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Ethnicity[edit]

Is Gordon Freeman Jewish?

-"Half Life 2 Gamer"

Not that i've ever heard.Nitre (talk) 10:07, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


What drove you to make this... Well... Statement/Question? Goldensox (talk) 21:28, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it's because two out of his three mentioned idols except for being phycisist were also Jewish. But I think the most important question is "are the headcrabs nazis?"--92.118.191.48 (talk) 04:50, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, he does look like David Baddiel Serendipodous 01:08, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Length of Episode 2 Description[edit]

The explanation for Episode 2 is far too detailed compared to the descriptions of Half-Life 1 and Half-Life 2. It should be shortened.

-Dr. cr4nk

I've shortened the summary a bit, but i think it still needs some revision. Nitre (talk) 14:31, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed the length as well. If the plot summary remains and the gameplay summary is removed, it will look like the rest of the sections.--4drammelech (talk) 18:26, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage and children[edit]

In the Freeman's letter of acceptance to Black Mesa picture, it says "Since you are unmarried and without independance." Doesnt Gordon have a a pic of children in his locker at black mesa? Maybe my memory is failing me, but i really think so, or if it was in his office (opposingforce, where you see the "employee of the month".) Please comment. Cybesystem 22:09, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing to suggest that the room where you see Gordon's "employee of the month" picture is actually his office. It doesn't have any sort of name listed anywhere near it, or a name placard on any of the desks, plus it would be unlikely that he would work so far away from the anomalous materials lab. There is, however, a picture of two young children in this room located in a file cabinet, but as I said before, the room itself does not appear to belong to Gordon, so the picture of the two children is probably unrelated in any way to him.
However, this is a picture of a baby in Gordon's locker. This is mentioned in the article, but the baby picture has never been brought up again in the games after that one appearance. Since we know Gordon is not married and has no children, we can guess that this is just a picture of some other child relative of his, or maybe even a picture of Alyx. MarphyBlack 22:28, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I know. But let's think. Ok. The letter is to offer Gordon a job, right? I don't think they put a new guy in the testchamber directly. In HL1, one scientist says: "This is the purest sample yet". This means they've had several samples before. And he says "I think they went through some links to get it...", so it must be kinda hard to get the little yellow stones. This, logically, means that the Lambda team must record everything they can, so they can do some reaserch. Just putting a little expensive yellow thing into a beam and do no futher reaserch is very dumb. Anyway. If they now have had many samples, and made a great amount of reserch of them, plus the time for gordon to get used to his new job, getting his eyes scanned, blood samples etc, will take a lot of time, right? Reserch takes time. So theres still a chance he met a girl, and got a child. But, of corse, noone in hl2 says anything about his kids, therefore you could say this is impossible for Gordon to have a child. But, we canno't say I'm totally wrong. Can we? Cybesystem 01:12, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Gordon transfers from Austria to Black Mesa on May 5th. We know that the resonance cascade disaster occurred on May 15th. Now, while Gordon may be quite a lady's man, I think it's somewhat unlikely that he found a girl and had a child in 10 days. MarphyBlack 01:17, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Did it? 15th? Where is that said? But maybe you're right... but why would he have a pic of his best friends (He is his best, or?) girl in his locker? Cybesystem 15:48, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it's a picture of himself. Or it's like a sample picture that came with the frame and Gordon is just creepy. RebornSentinal

Regardless of what it is, its merely speculation. Unless the developers ever make it clear that Gordon does in fact have children/family, we shouldn't be putting it into the article.Artega 23:52, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Its probably a self-portrait of when he's younger i think...--RobertLeBlais 19:51, 29 October 2007 (UTC) Bold text[reply]

Self-portrait? Are you saying that he took a picture of himself as an infant? Child prodigy indeed. 206.252.74.48 (talk) 13:47, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I think it's a picture of Alyx. I read it somewhere. Can't confirm Something about Barney and Gordon use to climb pipes to get keys and the picture is mentioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.227.225.80 (talk) 02:35, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]


I believe it is true that this photo is a picture of Alyx, first Gordon and Dr Vence being good friends, also around HL II, 20 years have passed. It make good sense the picture is alyx. Plus I recall it mentioned somehwere also.Like a baby photo of Eli's baby and it make sense he shows it to his friends.

