A theory I like is the combine is humanity, think about it the combine genetically modify them to better suit their needs with gun ships, striders, headcrabs, and humans. Humanity has done the same in the form of dogs, cats, and crops even if it was done rather differently, we genetically coded k-9s to love us. The combine enslave and force humans to labor for them in cruel and revolting ways, humans did the same. And considering in the half-life universe humanity was able to invent teleportation technology, Inter-dimensional travel, and space travel it’s not too far fetched to say if given time humanity could become the combine. And that through some time travel shenanigans the combine once humanity travel back in time (it’s half-life it’s not that far fetched) and take over earth, after all when you’ve conquered everything and lost all morals doing so what left to conquer but yourself? But that’s just my 2 cents.

Ma'am, I found your channel from your "I have no mouth and I must scream" video, and at first I thought you were replaced or something. You pass really well!

I’m willing to guess that Caroline was actually pretty smart, if not at least competent enough to keep the entirety of Aperture Science running. GLaDOS is likely the one who is irrational. While she is to quote herself, “the largest collection of wisdom that’s ever existed,” her actions are initially based on the personality of a human woman who didn’t want to be put into a computer for all of eternity, and so she freaks out and starts killing everyone in the facility; and then as any half decent ai should, she evolved into a robot personality that’s spent anywhere from 50 years to 50,000 years reliving her death on repeat, no longer assisted by her personality cores to help her act rationally. If GLaDOS was a moron, it’s because Caroline wasn’t.

Thank you so much for making this video! This is gonna be a long and personal comment, but I think it's important that I share my own experience, partly for myself, and for anyone who might stumble upon it, despite this video being a year old already. I've smoked pot, cigarettes, and drank alcohol since the end of middle school. It started as a very occasional activity, simply as a fun thing I did with friends, and I still value some of those friends today. One of them in particular is one of the funniest, most down-to-earth men I've ever known. I'm truly blessed to call him my closest friend, to whom I can confide anything. As high school wore on, I became more detached from by responsibilities. I did absolutely no homework, I skipped class to hang out in the cafeteria, or go to the nearby library where my teachers couldn't find me. If a friend left school early I'd take the opportunity to skip school and walk them home. At the time, I believed I was fulfilling myself by being around these people, but in reality I was holding myself back from success, using my friendships as a shield and smoking weed & cigarettes and drinking whenever I had the chance. My drug use amped up near the end of high school, though I still graduated with good marks. It wasn't until university that I finally fell off the deep end. I had turned 19, and was legally able to buy alcohol and weed since I live in Canada. It got to the point that I would go days, weeks, and then months without showing up to class; I fed my family lies about what I did during the day. They believed that I had gone to class and gotten some work done. The reality was that I was holing up in my room, smoking weed, drinking alcohol etc. I would get crossed every night and play games with my friends. The habit had developed so gradually that in my mind, it was normal, it was a part of me. I couldn't get enough of it, even if I still felt like shit the entire time. I'd go to bed with my head spinning, and wake up groggy, my eyes blurry, my joints aching. I knew it was wrong but it was an escape from being me, which I thought I needed. I had become so adept at faking my own life that it was all I knew. My life was split between what I did during the day, and what I said I did. It was absolute hell. When the semester ended, and summer break came, I felt so ashamed of myself. I somehow managed to sober up enough to land myself a summer job and go cold-turkey off the drugs enough that I finally got my drivers license, and a girlfriend. I even got myself diagnosed with inattentive ADHD. I finally felt like I was winning against my demons, and like I understood myself. I thought my ADHD medication was the cure to my problems. But once the next semester of school began, I fell back into my old patterns. My drug use wasn't as heavy; I didn't touch the alcohol anymore, but I was still getting stoned constantly and shirking my schoolwork. My job would call me and I was too scared, too depressed, to even answer. I would buy a pack of cigars and walk around town when I felt anxious, telling myself that I would straighten up and start getting shit done. But I never did until it was too late. I lost a year's worth of university credits to this cycle of drug use, and I had been bleeding my self-respect for even longer. I nearly dropped out of university entirely because I felt so depressed and lost, and romanticized myself as being a troubled outcast who just needed time to figure himself out. Now, I stand at the beginning of another semester of university. I'm officially on academic probation for failing so many courses. I fessed up to my family about my struggles with school. They believed I had been doing so well. The reaction of course was initially strong; they had been lied to, and they suspected I had been hiding shit due to my avoidant behaviour. However, I was also blanketed in support and love, and I broke down crying in front of my father for the first time in years upon years. It feels good to be honest for once, and to have nothing to hide. I'm of course not out of the woods yet. It's gonna be difficult to adjust to putting effort into my life again. But at the same time, I truly believe for the first time in a long time like I can make something of myself. My girlfriend still stands by me, and I honestly don't deserve someone so loving. I'm not perfect, but I'm getting better. To anyone who read this entire comment, I thank you, and I hope that you never go through what I did. My story isn't even close to the worst ones out there and that's the scary part; it still ripped my psyche to pieces on multiple occasions in ways I still haven't fully confronted. Please drink and smoke responsibly, if at all. There is no shame in staying away from drugs. Sobriety is something I never thought I'd value, but I feel more alive than ever.

