Made My Girlfriend Play Half-Life

[@makarymetzger2627]

Cant wait until this becomes "made my wife play".

[@Rwzfs]

For sure! Then we'd be playing half life 3

[@balancedbeast7952]

I just hope it becomes my wife plays games.

[@greilthelegendaryhero252]

I'm pretty sure they're already married. At the very least engaged. Though girlfriend reviews sounds better than wife reviews. I could be from a q&a vid

[@ERMZIESS]

​@@greilthelegendaryhero252 Where'd you get that from?

[@gregoryhause00]

​@@greilthelegendaryhero252 you mixed up channels bro

[@wof8317]

"Why do we all have to wear these ridiculous ties?"

[@nybergsgarage]

how else would they know if you're a highly trained professional?

[@Salithin]

“Have you seen my coffee cup?”

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

You wanna know why? It's a symbol. They want you to know that you're their dog and that's why you're wearing their LEASH.

[@GRN-u1e]

*_hits with crowbar_* *_STAHP!?_*

[@Elquenoseconectacasinunca]

*"For god's sake open the silor door!"*

[@Cmdr_Sam]

00:14 Dude you are never going to get married, she is a keeper. Don't you dare mess this up!

[@adisillusioneddork618]

Not to mention they've been together for 10+ years

[@CStone-xn4oy]

10+ years!?! Dude propose already!

[@streamyspy4673]

marry that girl she is a gem :3

[@CrazeeAdam]

Eh. While marriage is 100% great, if they're happy, that's what matters. They love each other, and while marriage would make it more official, they basically are married at this point.

[@CStone-xn4oy]

@@CrazeeAdam Not the same. If they make each other happy then why not get married?

[@AllisterVinris]

Marry her, bro, just do it.

[@Code_Machine]

Fr

[@jdarokhajiit9153]

Lol if I wasn't married already I would shoot my shot lol (Just playing, but seriously ring her up bro)

[@sahilrahman5066]

Yeah man he won't get a second chance

[@Mr.QuantumC0re]

@@sahilrahman5066 especially on bread

[@hundvd_7]

The way she's so excited to play the game, if he won't, then _I_ will marry her, I swear

[@OscarHazeGaming]

I choose to believe that everything coming out of Girlfriend's mouth is the canonical Freeman inner monologue.

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

I can move. :O

[@shiethegal]

Freeman's mind.

[@codyraugh6599]

​@@shiethegalfreegirlfriend's mind

[@ashleydaniels12]

As soon as i read your comment, she said "How did i get this?" after picking up the crowbar, and that killed me 😭😭

[@Hectobozzel]

The "isn't zen supposed to be relaxing? Because this is not relaxing." Sounds like something right out of Freeman's mind

[@TheSeaBaer]

I love how she has the freeman’s mind kinda response to all the events

[@SirFooplesTheThird]

I knew she was locked in at 9:16 because that could be a quote straight out of Freeman's Mind

[@jaderabbit898]

Now that she's played Half-Life, why not have her try Black mesa to see the major difference in 20+ years?

[@shinyhappyrem8728]

Getting the alien bee cannon would be... interesting

[@SnesySnas]

Only after she's played through all of Half Life first Black Mesa RIGHT after playing Half Life 1 isn't enough time to let everything sink in

[@sinom]

Problem is she'd basically be playing the same game twice in a short time. And that's gonna not be much fun for most people

[@elpsykoongro5379]

​@@sinomunless she ends up becoming a speed runner

[@EricMichaelLP]

@@sinom somewhat, but Black Mesa has quite a lot of evolved areas, and remade maps not to mention extra ones!

[@OtakuJuanma2]

Wait wait... THERE ARE HEALING STATIONS IN XEN?!?! Bro I've finished Half Life like 7 times in my life and I'm only learning this now

[@teguhlg]

Bro, i have the same logic as her. I just enter it and waiting something happen and quickly realize im healing. How you miss it 7 times? Thats actually mind blowing.

[@OtakuJuanma2]

@@teguhlg I thiught they were decorations, alien lamps or something. Points of reference in the otherwise samey Xen.

