Over 3 Hours of Half-Life & Portal Lore

[@Skyrionn]

Welcome Test Subject. This is a compilation of some of my previous videos. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME OF ALL TIME? I do have a huge timeline in the works on a different game that I am hoping to post in the next week or so. "Games are part of what makes us human. We see the world as a mystery, a puzzle, because we've always been a species of problem-solvers." Like, subscribe, comment - I appreciate you!

[@SonOfLemonRuss]

LOOOORE -MatPat

[@brauliorivera2564]

@@Skyrionn I thought cave Johnson and Caroline bought black mesa and prevented the resonance cascade and combine invasion. Gordon was never put in stasis and their world was normal

[@newcastleman86]

It’s between The Last of Us and Black Mesa.

[@SonOfLemonRuss]

@@Skyrionn Darktide tho

[@iliving23]

Titanfall 2

[@dreamersdisease2481]

I keep waking up to this video

[@ayyyFex]

In less than two weeks it's happened twice now wtf

[@StrandedH0b0]

4th time for me​@@ayyyFex

[@garthstruddlefudd8408]

Same. I never even played hl or.portal.

[@StrandedH0b0]

@@garthstruddlefudd8408 I do reccomend

[@Rakaaria]

Same lol. I start with asmr and end with HL/Portal

[@The_Infidelis]

KZbin: This is it. The best video we have to offer. We shall serve this to you on Autoplay every single time, no matter how many times you complete the video.

[@Lambda1996]

There is just somthing about your voice narrating half life and portal lore that just feels right.

[@Skyrionn]

I appreciate you

[@ErikKson]

damn right

[@crakkbone]

@@Skyrionnagreed, and we love you!

[@EpsilonCobra]

Yeah it has the right amount of depression

[@BrickGears]

Absolutely

[@Kae____]

Have you ever considered explaining the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. lore?

[@Neros_light]

That'd be really interesting

[@MarkT-wo8vg]

His voice would be perfect for stalker lore

[@missingtexturez]

z

[@thefaceless6406]

Stalked lore for my understanding is basically aliens came to earth for a picnic and there trash is eldritch and purely anomalous in its most basic nature

[@ParakoEPC]

in ADHD terms: man pushes rock into laser thingie, world ends and man is sent into stasis thing by a suit guy who sort of started the whole thing soldier guy is sent on a mission to black mesa, fails, then succeeds, and gets put in stasis by suit guy man comes back 20 years later and brutally murders evil soldier guys (combine), few days later scientist pal guy dies to a big fleshy thing girl wakes up in a facility, makes portals, solves puzzles, and kicks an evil robots ass girl wakes up again with a robot companion that both successfully kick evil robots ass again, only for robot companion to do a little swap with evil robot, girl kicks both their asses and leaves. scientist pals daughter tries to get in a big ship thing and presumably save man from 15 years ago, instead releases suit guy and saves her father at the cost of being taken away by social care. Unforeseen Consequences

[@jreed2688]

Too long, I can’t read

[@BrickGears]

@@ParakoEPC thanks, my ADHD is actually understanding something!

[@the-dripbine]

taken away by social services, wtf. that's the best way to describe it

[@RisuTheMan]

I remember one time I had surgery and had to stay in the hospital for a few nights. I want to personally thank you for making that time bearable with your lore videos :)

[@Skyrionn]

I hope you're doing well now! Also happy to help in anyway during that time :)

[@UndercoverAnims]

"Hey Ferb, I know what I'm gonna do today!"

[@Tuxedo512]

*Dooms all of humanity*

[@mantari974]

You know, you're obviously farming "sleeping people" with those compilation, but.... THANKS YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I need this.

[@icecream6256]

I am one of those sleeping people

[@BenieTheDragon]

"Press any key to flood the facility with deadly neurotoxin." 🤣 This is why I love Valve.

[@AuroraIceFlame]

when in portal 2 when the facility melting down there was a screen that says “press any key to end meltdown” and Wheatley just didn’t do that cause he’s so fucking stupid lmao

[@chuyisbored6597]

i fell asleep watching ark gameplay and woke 2 hours deep in this lore

[@hermes7953]

no

[@GordonFreman1]

Another Dr. Freeman approved Video. Great job and keep it up.