Hsa anyone considered it might be his brother? John?--194.80.204.20 (talk) 13:52, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I just went back on my Half Life 1, and yes even though the pixels are like legos it is clearly a baby picture of alyx.lizard of doom —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.188.49.250 (talk) 05:05, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jump-Module (HEV SUIT)[edit]

Please note: The jump-module IS NOT built in. Gordon must get the module before he can use the longjump feature (Start a new game, see yourslef). gordon gets it just before he enters Xen. Can some1 please edit? Cybesystem 22:17, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where does it say that the jump module is built in? The article specifies it as being "optional". MarphyBlack 22:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, sorry, missed that part. But still "optional" can be missunderstood. I don't know what else to say, but ok, nevermind :) . Cybesystem 20:29, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gordons tennis ball cannon...[edit]

Quote from main page "aside from the butane-powered tennis ball cannon he constructed at age 6".

Okay, from where did we know that? I'v never heard of it, and i've played all hl games. But i'v migt have missed it, but please, where was it said? 22:28, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
This is taken from the Half-Life 2: Prima Official Game Guide. MarphyBlack 22:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Then is that truly authentic Half-Life canon? I remember Planet Half-Life made that up.

It was apparently appreciated enough by Valve to allow it to be used in the official guide. -- Jordi·✆ 13:36, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gordon's Job[edit]

When referencing Gordon's job in the Anomalous Materials Lab, the article makes it sound as if pushing samples into a scanner is the extent of his work there. However, when playing Half-Life, one of the guards says something significant as he unlocks a door for you: "It looks like you're in the Barrel today." That phrasing sounds to me as if all the scientists on the Anomalous Materials team take turns wearing the HEV suit and placing the sample in the scanner, and the day of the Resonance Cascade just happened to be Gordon's turn. Any thoughts?

Nice therory. It makes good sense, but I'm not sure it's correct. In HL2 Alyx says that Dr. Mossman always talks about "how it should be her in the testchamber that day". This proves your therory a bit. Dr. Eli Vance says that Gordon was chosen, not Mossman, because he was better in some theroretical area (Don't remember wich one, Dr. Vance says it in the black mesa east chapter i think...). Therefore they do not "take turns wearing the HEV suit". Of corse they might do it, but because of Dr. vance statement that Gordon was chosen instead of Mossman, I don't think they do. They might also "take turns wearing the HEV suit" normally, but because this was the purest sample yet (acording to a scientist in HL1, soon before the cascade), they might have wanted to select their best scientist. Then theres, at least for me, a logical problem. Now, if he was chosen, and knowing about it, why would the guard inform him about it? And if he didn't know about it, how comes Dr. Vance knew about it? Though the guard *could* inform him about his turn wearing the HEV suit, but I don't see why if Gordon already know about it. Maybe we should make a new wiki article with ALL the half-life therories, including those about Gordon, it will be easier that way. I have to say it again, good therory. Cybesystem 19:00, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, in Xen, I remember there are some dead scientists wearing their HEV suits with helmets. --190.136.100.163 (talk) 02:14, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

and in blue shift, in a security camera, you see a scientest in a HEV suit pushing the crystal. It was NOT gordon. Different area that the crystal was being pushed at. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.146.9.167 (talk) 15:03, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gordon's glasses[edit]

This is truly trivial, but does anyone know what type of glasses Gordon wears? Is there a specific type/brand name/make for these glasses? - a bespectacled HL fanboy --62.1.231.165 21:39, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They highly resemble a fairly common kind of National Health Service spectacles. Maybe Freeman is a Brit… -- Jordi·✆ 07:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Were Freeman a Brit, I'd have expected some snide remark from NPCs about this by now ("what's up with your teeth?", "oooh, I love your accent", etc.). Regarding his glasses, they do bear an alarming resemblance to NHS spectacles (see Jarvis Cocker for a prime example), but I think they're supposed to convey a form of geek chic on Freeman. --Plumbago 08:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It was intended as a joke. You're right, it's probably geek chic: it's certainly a step up from Ivan the Space Biker… -- Jordi·✆ 14:04, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
... the horror, the horror ... What were the artists at Valve thinking when they came up with that monstrosity? Anyway, it was kind-of amusing to be reminded of the old "National Healthers" (how much did they suck?). Cheers, --Plumbago 14:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Wait a minute... No matter what you say about the glasses, Gordon is cool. Cool. Essentially, I would like to visit an optician and get a very similar pair of glasses, without carrying any Gordon-related picture. Do they have a name/type that I could order them by? - a bespectacled HL fanboy --62.1.231.165 19:04, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry dude, I think you're just going to have to check out what's on offer at your local optician, and try to find the best match that way. I'd have thought you could do this online to a degree to avoid that whole embarrassment thing. Good luck! --Plumbago 22:05, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, maybe Freeman is a brit. Maybe that explains why we never hear him speak; that would give away the accent.
I think it's more like it is with Link. Nintendo has specifically stated that Link on the Legend of Zelda series never speaks because he is supposed to be you. By not having Gordon speak, it can feel more immersive. Half Life 2 even hangs a lantern on his not speaking. This helps suspend the disbelief more while also teasing you for being a player and not really able to respond. 24.254.163.150 (talk) 09:39, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I always thought they were BCGs Urlor (talk) 14:32, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Austrian?[edit]