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

@@OtakuJuanma2 there are alot of things people tend to miss on xen. the vortigaunts in interloper are for example non agressive and regularly use the healing stations

[@resiseven7407]

the pools of liquid heal you too

[@teresar6348]

To be fair to us all, in more modern games the flat textures indicate wall things with the 'important' stuff having a far more distinct texture. A lot of people fail on that.

[@toasega]

"stop telling me what you WANTED to happen and tell me what IS happening" Good life lesson, honestly.

[@reizak8966]

Watched this with my husband and both our cats. My husband is installing half-life now. lol You hit him right in the nostalgia. The cats were less impressed.

[@angelromanflores2709]

Man screw em cats 😂😤

[@michail-xg4zz]

pancackes

[@PedricCuf]

I enjoyed how most of the commentary was illustrating her difficulty with level design and 90's gaming concepts, yet the footage showed her being pretty adept! I'm glad she enjoyed the hip firing weapons of older FPSes. I very much find that style to be the superior one for actually having fun. Looking forward to Gravity Gun shenanigans!

[@HeyIts_Blocky]

she doesn't need to hear all this, she's a highly trained professional

[@uncannycato]

now if you follow standard insertions everything will be fine

[@Schmidddyyy]

12:40 - That's not a sniper, that's the assassins hitting the guard with a silenced pistol.

[@dementedbison5086]

I love the evolution this channel has gone trough, first it was play dates, then your gf who previously didn’t play all that much finally played games like dark souls, doom or even Elden ring, and now she’s playing a game as amazing as half life!

[@Bulbman123]

Crazy that your girlfriend got the name "assassins" spot on while you were calling them "snipers" XD Fun fact: The assassins have cloaking devices on hard mode... and "jiggle physics" ;p Also as a side note, having her play the hazard course first may have been a good idea. Huge props for doing OG instead of just going with Black Mesa, and with the SD models to boot. [Chefs kiss]

[@extrathicctwix]

My wife and I love watching and are hoping to one day here the intro be "i made my fiance play."

[@michail-xg4zz]

pancackes

[@챙랴노]

Cannot wait to see 2, 2 Episode1, 2 Episode 2, Black Mesa and Alyx reaction! Also, the rain formerly known as purple was a good touch

[@jjkrayenhagen]

Don't forget Opposing Forces and Blue Shift.

[@Nacil_54]

And Entropy Zero 1 and 2, and Stories Mel for Portal.

[@LO0IC]

And every half life mod

[@gtamike_TSGK]

Half Life Alyx was worth the wait for another Half Life game. VR is an amazing experience. The best way to explain VR is look around now in real life yes it will feel very close to that when you're in a VR game it's unreal.

[@gghhoosstt1233]

I am so glad that you didn't change the game into HD texture and let her experience the OG textures in her 1st playthrough.

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

It's not Gordon's first day, he's just late, and they're having technical issues haha.

[@yuugael4010]

Mom wake up dad, boy meet girl just upload

[@willot4237]

Remeber the line from the first Portal Song? ".....Maybe you'll find someone else To help you. Maybe Black Mesa... THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE. " Now ya know 😁

[@atoth62]

"Even though this cake is great, its so delicious and moist." Sorry, couldn't resist.

[@ceshmate1953]

She shouldbplay the other half life 1 versions as well.

[@Mr.QuantumC0re]

Yep!!!!

[@evildrkirby]

I think it's a good sign that "Get your heads out of your asses and tell me what's going on" is a line that wouldn't be out of place in Freeman's Mind.

[@dhruvsinha8781]

its not gordon's first day...

[@redpractition]

Yeah, he was working there for maybe like 6-8 months or so at minimum, judging by the vent stories Alyx recalls Barney telling her and the overall nature of him BEING someone deemed competent enough to be given clearance to use one of their new Mark IV HEV suits.

[@furret_walk8130]

He's employee of the month I think Also all the scientists and guards are familiar with him

[@Yora21]

Back in 1999, it also didn't occur to me to touch the mouse during the intro ride.

[@Sebb_Music]

That's funny, I was convinced this was a result of modern games making her expect that you can't move during cutscenes. But I guess maybe it's not that deep and the intro is just that cinematic!

[@shinyagumon7015]

Can't wait to see her reaction to a certain ship from a certain company in Half Life 2.