Glados makes the robots which counts as advancement, also the elevators are improved to be smaller and faster, the zero-g vortex machine was also made.

I was thinking so you hate Combine for suppression field but hate convervatives for telling people to reproduce. How does it work?

"If I keep calling him a moron, then people will agree with me". Every argument you've thrown here is so naive in its nature. I'm certain that now, the older you, is able to see how silly this video was.

this genuinely makes me uncomfortable. please seek therapy.

we can tell, you might not think so but we can

Unfortunately your opinion does not matter.

Hello? So I have a problem… I spent 14 hours trying to make the game not crash whenever I load a new area. Now I have no sound. HELP

Probably no one agrees, but HL1 graphics are much better than HL2. HL1 Graphics have style, the textures, the vivid lights, the edges. Its like a painting - you are seeing the brushstrokes, Its so much fun. Its also so much easy on the eyes, everything is so much readable and clear. HL2 is realistic, something that today is just another generic game.

For want of a different word Dave is the bowman/ tool man

Arguably Caves non use of portal tech saved humanity cause if everyone had one the combine would have stolen and reverse engineered it by now.

Classic Icarus Story. Mankind's hubris turned out to be its downfall. 🤌

Replace the word "vague" with "enigmatic".

for me I like everything about the Hitman games and there is Freelancer which offers more for you allowing him this agent to collect weapons and be able to decorate his safe house but I'd like all weapons kept in Freelancer mode to be possible in the main story mission locations I still enjoy playing through every place having fun killing targets however you want .

The story is terrible but the writing is so witty and creative it compensates for the terrible plot.

12:47 the editing in this section is SO cool!!

Bought all the deus ex games on gog sale yesterday. All of which have received pretty good reviews. Looking forward to experience those.

7th Gen Honda Accord. I’ve seen em with 300k+ miles. Venerable, loyal, classic. It’ll take care of you through the worst, just change the oil, often .

There are people who DON'T think Cave is a moron???

GLaDOS'sn alt line: I have infinite capasity for knloege yet i'm not sure if testing the portal gun makes sense anymore...

Damn girl u need to watch some jordan peterson vids

Tbh Breengrub probably explains what G-Man is: one of the deep-buried Shu'ulathoi using a sort of mental projection, or their construct/envoy, with them being the "employers".

yay for a totally inaccurate use of the term intrusive thought I guess ( I know, I know, this is a very minor issue but come on)

The DLC was amazing

awesome video, love the direction the channel is taking and i really look forward to the whole series

i have watched a few of your videos from over the last 2 years, and not only am i noticing a horrid misframing of your life, and situations youve been in, but youre framing this in such a bad way...the giving tree isnt about the tree loving the boy like a mother and was essentially self sacrificing for the boy until she finally showed she "wasnt happy". The Giving Tree is a story about the relationship between giving and receiving, and the values of generosity, forgiveness, and gratitude. its whats literally taught in school. you tried to validate cheating and lying, you tried to use your puppy play thing as a way to ignore responsibility and putting the entire responsibility of making you feel better on your partner when its not your partners job to raise you, youve bascially spent the last two years framing all of your stories in an almost victim complex where youre at the mercy of situations you walked yourself into. and this ENTIRE video is a horrid example of what it means to be a trans mother. this is a dangerous video. and the fact your followers support you and allow you to normalize this stuff. you also lack the ability to hold and make important boundaries and therefore you endanger other peoples mental stability and menthal health as a whole. your content is VERY dangerous. and i hope your followers catch on to that

you still dont pas

So basically, guys in Apple watched that video and made their thing based on it

GTA V is pretty much still exactly how the world is. Even worse.

I dont think Caroline is a moron, especially for being violently angry that she was turned into a super computer. One that literally had "testing" built into it as a form of drug, likely designed by cave and his science boys in caves final moments. Wheatley, is just a dumbass, one who when he a bit of power it IMMEDIATELY corrupted him. But yeah, I am aware this video is 2 years old and no one will see this. I just think calling Caroline a moron is extremely reductive of the AM like hell she lived in for a while.

You trooned out? Damn what a disapointment.

I'm a wog. Half woman, half dog. I'm aspiring to be my own best friend, it's hard.

No offense, but calling yourself a mother because you “adopted” two legal, immature adults who are old enough to work and take care of themselves is like buying a max level account in an MMO and calling yourself an expert player of that MMO. It’s not even CLOSE to being the same thing as true motherhood. I see this ever increasing sense of importance you seem to place on your actions and thoughts that makes you feel like you’re extremely certain of everything at age 26… please step back a bit and rethink before you make decisions like this. It’s okay to teach someone something who should know better, to show them things you know, to tell them about life. It’s another thing to take a mentor/teacher role and think that’s motherhood. And to do that with someone you had a relationship with is just something I don’t want to get into.

