How a Stupid Man DESTROYED the World - Part 1

Hello, world! I'm a new creator who wants to make high quality videos about games... but with a twist.
In "How a Stupid Man DESTROYED the World," witness a different side of the Half-Life universe. This original story follows The Gordon, an unhinged Black Mesa scientist, as he succumbs to madness and embarks on a destructive path to wipe humanity off the earth.
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Check out part 2 here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/on-omoanfN-gl5I If you want to support the channel, feel free to check out patreon.com/cursivo Be sure to do the standard youtube stuff (subscribe, etc.). It does help small youtubers like me a lot. Tell me in the comments what other games you'd like to see covered 😉

[@byczekq3601]

Video about postal 2 would be good

[@TheManinBlack9054]

Hi! What voice did you use to voice over this video? Sounds very similar

[@magnesium3273]

How disappointing is it? Half-Life 2 not being able to kill innocent people Edit: i see what you did, with the palms sweaty, later in the video knees weak.

[@maxv8489]

Max Payne 1 and 2! How an alcoholic cop destroyed NY.

[@blanc3118]

Halo would probably be hilarious

[@arduinoblokodtr3699]

Gordon doesn't need to hear all these,he is a highly trained professional

[@user-ds5co9pq4p]

this is too underrated

[@lm9029]

*Ross Scott voice* "Damn Straight!"

[@grizler8793]

@@user-ds5co9pq4p fr

[@anusername8350]

Where does that come from? I hear it everywhere

[@grizler8793]

@@anusername8350 literally from halflife1

[@ElectroMage1821]

Theres no way dr breen didnt make this

[@Alphaiskindagaming]

he did

[@cpte3729]

watching this video earns you 5 credits to put towards your monthly stalker transformation postponement voucher

[@BasileosHerodou]

​​@@cpte3729 that sentence is gold lmao 5+ more credits to you for posting informative content for the citizens of city-17

[@skittersspider1704]

While the combine are a bit harsh, you can't deny the intelligence behind their actions. With some reform, both parties could be happy and the combine could retain control over the human population.

[@ElectroMage1821]

@@skittersspider1704 okay 3650

[@figarofigarini]

"Humanity was losing against the aliens, and both of them were losing against the Gordon"

[@skelmon248]

definitely my favorite line

[@The_whales]

I really don’t want to use quiet kid stereotypes but it fits too well

[@dandman9373]

*Crowbar swinging noises*

[@billygrantham5380]

You can't stop the Freeman! - Dr. Gordon Freeman, Freeman's Mind

[@sipkzz]

coldest line of the video

[@Friedrich2DerGrosse]

I love he is called "The Gordon" as if he is not a human being named Gordon but a creature separated from the human specie

[@justpassingby298]

Like how vortegaunts refer to him

[@ElijahBobingerDragonogh]

Vortigaunts (HL2 and beyond obviously, since we don’t receive a lot of lore in 1)

[@ninjaguyYT]

@@justpassingby298 it's weird that they say "the free man", but then say "the Alyx Vance".

[@meeoo7856]

It’s an honour, mien kaiser

[@KreepKarnage]

@@ninjaguyYT there is still a loophole/middleground. them using free man as a nod to him being free is contradictory to their "bad" english (using The before a proper noun/name). but I think its intentional and a way to make the player _think_ there's nothing more to them saying The Free Man.

[@teddyboukagain9985]

Gordon being forced to work in the chamber when Black Mesa has robots that can easily push a cart proves just how much they all hated Gordon.

[@Mr2010forgeben]

"They dumped the body in a trash compactor. But the Gordon felt at home in such situations." All I could think was "Well Something must have happened! I woke up in a trash compactor again!" from Freeman's Mind

[@45hr52]

I guess the scientists have tried doing that before to get rid of him

[@Minutemenofficial2]

Freeman’s mind

[@haydenbob5974]

Ngl, I would love to see this re-edited to have Freeman’s Mind bits inserted into it.

[@Mr2010forgeben]

@@haydenbob5974 god that would be awesome

[@Bravoanim]

the word "again" would mean that freeman has been in a trash compactor before.

[@markkusiltanen1155]

"A clinical psychopath that speaks as much as he bangs" got me

[@castironskillet2594]

This is actually quite comical. The narrator sounds stern and very familiar which adds to it. The use of soundbites is relevant to what's going on in the subject video. I'd love to see Portal done this way.