What language do they speak in Austria? I thought it was German, but only because I didn't think "Austrian" was a language. But whatever it is, I'm thinking that Gordon would be fluent in it, since he lived there for awhile (or did he? Do we know how long he lived there?).--67.172.204.135 20:20, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gordon is only described as having visited Innsbruck, so he probably only lived there a few years before returning to the US. As for whether he became fluent with whatever language they speak in Austria, well, I just assume that he commanded people around by looking at them. A good stare from Freeman is enough to make citizens want to rush into certain battle, evidently. MarphyBlack 20:46, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you remember, since Innsbruck happened before Black Mesa, he had not developed this ability yet. The stare was most obviously a gift from the G-Man for accepting employment:D. --67.172.204.135 04:57, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Christ! Of course we speak german in Austria. But if Gordon would've learned german in Innsbruck (Tyrol) he would have a funny bavarian-like accent. 80.122.82.226 19:39, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Earning Tags[edit]

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There are several passages, although referenced in this talk disscussion, that are not referenced within the article. I think it would be simple enough for some one to find these references and cite them in the article. Yes, you list them at the end but you are plagurising infromation withIN the article, any quotes or infromation needs an appropiate citation tag.

I am also gonna recommend a "this article contradicts itself" as it is evident that infromation from the book and all three games may have counterdictary infromation. ex. colour of his hair, wears glasses. And when people reference beta games (or atleast in the talk) you are adding in, yet another, game that is not apart of the Half Life 'real universe'.

Finally, there are 6 sources of infromation. Ads, the three games, the books, the 'theory forums'. In light of this you have 6 views of what occured at x time. Thus the article should be sorted via source, not relivance, because the sources can alter what the theorized events are.

I am still gonna put up the unreferenced tag. Personally, if you want me not to rant about it you should QUOTE the book, not paraphrase it, and cite the quotes. I don't own the book and just by reading this I question the validity of some of the statements. As the book is the only baisis for some of the article it does make better sense to quote it (being an harder to obtain source) so people can sort out the biased writing that occurs from the encycolpedic infromation.

If it turns out that you can't verify the sources I'll recommend a clean-up of the unverified infromation. This infromation should either be separated from this article or have its own subsection which lists the gordan based theorys.

Wait, you acknowledge the fact that the sources for this information are clearly cited, yet you add an unreferenced tag anyway? I may remove the tag simply on this basis alone. Reading the article again, the only speculation I see is some stuff about the picture of the baby in Gordon's locker (I'll fix that right now) and some stuff in the HEV section. However, all other information is either directly from the game or straight from the sources cited (the Half-Life instruction manual and Prima game guide for Half-Life 2, mainly). The only quotes in the article, which you say need inline citations, are from the games. I think it would be massive overkill to have to add an inline citation for every one (Especially since they're already placed in sections to their respective game, or it's already stated what game the quote is from). I don't believe "being an harder to obtain source" is justfication to claim that the information here may be biased (in favor of who or what, exactly?) or not valid. There are many people editing this article who do have access to these aforementioned "hard to obtain" sources, me being one of them, so rest assured that nothing massively incorrect is being thrown into the article. I can verify all the information here myself, if you'd like.
You say that one possible problem here is the many sources being used may conflict. Well, while that certainly is possible issue, none of the sources in this instance contradict each other. All the games and written material pretty much just present Gordon as some guy in an orange hazard suit who wears glasses and doesn't talk too much. There's not much to contradict here. There are also no mentions of the alpha or beta versions of any of the Half-Life games, so I have absolutely no clue what you're going on about there.
Oh, and you spelled "Gordon" wrong. MarphyBlack 02:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Grodaon isn't spelled wrong. And I like the "uncited", quite frankly you are EXPECTED to propperly cite the articles, I admit that you have a foot note saying "yeah, I may or may not have gotten the info from this source" not that it is propperly cited. And i did NOT say only cite the games... I said cite the sources, you cite the passages from the books with direct quotes, not infromation smashed together, and stuff!

Also, sources allways conflict if you don't realize that they are written as fan fiction, I have noticed every time someone writes fan fiction, be it via ads or books, there is allways a conflicting peice of infromation that you can find. In the HL Franchise? I know of two very notable instances, his hair color and who is Barney. At the time of writing this I probally noted more conflictions baised on my knowledge of the franchise, yet I feel that by simply SPECIFICALLY stating the sources the disimilarity between each source can be nullified.