[@Skyrionn]

Just had to tell your story Mr. Freeman

[@sunflower_sappho]

I think you just started a new special interest for me! I've never played any of these games but now I not only want to but I also wanna know EVERYthing I can about them

[@Rainbow-Chicken]

no one's gonna read this but it kinda seems like the Portal storyline happens either somewhat before or way after the combine invasion of earth simply due to the fact that there are no citadel superportals visible on the planet/in space during Portal 2's ending. I know C17's Citadel was supposedly built 5 years prior to the events of HL2, and it was under construction during HL: Alyx, but there's gotta be more of them all over the world. Anyway, thanks for coming to my "Shower Thoughts" TEDTalk. No refunds.

[@magentawool2556]

I think portal 1 happens during hl2, and portal 2 happens at least 50 but up to several thousand years after portal 1.

[@Zero_likes_katanas]

When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!

[@spinnykirbo6139]

this is going into my sleep playlist, i love your voice!

[@Skyrionn]

I also love long videos to asleep to. That or a Kitchen Nightmares playlist.

[@spinnykirbo6139]

@@Skyrionn Kitchen nightmares is great, but i think hell's kitchen takes the cake.

[@Goldfishi_ez]

​@spinnykirbo6139 cant tell if that pun was intended or not

[@LoremasterGoddess]

Huge video comps are all the rage these days.

[@Skyrionn]

apparently so!

[@summerlovesyou7586]

Sleepers like me are great for analytics lol we “watch” these videos from front to back multiple times and never skip ads 😂

[@Vly-nn2sv]

​@@summerlovesyou7586 yeah, and out of pure coincidence KZbin pushes out more and longer ads during the night, how lucky!

[@baygull]

No intros, no outros, just straight gas.

[@MeowLesty]

We sleeping good with this one tonight. Thank you for your hard work over the years making lore videos for some of my favorite games!

[@5po0n]

If you made your own Half life theories and fan fics I would totally listen

[@homeless_in_vr]

yasssss pleeeaseee

[@ggspooks7915]

The fact that you add sources is amazing man

[@reynardlin8780]

After watching this video multiple times i still dont know anything about the portal lore, but ive gotten nights of good sleep

[@AnderaxeonYouTube]

Keep doing content Skyrionn :) I haven't played Half-Life 2 in about 7 to 10 years but it's good to return in this universe.

[@KillerScout-oh5db]

We ain't sleeping tonight, the lore marathon dropped🤑

[@doncarleone973]

Awesome topic! I love the long videos. I appreciate you man ✌🏼

[@irisgrey7484]

Appreciate you, Skyrionn!

[@thed3m0n0id9]

Did you notice there are only 25 letters in the Aperture Test question about favorite letters. The answer is S, because it's literally the only letter missing.

[@vault_boid3160]

Best 3 hours and 46 minutes I've spent.

[@chipsdubbo5.56]

Hell yes, thank you for putting it all together into one video

[@Omexicon]

Nice work with this video! i love your voice, slept like a baby when i put this video on. Its relly well done and itressting

[@brauliorivera2564]

I thought the resonance cascade was prevented by Cave Johnson and Caroline when they bought Black Mesa and renaming it into blapeture mesa. There was no combine invasion, Gordon Freeman was never put into stasis, and their world was normal.

[@frodoan]

Wait a second... I think your in the wrong timeline buddy

[@martov1864]

I love watching all the videos you upload my man. Keep it up big boss

[@p33pthis]

Im glad we all saw a three hr vid about portal and was like, hell yeah 😃

[@AngelofGrace96]

Thank you, I really appreciate your complications

[@Arcelux]

Hell yeah, this and the Half Life video are the GOAT.

[@zekromfan1]

Given how things went with the Seven Hour War, I can’t help but wonder how Humanity would have managed had the Combine never arrived, but instead they had to deal with the Nihilanth’s initial invasion plan. Let’s say for this hypothetical that Gordon for whatever reason failed in his attempt to stop the Nihilanth, or maybe Gordon just doesn’t exist in this timeline. How would Humanity have handheld the Nihilanth? What about the Xen invasion? Given they planned to nuke Black Mesa, that means they would have destroyed the Lambda Labs and with it, one of their best chances at defeating the Nihilanth, or just closing the portals. Maybe with the destruction of Black Mesa, the US government would then turn its attention to Aperture since they were in second place right behind Black Mesa, if anyone would be able to fix this it would probably be them… only for the “Bring your cat to work day” event to come to light and the complete take over of the facility by GLaDOs. She might agree to work together with the government, maybe, but definitely with ulterior motives. Or hell maybe the Government would just strong arm their way into the facility looking for any signs of life, they would then obviously find the people in stasis, and even Chell assuming this doesn’t happen before she kills GLaDOS of course. It’s just an interesting thought I had.