[@castironskillet2594]

It's the missile voice

[@WhehW3056]

It's AI Generated

[@PythonWood]

@@WhehW3056 it isnt

[@Alphaiskindagaming]

he speaks like the narrorator from the standly parable

[@missingtextureman101]

@@PythonWood it is, i've heard this exact same voice from several other channels

[@strikermodel]

8:03 I admire that you stopped, and decided to shoot the unarmed scientist who was already being shot before shooting the armed enemy lol

[@McGilm342]

"to whoever designed these snipers, i hope the next thousand oreos you buy come without cream" oh my god i love you also there is a crossbow in questionable ethics, back in one of the test chambers. filled with headcrabs and has a big laser that kills everything in the room

[@BlueAmpharos]

There's also a nest of those bugs in one of those labs, can open a little containment window and grab them. I found them helpful with the minefields.

[@paowoww]

@@BlueAmpharos snarks

[@we_played_Hob_Gobbies_together]

Cringe

[@jn567]

What

[@embasorangiratina36]

I like how this is basically the mirror version of the video where someone saves every scientist possible.

[@AmnesiacBanana]

Which one?

[@Darraya55]

​@@AmnesiacBanana saving every scientist and security guard in Half Life kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmGwommFhpKirbc Saving every scientist, security guard, and soldier in opposing force kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipmTkK2MisqrgQ

[@thunderspark1536]

@@Darraya55 The duality of man

[@alvaidaslaucis5544]

Through all the chaos that The Gordon caused, he always had HD models on, for he is a lunatic.

[@iamboringvideos6832]

HD models are looking good though

[@lookstothetroon]

​@IamBoring Videos I don't remember the m4a1 and glock both being chambered in 9mm

[@iamboringvideos6832]

@@lookstothetroon well if you dont like it, then dont use it? and or use a mod? HD Models are pretty good and why would the ammo it uses matter that much over better official graphics and animations?

[@lookstothetroon]

@@iamboringvideos6832 typical hd cope

[@iamboringvideos6832]

@@lookstothetroon uh? I just like using HD texture pack? Which are technically better? , sorry for your loss?

[@Adamek1926]

8:09 the way he starts to shoot the scientist with the soldier, amazing.

[@Ousmanda]

Watching this video after "Saving every Scientist in Half-Life" is giving me whiplash like you wouldn't believe

[@peepeepoopoo.]

unironically, given the quality of the video, i had expected you to be a 500k subscriber youtuber and for this video to have the same amount of views, i'm stumped

[@cursivo]

I'm just starting ;)

[@vintagememelord8168]

lol same.

[@vintagememelord8168]

@@cursivo I didn't think a small YTber like you would have the time craft such a compelling, complex and down right relatable individual with so much purpose and layer. Truly commendable bravado that may rival or even topple the likes of a 200K KZbinrs.

[@hellhoundfucker6917]

Indeed

[@NPCN-dd8hg]

This video is an advisment of our benefactors to keep us aware of the danger that freeman is to our species

[@Archaea_]

Trying to save a lab from outer dimension aliens:❌ Purposely activating the portal to the outer dimension aliens and killing everyone in your path:✅

[@chavzone]

People need to realise that this is EXACTLY how the government would have made the media cover the events of Black Mesa if it ever got out: scapegoating The Gordon and absolving themselves of any wrongdoing

[@bruhSaintJohn]

The worst crime gordon has commited was playing with hd models enabled.

[@maxdam4059]

no his worst crime is blowing up a casserole

[@lokiweb2165]

So true

[@solarwrath1313]

drinking game: take a sip everytime someone complains about hd models in a half life video

[@iamboringvideos6832]

HD models are pretty great, no crime there,

[@joshuabruce9599]

​@@iamboringvideos6832I suspect that they give people Half Life:Source flashbacks.

[@muchtoodog]

"it was black mesa's fault" mfs when gordon attracts an entire combine fleet on their city block due to his hundreds of tracking devices on him

[@winternightst7001]

"It was gordon's fault" mfs explaining how doing the most basic of task, pushing a cart, is equivalent to dooming humanity

[@MiniStumpy]

Holy hell this was good. It was actually really funny as well... But as a Czech person, I have to ask... What does The Gordon have against the Czech Republic?

[@cursivo]

We might never truly know

[@MiniStumpy]

@@cursivo Kind of sad to know, I hoped to get an answer to why did he launch an ICBM against the Czech republic...

[@japanesecar1501]

You're a man of frighteningly precise delivery. And, Good thing the missile never arrived.

[@yeboxxxchannel2505]

Cože? / What? How is this even Canon if it is? Litteraly the weirdest moment...

[@japanesecar1501]

@@cursivo Jarda Doležal, a supposed school acquitance of Gordons, is said to have intercepted the missile, with the help of his machinist friends František Korouhvička and Zdeněk Sádlo. That's what I learned in school. But timelines can be hazy.