Barney's hair color is not a point of contention, nor is it even a notable point of mention (It's certainly not stated in his article, nor would I think that people would even really care). He, the real Barney, is clearly identified in Blue Shift, and there has been absolutely no conflicts with other sources in regards to his identity. However, this is all completely irrelevant since we're not talking about Barney. This article is about Gordon. All sources depict him in the same exact manner. No conflicts or contradictions exist here. Therefore, all official sources are valid (and I'm stating the obvious as they have been all along).
I'm not going to remove the tag this time, even though I still believe there's no justifiable reason for it to be here. I'll let others voice their thoughts on this issue. MarphyBlack 01:59, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh, Did I say barney? I belie ve I said Gordans Hair color, but that is irelivant. Unfortunatly You continue to ignore the pressing issue, the sources aren't set in propperly. You should QUOTE books instead of tranlating them because inevidably all tranlations will have a point of view descrepancy even if you don't see it. And as a character, the situations in HL1 and HL2 change signifigantly, a character is more then his core, but also how the world view him. Because the core qualitys of Gordan Freeman can only be discerned from external shit, view will change. HL2 presents Freeman as an object of religion, he is revered by everyone he meets (and they gladly comit suicide for him). HL1 he was more of a tool, the scientests were quite cowardly and unwilling to risk their lives for the cause. Gordan in the books is depicted as a supergenius, unlike what he is depicted in both HL1 and HL2, in HL1 he is shown as a collegue, but also a lab assistant, the manual puts him at a low grade clearance level. If you really want to pick at gordans 'genius' level take a look at the number of times people EXPLAIN what to do to gordan. His "Disaster Response Level" (i think) was Discresionary, not Superior. You continue to view gordan linerarly, think only of what is immediatly implied or shown, view him laterally, see what others think of him and understand that the infromation they provide to you is skewed by their affection.

Dumbed Up, Gordan in HL1 is a Scientist, Gordan in HL2 is a Terrorist (Revolutionist), Gordan in the Books is a Super Genius which does not compliment what was conveyed by both games.

Sources Should be directly Quoted if they are not free to remove any emergent POV (AND POV WILL EMERGE) so that Others can make their on asertations about the material.

Your interpretations of Gordon (Which you have yet to spell correctly) are nothing more than original research and totally unverifiable opinions. However, everything presented in this article is, in fact, verifiable as it is properly referenced and cited. You're asking for entire passages to be copied from the specific sources, which would be copyright violation. Anyway, it's quite clear at this point that you're speaking total nonsense and are only intentionally antagonizing this article. Removing the reference tag since it has no basis and you never provided any sufficient reason for its addition to begin with. MarphyBlack 06:58, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm not the person you're discussing this with, but if I could add in regards to mispelling, someone seems to have posted irrelevant information: "His fame is overshadowed however as he is the murderer of approx. 15,680 Black Mesa personnel, must with his crowbar, others gathered in wide open spaces for no apparent reason, awaiting them doom from one of Mr. Freeman's grenades." It's uninteligable and I believe they spell his name Gorden. Anonymous.

broken link[edit]

The external link for planethalflife's write-up of plot doesn't work. it's not immediately obvious what the correct new link is. 65.244.78.22 22:11, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. I believe I found the equivalent 'Story overview' page that's being used on the new PHL layout. Thanks for pointing this out. MarphyBlack 22:39, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't he be called "Dr Gorden Freeman[edit]

I was wondering if anyone agree that the articles title should be altered to "Dr Gordon Freeman" as opposed to just "Gordon Freeman"?Bisected8 13:03, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gordon's name is accompanied by "Ph.D.," which is short for "Doctor of Philosophy." It would be redundant to mention "Doctor" again, especially to those who know what "Ph.D." means. ╫ ２５ ◀RingADing▶ 13:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC) ╫[reply]
Oh, wait, my mistake. I though the question was referring to the intro of the article.
As far as articles on actual scientists are concern, you are invited to see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)#Qualifiers not between brackets. "Doctor" is not recommended to be used as the first word for article articles names of people. ╫ ２５ ◀RingADing▶ 17:47, 8 October 2006 (UTC) ╫[reply]

Gordon's face[edit]

The article says:

Gordon's face is a composite of four Valve employees: David Speyrer, Eric Kirchmer, Greg Coomer and Kelly Bailey.

