Half-Life VR:AI But The Cast is Commentating (ACT 1)

The party is not over. The G-Man demands it.
As HLVR:AI was a series that we had to be very secretive over during production, I thought it would be great to get the cast together and give HLVR:AI some Blu-Ray Disc Special Features. Join us as we re-watch the entirety of the series and talk about our favorite parts, what went wrong, things that didn't make it in the final cut (or just plain didn't show up on stream), *secrets*, and more. And on top of that, the last bit of this video features RARE Behind The Scenes footage recorded by our stagehand. Which means you get to see the series from outside the VR perspective. and hoo boy, Gordon isn't as pretty as you'd think.
This is a longer video: barring the intro and some quality of life edits and additions, this is mostly how it went down on stream. We also paced it horribly, there's much less pausing in the future commentaries.
LINK TO ACT 1 BTS FOOTAGE: • SESSION 1
LINK TO ACT 1 Q&A SEGMENT: • Half-Life VR:AI - Cast...
ACT 4 Commentary/BTS/Q&A will be streamed LIVE on Thurs. 5/21 @ 8pm EST!
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[@wayneradiotv]

Thanks for watching! This was our first time doing something like this, so the pacing is... atrocious. We get a bit better in the next ones. The commentary sessions for acts 2 and 3 were already done and will be going up over the next week or so, and the intro story may continue ;). ACT 4 Commentary will be streamed LIVE, Thursday, 5/21 @ 8pm EST on my twitch channel. Be there! twitch.tv/wayneradiotv

[@legendarycheese1611]

HALF LIFE 2 WITH SELF AI'S IN IT please

[@bennypika3575]

no CC :( could u at least turn on auto cap for deaf? UPDATE: yaaay CC is on menu bar :D thanks Wayne!

[@oldmanhenderson1112]

I am going to donate so many bad faxes.

[@mr.personalspace7831]

As the kids would say- Pog, pogg...er

[@TheDeathToday]

Will you make a video with the Q&A also? There was some interesting trivia and anecdotes and stuff it would be a shame not to include them imo ♥

[@redjarman]

benrey has an entirely different vibe to him with a clearer mic the more muffled gmod mic makes him sound like some teenage griefer and it just adds to his character

[@MikkiManson13]

its a rock band game mic, he said so during one of the commentaries

[@GSCSTRYDER]

@@MikkiManson13 lmfao

[@TheSwordmasterxd]

Is that a funyarinpa

[@dopey473]

He's that one guy on CoD

[@wadzie2750]

yo what happened to your arm o u fucked up u foked up dud

[@hellixn777]

"We're like a bunch of six year olds who were given a bucket of paint and a human cloning machine." - Holly 'Dr. Coomer' 2020

[@lukataylor339]

i read this as though holly's last name was 2020. ms holly 2020

[@samcolvett6752]

@@lukataylor339 it is the year of the Holly

[@lukataylor339]

@@samcolvett6752 hollys pure chaotic energy leaked into the world

[@Ribbons0121R121]

and the wowzilla voice

[@harrichandmahadeo16]

qalksf

[@Shadest]

Never ask: A WOMAN, her AGE A MAN, his SALARY GORDON, for his PASSPORT

[@wonkusbonkus8528]

Ah yes, the three genders.

[@sabbathb6548]

@@wonkusbonkus8528 Yep: men, women and HELLO GORDON!

[@spamton.g.spamton.1164]

@@sabbathb6548 feeeeedddd meeee yooouuuurrrrrrrr cooooooiiiiiinnnnnnnzzzzzzzz

[@bannanamicammel1436]

@@spamton.g.spamton.1164 FEEEEED MY MY COOOOOIIIIIIIINSSSZZZZZZZZ. IISTER FRRRREEEEEEEMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

[@KalebTheDuck]

@@bannanamicammel1436 *you dont wanna hit zero Gordon*

[@dylon4906]

I can’t believe “I did have a wife but they took her in the divorce” was a complete accident, that line was too good to be an accident EDIT: same with “we made it black into back mesa”

[@petra080171]

Bep

[@scaleonkhan183]

1:12:22 and 1:29:49

[@MLittleBrony]

gotta love how Benry says "Tommy likes mean people" and then it turns out that Benry and Tommy are friends

[@Rainy_R]

*tommy is very different even for Benry, his dad is G-man but he’s also adopted because he’s an orphan. Tbh we don’t know al lot about Tommy :|*

[@KnightoftheSorryFace]

A benrey ends up as the boss battle

[@ironymadness]

hold up

[@aqib4925]

@@KnightoftheSorryFace Someone said that Benrey is forced to fight because if gordon shoots him he is forced to fight back

[@Skeletondude101]

{Leafy_ 2019} I guess G-man sees him as his true G son

[@sylvoen]

i think my most favorite thing about this whole series is the fact that gmod's trash ass voice chat sound quality makes the voice acting just that tiny little bit more believable sounding

[@Replica_Films2000]

it also got fixed like really shortly after.

[@fakeblue8985]

@@Replica_Films2000 I guess that'd be better because they're doing HL2 next. It'd look weird with the shitty mic filter

[@Replica_Films2000]

@@fakeblue8985 oh god i need to find a way to be apart off that i have the metro cop down way to hard

[@alyssa7867]

Its not shitty. It goes by voice and direction. Perfect for among other things, RP. Its better than most which are direct transmissions.

[@TristenTheArgonian]

@@Replica_Films2000 yeah, I logged onto a server and was suprised at how good everyone sounded.