[@LDT2001]

i passed out to this last night

[@GordonFreman1]

His content is very nice to chill and relax to. For sure.

[@grygoo2680]

Me popping popcorn getting ready to hear Skyrionn describe the resonance cascade for the billionth time

[@solidbhatt]

I love every second of this video

[@Skyrionn]

I loved that you loved every second of this video.

[@anthonymaggio3144]

I can finally sleep, thank you

[@GarbageLord6543]

Your voice is incredibly relaxing. I fall asleep incredibly fast when I watch your videos. Take it as a compliment !

[@RoHCo]

Hey yall, whether you are new or old make sure you like the video. You don't find this quality of lore coverage often, @Skyrionn does a heck of an amazing job.

[@SadgeFrawg]

I get it man, she burned the cube

[@oatmealbrain]

This is almost creepy, I was binging your halflife and portal videos yesterday, watched about 3 hours of it, and now you upload this

[@aefolgado3182]

Oh shit, here we go again...

[@Skyrionn]

so much lore

[@Goldfishi_ez]

​@@Skyrionn And no more bore(-ing nights trying to sleep)

[@KitsuneViBeZ]

😅 just subbed last night, and got spoiled??? I’m not complaining.

[@DeafCope]

I dont know why or how, but every, EVERY TIME i fall asleep listening to some video. I always, ALWAYS.. Wake up to this video..

[@theandrewk2786]

Hey! Love these videos, might go check out the playlist! Any chance you could do some videos about the implications of the Entropy Zero timeline if it was canon? Pyrocynical’s video about it was good but I’d love to see exactly where things diverted and how much it affects and uses the true canon, and if it’s worthy of becoming canon.

[@Skyrionn]

I've had so many requests for this that I think it may be time to explore it.

[@IlMorticanIl]

Don’t even know why this played but I’m glad I fell asleep to this

[@jom8893]

Woke up 2 hours and 30 mins deep in half life and portal lore

[@apuffycoat7318]

I don’t trust any new lore unless I hear it from you ❤️

[@DrawingKid299]

I seriously fell asleep to this and that is not a lie

[@mcsluggin8147]

Love the videos, please do one for the amnesia franchise. The lore is very in depth and expansive yet I find precious few videos on it

[@unblessedcoffee1457]

I fucking adore this channel.

[@GordonFreman1]

As do I

[@AZOUZII80]

i Gordon Dogman Approve this KZbin channel This video is Gordon Dogman Approved we aint sleeping tonight New marathon dropped🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🗿

[@affeneditz156]

Hi Skyrionn I love youre videos about lore and i watch them very often so i have a idea for a video from you its about Interloper and the whole lore Thanks for the videos :)

[@Knolsy]

Im starting to have half life nightmares because i keep waking up to this video

[@wifelover1210]

fell asleep to a video about lolcows woke up to this. good morning

[@itsmeme8544]

G man is doctor Who

[@nooknook-h4f]

How does he get the scientists in portal? Is there a console command for it?

[@nicholasbatty8923]

It's most likely garry's mod with portal maps

[@NekoIsCringe]

i wake up to this video EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT.

[@csanadvincze4863]

1:34:30 what is the song called in the background?

[@aefolgado1736]

Ho shit, this is going to be a long night

[@Skyrionn]

long night with loads of lore

[@EpsilonCobra]

Gabe, do you hear our pleas and prayers, release Half life episode 3 already. We're all gonna die till you release the finale of the best franchise that this planet has ever witnessed.

[@ambrusraul2297]

Half Life Lore Suggestion Video : Before The Black Mesa Incident many scientists and security guards found their way into Black Mesa for their job. However like any job , it requires Training , and just to be sure the body can make up for it s mind , they where sent to the Hazard Course on The Black Mesa Training Facility. Not only Barney Calhoon and Gordon Freeman where fit to escape Black Mesa but Doctor Rosenberg ( and thanks to the displacer Shepard used , a vortigaunt made it s way there and maybe Eli Vance found him and freed it marking the beginning of of trust for a rebellion in works )

[@masterbuilder0018]

What are your thoughts on Portal RTX? Have you played it?

