The HORRIFIC CONSEQUENCES of the XEN INFECTION | Half Life Alyx Explained

[@RoanokeGaming]

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[@FatherAndrew-Scarlet-Priest]

You feeling okay mr roanoke? did your sodium spike or something?

[@FatherAndrew-Scarlet-Priest]

What's giving you the migraine? I advise you drink water, maybe eat some sugar for blood pressure, and lay down.

[@esbenbuurlkke5775]

Future biologist here. Well your rant on symbiotisk is simi true as a symbiotic relation just mean they are living together. But i Will say the all the fungus you mention are parasitic symbiotic as the loss of consiousness and other side effects will decrease host’s fitness to reproduce.

[@joeyhinchman3583]

I kinda wish they made a non vr version of this game, I feel this was a poor business decision.

[@iamjason9693]

I have quite a few movies as suggestions for you. Do I list them here or elsewhere?

[@jacoblynam923]

Jeff suffering unimaginable pain and suffering Everyone else: “oh that’s just Jeff, that’s kinda what he does”

[@StarkeRealm]

That's the life of all Jeffs, unimaginable pain and suffering.

[@Samsquanch6969]

​@@StarkeRealm"my name's Jeff"

[@Aliannaxenos]

I’ve got a chronic pain disorder and that’s basically how people treat you

[@nextcaesargaming5469]

Oh, sweet, horrors beyond mortal comprehension

[@alexschmeling2655]

So, any average Roanoke video 😂 or are there anglerfish? I'm still recovering from the manglerfish one lol

[@TonySandMan]

Remain silly brother

[@sirmultiverse5896]

Don't sell yourself short. I'm sure you could comprehend it if you want to

[@mattlombardi54]

This should have more likes

[@bradymenting5120]

I agree, hunt down the freeman should never have been released

[@sharkaholic2171]

Fun fact for 1:20 lion fish are invasive in the Caribbean however divers are trying to teach reef sharks the proper way to hunt them and last I checked were having W results

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

That's pretty cool. Last I was aware some divers were straight up coming them with pistols. Teaching another fish to eat them is a more elegant solution.

[@Justarandomtexantumbleweed817]

@@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballzyes but the first one is the more ‘merican option!!!! 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@drunkwendigo2693]

Being able to tell someone their job is teaching sharks to eat invasive fish has gotta be one of the greatest openers of all time...

[@roba9974]

Dude those aura migraines are no joke, I have to sleep them off for six hours before I can do anything.

[@JudgeNicodemus]

Fucking mood.

[@quantumechanicalhose]

I'm about due for one so I'm just bidding my time and hopping it doesn't happen at work

[@davidcooper8892]

Do you vape ?

[@roba9974]

@@davidcooper8892 no, it's genetic.

[@markstevenson5917]

Some of my migraines I have the choice of passing out or throwing up, and rarely I don't even get the choice. Not fun considering I seem to have a stomach of scrap iron and rarely ever throw up. 😅

[@Bandit1379.]

After opening the door and being confronted by Jeff I completely forgot he couldn't see and spent the next 15-20 minutes trying to avoid him even looking at me; encountering him up close for the first time really threw me off guard.

[@emilbroseliger8506]

A high percentage of people usually click off these videos when the speaker stops narrating and starts explaining something, but I have a hard time clicking off in general, and I really enjoy the whole bunch you make:)

[@K15graham15]

The first 30 seconds were a haze, never been so lost in my life

[@reclaimatorerebus6531]

Given that there was only one Jeff, I agree with your take that despite being extra-dimensional, the mold/fungus could only affect those who have a depleted immune system. While HIV or other autoimmune diseases are the go to, I would still avoid those spaces if I had any sort or respiratory infection, be it a bronchitis, pneumonia, or COVID. I can just see Jeff's infamous last words: "it's just a cold . . ."

[@ungabunga7879]

Makes me wonder the story about him too, what happened down there? we see other dead combine cleanup workers, was that jeffs doing?

[@Minotaur-ey2lg]

In the early CDC investigations of what was called GRID (AIDS), the pathologists, who had had seen the worst diseases imaginable, had to leave the room to throw up. What they saw during autopsy was bodies being digested from the inside out by fungal infections. Pretty gruesome.

[@tuongpham7609]

10:29 that was a dick move bro

[@IOSARBX]

Roanoke Gaming, great content dude

[@Wablig]

Great vid with Hazardous Environments playing in the background, chefs kiss

[@M_Alexander]

Every time I think about Half-Life 2 I think about when I played a little of it and the start where you throw the can at the guard or in the trashcan. In a shot I couldn't reproduce if my life depended on it, I bounced the can off the guy's head and it landed in the trash. He started to get really mad, took a step forward, and then thanked me or whatever and resumed his post. The second thing I think about is Half-Life 2: Full Life Consequences

[@Shasarazad]

Best fanfic in the history of fanfics.

[@NightHawk5156]

Never had the chance to play this because of the whole VR thing. This was very intriguing as all your content is. Thank you papa Roanoke!