[@CosmiKazie]

I don't feel like enough people are talking about the fact that Mike nearly and accidentally messed up the whole series by spawning in the Nihalinth, I find that to be exquisitely hilarious

[@CosmiKazie]

To clarify I think Mike is an amazing stagehand I just find that little mistake that he saved absolutely incredible

[@sorio99]

It’s like if, in a musical, a gun accidentally went off offstage, but it didn’t hit anyone or anything and was masked by a drum hit. It could have been the greatest disaster imaginable, but thankfully nothing went wrong despite that.

[@scaleonkhan183]

1:47:24

[@lilporky8565]

@@sorio99 And right at the start, too.

[@krzlcve]

I now occasionally just say "shut the fuck-" and nobody understands why I cut it short so I'd like to thank gir for that

[@pwney400]

lmao I do that too, but I add "what is your problem" after it

[@bashfulwolfo6499]

I love cutting lines short, and I’m glad I got a new phrase to use for it

[@Matty_magpie]

I occasionally randomly say “hello gordon!” Or whatever the persons name im talking to is XD nobody understands

[@green_lettuce]

@@Matty_magpie I always say “HELLO Gordon” to my friends and they shrug it off

[@lilporky8565]

It's too bad you can't "cut away" in real life.

[@CastledCard]

When the directors commentary is considered canon

[@UNowen255]

self aware indeed

[@ryan_currently_awake8445]

Gordon must be freaking the hell out.

[@cooperproductions3731]

HOW HOOOOOOOOOW

[@rreprah9515]

@@ryan_currently_awake8445 Now Gordon, I must reassure you that I am freaking the fuck out!

[@stomyed22]

999th like, good luck to the next liking person

[@KaptinScuzgob]

one of my favourite little details is that Benry never runs, he always walks regardless of whats happening

[@dr.coomer5115]

21:32

[@KaptinScuzgob]

@@dr.coomer5115 would you believe i typed out my comment a few seconds before that happened

[@dr.coomer5115]

@@KaptinScuzgob lol

[@gamusgoober]

he doesn't run 90% of the time

[@dr.coomer5115]

@@gamusgoober 12:11

[@lone_stick]

At around 36:49, Mike's name is changed to: - radishlover87236 - rutabagafan27816 - cabbage_muncher78136 - lettuce_licker1386 - has this ever happened to you? - FRUIT SALAD - YUMMY YUMMY - Mike? (G-Man, Stagehand)

[@green_lettuce]

Oh my god finally someone noticed He actually changed it before this too. I think it was “I LOVE UUU!!!”

[@Fahimlol]

It wasnt mike who changed it

[@lone_stick]

@@Fahimlol Cool, comment edited

[@Fahimlol]

@@lone_stick didnt expect that aince the comment is from 1 whole year ago but thanks

[@ilfjj]

19:30 Press 1 for free poo

[@MachinShinful]

i love how Tommy says hi, and the entire chat fell in love with him

[@junezdollhouse]

he was like “my names tommy” and the whole chat was like “KISS TOMMY”

[@C0ZMIK5K1TTL35]

We love Tommy ❤

[@Carolinelili413]

When you hear how Benry sounds in HD compared to the in-game compression it really does make every line a lot more innocent. Something about the compression just makes him sound really malevolent while also disinterested, like he's doing a job but get gets some sort of joy out of causing problems for people. When it's HD it just sounds like he's genuinely confused or concerned most of the time.

[@toyotatacoma1616]

He sounds like a really angry kid on a public tf2 server

[@KingThrillgore]

The compression makes Scorpy sound like a gmod server admin, which explains so much about Benrey's character.

[@die2279]

Martin Doyle lol no

[@LtSprinkulz]

@Martin Doyle cringe

[@Gameprojordan]

he sounds like an early 2000s stoner playing an online game on his computer with a shitty scratchy mic that is just half ass going along and fucking with a bunch of nerdy people roleplaying

[@brendankendall41]

I had no idea just how crucial that Gmod radio effect was to the whole stream's audio. It somehow made Bubby and Coomer sound way more like the scientists, and it made Benry sound like the dude who minges on a Gmod RP server which totally fit him.

[@rebel6301]

legendary, isnt it?

[@rheawelsh4142]

With the scientists I don't think you can even sound like them without it, gotta have that crust

[@rebel6301]

@@rheawelsh4142 *crumst*

[@lamproot2502]

minges?

[@brendankendall41]

@@lamproot2502 Minging is when you're constantly whining or bickering with a player over something small

[@boredralsei7786]

My interpretation of Dr. Coomer that answers two questions people might have, is that he IS the tutorial npc, but he's supposed to die to a barnacle, and wayne saved him, because he got the glock early, and he keeps going "Look Gordon, Ropes!" because he never is supposed to learn that barnacles aren't ropes. That's also why he's very glitchy (or at least thats what i think)

[@jonathandellasantina7715]

Actually a really good theory

[@boredralsei7786]

@@jonathandellasantina7715 thanks

[@thisnameisbad3609]

This is a stupid thing to nitpick when NPCs aren't even supposed move like players but scripted sequences (at least in goldsrc) can't force an NPC to move towards a specific NPC class, but they can have the npc go to where the scripted sequence entity was placed, meaning the sequence would have to be placed underneath a specific barnacle. Also the sequence wouldn't follow to other maps. But again, vr half life where NPCs can hear voice chat and the final boss is completely replaced

[@boredralsei7786]

@@thisnameisbad3609 While I respect your opinion, i just have to say, this is clearly half life SOURCE.

[@bootlegbrethren2961]

When tommy said “ it was all instinct Mr. Freeman. I’m scared!” After blowing away numerous enemies, I just sat there and said. “ a very logical reason for self defense.”