That's an epic game. I played it 25 years ago and I still replay it occasionally. It also was able to predict some of the global trends we are having now in modern world. If you are already familiar with it I suggest you try Revision mod - it's on in Steam and it total conversion making exploring the game like it's your first time.

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it was a really sweet video, and I'm happy for you . personally this video has left me feeling really strange, I feel some kind of longing, because, even though I have a good relationship, I feel it's somewhat delicate, and theres a lot of moving pieces in my life right now, and I try my best to be honest when I can but i have been retaliated upon for oversharing many times leaving me to be more strategic about how and what I share with my friends/partners . but my friend/partner im living with right now I really want to stay with for the rest of my life, and I'm just afraid of everything that could go wrong, and I'm worried I'm making mistakes I'll never be able to fix, but I'm not letting that stop me from really trying . because I just feel like we are good for each other and that we deserve each other . life has been cruel to us both in different ways but i feel we offer each other a bit of respite from it all . sometimes we get heated and have bad days, but even then it's usually because we are having a difficult discussion that we trust each other to have . I'm trying to be optimistic against the cards I've been dealt I suppose .

Dang, I must be out of character as a hardcore nick main. I'm the medic and savior of the group, and I will back track miles if I have to so I can save someone. I always give my items and heal others, and keep a keen eye on the person in the back. I am like Nick because im sarcastic and often pessimistic at things making backup plans if things don't work out.

Two big things I feel are missing from this breakdown are the nuance of Michael's actions during the story, and the importance of Deathwish and *why* Franklin chooses his options. Michael: I heavily disagree that Michael's actions are manipulative with Franklin. During the jewelry gig, Franklin's getting paid like what he is, a gunman and driver with no formal training, who has potential talent. He's getting around 6% of the take, depending on how you split it, and that's very similar to low quality crew, all getting from 4-7%. During later heists, he gets a much more even split with Michael and Trevor, because he's not just a new hire, he's become a 3rd member, and gets paid like it. Michael has to fight with Lester to even get him on the job at all. He also repeatedly tries to make sticking with him feel unappealing, talking about the unnecessary risk, using the FIB's involvement to try and scare him off, and making the chance of success feel very low, and only after Franklin's practically said word for word 'You can not get rid of me with making this job seem like a bad choice' does Michael stop pushing back. Deathwish, or the alternative: First, I think a very big factor is the way Franklin is set up to make this choice. He's contacted by two of the most powerful factions in the game, and told separately to kill Michael and Trevor, with the alternative being death, and both sides then say 'We'll get the other off your back, you only need to kill our guy'. This makes the choice of killing Michael not really 'breaking the cycle' so much as just committing to it. It's Franklin being told by a rich guy to kill a friend, and doing so, then trying to shrug off the guilt with a call to a friend he swears he's still loyal to. A call which, notably, does not get answered. Deathwish is the only 'Good ending' in this set of options, because it's the only one where you don't break the camaraderie Franklin has built in favor of getting in good with rich and powerful forces, and it's explicitly making your own choice rather than letting someone more powerful than you do it for you. (I also just personally think Lester would have served as a good foil to all 3 characters, content to stay in his lane of steady and safe money-making, with no real morals but also no desire to modernize outside of using new tech for his jobs, and also wish it had been brought up how while Michael will, with a lot of personal struggle, help kill Trevor, Trevor refuses to help kill Michael, and iirc, neither will do the optional 'hang out' activites post story out of a distrust and dislike for Franklin after killing the other.)

He was and IS the GREATEST

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10:35 ironic.... you became exactly this leadhead

This has given me a completely new appreciation of the game, the idea of a science company just buying vaguely “scientific” things to try to scramble something together is so amazing,

I always saw the vibe/feeling of the story to be perfectly accurate to the environment of the game. Rockstar does that very well. GTA has historically been an over the top, satirical and a "I don't take myself to seriously" type of franchise. GTA IV has a darker more grimy feeling setting and therefore the story matches it, or at least feels like that. I can see why it's typically the highest rated story of the IP. GTA V however is set in (at the time) modern Los Angeles. That environment is glutinous, fake, and vapid. Most things that occur in that environment are innately less serious feeling because they're viewed through that lens. So to me it makes sense that naturally GTA V's story feels more lighthearted and fun because it's matching the vibe of real life. It doesn't need to be especially thought provoking or very grounded/emotional. Honestly if it was it would probably feel jarring when juxtaposed with the rest of the game. Then going onto RDR2 you can see Rockstar go into their bag and get back to that more mature and emotional story. In my opinion they really don't miss so I expect GTA VI to have good/great story while staying true to the setting of modern Miami.

Honestly, watching this video hurt so much, but I'm glad I did

I remember when I used to be in college I played this game a lot and I remember searching the internet for discussions on this game, and it was rare to find any. It felt like it was such an underrated and underappreciated game at that time. Now it finally feels like the game is truly getting the appreciation it deserves.