[@theninjamaster67]

She definitely wont pick up on that I didn't even pick up on it when I found the easter egg in Portal 2 I had to learn about the connection through a "are Portal and Half Life connected" theory video then I was like ohhhhhhh.

[@nathancollins1715]

​@@theninjamaster67But they literally namedrop Aperture Science in HL2 E2.

[@theninjamaster67]

@@nathancollins1715 Yah and she's as oblivious as I am her boyfriend basically says as much in every video.

[@ceshmate1953]

​@@nathancollins1715they name drop black mesa at the ending credit of portal 1

[@LO0IC]

@@ceshmate1953 They also name drop black mesa on a whiteboard sort of thing

[@jdavidwebb]

Ahhhhh this is huge! This is my all-time favorite game and arguably one of the most important games of all time. Can't wait to watch her wake up and... smell the ashes.

[@JustABigDud]

I related hard to "It never occurs that she's doing something wrong, because it's her immediate assumption that it's her fault for not being good at it, so she brute forces it until she succeeds" This video somehow perfectly encapsulated how I play games

[@Thanathos66]

I already know this is gonna be a banger. Rise and shine Miss Tarny and lets get going.

[@kyuthefox]

so you aren't planning on marring her? because half life 3 is comfimed by valve to not come. as gabe put it "we aren't a greedy company milking franchises"

[@1saidou]

That's the joke.

[@Bludiamond_Titanium]

Half-life 3 is the DEADLINE, not when they are gonna get married, but they will get before it comes out.

[@Mroziukz]

Milking franchises, lol as if the last game didn't end on a cliffhanger.

[@Owlboi]

it's hardly "milking franchises" when the last part ended on a massive cliffhanger

[@Eoccdb]

Yeah that's just wrong, he said they will get married when it releases, it's never going to release so they never will get married. ​@@Bludiamond_Titanium

[@LifesNeverHumDrum]

I love the way Taryn plays. It’s about the journey, not the destination. She smells the roses, she really appreciates the game while she plays it instead of just blasting through

[@ct3000]

Your big brained GF instantly named them assassins but you called them snipers like 5 times and I died a little inside each time ;_;

[@EinManU]

JUST MARRY HER ALREADY

[@MyHeartIsOpen2You]

Marriage is an exercise in futility. If anything it only serves as a financial burden with the cost of a ring and a wedding and all the other marriage traditions. If a divorce happens (which is like 90% of the time instigated by a woman, I'm making that statistic up) you lose almost all of your posessions and money. They still bleed you dry afterwards with alimony payments. The famous statistic that's always repeated is that 50% of marriages end in divorce (though it's likely closer to 70) so if Mr. Boy Meets Girl here gets hitched, he'll likely be bereft of all his money. Marriage as it exists in the modern world is the ultimate form of cuckoldry. Love is a fickle thing, DON'T MAKE IT LEGALLY BINDING.

[@mrmeh9853]

​@@MyHeartIsOpen2You Marriage is an exercise in the sacrifice and modesty of both parties, your doomerisms will not nullify the benefits of marriage when two actual adults make it work. The issue is morality or lack there of it. Both men and women have become increasingly poor equipped psychologically, leading each to ignorantly and selfishly deprive each other of each's needs and ignore each other's way of thinking. Divorce only started becoming the quote on quote issue in the 20th century, it's been around much longer than your entire country (assuming you're American). TL;DR - Make yourself work marrying, choose someone worth marrying and ensure both are willing to concede to each other occasionally.

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

@@MyHeartIsOpen2You To be fair. If you don't want to lose all of your shit in a divorce. You get a prenuptial agreement. It's shocking how so many people don't know the first thing about marriage.

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

​@@mrmeh9853 The main thing to remember about Marriage is that an increasing number of people are marrying without even really knowing the other person. You should only really marry someone after you know damn near everything about them. If you're already married to someone and you can't tell them about all of your fetishes, taboos, desires, aspirations etc. The marriage is on shaky ground. I got married after learning everything I could about my wife. Been together for more than a decade. We're just as happy now as we were when we were putting the rings on. People treat marriage like an achievement.

[@artemefimov8215]

​@@mrmeh9853you don't need marriage to live a happy life with someone. You can't marry the same sex in some countries also.