But I read somewhere (can't recall where) that he looks like the game's writer, Marc Laidlaw (see photo here). - Stormwatch 18:59, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was in the Raising the Bar book. They had a page on how they made Gordon Freeman's face. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gamer007 (talk • contribs) 06:56, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What's weird is, and I've never even played Half-Life, is that he looks like me. Just add a moustache and goatee on me, and I'd look like him, but at 25. No. Lie.
--LuvLuv G2000 08:53, 31 January 2007 (UTC) .[reply]

In Case Somebody in Science Likes Half-Life . . .[edit]

Most of the people reading this page are probably familiar with the italicized thing at the top of some pages informing the reader that there is another article that has a similar name. What I am requesting is a variant of that. I don't think there's a template for it (and it might be against some obscure Wikipedia policy I haven't discovered), but maybe somebody should put a little note at the top of the page saying this Gordon Freeman is a separate person from the real-life scientist Gordon Freeman. (And yes, there really is a real Gordon Freeman. On page 32 of the March 2007 issue of Scientific American, which I just read due to extreme boredom, he is mocked quite nastily for saying in 1990 that the children of working mothers are more likely to use drugs.)

Is the scientist notable? If he's so obscure that he would not merit an article in Wikipedia, then I don't think there's a disambiguation issue. Croctotheface 01:00, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Half Life references in Fiction[edit]

Some amusing excerpts from Christopher Brookmyre's novel A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away which reference Half Life, to back up my mentioning them in the article proper.

Dubh Ardrain. Gaelic for Black Ridge, Black Promontory, Black Mesa, something like that anyway.

'In a nation such as Sonzola, however, the only certain destiny is that sooner or later someone will stab you in the back. Yesterday morning, at zero-fifteen hours, Captain Adrian Shephard of Her Majesty's Special Air Service led an operation to evacuate General Philip Thaba, a member of Mopoza's inner circle who had communicated his wish to defect. Captain Shephard will take over the briefing from here.' SAS. Of course.

He looked at the name addressing him on the screen, different almost every time he checked in somewhere. This trip, he was Gordon Freeman. He'd chosen the Christian name to sound inconspicuously Scottish; while the surname was an indulgence, a celebration even.

He looked down, his view slightly refracted through the glass of a mask. On his chest he had undamaged armour. On his skin he had an environment suit supplemented by a full tank of O2. And he already had two weapons in his inventory: a speargun and a crowbar. Game on.

wow... i thought I was a big fan. interesting finds.

What the heck? Is that a real book? All that sounds like.... made up stuff. Cloudy fox 001 (talk) 23:03, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should we add this to article?[edit]

The following text is from eXponential Half-Life fan site (1997 or 1998).

Gabe on IRC - 8:51.am.est - Phantom 

 - Just copied this from eXponential Half-Life...Gabe Newell dropped into #half-life on Undernet and mentioned a few things.

   <GabeN> We were interviewed by Electric Playground for a TV show they are doing.
   <GabeN> Gordon is actually Chuck Jones, in spite of his resemblance to Marc and Blues.

In short, original Gordon Freeman model we see in Half-Life (for Half-Life 2 design, see above) is based on Chuck Jones. --Barnz 15:24, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not really a reference[edit]

In the references to Gordon section, it says something about how in Bioshock, Atlas tells the player to "grab a crowbar or someting." I dont think this is really a reference, just a coincidence, I mean it's just a crowbar. So yeah, keep it or take it out.

Well, not too many games have you using a crowbar, and it is sort of Gordon's trademark... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.248.135.16 (talk) 06:26, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...But in general, crowbars are accepted as common makeshift weapons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.190.240 (talk) 07:48, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If somebody mentions a crowbar in a video game you're pretty much guaranteed that it's an HL reference. In fact, I would say that paying homage to Half-Life is an important part of the modern sci-fi shooter. Playwrite (talk) 16:55, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can we get a list of games that have characters with glasses or maybe a beard too? Didn't Quake/doom have a crowbar in it? That is cool how they referenced a game that wouldn't even be out for ten years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.64.16.58 (talk) 16:51, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Doom and Quake have never had a crowbar. Doom has offered fists, a chainsaw, and a flashlight for melee. Quake has had a hatchet and a circular saw (some had no melee weapon at all). However, I do believe it silly to call any videogame reference to a crowbar a HL2 reference. Urlor (talk) 14:50, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adding infomation tp to the recently relased Espiode 2[edit]

Half-Life 2: ' Episode Two '[edit]

Gordon Freeman starts in a wrecked train and from there get outs by Alyx firing the Gravity Gun to open the door. From there, they travel to a old train station and this iswhere Alyx is injured by a hunter.

Alex vance is rescued by a Vortiguant and is taken underground where the Vortiguants try to heal her. Goredon is then told to collect some Ant Lion eggs by going down into the centre of the Ant Lion's nest. After acheving that goal, he is then told to meditate with the vortigunat so that they can use his lfe force to heal Alyx. While this happens, the G-Man freezes time and talks to Gordon and explians to him what objectives he wants him to acheive. Time unfreezes and Alyx is healed.