[@BEkov-kd8cf]

This is some of the funniest writing in a video I've seen in ages. Absolutely keep it up, can't wait for more!

[@negative1up]

The last thing I would have thought I'd ever have needed in my life would be an unironically amazing Forensic Files style retelling of Half Life with wonderful composition, pacing, writing, and voice over. This is some seriously quality work, I thought you were a preexisting and established content creator. Consider me subscribed!

[@mordztech]

20:03 "The conflict had escalated to unprecedented levels, and humanity was losing against the aliens, and both of them were losing against The Gordon.." I was drinking soda while on this part and I laughed so hard that I spat out everything on my keyboard. lol This game brings back so many memories and this video is such great content, it's even more astonishing to find that you've just started your channel and yet the work is an absolute masterpiece! Keep going, just subbed!

[@OlaftheGreat]

I laughed far more than a person with a normal functioning brain would have at the Skyrim intro

[@lizardizzle]

The gman speech at the end is a YTP worthy moment. Great job.

[@johnbrooks6243]

Fr tho -👨🏿✨

[@magenta_iris]

Attacking the scientist with the HECU caught me off guard and it cut off so abruptly it gave me a really hearty chuckle. Thank you for the entertainment and best of luck going forward, this was great fun to watch!

[@BananaHoovyJ.Rabbit]

Blaming freeman for the accident is like blaming the glass plate in your microwave after you stuck a fork in there

[@aarchunterontheinternet9918]

"we do a lil trolling"-gordon freeman seconds before dooming the world

[@elijahlothrop6544]

"Little did The Gordon knew, all the guards he killed are the same guy."

[@TheIrishTexan]

Hitting the fire extinguisher, getting flashbanged and the cat screaming got me.

[@atNguyen-jd5ce]

This video is really well done I must say. Definitely will get more view in the future. The algorithm did it job.

[@cursivo]

Thank you! Fingers crossed.

[@vintagememelord8168]

@@cursivo 18K views already!

[@sambahnan2954]

I usually dont comment on Videos but all the way from Germany I can see that you'll become something big if you keep up this quality. The way you work with shorts is perfect keep going !

[@cursivo]

Wow thank you so much! This video took a while, but I'm already writing a script for another game. I haven't thought of FNAF, but it sounds like a good idea. I'll give it a thought. Thank you!

[@vintagememelord8168]

@@cursivo Your talent and efforts are audibly and visibly clear. How one creates the time? One should never know?

[@AlexeiVoronin]

Ironically, both the long jump and "holding down the use key" are explained in the tutorial (a.k.a. "Hazard Course"). This just shows how many people skipped it :D

[@thediam0nddrag0n78]

I play it every time I play Half-Life. Just for the sake of it

[@AlexeiVoronin]

@@thediam0nddrag0n78 Me too - mostly to make sure the mouse sensitivity is properly adjusted. And to reawaken the old muscle memory, of course.

[@dirt_farmer958]

I hope your channel blows up one day. Like how Black mesa was blown up by a nuclear warhead. RIP

[@squibbleink]

holy shit this entire video is legendary

[@I_Am_Transcendentem]

Make "HOW A STUPID MAN SAVED THE WORLD HE ALSO DESTROYED" For half life 2.

[@OlaftheGreat]

This is 50% a mockumentary against a war criminal, 50% complaining about how annoying the gameplay of Half-Life is

[@NesLightGun]

Saying “the Gordon” like that implies that he is one of a species.

[@DemoAndSoldier_Animations]

I loved the “to whoever designed these snipers I hope your next a thousand Oreo’s you buy come without cream” 😂

[@rankedpso]

Imagine a crazy guy with a crowbar bhopping at you.

[@PSKetku]

I loved every minute of this! A refreshing comedic style combining the spirit of Ross Scotts freemans mind videos, breaking the 4th wall and first and foremost the beauty of national geographicish narration with sarcasm not to mention the consistency of timing things within the video. I hope to see more in the future. KZbin needs this. Thank you for this!❤ I watched, laughed hard and would even pay to see more. Don't stop!

[@iabgunner8701]

I love the fact that I just watched a video where someone saved every single scientist and security guard at black mesa. Literally the polar opposite.

[@davrosdalek]

"there are few things more dangerous than a determined imbecile"

[@genuinesaucy]

"The only fan in the world capable of cooling your mother" lmao okay that caught me off guard

[@lazysloth9008]

i was blindly clicking through videos without views in my recommended and i legit thought you were a 100k+ sub youtuber with this video quality, it was hilarious

[@mrnarfynoof]

1:53 fun fact: in half-life 1, if you use console commands to enable 3rd person mode, you see that Gordon is wearing a helmet on his HEV suit.