[@kastlemanofficial8355]

Speeking of Glooguns You should totally have her play ‘Prey’ (the one from 2017). It’s one of those rare games where there isn’t a wrong way to play the game. I think she’d love it! And besides, the game is a freaking masterpiece.

[@willywimper248]

1:14 I almost checked steam notifications XD

[@zachanikwano]

Your vidoes together are so cute, and it really eye opening to see someone who learns stuff in their own way and time (where for some it's intuition). It's comforting. It reminded me that I can play however I want, regarldess of dev intentions lol >:)

[@Gnomable]

I definitely got motion sickness from these games too. It's always fun to find a mechanic that could have been helping you the whole time.

[@crimsondemon1382]

Deep Rock Galactic music, Risk of Rain 2 music, and Terraria music, all in one Half-Life Boy Meets Girl video? Count me in!

[@lolmao500]

The way she plays Half Life clearly shows she "learned" to play video games with Dark Souls lol.. if you die, thats because you suck, not because you dont get it. Next up : Half life 2/Alyx, Doom 3/Doom 2016 or Dishonored or Bioshock or FEAR. Factorio music near the end of the video nice touch lol

[@Redemption643]

She's already played Doom

[@ceshmate1953]

Or , other versions of half life 1 for more loreeeee

[@essmene]

10:00+ Failure is part of gameplay. We all have been there and older games were far less forgiving in the matter. You try until you make it and for Half-Life it means staying alive. If you do that just by using the crowbar, the pistol, ... does not matter. The game does not dictate you the solution, you are free to try until you make it . If you do it wrong the game tells you with a death screen. You may be more familar with game patterns to understand the meaning of destrutables, ammo, weapons - e.g. that a weapon pickup maybe important and the weapon more powerful or helpful for the next challenge. Instead of wondering about her hardships - I would praise her resilience and the games resilience to allow so many even sup par tactics to last her that long.

[@connordarvall8482]

Gotta say, her playstyle is quite similar to mine, but my crutch weapon is the shotgun and my crutch strategy is to jump out from behind cover and run down my opponent using my weapon as a melee attack with a huge hitbox.

[@CobetcknnKolowski]

25:05 YO WHAT, EXCUSE ME?! THOSE ARE HEALING PODS?! All these years, so many playthroughs and I never picked up on that.

[@DeranRoute-vu5jy]

Wot?

[@SNOUPS4]

In my first playthrough in the 90s, I learnt the same way she did, about the armour charging devices on the wall for example, took all the time exploring everything and to this day, I always have fun talking to everyone in the game, and opening every single crate

[@inexorableveracity]

I have several friends who all approach video games with some mentality akin to "I'm bad at video games". It effects how they play and feel about a game more than anything else. Some of these people have played video games a lot and some have played them a little and it universally makes them less able to learn by trial and error. Thinking you're bad at the game makes you more risk averse (so less trial) and also unable to understand why things are happening (less error). You can see the former in Girlfriend sticking with the gun she knows well. Boyfriend explained the latter very succinctly when talking about Girlfriend brute forcing through sections. I see this with my own friends as well. Feeling like you are unable to engage with the game, like it's a foreign language, I think is rooted in thinking you're bad at games. Young Boyfriend at some point in his life played a game the same way as Girlfriend played halflife. Young Boyfriend probably only ever externalized the difficulty. This GAME is hard. Not that BOYFRIEND isn't good enough. Love these videos, it's such an interesting thing to see and hear. Mr Boyfriend, please don't say Girlfriend is bad at video games or that she has her 'girlfriend way' of doing things. You did them that way at some point as well.

[@Reinkjaky]

😊 I'm surprised you went for original half life over black mesa remake. Can't wait for half-life 2 video.

[@Corle0ne]

Your gf is such a lovely goof and livens up this video so much, regardless of how frustrating the gameplay is to watch. Really enjoyed it @ both of ya!

[@XandiG]

If you’re doing retro games, I’d love to see her play Deus Ex. It’s a very open-ended game in terms of player options.

[@disguisedcyclops4593]

As a relatively modern gamer, playing half-life was quite the tedious experience. That being said, I wasn't exactly playing it the most optimal way, just running and shooting, completely forgetting the thinking aspect of the game. Half-life 2, however, was amazing. I don't have a VR headset, so I haven't played Half-Life Alyx yet, but eventually. So I'm just constantly thinking of what could happen next while resisting the urge to watch any playthroughs.