Later on Alyx and Gordon go towards the bridge where they find the car but the bridge is damaged so Gordon has to get there and get the car onto the other side. Alyx use the sniper mod, like in Espoide 1 to cover Gordon Freeman.

Once this is done, they travel onwards towards White Forest. They meet up with an Advisor but it runs away. Then they have to face a helicopter and Gordon destroys it by firing it's bombs back at it using the Gravity gun. Then Gordon has to take out a automated sniper and move through cars and bulidings to destroy it. (reminensecnt of Call of Duty

Then they go onwards through the Forest to reach the Missle Silo.



(Look I have to tell you that I am treying to fox this up but if someone can help me edit this once they have completed the game. I t would be gracious of them.Hypern 10:36, 11 October 2007 (UTC) Hypern[reply]

Quick note about loosing dark energy[edit]

When the core was secured freemen experianced an EMP blast from the core which cause his suit to fade. It's unlinkely the effects were considered to be temporary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.67.168.10 (talk) 19:11, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Episode II[edit]

That section seems too long. Seems to suffer from recentism - can somebody cut it down (I'm not doing it, as I haven't played it yet). Ingolfson 21:21, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May 16, 200- ?[edit]

So, it seems that Gordon started at Black Mesa on May 15, 200-, but how do we know the Black Mesa incident was on May 16, 200- ?

It would mean that it happened on his second day in the facility, while he seems to be quite known by the other scientists, and according to Alyx, him and Barney used the crawl through air vents, racing to be the first to unlock Dr. Kleiner's office. So how could they have had to get acquainted and be friends?... I think it's a mistake. Give me a real source! Klow (talk) 16:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah exactly, how was he employee of the month if his starting date and the incident were a day apart? --74.135.59.209 (talk) 22:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He's just that awesome? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.199.164.49 (talk) 19:34, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Original Research?[edit]

In the Character section there is an original research tag. However, the majority of the section appears to be copied directly from Gordon's biography in the Half Life 2:Prima Official Game Guide. Any help?Lord Of Demise (talk) 15:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If it's copyrighted text remove it with extreme prejudice. If it's based on the source, rm the "OR" tag and add the gameguide as a reference. <eleland/talkedits> 15:57, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I checked, and it's only based on the Prima bio. I'm going to add the reference now.Lord Of Demise (talk) 19:23, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gordan Freeman[edit]

He's referred to as Gordan Freeman in HL1.--24.109.218.172 (talk) 19:52, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Look here. It's spelled Gordon. Lord Of Demise (talk) 23:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Black Mesa Staff[edit]

In the image showing a photography [1][2] of a small part of The Black Mesa Research Facility Staff, including Doctor Freeman, found in Half-Life 2, it states that the crossed out scientist is most likely the G-Man. But in this article about The Black Mesa Research Facility [3], it states that the scientist is Dr.Breen. If you've ever played even one of the Half-Life games, you'd know that it makes no sense that the G-Man would be in the photography. No matter how mysterious he is capable of being. 83.243.191.14 (talk) 20:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relationship with Alyx Vance[edit]

I'm not going to make this change because I'm not too knowledgable about the series. Instead, this is just a possible suggestion for those who do know. I do seem to recall someone remaking that Freeman hadn't aged since the Reasonance Cascade incident. Infact, GMan's words in the beginning of Half Life 2 about "sleeping" seem to imply that Freeman was held in a state of suspended animation. As a result, could the age gap not be about as valid as any other "time travel into the future"? Should someone who is 11 years of age traveling 10 years into the future be allowed to drink? Or should they still be considered underage? If a toddler travels ahead 20 years, are they suddenly developmentally retarded?

My point is this, if Freeman did infact effectively travel into the future by way of GMan, then would the age gap not be much smaller than the birth dates would show? 24.254.163.150 (talk) 09:22, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I want to ask if Gordon Freeman wears a Helmet ?[edit]

From what I can understand Goron Freeman seems to bale to take bullets to the head a survive a direct hits. So let me ask you this, if somehow he can survive a bullet shot to the head. Why does he not die ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hypern (talk • contribs) 13:35, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure he does wear a helmet. All the corpses in HL1 that have HEV suits on have helmets. Lord Of Demise (talk) 22:13, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He would be quite inefficient at avoiding radiation and toxins if he wa smissing it, I think he has a helmet for in-game purposes, but not for "photographic" (cover) purposes--Techercizer (talk) 17:41, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can say that the most acceptable aswer to that is that the helmet is somewhat retractable, so he puts it when going to the fight and take it off to people to know him, yet, the animation is not shown.