[@Skyrionn]

I enjoyed it. Was lucky enough to have upgraded my pc just before it came out! Have you played it?

[@masterbuilder0018]

@Skyrionn My hardware isn't good enough, unfortunately, although I would like to upgrade my specs once HL2 RTX comes out. The revamped assets alone pique my interest.

[@solidbhatt]

​@@masterbuilder0018same I will definitely play it in the future

[@edheadgaming8411]

NEW HL GAME IS REAL!!!!!!!!!

[@totallynotadiscoball5745]

I fell half-asleep to this video and for some weird reason I was able to process everything you were saying into a dream so when I woke up I thought I had just learned some secrets of the universe and about how our society was doomed to Blackrock

[@UlyssesCrab]

I’m not sure if it was purposeful audio design by Valve but I’ve always felt that while in the Citadel Core, Wallace Breen sounds pretty close to Harlan Ellison! Considering the nerds that work at Valve (who we all love) I’m pretty sure his works inspired Half Life to some extent.

[@cstuart1310]

I've given this video at least 15 views and have fell asleep within 20 mins every single time (compliment lol)

[@AyeItsMike]

Now we just need a 3 hour lore video of Left 4 Deas

[@JNVTN]

Very well made video Could anyone tell me what is the music around 5:00 called?

[@csanadvincze4863]

Thats the track Im trying to find too

[@keeb__]

Where did you get the information for the 7 hour war? It's very detailed

[@arcticghost1393]

Ok, Iv been thinking about this for a while, but something in portal 2 didn't quite add up for me. During the whole game, we are shown references to the moon. From schizophrenic scrawls on the walls to that decoded Lunar base image. I see most people say this is foreshadowing the end of the game, but what if we got it backwards. There's too much reference to the moon through the whole game for it to be a simple nod to the ending, so I think the ending might be a message for us to look back and re analyse what we know. We know rattman was obsessed with the moon and the scrawls are almost certainly his. The scrawls where we find the Portal gun seem fresh and depict event's after portal 1s ending so it's possible ratman woke up before chell in a state of insanity. We also hear his babbling in that infamous ratman den with the mugs and terrifying music. Above the portal gun is a ring of panels with phases of the moon scribbled on them and a hole to visible sky. It could be a makeshift calendar, but that seems too basic. There's also a drawing of a multidimensional cube graph thing with a crescent moon in the background and an animal jumping over it surrounded by cat companion cubes. Other scribbles later on point to the moon and calculations scribbled with "TO MANY VARIABLES" Lunar orbits are simple math and have been known for thousands of years. Even while insane, Doug ratman was exceptionally smart. He wouldn't need advanced calculus to tell time. Leading to the question, what the hell was he trying to do? It could have been to portal to the moon, but he had a Portal device and a clear shot so I doubt that was it, and if he did do that, the portal gun probably would have been sucked into space with him. I'm also aware that some portal Devs say old aperture was supposed to have signs saying "the moon is bad" with pictures of skeletons on the surface. This was not expanded on but adds context that even the Devs want us to think that something about the moon isn't right. So if ratman wasn't telling time, and wasn't portaling to the moon, both of which don't require advanced maths, what was he doing??? From the scrawls it may have something to do with shrodingers cat theory. Also possibly the borealis because some of the graphs look like multidimensional multiverse BS and we know from Marc Laidlaw that HL3 was originally going to have the "bootstrap device" which throws all kinds of story threads around regarding space and time. The last thing I noticed was that aperture tech looks quite similar to the combines tech. That could just be valves advanced tech aesthetic, white and curvy, or someone is copying. The borealis getting cargo from other realities? TLDR, there's more to the moon than portal conduction, What was ratman on about with the advanced maths. Is ratman alive and still laying the path for chell? Does the borialis cargo have anything to do with the moon. Honestly even the writers probably have gaps, but based on the amount of references, I'm sure that the moon has more to do with the story than just a cool ending scene.