[@boneheadedfellow]

This is how wallace breen described gordon to everyone during the uprising in c17

[@americanhuman1848]

10:49 you have no idea how many times that gets me. i am the most careful around that door in the entire game

[@agentburningbutters3655]

Lets just let this slide, and talk about how underrated this guy is

[@saviogustavi]

7:04 "after a series of E.T looking mfs met the power of fast travelling led projectlies" this sentence made me laugh really hard

[@ChanBlock]

“Things in the main lab were already getting hairy” … “OH FU-!”

[@thedandude]

The HD models make me sad :(

[@RaineDraa]

Thank you KZbin algorithm I am here at the beginning KZbin shorts have finally given me cutting-edge new content

[@Firestar4041]

Like 3 seconds in, and the roasting is already set to high like gah damn man Gordon doesn't need to hear all this. Hes a highly trained-

[@Anth1121]

Theirs no way this is your first video. It’s the greatest blind gameplay analysis of HL1 I’ve ever seen.

[@Juunebug_]

I love how unhinged this video is PLEASE make more

[@shapeswitch_mood7221]

I recently watched the video of a playthrough documentary of how Gordon can save as much people as possible (impressive results and very wholesome!) And then there is this XD The duality.

[@coleisforrobot]

I am 99.99999 percent sure that this is what plays on City 17 TV when Dr Breen isn’t talking. The other 0.00001 is that Dr Breen doesn’t stop talking.

[@jamesbrooks9321]

this is the companion documentary to "Freeman's Mind" that we didn't know we needed

[@portalworld9880]

Seeing this is your first video aside from shorts, this is really funny and comical. You earned a sub my good human being

[@kHz33]

I mean yeah, I always wondered why everybody treats Gordon as a hero. He could've just as easily been portrayed as a villain who plunged the world into disarray - he was technically responsible for the resonance cascade (even though we know he was just doing the manual labor), and while the canonical explanation is probably that Gordon wasn't a sociopath who killed every fellow scientist and security guard he came across in HL1 (I think this theory is supported by the fact there's no friendly fire at all in HL2 and subsequent games, so you're probably not meant to kill allies in the first place, you can just do it for shits and giggles in HL1), the average person would most likely think of Gordon as the reason why the world went to shit. Aliens started invading Earth, then he launched a satellite that inadvertantly caused the Combine to notice Earth because of the portal storms that followed after Gordon kills Nihilanth, and I think I read somewhere before that the Combine used that satellite in order to be able to teleport to Earth and defeat it in the Seven Hour War. I think the whole Messiah-like status of Gordon post-HL1 is quite unrealistic, and while the science team would know that Gordon wasn't responsible for this by any means, good luck explaining that to the average person.

[@kHz33]

Very well made video by the way! You earned yourself a new sub, keep up the good work!

[@GFreeman515]

I return here for like i think the 10th time to watch this at full length again. I eagerly anticipate the sequel to this, and thank you for doing this, its been cracking me up for like 2 weeks now

[@underrated3143]

I started to chuckle after reading the title then suddenly seeing gordon Freeman in the thumbnail 💀

[@Midgert89]

That narration sounds like something out of a bad truecrime show. Great work.

[@ExtraQuestionableContent]

It's actually a default Elevenlabs ai voice lol. It's pretty impressive

[@bratpeki]

Crazy to think a creator this new would so easily become my favorite! Keep doing what you're doing, it's comedy gold! I'd love to see you play some other titles with characters doing unnecessarily destructive stuff, like, say, Terraria! :)

[@ieatgarbage8771]

Half-Life was originally going to be called “The Dangerous Retard,” but the censors changed it at the last minute

[@Sigma-gb9yd]

You ever wonder if, for every minute of Half-Life 1 and 2, Gordon Freeman prays that nobody finds out he was the cause of the Resonant Cascade that ended the world? And that he doesn't talk for fear of letting it slip he was the one who ended human civilization as he knew it?

[@dgxgaminghd4191]

this production quality is insane! you deserve alot more views

[@werce9120]

I love how it sounds like a documentary while also being exceptionally snide! You gotta make more because I love it.

[@insaneweasel1]

It's amazing how the Gordon is so stupid yet he managed to Mr Magoo his way through Black Mesa 😅

[@bloodymagpie4189]

The narration being a mix of third and first person as if the narrator is both gordan and a separate being at the same time reminds me of fallout new vegas, where you meet your own brain and it starts calling you an idiot.

