Talk:Gordon Freeman

message: Is Gordon Freeman Jewish?
-"Half Life 2 Gamer"
Not that i've ever heard.Nitre (talk) 10:07, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: Well, he does look like David Baddiel Serendipodous 01:08, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnicity

message: 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)
thread_title:  Length of Episode 2 Description 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Jump-Module (HEV SUIT) 

message: 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)
replies: text: This is taken from the Half-Life 2: Prima Official Game Guide. MarphyBlack 22:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

text: It was apparently appreciated enough by Valve to allow it to be used in the official guide. -- Jordi·✆ 13:36, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gordons tennis ball cannon... 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Gordon's Job

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Austrian?

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: broken link

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Gordon's face 

message: 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)
thread_title: In Case Somebody in Science Likes Half-Life . . .

message: 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)
thread_title: Half Life references in Fiction

message: 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)
thread_title:  Should we add this to article? 

message: 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)
replies: text: ...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)
replies: text:  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)
replies: text:  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)
thread_title:  Not really a reference 

message: ====Half-Life 2: ' Episode Two ====
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)
thread_title:  Adding infomation tp to the recently relased Espiode 2 

message: 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)
thread_title: ''Half-Life 2: ' Episode Two {{'}}''

message: 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)
thread_title: Quick note about loosing dark energy

message: 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)
thread_title:  Episode II 

message: 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)
replies: text: He's just that awesome?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.199.164.49 (talk) 19:34, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  May 16, 200- ? 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Original Research?

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

message: In the image showing a photography  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 , 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)
thread_title:  Black Mesa Staff 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Relationship with Alyx Vance 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  I want to ask if Gordon Freeman wears a Helmet ? 

message: 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)
thread_title: He actually forgot the Helmet

message: Shouldn't it be mentioned?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.109.48.23 (talk) 15:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Codename: Gordon

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)

text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Deletion of pop culture references section? 

message: A friend showed me this picture . I think it might be interesting to put it under pop culture reference section. bruno (talk) 16:23, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  An interesting picture... 

message: Is Gordon's name at all taken from Morgan Freeman's name?76.66.185.81 (talk) 06:55, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Morgan Freeman involvment? 

message: 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)
thread_title: Age?

message: 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)
thread_title:  Popular Culture 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Gearboxe's "Makeover" 

message: There's a clear reference around the 30 seconds mark in this video Mista koo (talk) 21:40, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scribblenauts Reference 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Concept art image 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  GameSpot's award 

message: 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)
thread_title:  "Relationship" section 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Cold War 

message: 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)
thread_title: OFF

message: 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)
thread_title:  P.h.D in asskicking/badassery 

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message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Dyson Image

message: "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)
thread_title:  HL: Alyx 

message: 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)
replies: text: Eevee01(talk) 12:27, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 November 2021 

message: 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)
replies: text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:05, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text:  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)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 2 April 2022 

message: Remove the picture of statue. That doesn't add anything to the article. 182.1.89.55 (talk) 09:49, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: . Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 09:51, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 18 April 2022 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Add acots 

message: 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)
replies: text: Yes, the photo of a crowbar is very silly. Removed. Popcornfud (talk) 15:39, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: Me neither. But removing the bad photo is an improvement so I started with that. :) Popcornfud (talk) 10:53, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: "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)
replies: text: But this article doesn't say that a crowbar is Gordon's iconic weapon. Zbelios (talk) 13:42, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: Yeah, I guess not, now that I think about it. Zbelios (talk) 14:10, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crowbar image 

message: "...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)
thread_title:  Gordon's first appearance from a 3rd Person Perspective?