an adrian face reveal, just a placeholder, but it looks like he's balding!!!!! he is 22!!!!

[vuntes]

Ravenholm

Rendering in Garry’s Mod + Photoshop

[incelghetsis]

we were fucking robbed of return to ravenholm

(doodle bg version under the cut. cw for possible visual sensory overload)

doing the doodles on this was an excruciating hour please rb for my sanity

[tomodachi--collection]

A Return to Ravenholm Adrian Shephard stimboard with themes of zombie stuff, radiation, screws, bolts, and electricity for anon!! [X][X][X] [X][O][X] [X][X][X]

[electrohazard]

i will be holding valve at a gunpoint till they release return to ravenholm

[the-unknown-void]

I thought I drew more Portal things but turns out I only drew 2 designs, sooo Have Dr. Kliener and Grigori as bonuses ig. So have Mel from Portal Stories: Mel and the unnamed subject from Aperture Tag, who I’m gonna call Gel cuz.. Aperture tag, orange n blue gels. I made new designs for them cuz I was planning to redraw something really old from my deviantart, if you wanna know. Here it is. Of course I still need to go over my designs for the bots but I’ve been procrastinating.

Edit: I did forget one, I drew 3 test subject designs

[floofe-trans-doggie]

Return to Ravenholm should’ve

A.) Not been canceled and B.) Taken us through the remains of whatever sawmill exploded to send all those sawblades all over Ravenholm

[dreamlandpolice]

I finally played Opposing Force, still working on beating it as well as hl2

The last two of are me and my brother playing hl together

[narklos]

Half-Life Links and Resources

I've put together all of the links I've collected over the years relating to Half-Life for you all to peruse and enjoy.

If you feel like I've missed something, shoot me an ask and I'll add it. :,)

Take a peek under the cut, and have fun!

Gordon Freeman's Bio

Raising the Bar (Book of HL1 and HL2's development)

Half-Life Magazine Archive

HL2's Original Opening Scene Script

TCRF's Proto HL2 Documentation

TWHL's Forums

My own collection of HL model references

My own collection of cut/unused G-Man voicelines

VCC Wiki (Treasure trove of unreleased Valve resources)

Project Beta (Archives HL2's development builds and art)

SourceRuns (Forum) (Wiki)

Archived City17 Forums

Leaked Beta HLA Ending (HLA basically had a hard reset on its development a year into the game's devcycle, that's a whole 'nother rabbit hole)

Cut HL maps in the Postal 3 Leak

HL2's E3 Presentation Assets (Tech Demo) (Trailer) (Assets) (Download)

Mike Shapiro (G-Man's VA) Singing the Blues!

HLA - Lost Radio in the Vault

The HLA Black Mesa Conspiracy Theorist (Many believe this to be Barney's hideout, as Barney was meant to appear in HLA but was cut)

HL2 EP2 Cut Citadel Destruction (Addon is no longer available)

An Unused G-Man Ravenholm Appearance

'Human Science' Pre-Vis (Cut Dr Breen speech from HLA)

Return to Ravenholm (Cancelled Episode 4)

Some forums going over the HL2 2003 Leak (Winamp) (Techspot) (Leak Download)

HL1's 1997 Alpha (Steam) (Project Beta)

Archived Facepunch Forums

Kerry Davis' Door Talk (This was during HLA's development but before the game was announced, and goes through a lot of the tech we'd see in the released game. Back then, HLA was known only in code leaks as 'HLVR'. Remember- HLA had a massive reset in its production!)

Gabe Newell Officially Announces HL3!!11

[cassketti]

Half Life 2 Episode 4: Return to uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[meepingpenguins]

u hear adrian and colette together in the void but have u hear. Alyx and colette together in the void

[transdamiengender]

currently writing a return to ravenholm fic!!!!!! would love to hear what people think of it so far, might rewrite some of this first chapter sometime cuz i'm not entirely satisfied with it. still, i had to stop procrastinating posting it lol🙏

[tobisoundx3]

Half Life Headcanons

In no particular order QuQ

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-Half life Return to Ravenholm tales place before half life 2 and its episodes. Adrian and Grigori end up bonding and having a father/son type relationship, both of them relating to being alone for so long. At the end of it Adrian dies to a complication with a headcrab zombie, leaving Grigori truly alone.

-Some resistance members actually doubted that Gordon was real, their only proof being hearing stories from people who actually knew him. Most of the people from Black Mesa weren't bothered by it, although it did bother Barney a bit.

-When Gordon and Alyx first met Alyx had a crush on him, but as time went on and they become closer friends it went away.