[@fallenlogicdev]

Perfectly justified!

[@Clowns_in_your_trenchcoat]

@@fallenlogicdev exactly!

[@fukkthisnewupdate8882]

It's a painfully underrated line

[@mr_moothedisastercatyoutub9092]

this is all instinct mr freeman, imscared

[@NekkiFan]

"Instinct Dr. Freeman, I'm sorry." proceeds to fire a pistol in full auto somehow

[@danielshilvock2312]

He should've drank the soda, he would have seen the movie faster

[@tommycoolata7655]

Yeah. Faster, than rabbit, runs, off a plate.

[@mr.0511]

*”soda”*

[@mattfromwiisports9414]

@From a DOOM fan No, faster than I'm gonna beat your ass

[@GreenestGuy]

@@mattfromwiisports9414 i defeated you in tennis and in baseball

[@ryantalley5284]

But definitely not slower than molasses dripping off a spoon

[@Inukyo13]

When I first watched this series, that part where Dr. Coomer says "Old enough to know better" then immediately goes for it only to fail cracked me up waaay more than it should have.

[@aila6814]

its so perfect.

[@carstan1173]

Old enough to know better, but young enough to not care.

[@dr.coomerphd4937]

Then waynes ohhhh.. when he falls is also priceless

[@Handhandme]

Finally someone mentions that moment. It's probably one of my favourites, The way wayne reacts too LMAO

[@silas-whatever]

15:51 "We'd be living in the alternate universe where Baaulp and I are the villains" God I *wish* we got to see Tommy and Coomer as the final bad guys.

[@slickcalf985]

"mister...freeman you didn't give me the beyblade, prepare to pay!!!!"

[@thataintfalco7106]

There’s a hole in your suit, Freeman AND I WANT IN

[@straightman2]

Good lord, Holly's feral hyena laughter adds so much to these commentaries

[@sundials5572]

She’s an absolute delight

[@asteriskJohn]

The term "feral hyena laughter" is so good

[@temmegaming1393]

@@sundials5572 he..

[@isak7753]

@@temmegaming1393holly is a woman ^_^

[@juggalochaos]

@@temmegaming1393Holly is a woman

[@presleydejean4638]

"I had an Ex-wife but they took her in the divorce" is the greatest thing ever

[@someone___1240]

His children divorced him

[@mf_me0w760]

I had the video playing and it just read this for me

[@liamwithaspace]

This series is a masterpiece held together with glue and duct tape

[@Winrarnt]

Did you get that information on Wikipedia?

[@maknchill7980]

@@Winrarnt the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

[@TheSterMan01]

@Makayla Oerman-Dowd The free online encyclopedia that *_NO ONE WILL EVER EDIT AGAIN._*

[@wishyourlife6861]

@@maknchill7980 The FREE encyclopedia ANYONE can edit ?!

[@chuck_duck]

Just like a Kerbal’s space station.

[@expressset430]

Hlvrai but bubby asks benry “what the hell he’s talking about” when he mentions his passport

[@ClankyOtter]

The ‘yes and’ that decided destinies

[@BlownOutSpeakers]

When g man says the incident wouldn't've happened if he brought his passport, he was correct. Gordon describes how it went wrong as "three samples, one test subject, kaboom" implying that multiple people in the room was the cause of the cascade. The only reason benrey followed Gordon was due to his lack of pass port. Tommy and bubby going in was also due to benrey being in there. With all this evidence, it is clear this all really *could* have been avoided if Gordon brought his pass port

[@sorio99]

Technically true, although that’s assuming Gordon is smart enough to be right about why it happened, and could someone without their passport REALLY be that smart?

[@TomatoRadio]

​@@sorio99in addition to the fact that he says he doesn't know what a resonance cascade is.

[@PugandOwn]

I can't believe "they took my wife in the divorce" was an accident???

[@differentreality449]

wow 0 replies

[@PugandOwn]

wait wtf when did this get over a thousand likes. no one replied so youtube just never told me.

[@differentreality449]

@@PugandOwn lol well nice job on 1.4k likes lol

[@exuberantly_exausted8823]

wow 6 replies

[@kryyto6587]

Woaw 7 replies

[@dasme8210]

I love how aggressive g-man is with making sure everything is perfect for tommy's birthday party

[@totalgoofball7566]

LMNOP the gman is a good dad

[@oliviasdoom]

hes a good dad :)

[@notmariolevi2863]

God damn, the G-man is a perfect dad.

[@valentine4104]

hes a good dad

[@coriolis07]

woderful dad :)

[@Roaxes]

The secret scientist doing the dance from the credits is like finding the turrets in portal 2 practicing for those games credits.

[@___RATTUS___]

I like how when the scientist NPC’s express pain, Wayne interprets it as anger/stubbornness and that they are trying to annoy him personally

[@___RATTUS___]

By scientist NPC’s I don’t mean Holly Baullp, scrorpy, or Gir

[@sorio99]

To be fair, you deal with HL1 NPC’s long enough, that’s just how you feel about them.

[@heroinboblivesagain5478]

​@@sorio99Do you know who ate all the donuts?

[@chertikinamoto]

@@sorio99I thought it was the opposite, when the game released, the devs were suprised by the players caring a lot for the NPCs despite how janky they were

[@PsychadelicoDuck]

I cannot believe that Gordon's repeated mental breakdowns were actually Wayne doubling over from laughter. It's so incredible how so many things managed to mesh together to make a compelling narrative starting from nothing with basically no plan.