[@GaussSpirit]

What a surprise to see that your channel at the time of writing this only has (almost!) 800 subs, you deserve way more for the quality of this vid. Still, congrats on 1.6k likes and 17.2k views! That's insane for a first video, I'd say

[@BurningBrightMonster]

That section where Gordon got the shit kicked out of him for hours made me laugh harder than I've laughed in a long time, subscribed right after that

[@vampenga9277]

I am so glad this video found its way into my recommended. All those random cuts of Gordon 'talking' to the various members of Black Mesa got me giggling. I hope you keep making these videos and that your channel grows big. Keep up the fantastic work and I hope you have a great day!

[@iconic258]

Wtf, didn't realise this channel was so small for such a great quality video haha. I don't really like or subscribe that much but you've earned both mate, keep up the awesome work!

[@iiiiiitsdan]

Awesome stuff my man I'm surprised this doesn't have more views. Keep it up!

[@whitewolfcrowley6550]

No, you did good speaking from the Combine's perspective on how they made Gordan a deity of destruction and rebellion.

[@W4ter_M3lon76]

3:47 "pspspspspsp"-Gordon Freeman

[@ijLeblanc]

Oh man this was fucking amazing, high quality production. DO HL2! PLEASE, KIND SIR! I BEG OF YOU...

[@boofiboi]

Hey mate, have to say, I LOVE your voice, like seriously, you sound like an actual documentary narrator. Definitely keep going, these videos rock.

[@feraudthethird]

@goob It is actually AI. ElevenLabs.

[@zenraloc]

The editing on this was so good. This is Pretty damn top tier for HL content. The narrative style was fucking hilarious

[@russiangoose7053]

The serious tone of your voice mixed with the memes is absolute genius 😂 and the way you talk about things in universe makes it kind of like Zefrank met the Twilight zone

[@pixelmushroom]

"To warn them that it wasn't the humans, ot was just one man" Sums up doom entirely haha. I'd love to see your narration over the different doom games

[@TjerkW]

This is legendary 😂 you deserve more subs

[@funkygaminhaider3003]

Bro forgive him,he's only human

[@jbecker8874]

21:23 The grenade throwing skills of those grunts are legendary. I wouldn't be mad either

[@shadowrealmwalkr4837]

You HAVE to do more of this. This was absolutely GOLDEN!

[@ChrissieBear]

Fun fact: Canonically Gordon wears a helmet, but they decided not to depict him with one so he can look cool. The helmet is why he has a HUD and is immune to headcrab latching.

[@acebecks6288]

No, that is not a fun fact. That’s pure speculation. Please don’t lie

[@Celxorth]

If you go in thirdperson he doesn't wear one.

[@someguy1894]

most people who die by headcrabs (in scripts) are usually unaware/busy a scientist killed one, cheers, then gets killed by a headcrab so, no, you dont have to be immune by a helmet

[@miloradowicz]

​@@Celxorth third person isn't canon.

[@xxfalconarasxx5659]

Canonically, we don't know. Marc Laidlaw did receive emails from fans questioning about the helmet thing, and he gave some sarcastic responses, with one saying that it was like a Schrodinger's Cat situation, and another saying he probably lost it because it gave him "helmet hair".

[@gweds]

I love how at 12:55, after being blown up several times, he breaks character

[@user-rn8nu3kb7n]

Cool video, but I’ve heard half-life story line too many times to watch this till the end

[@ChrissieBear]

The long jump is explained in the tutorial 🤣

[@nordern1]

Does the Gordon sound like he played the tutorial? :P

[@daniel36476]

The amount of subtle humour and sudden humour that you applied all over this video makes me wanna have a couple of beers with you, mate. Not to mention the poetry that the narative is.

[@parisaku813]

this is actually so entertaining. you gotta do more of these

[@sambahnan2954]

If you would do a Video liek this about the fnaf series (games 1-6) it would blow up especially with your type of humor. Fnaf is at a all-time high because of the movie and the community is all over youtube crawling for content. You could use shorts to market your humor and quality content that you produce. Me personally would wish this type of video for Minecraft but in the end it is and always should be up to you what you do.

[@path.to_islam]

Very underrated soo less like

[@PinkBunnybunso]

10:18 Oh sure blame Gordon.....

[@nikopogo1]

The first video on the channel and it's already perfect and one of the best half life videos. Can't wait to see more.

[@pyroinferno000]

That was amazing, the memes were fantastic, the narrator was just fabulous. The casual switches between a perspective of the player, a narrator, and Gordon himself were so artful. I want more, I Need more, and I need everyone else to know and need more too.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

Oh boy, this level of quality with just 675 subscribers? I'm sure this is going to go up to 2K in about a few weeks.