Other says that the glasses he wears are connecter to the HEV Suit somehow, that why he can zoon and watch the ammunition. Goldensox (talk) 21:25, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He actually forgot the Helmet[edit]

Gordon Freeman was late to do his little routine work and grabbed his suit. But somehow the helm was missing (Dunno how) So Gordon's suit isnt complete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.233.247.10 (talk) 19:47, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cite or remove.--4drammelech (talk) 18:40, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Codename: Gordon[edit]

Shouldn't it be mentioned? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.109.48.23 (talk) 15:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of pop culture references section?[edit]

I would opt for that. The section seems to me to be too long, poorly written (The text assumes that the reader already knows enough about Half Life to get the references. I've never played the game and many of the references listed are therefore beyond my comprehension) and there seem to be a number of entries that exist for no reason other than both games containing crowbars. It should either be rewritten and shortened or deleted.--Dark Green (talk) 15:48, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the crowbar trivia should be removed. Most of them make it should like the crowbar was an item that was created in the Half-life universe, like the Halo 3 and BioShock ones. --DoubleDee0614 (talk) 09:23, 6 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the crowbar was the defining weapon of the original Half-Life. If you google it, you will find that the first Half-Life 2 advertisement consisted just of a picture of the crowbar and the tagline "Next month". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.129.175.199 (talk) 12:09, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In my opinion, almost all of that section sounds like original research, even though there is a couple of references. Cloudy fox 001 (talk) 23:07, 6 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An interesting picture...[edit]

A friend showed me this picture [4]. I think it might be interesting to put it under pop culture reference section. bruno (talk) 16:23, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the corresponding link from digg.com:

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Gordon_Freeman_Spotted_in_CERN_Test_Chamber (129.132.248.82 (talk) 09:56, 11 September 2008 (UTC))[reply]

I don't think so. That's not popular culture really. Next up, we post all Lolcats ever made under the cat article... Mezigue (talk) 12:29, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
lolz! Goddamnit! Wikipedia must really have a humor forums section to talk about this things (comment not irrelevant, haz 2 do with improving wikiz)--92.118.191.48 (talk) 04:56, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It should be referenced IMO - in a "in popular culture section". Everyone seems to tag them that they are "discouraged", yet usually such sections have many interesting facts 89.77.118.185 (talk) 02:18, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Morgan Freeman involvment?[edit]

Is Gordon's name at all taken from Morgan Freeman's name?76.66.185.81 (talk) 06:55, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gordon Freeman may be based on The Chemist - Gordon Freeman. See http://www.ualberta.ca/~gfreeman/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.62.217.156 (talk) 14:22, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Age?[edit]

Should it be mentioned that during Half Life 1 he is 27, it says so in the game near the very beginning? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.110.20 (talk) 21:58, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Popular Culture[edit]

Anyone who play Penumbra should remember a thin ice theme where you have to saw off a hand on ice grabbing a crowbar, and the guy's name is Dr.Freeman I believe. I think that should be add in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EnderXenocide (talk • contribs) 02:43, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Gearboxe's "Makeover"[edit]

However, using the "noclip" command in the developer console allows the player to see Gordon face to face, revealing a "makeover" of Gearbox's very own. Namely, a small ponytail and a pair of rectangular sunglasses. Uh, look at the low-definition player.mdl model from HL1, the ponytail was always there, Gearbox did not add that part. I'll edit the page to fix this error, but leave this here to justify my edit. --165.154.24.163 (talk) 23:55, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Scribblenauts Reference[edit]

There's a clear reference around the 30 seconds mark in this video Mista koo (talk) 21:40, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Concept art image[edit]

I added a concept art drawing, since it was an early concept and was drawn before the model was even made, with a helmet and such. However, I also considered adding "Ivan the Space Biker" instead, since it's arguably more iconic and was used in early publicity for the game, as well as made into a model. Any thoughts on which one would be more useful for the article?--ZXCVBNM (TALK) 03:06, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GameSpot's award[edit]

You may want to mention that the only reason he won is because some guy spammed the link to directly vote for him on several online forums, and that no-one else even cared about the "contest". You didn't see Mario fans organizing votes or anything.--ILoveSky (T | C) 17:01, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vote stacking or no, the fact that it led to a price cut makes it somewhat notable.--ZXCVBNM (TALK) 19:26, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Relationship" section[edit]

While it's pretty clear that Gordon has some kind of relationship with Alyx (despite being mute), the section is basically original research and should be merged into the characteristics section.--ZXCVBNM (TALK) 00:51, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cold War[edit]