[@caramel9154]

Hello Gordon

[@vodam6970]

@@caramel9154 Hello Gordon

[@angelafwuffycuddles5806]

Gello Horton

[@HarrisonMcKee]

Nello Gordoh

[@VanguardsLuck]

Helro Goldon

[@terriblyclawed]

hearing benrey's voice not sounding like its coming out of a tin can is. kinda weird

[@nadamada8328]

It's strange how the shitty Gmod voice quality makes the AI's voices work better in the context.

[@terriblyclawed]

@M4m4 Lu191 i remember during his alien stream this month he was using the CRUNCHIEST mic

[@muddywalls1987]

@@terriblyclawed RIP rockband mic, you will be missed

[@terriblyclawed]

@@muddywalls1987 rip rockband mic forever in our hearts

[@drake.2639]

bad news: shitty gmod voice quality is gone unless we make a mod where we put the quality back

[@tonyage27]

GAME THEORY: towards the beginning of the video Benry says "Tommy likes mean people", and after everything it's (semi) implied that tommy and benry are still friends. Benry is MEAN people confirmed!!!!

[@segadoeswhatnintendont]

Well, blue to green does mean it's time to be mean, and benry did go blue to green

[@Death-gj2dn]

Mad props to Holly tho!! She had Dr. Coomer's voice down so well that multiple times throughout act 1 i questioned if it was audio pulled from something else or prerecorded lines. the only thing that stopped me from believing that was the very specific lines and, of course, common sense. i think it was the consistency of "Hello, Gordon!" that made me question it again several times.

[@PETRIXXXX]

why is her voice so deep edit: he’s cringe

[@aqua7862]

@@PETRIXXXX Because it's not a woman, it's actually a man dressed as a woman who pretends to be one - also known as a transgender "person".

[@mssaraprek]

@@PETRIXXXX she's trans

[@bt3743]

@@aqua7862 oh like how you like to act like an asshole and pretend to be likeable?

[@TruCloudGaming]

@@aqua7862 Neckbeard spotted

[@marsshadow117]

One of my favorite underrated moments is when Wayne tries calling a vote for the scientist's life and asks the group to say "I", and when the scientist is immediately shot Bubby just goes "Ay, ay, ay"

[@cornybram845]

sAme

[@michaelfitzpatrick3844]

AGREED

[@TheBonesMalone]

Yep

[@circuzzcharlie]

This

[@GirlPlus]

And its perfect because someone does a sad vuvuzela in the background as Bubby says that. There is a few times where someone uses the sad vuvuzela to great success

[@Kinzokugia]

"Anything the Military does is an act of aggression." Comrade Bubby

[@Krisars]

IIRC, it was Holly who said that line, so it should technically be Comrade Coomer :P

[@maskedsalesman2020]

The Hawkster Coomrade

[@izzystar5904]

@@Krisars makes sense because Holly was on the communist podcast Comradical

[@Krisars]

@@izzystar5904 Never heard that podcast before. Mind telling me which episode Holly was in?

[@izzystar5904]

@@Krisars the gaming episode

[@demdpunkin]

1:18:49 Wayne saying “FUCKING” sounds so angry and aggressive like he’s literally watering his mouth with each “FUCK”

[@scoobs9678]

0:59 I like how g-man is a literal god but still packs heat just in case

[@aloneremote6601]

I mean it’s easier to make a mortal agree with you when you have a threat they understand

[@sorio99]

Hey, you gotta negotiate with your employees somehow.

[@unhingedhook]

I'm more threatened by a gun than time warping abilities ngl

[@wolfcub0545]

Holly sounds like the friend you *want* to have

[@admirallily6791]

I am a Holly of my friend group

[@admirallily6791]

I just wanna see my friends laugh ^^

[@kagutsuchi6674]

@@admirallily6791 well i need a friend like holly...

[@eins2001]

Hello Gordon!

[@admirallily6791]

@@eins2001 H-

[@pyrite3951]

I just realised that tommy is just a scared mafia kid

[@Inhake]

Tommy in my mind is the fourth wall-breaking character, the 10 year old kid that somehow joined the Gmod server by accident and everyone humors his weirdness because they're too nice to kick him

[@yarra3d]

@@nz4167 community challenge : dont make a jojo refernce for 5 fucking minutes

[@completelyhelpless3962]

@@yarra3d it's been five minutes, we did it!

[@yarra3d]

@@blakebergman9469 no

[@Eira_]

plot twist: Tommy actually ends up becoming the Gman that you see in HL2

[@idna832]

" This is my son josh , Im not lonely I swear , I have a wife who I made this child with . Im living a full life and im not living alone in a 1 bedroom apartment"

[@archimedestool]

Coincidence: The voice actor for the Gman in real half-life is called *Mike Shapiro* and the voice actor used here is also called *Mike*

[@RustyC216]

G-Mans real name is Mike, and he only allows fellow Mike's to play him in all media.

[@somelass231]

@@RustyC216 no his name is Goodman /j

[@sorio99]

Clearly his next fandom voice actor should be Ben Shapiro, to finish the chain.

[@neonal18]

@@sorio99 “So Doctor Freeman, let’s say- just for the sake of argument- let’s say that you are what some would consider the “right man.” Like, the right man for the job, that kind of right man. And let’s say- let’s just say you were in the wrong place, okay? You- the right man- you’re the right man in the wrong place. Let’s just say that, okay? My question for you, Doctor Freeman, is this- how could you argue that you, as the right man in the wrong place, can make all the difference in the world? Just explain that to me.”

[@rosie516]

@@neonal18 i hate it and love it at the same time

[@marin2080]

Honestly Holly deserves SO much praise for coming up with a lot of the best lines in HLVRAI imo

[@harp5713]

I 100% Ager- HELLO GORDON

[@tenacityxl]

She had some of the best lines yeah.