[@Ursea_Erika]

The textures thing just reminded me of old cartoons where something the characters were supposed to interact with was obviously different from the painted backgrounds

[@matthew-005]

Wow she is lovely and I her voice too, it's so satisfying to hear her happy at her success. And I love how she interacts with the characters and world like she is really there.

[@Twistybanana]

Would love to see a chill Girlfriend Made Me Play "Little Kitty, Big City"

[@Hwyadylaw]

It's worth remembering the average player back in 1998 didn't have much experience with this kind of game, so it would've been similar to this, except the technology would've felt more impressive.

[@kamajuchikekenate]

YPU SHOULD HAVE SHOWN HER THE TUTORIAL BEFORE LETTING HER PLAY,SO SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS CLUELESS AND MORE CAPABLE TO NOT ONLY IMMERSE BUT ENJOY TGE GAME MORE(TLDR MY KEYBOARD BROKE)

[@JLN93]

I’ve been playing this game for at least 15 years, and I never realized the crystal you insert in Anomalous Materials is the same type you destroy in the end! That makes so much sense!

[@SoloLegends]

The number of times I played half-life over the years.. I was this many years old finid out those "broken teleporters" on XEN were healing pods.. :facepalm:

[@idoblenderstuffs]

i still think that half life was the first retro game to be actually GOOD. stuff like doom was pretty nice, but by today its extremely dated in its gameplay and can just be not very fun in places. same with quake, wolf3d, any one of those groundbreaking shooter games. half life is the only one that i tried out and actually felt interested enough to play through the whole game. ..... and then immediately play the entire thing all over again.

[@arsarma1808]

Very important with Abiotic Factor being playable. It gives very familiar vibes.

[@pixelotix]

It bummed me out when she was saying, “I’m so dumb”, nah she’s not, HL is great but there is also some really awful design mixed in with the brilliance that has only been exacerbated with age. The game will environmentally train you on some aspects and then completely ignore others.

[@Nacil_54]

I hope that she'll play the expansions after that ! Especially Decay, will be interesting to see how you both handle the games. edit: 22:53 well, that's actually the case, she didn't need to exactly line up her shots, because auto-aim was on.

[@sharemation5339]

3:05 Yes, it was his first day. It just was retconed in Half-Life 2.

[@juanfisi]

Is not Gordon's first day tho, was it? This was an amazing game, it aged like good wine.

[@Freshmoi]

just played ROR2 before watching this and I was soo confused yet appreciated of the music choice

[@risticcc8486]

I just played through Half Life 1 with all expansion packs for the first time and now i see you doing it aswell. Great timing and i love you both 😭

[@grdavis123]

I've been wanting to replay Half-Life for a long time now, thanks for putting this video out so I can relive the glory days without sinking 20 hours into it

[@shinyhappyrem8728]

wdym 20 hours, it can be done in half an hour if you're (very) good :)

[@theninjamaster67]

Just play Black Mesa it's not worth going back to the original Half Life when you have a remake that's better in nearly every way.

[@nybergsgarage]

@@theninjamaster67 nah black mesa is only better in some ways. and no, I'm not blinded by nostalgia, I played half life for the first time a couple years back and just played black mesa recently. black mesa is far too overcomplicated and confusing to be a viable replacement for the original.

[@theninjamaster67]

@@nybergsgarage For me I can't be fucked to play the original Xen and Black Mesa improves it by leaps and bounds (literally cause you get a cool jump on that level lol). Maybe it's just me but I dislike the original Xen enough to where it makes me not want to play Half Life 1 cause it's the entire last section of the game.

[@BOXPL_]

​@@theninjamaster67 I agree the people that choose to replay hl1 over blackmesa are straight masochists. Xen is the WORST part of the OG half life when i play it I just want to end my suffering. It may be longer than in the original but atleast i get to look at the beautiful scenery

[@raph2550]

You have to do Half Life 2 next ♥ I can relate with her immersion. I once played thought Half-Life 2 in almost one session, while "roleplaying" a credible Gordon Freeman. It was one of the best gaming experience of my life.

[@The_Azure_]

I always think of Freeman's mind when I see someone play this game.