[@SkillfulLupus]

i'd've laughed pretty hard if it went "there was a second portal 2 arg but that's for another video" "in this video we talk about the second arg" missed opportunity there

[@trashwebsite_user01]

Wow ... Alyx killing Mossman totally devalues her as a hero for me. That part needs a re-write. Alyx wont do that to Judith over a dispute over using a teleporting super weapon against their enemy.

[@travismcnasty51]

It bugs me that people consider Gordon to be some legendary hero. He unwittingly caused the apocalypse, and he's actually just cleaning up the mess. It's not his fault. Breen, the G-Man, and everyone at Black Mesa contributed to the civilization collapse.

[@Ice_eater]

I haven’t watched the whole video yet but he better talk about how tf2 is canonically part of the universe

[@oni-one574]

I would totally confront Gordon, the Leader of the People, about my casserole and demand an explanation...

[@Thomas_Angelo]

This video got auto played when I was sleeping. I don't even play portal

[@glynwyn1986]

Longform lore videos are the only way I fall asleep nowadays. Gotta ask though, are you a Gog? I'm from Ynys Môn and there's something very familiar and comforting about your accent... But I'm also terrible at guessing accents 😂🤣

[@WickedEdge87]

THIS WAS A TRIUMPH 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MarkT-wo8vg]

I love that we all blew up that casserole 😂😂😂😂

[@Princess_Emu]

All what Dr. Magnusson invented was just a stickbomb without an even simple detonator. Fukin genious my ass. I was fed up dying while trying to aim this shit while being surrounded and abused by hunters.

[@Spockington]

We all started life as Gordon Freeman but grew up to be Dr. Breen

[@Ghostcharm]

i would love to collab with you in some way man. long loved your channel and watching it grow

[@Skyrionn]

Hey man! I've been a long time fan of your channel too. I've sent you an email with my Discord name

[@BaldingClamydia]

I started this video last night and I could have sworn it said over 6 hours of lore. Now I don't know if I'm crazy or what :D I don't have any evidence, but I bet the headcrabs are inspired by Lovecraft. He has a story where a guy finds an Egyptian tomb (with help of the mad Arab's notes or something) and it attacked by a headcrab. Lovecraft's are squishier though, iirc it's described as like a sentient cowl

[@SierraB649]

We would've kept fighting had it not been for President Keemstar

[@gustavomarinho4198]

How did Freeman made through out episode 1 and 2 if Gman was imprisoned? We lived in his skin Alyx's father dying... this would make more sense if alyx's episode were in the future

[@ZeMewo]

wake up Babe, new +3h video dropped

[@Skyrionn]

welcome welcome

[@Chip_124]

Kinda hyped to watch this

[@Skyrionn]

Hyped for you. Thanks for clicking on

[@ARM_THEAS]

DONT LET THEM BUILT THE JEDDAH TOWER ITS THE CITADEL PROTOTYPE

[@teaoftraffic]

it’s *MY* sleepover and *I* get to choose the movie

[@Skyrionn]

Best movie for a sleepover

[@GordonFreman1]

​@Skyrionn definitely the complete timeline one

[@Gleepo]

I watched this while on a four hour car drive 👍👍

[@-the-pupster]

yes I can watch a video that is three hours over 5 days yes. (Its a good thing)

[@ZeginMakesMusic]

I'm not subscribed and have never watched a single one of your videos, nor am I remotely interested in half-life, but KZbin has been persistently pushing this video on me everyday for the last month. I don't know why KZbin wants me to watch your video so bad. This actually popped up on autoplay after I was watching a "hi Ren" reaction video. I don't know why the algorithm wants me to watch your video so bad. I get notifications, You're on my home screen after every single refresh, and I'm not even a subscriber. I'm almost tempted to report you for harassment. I honestly can't even believe this video played, it's as if KZbin is playing a massive practical joke on me. If the internet wants me to go insane, this is definitely one way to do it. It is relentless. I honestly can't even open KZbin without seeing this video somewhere. I almost want to just leave it on autoplay and mute the volume so I can keep my sanity. If the KZbin mods are listening, you are actually starting to affect my mental health. Please leave me alone.

[@Zenlore6499]

Oh god, that’s a lot of lore!!

[@Skyrionn]

always

[@Rabbibrapstein]

42:37 i can tell why that got cut-out

[@summerlovesyou7586]

I’m gonna sleep soooo damn good tonight ☺️🥰

[@jake6578]

The second morse code looks like the hexadecimal system.