[@harp5713]

TenacityXL SODA

[@tenacityxl]

Mr Boo Soda.

[@harp5713]

@@tenacityxl soda

[@mistamemewide]

This whole trilogy is like a whole random DnD one shot.

[@declantecho1717]

It’s a quadrilogy

[@xbon1]

Valve can't count to 3.

[@grelkie]

I wish rtvs would do a dnd series

[@TuckyBlue]

One shot that the players got too attached to the characters

[@benitoswagolini3410]

And the DM is having a stroke the entire time

[@laika9513]

i love the chat collectively going “AAAA” whenever benrey uses his sweet voice

[@plutonium293]

™*

[@Sporfo]

what mod is that

[@xanderdownunder1995]

wowozella on garrys mod@@Sporfo

[@FangBoots]

o O o O o O o O o

[@cyverbunny]

the fact that Mike's name randomly changes in subtle ways, like, "G-Hand, Stageman" was tripping me tf out

[@Mabra51]

Benrey's "get me out of this box" kills me everytime.

[@powerofthec5908]

Nice profile pic.

[@kingstaze9696]

Getmeoutathis *B O X*

[@freshsliceoflemon283]

"g e t m*E *out of *thIS B OX-*"

[@chenn2749]

I always heard: GET OUT OF THE BOX.

[@bostonian4650]

@@powerofthec5908 what is it?

[@TheExperienceYT]

Gordon: Scared anger Tommy: Childish reason Dr Coomer: Chaotic NPC Bubby: Destructive agitation Benrey: Destroyer of worlds Sunkist: perfect dog HECU: Destructive Crazy Skeleton: Strange attacker

[@sheened9159]

The Experience skeleton: destroyer of eardrums

[@explorer0385]

Darnold: random unfortunate chemist

[@tommycoolata7655]

Yeah! Sunkist is the perfect dog! He has a secret Powerade™ dispenser!

[@nodrognameerf]

Dr. Coomer*

[@TheExperienceYT]

@@nodrognameerf thanks for pointing that out

[@aguywithahat7085]

Imagine if someone was breaking into Baaulp’s house when he was kid, they search the drawers and find his tic tacs

[@somekidisok]

17:17 the pure HUMOR in the "and be a friendly co-worker, and just- How the FFFFFUU-"

[@CheeseYourself]

Tommy: Lawful Good Sunkist: Lawful Neutral Darnold: Neutral Good Gordon: True Neutral Skeleton: Neutral Evil Forzen: Chaotic Good Coomer and Bubby: Chaotic Neutral Benry: Chaotic Evil

[@aerithgemilang7866]

where is darnold

[@ruerue244]

Aerith Gemilang darnold is neutral good.

[@aerithgemilang7866]

@@ruerue244 oh okay

[@neonal18]

I'd say Coomer would be Chaotic Good so Forzen can be Lawful Evil bc he is the U.S. military.

[@InvaderKaz2008]

@@neonal18 Exactly what I was gonna say. Also Gordon strikes me as more NG than Darnold, Darnold is a better fit for TN if I'm being honest.

[@stefanm.734]

0:58 Love how the G-Man, an interdimensional being with near unlimited power, used a regular gun to threaten Gordon.

[@Sakalah]

To be fair, the threat of getting shot is something a human is quick to understand. The others are waiting, so getting into _another_ verbal argument with Gordon is not desired.

[@hopelessly.lavenderly]

it's such a weird power move

[@jordanl.8509]

Better to use a threat he could understand, than one he couldn't?

[@SingeStheos]

it makes sense for his admittedly unexplored character so far. plus, the gman has a pistol in his briefcase.

[@theish8632]

At this point if he threatened Gordon with some extradimensional weapon Gordon is more likely to argue with him over how effective it is. A .357 magnum though? Everyone knows what that does

[@mr_moothedisastercatyoutub9092]

i love benrys groan. it fits so well with a guy whos just trying to fit in but has never experienced pain, so hes just trying his best. he just doesnt care

[@nataliaflintlock3840]

This whole series is just "How hard can we gaslight Wayne?" And it's beautiful

[@chilliadistudios]

I love how Holly is just constantly dying in the background.

[@1FenFen1]

less of the background, and more of engulfing the audio with her murderous yet beautiful laugh

[@Hanhan-fi1dr]

Her* laugh, she’s a woman

[@1FenFen1]

@@Hanhan-fi1dr Fuck. I knew but I forgot. Sorry :(

[@Hanhan-fi1dr]

@@1FenFen1 Hey it's all good friend, some people in these comments are nasty sewer boys of the bad variety, but you're good. Much love

[@buer_reub]

@@Hanhan-fi1dr a woman?

[@danklemckspankle9979]

I just realized the gman called the science team his friends, nice.

[@karlhyetravelerofworlds]

Well they are Tommy's friends so of course he would consider them his friends

[@chillycharizard5985]

The Turreting Test bit is super fitting actually, because the Turing Test is used to determine how human like an AI is

[@Introbulus]

1:32:42 For anyone curious, assuming you have to purchase additional playcoins with real money (5 dollars to 1 playcoin), Gordon uses 3 coins here, and burns 1 to be rescued from the water. He has (2) Playcoins remaining after that. So we can summize that Gordon begins the game with 6 Playcoins.

[@NekkiFan]

so when gordon was ambushed, he lost all his playcoins or spent it all off screen in the highlights. he didnt get that one playcoin meaning he was already in debt

[@bluefire4568]

Tommy’s most famous line is “ this is a dimension were evolved with moon shoes”

[@ConsarnitTokkori]

nah, it's the soda line

[@christykinder6875]

..........yeah.