[@farmboyjad]

"She didn't realize the crystals she used in the first experiment were the ones she was breaking in the final boss fight" ...I'm gonna be honest, I never made that connection either.

[@riveraluciano]

It's not that she's "dumb", but rather, if we put ourselves back in 1998 when HL first came out, with little to no experience in gaming in general, suddenly her behaviour is pretty damn accurate to what we were used to with shooters back then. No predetermined cover spots, all story being spoonfed to us, shooting mechanics that expected us to just run and gun..... It was a nice look back at history. Also, ring her.

[@Frogface91]

The commentary seemed a smidge too critical to me.

[@riveraluciano]

@@Frogface91 On her or the game?

[@Frogface91]

@@riveraluciano The girlfriend.

[@riveraluciano]

@@Frogface91 I agree.

[@NailsByAdanja]

This is how I felt too! But you seem to be the only one mentioning it.

[@GolemCC]

I dunno, a lot of the comments felt pretty harsh by the standards of this series. Maybe a little defensive about HL1, here. Comments about how she was constantly struggling or "she kept not understanding basic, obvious things" but then all the footage that plays over is of her doing just fine.

[@homankh7759]

For the next classic game have her play Fallout 3, please... I just finished it after 13 years and it still rocks.

[@UniChavez_]

Another Tarny Plays and Noicky Narrates video lets gooo. More smiles c: ❤️ hope u guys are doing amazing!!!

[@Vynirian]

CERTIFIED BANGER! LET'S GOOOOOOOO!

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

"Back in the day this was groundbreaking stuff" I mean sure... if you forget the games that predate it. System Shock being an example. Heck. There are Doom Engine games from back in the day that had a lot of exploration and story. It wasn't groundbreaking... at least not for the reasons you stated. It merely popularised a lot of the tropes that would become commonplace in first-person games going forward. I can't pretend that I didn't love the game when it first came out but it wasn't exactly "new". 3:03 and here you're just plain wrong. It's not Gordon's first day at all. He's been working for Black Mesa for a while. For one thing: Everyone knows who he is just on sight. It's his first time working on this particular experiment, though.

[@shmuelyes1757]

It seems your girlfriend is a "neo gamer", used to be spoon fed instructions ('press f to open') by developers to avoid the slightest frustration but also a sense of challenge. It's like the difference between a sword fight and fencing.

[@stevenclark2188]

2:45 She has now figured out one of the big things about this game.

[@Sollidottingen]

"Gordon Freemans first day Black Mesa". Dude what? Where are you getting this information?

[@BulletWilliam]

This came off as kind of condescending. Like look how dumb my girlfriend is. Feels like the narration should be a conversation about what's going on on screen and her thoughts during.

[@Th3Espr3ss0]

It might be a nit pick, but it wasn't Gordon's first day at black mesa, as implied in HL2 and the fact that he had to have been there for at least one previous day for the training mission.

[@BarTwoOne]

Such a a Good Old Game form such a fresh perspective.

[@wizardwolf1020]

So you’re never gonna marry her? That’s cruel

[@joshuaholland5279]

Either that or imagine if he just jinxed himself and half life 3 got announced out of the blue

[@wizardwolf1020]

@@joshuaholland5279 we can thank him for it if that’s the case. Sounds like a win win in my eyes. He finally puts a ring on that finger AND we get a game we’ve been wanting for years

[@joshuaholland5279]

@@wizardwolf1020 😂

[@DrMateen36]

The reason for almost all the gameplay hiccups is just that she didn’t go through the hazard course before starting the game.

[@bandersnatchbeauty9692]

Don't be a dick, bro. If you're gonna marry her, don't tease her. If you're not going to marry her, absolutely crazy, I love girlfriend. She's hilarious, and a badass gamer. 🤘 Love the girlfriend videos.

[@bandersnatchbeauty9692]

All this for tossing in a harmless joke. We all just love girlfriend.

[@connortg5]

crazy idea, but i think the "we'll marry when half life 3 releases" might, just maybe, be a joke the 2 of them make, if it's something they actually say in real life at all

[@Erilis000]

love that you used some Dying Light in here. I also love hearing any new player's experience with the OG Half-Life. Good video.