-When Gordon first joined Black Mesa, because of how young he was compared to the other scientists Barney assumed he would be a stuck up rich kid. He and Gordon now joke about this.

-The Combine tried using Poison Headcrabs as a torture method but they were hard to find outside of ravenholm, so they eventually moved onto other methods.

-When the Combine first started their journey of taking over worlds, they had reason and mercy but as time went on they forgot their ways and become cruel and merciless. They now only know power and hunger.

-Gordon lost his sense of smell after the Resonance Cadcade. He could be smelling absolutely AWFUL and wouldn't know unless someone told him.

-Eli lost his leg in the 7 Hour War. Alyx and Kleiner don't like him leaving the bases but they can't rlly stop him.

-Gordon is Autistic and is selective mute. When he does actually talk its in singular words and only around people he'd trust his life with.

-When the Combine first came to earth many people actually willingly joined because they believed the Combine would be beneficial.

-Colinne and Gina end up dying in Xen. They have a teary goodbye before they die where they confess their love for eachother.

-Barney got a bit of a drinking problem and threw himself into work after Gordon went missing. Kleiner was the one who helped him get his life back on track.

-Adrian loves dogs and ends up growing very fond of the houndeyes.

-G-Man actually doesn't have a proper gender. He goes by He/She pronouns but prefers to be called a man and dress masculine.

-Stasis consists of a dark void with a watery floor. To save time people who are put in there are put into a deep sleep.

-Alyx smokes weed.

-Gordon was somewhat scared of vortigons because of what happened at Black Mesa, but after they helped Alyx his fear went away entirely.

-Alyx can get extreme back pain if she over works herself. This originated from when she was impaled.

-Adrian has body dysmorphia and doesnt like to take his gas mask off because of this. When he was dying he took it off so he could feel truly vulnerable infront of Grigori before he died.

-When Gordon and Barney first became friends they made a trade. Barney teaches Gordon how to shoot a gun and Gordon teaches Barney how to tie a tie.

-Barney has gotten more sarcastic as he has aged.

-The resistance will often make fun of Breen's broadcasts and can't help but giggle at them when they walk by them.

-Kleiner feeds wild headcrabs like someone would feed feral cats.

-Although skibidi toilet is not a thing in the Half Life universe, G-Man knows about it. She doesn't know how and it scares him.

-Gordon doesn't know how to use a microwave. This is why the microwave incident happened.

-EVERYONE in the resistance makes fun of Barney and exaggerates his age to the extreme.

-Most scientists at Black Mesa were snotty to Gordon because he was so young.

-Gordon wants a cheeseburger so bad during half life 2 and its episodes.

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I'll probably be updating this list in the future but these are my main big ones!! :D

[blackmesa-official]

Normally we here at blackmesa-official are happy to commit to the bit at all times, but today we'd like to take a moment to break character, to deliver news of the upcoming games in Valve's release cycle!

Neon Prime - August 2024 An asymmetric five-player real-time strategy game, set on a formerly combine-occupied planetoid on the far side of Xen. Battle your way to the top of the ruined citadel, and take control of the core for yourself!

Currently unnamed Counter-Strike 2 Expansion Pack - September 2024 Terrorists are active in the snowy tundras of Siberia, and it's up to you to stop them! This expansion pack will add new cosmetics, maps, and missions to the game. Crossover cosmetics will also appear in Team Fortress 2 Winter cosmetic cases.

Half-Life 2: Episode 1 And A Half - April 2025 A fanmade project picked up by Valve to tide fans over while they wait for a new Half-Life release. Play through Half-Life 2 Episodes 1 and 2 through the eyes of Barney Calhoun in this 'wacky' take on the HL Universe!

Facility Control - April 2026 Another portal-themed tech demo for an as of yet undisclosed new Valve technology. Play as GLaDOS and interface with the Aperture facility in this groundbreaking thirty-minute experience.

DOTA 3 - December 2026

Portal: Kore Kerfuffle! - June 2027 A VR rougelike where you play as Wheatley, guiding test subject after test subject in an effort to escape Aperture Science. Try, try again in this relentlessly addictive adventure!

TF Comics: The Playable Series - January 2028 The release of TF Comics #7 comes as a playable, interactive experience along with the first 6 comics, reimagined as a playable campaign for Team Fortress 2.

Half Life: Otis - December 2028 The Half-Life series concludes with a fantastic final entry. Play as rebel commander Otis Laurey over the course of his life. Escape the Black Mesa facility, fight against the combine, and lead the rebels to victory in this showstopping title.

Return to Ravenholm - October 2030 A bitter ex-employee of Arkane Studios leaks the source code for the cancelled Return To Revanholm on 4chan. Gabe Newell is summarily executed.