[@TheCupRamen]

Just kinda of a fun fact about Black Mesa itself, the Science team does actually live in Black Mesa, that's why there's fast food and entertainment in Black Mesa.

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

I mean yeah, of course they live there, who tf would wanna fly to the fucking grand canyon everytime they go to work

[@XenobladeNerd]

Learning more about half life lore here than anywhere else

[@anchorbubba]

@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 imagine going to the Grand Canyon every day for work and then you gotta sit on that fucking train for 20 minutes

[@Replica_Films2000]

@@anchorbubba Thats.......Nothing that THAT is absolutelly nothing.

[@foxstiel7702]

its even more obvious in black mesa as you see some bunk beds

[@resijade4342]

My favorite part of the whole series was in act 2 or 3 when coomer was like "These look like ropes, but they may actually be barnacles in disguise. Look Gordon, ropes! These can be used to help across large holes."

[@moonlightning8269]

“Now Tommy, we’ve been over this, barnacles are very dang-LOOK GORDON, ROPES!”

[@CricetoFunni]

I like how Wayne has the "Director" chair set up behind him in a way that just makes it look like he's sitting on the floor in front of it.

[@aneeveewhohasinternet1871]

The wikipedia thing goes from 1. Anyone can edit 2. Anyone from Black Mesa can edit 3.no-one will ever edit again!

[@liketocodev]

There is a chance that a black mesa employee wrote the chair article

[@tgapcharlie]

@@liketocodev probably dr. coomer

[@casualdinofan1953]

Makes sense

[@segadoeswhatnintendont]

Well, number 1 and number 2 are actually the same, since there is nothing outside black Mesa.

[@E3kHatena]

Bubby's "I want to perfect my run!" comment makes way more sense given that Gir had played the game a bunch prior.

[@MidnightMan04]

fancy seeing you here

[@E3kHatena]

@@MidnightMan04 I'm a simple boy. Give me a ridiculous-yet-intriguing prompt of "machine learning in Half-Life", bait-and-switch me by giving me a neurotic man wearing plastic goggles and a funny trans girl with an impeccible Scientist voice, and I'll be right there watching the whole thing.

[@MidnightMan04]

E3kHatena Can't blame you, ate all that shit up in 1 sitting

[@germanchiller17]

@@E3kHatena why do i keep seeing you either in comments or your Videos

[@E3kHatena]

@@germanchiller17 - Because I make both comments and videos.

[@NoSteps]

when I first watched this, I thought dr coomers voice was actual AI. Holly did an amazing job!

[@cosmicskies7455]

do you know if she's a professional voice actor or smthn?? it's fantastic

[@NoSteps]

@@cosmicskies7455 hopefully she is and if she’s not then she should definitely be one! Incredibly talented work!

[@ed1659]

THAT ENDING. Perfect representation of how HARD they were trying to hold back this entire time

[@bobbybologna3029]

Holly's and Gir's voice acting still just blows my mind, when I first saw this I thought they were just using a soundboard until things Coomer and Bubby were saying were just so specific to every situation. The in-game voice chat sounds just compressed enough that it sounds like their voices are from the original game. Bravo for that, seriously that is what sold me on the entire production. That being said Tommy is still my favorite though lolol "Slowly like Molasses drips off a spoon!" lmao

[@nephacks]

the voices sound exactly the same because the encoder compresses to 44100hz

[@ollieno971]

SAME

[@BethesdaCakeDelivery]

@@nephacks No that's CD quality hertz, has to be lower

[@angeldust9222]

Same

[@whoisanarnb]

“Black Mesa makes all the Powerade™ Mr. Freeman!”

[@jdjk7]

my first inference re: Bubby's name was that the second time Bubby's name comes up, Wayne says "That's not your fucking name". and Gir says "That's what I said when I was born", to himself. But I like the implication that Bubby's first words were, "That's not my fucking name."

[@WolfWalrus]

Mother cradling her newborn baby: "I think we're going to call him Bubby ☺ " Bubby: "That's not my fucking name."

[@zebitus5731]

Idk why but Wayne saying “Blast furnace” Instead of “Blast pit” is the funniest shit ever for some reason.

[@Howling-Heretic]

I feel as if Mike isn't getting NEARLY enough praise for this, because holy shit

[@Light-fi1mj]

I love Holly's laugh so much! It goes from just plain wholesome to fantastically acidic and terrifying!

[@admirallily6791]

Gremlin mode active >:3

[@nhorvath6259]

The best example of the latter is the AVGN bit that happens in the Act 3 commentary stream.

[@admirallily6791]

@@nhorvath6259 it's actually act 2

[@nhorvath6259]

@@admirallily6791 Oh you're right, I'm not sure why I associated the rocket section with Act 3.

[@soulfulbuckaroo]

theres a stream with mario party where she makes a ton of gremlin noises its great

[@Mr.Rado06]

I figured out how many playcoins Wayne had at the beginning, 6. He used three on coomer at the vents Then he burnt a play coin In the final act when he went back in time he used one to go back And then after that he used his last one for the SUPER-PLAYER feature!

[@theluiginoidperson1097]

No he ran out when he was ambushed by the grunts and his hand was cut off. He regained them afterwards. Dr. Coomer mentions Gordon running out during so.