[@HerHollyness]

I genuinely hope for Taryn’s sake that the joke at the beginning was just that - a joke. If she actually wants to get married, and you used to tell her you’d propose when Baldur’s Gate 3 came out because you didn’t think it would happen, then moved the goalposts to an even less likely-to-happen game when it did, in fact, come out, then you’re just stringing her along at this point and she should find someone who’s more serious about her. Which is why I say I hope it’s just a joke. 😕

[@theholk]

The best thing about these kinds of videos, is immediately recognizing the clips from parts that doubled as multiplayer maps and were played for hours and hours in someone's basement or attic in 4 player lans (like crossfire or the vip team fortress classic map :D:D:D:D:D

[@cobusvanderlinde6871]

Why could you not marry her upon the release of BG3? Explain yourself man!

[@AizenMD]

He was busy, playing BG3!!!

[@griffinlaw9367]

9:00 You should have her check out TeamClown's "You Can Rescue Every Scientist" mod.

[@Shezestriakis]

You better marry her bro. If you won't, I volunteer!

[@Hallinwar]

"Slover than average player" bro it's her first time in hl1 Remember yourself when you played it the first time

[@clg190]

Bro you are a fool for not marrying her, don’t wait too long!

[@shardinhand1243]

half life is important i get that but just the difference in level of imersion the graphical upgrade of half life 2 made it so much more of a memorable experiance, people in this game got a terrible case of puppet mouth... while in 2 they can emote they feel so much more real and human.

[@soylentgreenb]

Half-life 1 was lightning in a bottle. It followed up quake (same engine) and it managed to pull off the pure magic trick of playing well across many playstyles and configurations. Back in 1998, most of us played this on a K6-2 something or other, or a faster pentium MMX with maybe a voodoo 1 or 2 card and a few were lucky enough to have a pentium II which meant they bought a new PC in the very same year as Half-life released and spent probably 2 000 - 3 000 dollars on it. You could just be bad at the game and explore, finding all the stashes of med kits and secrets and somehow bumble your way through eventually. Dying and restarting was quite painless so it just sort of worked. You could be great at quake and have a good enough PC just to blast your way through the game. You can bunnyhop around like a lunatic at great speed. The game is harder if you do this since you miss most of the health kits and weapons and expose yourself to enemies more. It sort of magically balances itself out and if you play more aggressively you have to play a lot better. You can play it kind of like a stealth game. Creeping around and planting satchels and throwing snarks around corners and sneaking up on enemies and giving them both barrels. On low spec machines you kind of had to play it that way. On a pentium MMX or K6-2 without a voodoo you would have gotten somewhere around 10-20 FPS in software (especially when it counts and there are lots of enemies). You had to play it that way and it worked fine. RPGs that try to accomodate different playstyles and skill levels simply have multiple classes and a difficulty slider and tips you can turn on and off, multiple branching areas where you can choose what to do, multiple ingame professions and skill trees. Half-life did it with a single class, in a linear experience, with no skill trees and a difficulty selector that you didn't have to bother with. That's magic. You can't design it that way intentionally.

[@lolrus5555]

Nice stuff. Very much hope you make her play Entropy Zero 1 and 2 down the line.

[@aren6]

27:17 "it's the Thai guy!!" personally i always thought he seemed more Vietnamese but ok

[@UltraXan]

Oh well NOW she's gotta try Black Mesa! Giving me a craving to do the same, especially given how goated the Gluon gun is in that game.

[@cappella264]

How did I miss this vid I love Half Life, Can’t wait for you to play Half Life Thre-………..oh :’(

[@gabrielchcosta]

Definitely wanna see her reaction to HL2, subscribed.

[@TheBedrockCreeper]

I didn't make it through Half-Life 1 until Black-Mesa because I wasn't picking up on where I was supposed to go next or what I could interact with. I believe I had played portal 1/2 and maybe Half-Life 2 at that point. Modern games do so much more with subtle lighting queues and other tricks to help guide the player through the levels. Congrats on making it through the game! Thanks for the entertainment!

[@AudibleFist]

For future reference or for anyone who doesn’t know this already, if you are getting motion sick in a game bump up the field of view, that will usually help.

[@Caldoric]

Can we also get a video of her actual playthrough tho, without the narration? The narration is fun, of course, but it's also fun to see full playthroughs.