He looks alot like Matthew Carter from the game cold war. Do you think there's any conections between the two? 142.169.126.86 (talk) 20:43, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]


OFF[edit]

I think Ryan Reynolds could protray Gordon in a movie lol. At least in Blad Trinity helooks very like Gordon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.100.205.34 (talk) 20:40, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

P.h.D in asskicking/badassery[edit]

It should be noted that comically Freeman got his phd in Asskicking or Badassery( being a badass) and he is the only person to ever recive this honor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.135.145.66 (talk) 02:25, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Dyson Image[edit]

Why would an editor remove the image of Dyson. he claims Dyson doesn't look like Gordan Freeman but then wants to deny our readers reaching the same conclusion. What have you got against illustrating articles? ♫ RichardWeiss talk contribs 13:15, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The character is named after Dyson as an homage. There is no sourcing that his appearance is based on Dyson, and we make no claims that he does or doesn't. It's a large unnecessary image that doesn't directly pertain to the topic. Why not a photo of Gabe Newell and Marc Laidlaw as well? How about on every article they are mentioned? It's not necessary to illustrate the topic or provide any new information to the reader. The topic is not about Dyson. -- ferret (talk) 13:20, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
No source means no inclusion, right? I have removed the mention from here and from Freeman Dyson. If you find a reliable source we can restore both the mention and the image. ♫ RichardWeiss talk contribs 13:32, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Uh, page 30 of Half-Life 2 Raising the Bar, which is already the source for this paragraph. -- ferret (talk) 13:39, 26 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

HL: Alyx[edit]

"The G-Man can in fact be seen watching events from a balcony at the side of the room, unbeknownst to Eli"

Whoever wrote that should probably go back and replay the ending. Kylesenior (talk) 10:47, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 13 November 2021[edit]

In section HALF LIFE: ALYX, in the first paragraph, there is a typo where 'stasis' is spelt 'statis':

"The game takes place five years before Half-Life 2, and Gordon is still being held in statis by the G-Man." 46.208.127.119 (talk) 10:58, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Eevee01(talk) 12:27, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 2 April 2022[edit]

Remove an image of Gordon's statue from the lead because it's not needed, no context, and not part of any commentary. 182.1.101.41 (talk) 02:40, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:05, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Seriously not every edit need a consensus, unless there is a serious reason to the contrary. 182.1.89.55 (talk) 09:51, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done: Images in infoboxes are common practice and therefore consensus is best for a change like this. Terasail[✉️] 10:02, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 April 2022[edit]

Remove the picture of statue. That doesn't add anything to the article. 182.1.89.55 (talk) 09:49, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 09:51, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Add acots[edit]

Now that Johnathan Roumie has a Wikipedia page, he needs to be linked here as the actor portraying this character in the 2013 Half Life short film. 2001:5B0:270C:AC48:F4FD:8FAC:25AA:11D3 (talk) 13:16, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Crowbar image[edit]

Shouldn’t we add an image of the crowbar as it appears in-game instead of a real-life crowbar? Zbelios (talk) 07:44, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the photo of a crowbar is very silly. Removed. Popcornfud (talk) 15:39, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't saying that the image should be completely removed, but rather replaced with the actual crowbar as it appears in Half-Life 2 (like a screenshot of it from the game). But I don't know if there are any copyright issues with that or something. Zbelios (talk) 19:37, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Me neither. But removing the bad photo is an improvement so I started with that. :) Popcornfud (talk) 10:53, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, alright then. I’m thinking of adding a screenshot of the worldmodel for the crowbar, and I want to make sure if it’s that’s okay or if there are any issues. (since video game screenshots are considered non-free). Zbelios (talk) 12:51, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"Gordon Freeman uses a crowbar" is not a statement that requires NFCC screenshot for the user to understand. We certainly can use a free image of just any old crowbar, but it's really not appropriate in the end. Readers generally understand what one is without visual aid. It would be akin to adding a random car picture to a racing video game's article because "in a race, cars are used." -- ferret (talk) 13:32, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
But this article doesn't say that a crowbar is Gordon's iconic weapon. Zbelios (talk) 13:42, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's a crowbar. Is the lack of an actual in-game image of said crowbar preventing the reader from understanding that? -- ferret (talk) 13:47, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I guess not, now that I think about it. Zbelios (talk) 14:10, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gordon's first appearance from a 3rd Person Perspective?[edit]

"...in the first appearance of the character in the series from a third-person perspective."

This was found in the final paragraph of the HL: Alyx section. Can someone actually elaborate this one? It feels like there was one instance written for the Blue Shift part of the Half-Life section, but this one looks repeated. Clazzette (talk) 10:01, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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