[@h20wizard57]

TheLuigiNoidPerson 109 yeah then he goes into debt when coomer went into Super-Player™️

[@Yeet-qx6dn]

I would like this comment but it’s already at 69 likes

[@Mr.Rado06]

@@Yeet-qx6dn sadly, it no longer is. It was perfect

[@crychan]

okay but he also bought one for $5 when he freed bubby from his tube

[@DeepFreeze172]

Everybody unanimously and instantaneously agreeing that they were gonna race through all the deadly lasers, debris, and dead bodies is what got me hooked on this series!

[@Hexagonaldonut]

Can we stop and appreciate Holly's punch at 1:21:37 that sounds like, y'know, the sound of Benrey's body being crushed by the door? I'm a little disappointed it wasn't acknowledged. (I have no idea if it was intentional; it's hard to say with her.)

[@quantumblur_3145]

Another detail I never noticed in 2 years; genuinely just took the bone-crunch sound for granted.

[@ketaminepoptarts]

no we cant

[@Concon12316]

that's just edited in

[@Hexagonaldonut]

@@Concon12316 Yeah, I discovered this some months ago. I'm a little disappointed it wasn't in fact Holly unintentionally adding to the scene, but in my heart that's still what happened.

[@NotAviantics]

Holly has made some of the greatest lines, she definitely created a lovable character for us to enjoy

[@RoseMultiverse]

Dr. Coomer is a fave tbh 👴🏻

[@SenkaBandit]

Is it a she or a he?

[@probes-e-minor]

@@SenkaBandit idfk

[@noelle5592]

Professional Bandit She

[@SenkaBandit]

Toobles oh cool

[@sabrinarandin7861]

Benry says there’s no predetermined deaths then says Gordon will die in All Dogs Go To Heaven 2, and I wish it was recognized more XD

[@ketaminepoptarts]

gordon dieing in all dogs go to heaven 2 is the only predetermined death

[@sqentontheslime1967]

Since the premise of the stream is that it IS a game being played, I’d imagine Wayne mentioning Joshua just him being in-character as Gordon, but he’s just being in-character for the AI, so as soon as he walks away he doesn’t care enough to remember about Joshua

[@gordonfreeman5686]

A chair is a piece of furniture with a raised surface supported by legs, commonly used to seat a single person. Chairs are supported most often by four legs and have a back; however, a chair can have three legs or can have a different shape. Chairs are made of a wide variety of materials, ranging from wood to metal to synthetic material (e.g. plastic), and they may be padded or upholstered in various colors and fabrics, either just on the seat (as with some dining room chairs) or on the entire chair. Chairs are used in a number of rooms in homes (e.g. in living rooms, dining rooms, and dens), in schools and offices (with desks), and in various other workplaces. A chair without a back or arm rests is a stool, or when raised up, a bar stool. A chair with arms is an armchair; one with upholstery, reclining action, and a fold-out footrest is a recliner. A permanently fixed chair in a train or theater is a seat or, in an airplane, airline seat; when riding, it is a saddle or bicycle saddle; and for an automobile, a car seat or infant car seat. With wheels it is a wheelchair; or when hung from above, a swing. An upholstered, padded chair for two people is a 'loveseat', while if it is for more than two person it is a couch, sofa, or settee; or if is not upholstered, a bench. A separate footrest for a chair, usually upholstered, is known as an ottoman, hassock, or pouffe.

[@yourlocalpumpkin9832]

Is that from Wikipedia the FREE encyclopedia that ANYONE can edit?!

[@ULTRA2201]

HL2VR:AI Gordon : hey can I pass? Combine : Where's your passport Gordon : Ah s#$t here we go again.

[@levinseve3471]

"About that passport you owe me."

[@theinternetpolice2078]

Benrey as Barney, Coomer as Kleiner, Bubby as Cubbage, Tommy as Eli, and Sunkist as Dog

[@leaf6713]

@@theinternetpolice2078 perfect

[@void1824]

Dr.coomer:is this thing on *static and then refocus* ah hello gorden

[@White_Tiger789]

It'd be cool if they got custom HL2 models made for each character, and if Gordon asks about why they look different, Coomer just says they got a budget increase.

[@michaelsamir3611]

I love how they act like this is a full big screen release and a poor drawing they made in kindergarten at the same time

[@BeanethSoups]

holly killed it as coomer she honestly sounds like a broken npc and it’s so perfect

[@skechyassmofo]

Holly's performance as Dr. Coomer is... So damn perfect! I can't imagine if she wasn't in the cast, more than others. When I think of this series? Dr Coomer and the Wikipedia dialogue

[@pinata1kid]

​@@skechyassmofoYES THE WIKIPEDIA THING HELP

[@justarandomrat9736]

"DO YE SEE THEE NEXT STEP GOORDON?!" "SLOWUER THAN MOLASSES DRIPS OFF A SPOUN!"

[@The.Goobie]

“The one and only doctor Coomer” oh no, he is not the one and only

[@genkoti]

He is now.

[@Aaskvarii]

Yes I am Gibby!

[@dalek4463]

Feed my coins mr freemaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaäaaæaaaaaaaâAAaAaAaAaAan

[@The.Goobie]

Dr. Coomer what I meant to say is that you are not the only one

[@theclockman]

@@Aaskvariido you still need spices?

[@TheBonkleFox]

Everyone say "thank you, Holly" for inventing voice acting.

[@Dther99]

thank you, Holly

[@louiemachan9667]

thank you, Holly

[@bostonian4650]

thank you, Holly

[@spellofthedead3317]

Thank you, Holly

[@kappnk9821]

Thank you, Holly! :)

[@CharaK315]

My headcanon for Pikachu being there was that they were doing unethical gene splicing and made real life Pokémon at Black Massa.

[@DangleBlampy]

holly is like the mascot for this whole thing. love her work in this.

[@slickcalf985]

dr coomer is really the only AI that becomes Self-Aware, so in her coomer aspect yeah

[@Ziimbiian]

Scorpy wasnt acting he was just...HIMSELF

[@Mae_Dastardly]

He doesn't need to act cause he's a great cool

[@lucho3612]

hes great cool

[@merasmusisdumb1566]

yeah hes great cool

[@Lucafio]

hes great cool

[@coccacoorra]

the amazing awesome

[@magentalizard1250]

Someone made a Dr. Coomer horror game called "Goodbye Gordon."

[@ineverreply6372]

Really?

[@JohnDoe-mj6cc]

Rainworld pog

[@pwney400]

and markiplier played it

[@Thepenarmy01]

@@pwney400 ew

[@angeldust9222]

I looked this up. This bullshit is actually a thing. That's amazing

[@jdjk7]

It's only just occurred to me that Benrey's "niiice" was to the other guard talking about how his target range time was finally gonna pay off.

[@TCM464]

I love how, as much as the actors berate and actively torture Gordon, they also are nudging Gordon in the right direction and making sure that he doesn't fail critically. Talk about a double-edged sword.

[@lilypad.7485]

so we not gonna talk about how mike changed his name to "FRUIT SALAD YUMMY YUMMY"

[@meowskullslover3]

wait what when?

[@lilypad.7485]

big dan If you skim through he changes it so much at the beginning but the fruit Salad one happens first at 37:11 then again at some other time

[@meowskullslover3]

@@lilypad.7485 oh

[@MikeHawk-bg5ss]

What about Mike (stinkmaster) ?

[@wendevious7809]

It was also changed to Subscribe and Donate Now for like 2 seconds.

[@VintageFenrir]

"They took my wife in the divorce." is my favorite line in the series

[@superdot9513]

36:47 just came back to this video after a while to rewatch it and i just realised that Mike was changing nicknames to incomprehesible garbage during this section and it makes me appreciate this video 100% more

[@murkynuvulosa]

I found this series from a discord server. A guy posted a meme with the context, "Britain in a nutshell". It was where Coomer says "Gordon, I need spices." I searched that up because it was so hilarious, and found a compilation of Dr Coomer's best moments. Then, in my recommendation, I found this series...

[@plasticballs]

everyone is talking about Benry, but what about the time Coomer became a god and tried to enter the world in Gordon's dreams? what happened to that whole thing?

[@ariaa.9428]

HELLO, GORDON.

[@soundwaves8619]

I think the deal was that was Coomer trying to escape into the real world, as what they treat as "going to sleep" is Wayne shutting off the game. Ofc, their attempt to take control of Gordon, potentially Wayne, went pretty bad so they gave up on that.

[@ThirdyMeowy]

Yeah, that was one of my favorite parts.

[@andrix7777]

Weren't they clones of Coomer?

[@load-bearingcoconut5586]

@@andrix7777 the real coomer was implied to be somewhere in the mess

[@VideoSage]

"Freeman's mind when I was a kid" . . . . Oh lord God. OH LORD GOD!

[@kattastic9999]

Holy shit, never thought I'd see you in a comment! Very fun

[@jogolord8122]

kattastic9999 ?

[@kattastic9999]

@@jogolord8122 been subscribed to him for years now, ever since medieval simulator launched its playable pre alpha. Didn't expect to see him in the comments section of a half life thing!

[@VideoSage]

@@jogolord8122 I was not a kid... I am now feeling "the old."

[@jogolord8122]

kattastic9999 funnily enough, I found an old online friend from Scratch (the game making website for kids) in the comment section of the final act part 1 video, talking about how darnold was severely underrated or something. These videos are like a reunion lol

[@thegoldenhotdog345]

Head canon: when the passports were destroyed, benrey became vulnerable and and was defeated, but not killed. He still exists but his powers are weakened so about that of the gmans, but since he's benrey he's not really a threat anymore.

[@mememan4777]

Im amazed that coomer was a girl. Props to her for that vocal range. Holy crap.

[@SoapCkat]

No no no she's trans

[@somelass231]

@@SoapCkat yes, she’s still a girl if she’s trans

[@needlerat883]

@@SoapCkat ok and?

[@bashbashfulsson4540]

I hope you've seen her performance in Vibes of Rude Mountain.

[@LordKalladorne]

Not a girl. Just wants to be one.

[@strateupgamr7]

Wait! "Tommy likes mean people." "Benrey and Tommy stayed close 'til the end." Benrey wasn't lying! He didn't lie about the characters throughout the entire series! He's like freaking Thanos!

[@ratansu9081]

Aren't you too young for youtube?

[@governmentmanWalls1740]

ratansu He has better grammar then half of the people I’ve seen on the internet though

[@ratansu9081]

@@governmentmanWalls1740 this is unfortunately true

[@gridnodevivo5364]

ratansu is much as I find this kid’s comment annoying, I have to agree he does have perfect MLA Format. His mother must proof read

[@ratansu9081]

@@gridnodevivo5364 nah he learned from every other comment

[@itsdoomek]

The Black Mesa sweet voice mod is called the wowozela, for all that is looking for it

[@ThirdyMeowy]

Thank you

[@ViveeFox]

The specific voice they use is 'Prima'.

[@ThirdyMeowy]

@@ViveeFox nice B)

[@isaacnelson4503]

thank you you are a great person

[@stinkyblinky7525]

YES THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@sltrskid]

i love the bits where wayne said shit like "gordon SPRINT" or "gordon GO" it's really fucking funny

[@littlechickeyhudak]

SPIN MOVE