[@aarontrupiano9328]

there's a flat panel mod out there. it's not the same thing but it's better than not playing at all. i would personally recommend waiting if you think you might be able get a vr headset at some point

[@johnnormington1311]

@@aarontrupiano9328 The only type VR tech I want is SAO, Fallout, the danger room from Xmen not something that is basically a phone strapped to your face.

[@Acefreezies]

​@@johnnormington1311 that's fantasy stuff that doesn't even make sense if you think about it critically

[@johnnormington1311]

@@Acefreezies Don't care they are much better than some crappy electronic swimming goggles.

[@Acefreezies]

@@johnnormington1311 They don't and won't exist

[@doomradiervideos4624]

Dear roanoke i encourage u to do a deep dive on the falmer transfer from snow elves to what we see in Skyrim thx (DAY:5)

[@glassking8416]

I support

[@ElNomada2505]

This does actually sound interesting, but he did basically cover that in a past video about a movie with devolved humans that were basically just the Falmer. No clue what the movie was called.

[@Dyomaeth]

That was "The Descent"

[@pofuno]

Boring already done

[@farmschoolchicks1913]

0:28 ok, I’m 33, but it was confirmed Costco steak did it

[@NoahGooder]

one of those places just opened down here

[@magmadude35]

I'm 33 as well and I've dodged that bullet a couple times now luckily

[@poshhippie6446]

Parasitism is a type of symbiosis but not all symbiosis is mutualism. There's actually like 9 different types of symbiosis and only one is mutualistic. Most parasites don't result in the death of the host. Parasites that "have no problem sucking the host dry" are known as parasitoids. So while you're right when you say the last of us is an example of symbiosis, the type of symbiosis is parasitism.

[@discordiacreates6669]

Interesting, makes sense that there's subcategories though and I've wondered how much parasitism and symbiosis can or does overlap given how... It's pretty likely imo that parasites came first and some eventually learned to not kill their hosts and the ones that learned to be nice to their hosts eventually started being rewarded for being better neighbors and sooner or lately spawned fully mutualistic symbiotes, but irdk, probably a bit of a chicken or the egg sutuation, but still interesting to think about. Also, as someone passively interested in speculative biology and definitely interested in any real world biology that might effect pets I own/have owned/plan to own, interested if you have any suggestions for interesting stuff to look up? Just anything but parasitic worms, I've already met one really bad one that ate one of my fish... Yeah I'll take black grubs over that any day, even though I believe they're parasitic flatworms, but at least they're small and usually only affect the tail just under the skin, unlike gut or muscle parasites who are just rude imo

[@yeetyote4791]

@@discordiacreates6669for speculative bio look up human bot flies and the phoresy they do, as well as new world screw worm. Unless you live in South America I wouldn’t be worried about either of those infesting your pets tho. Parasitoid wasps that lay their eggs in aphids are cool too.

[@SSpencer726]

That all makes sense, but he also said that Headcrabs are parasites when the body is still alive? The body even adapts to be better at hunting.

[@discordiacreates6669]

@@yeetyote4791 thanks, and hey, I've actually heard of human botflies, super creepy and I find it very weird that at least one human has willingly been infested by them, although it does pose some interesting questions. I mean, botflies are parasites and my only personal experience with them is them wiping out my late mother's show rabbits, think we were both especially upset about the rexs, but it is pretty interesting nonetheless that they actually only become dangerous if stressed or rng put them in a bad position for both parties. Creepily enough, I could see one species in that group trying for symbiosis in their own way, though that seems more fitting for an alien planet ngl. Have to look up screw worms though, but wasps that use aphids as hosts? I've personally met a species that uses caterpillars and have a love/hate relationship with those ruby red beauties, absolutely gorgeous and was a very calm and peaceful creature so I just had to let them fly free, but I was still a bit mortified when one of the only two swallowtail chrysalis I've found outside and fostered for a short time, didn't hatch into a butterfly. Can't truly hate butterfly wasps though, they're just too passive toward humans, pretty, and I've raised a few caterpillars from eggs before so I know they play a vital role as caterpillars are naturally gluttons and will eat themselves to extinction without some limitor... So I guess at least some parasites are truly essential creatures and shouldn't be shunned or ignored, I'll definitely have to give them a bit more love when I'm designing concepts for speculative ecosystems. Thanks!

[@discordiacreates6669]

@@SSpencer726 um... I'm not sure I'd classify that as alive, otherwise how do you define a fresh corpse? Sure, not instantly dead in every cell, but I'm pretty sure having your skull ripped open and brain lanced like that is pretty much an instant KO, although I think they'd be more in line with decomposers if they did allow the body itself to drop when the brain is severed, though they do probably fall under some more extreme subcategory of parasites since the way they do it is... Well, not entirely unheard of in the animal kingdom on Earth, it's just primarily an insect thing to replace the brain of a creature with one's own self

[@XAlted1]

9:35 me taking deep breaths to prove human superiority over everything in the air only to get lightheaded, pass out, fall and put my name on a headstone

[@Sturmguevher44]

So I recently discovered your channel, and holy shit you have become the channel I listern to when I'm off work gaming/ relaxing or do chores. Humor on point, movie break downs are solid, and the science is just on point. 10/10

[@SebastianWellsTL]

Still not as horrific as those pesky anglerfish!

[@dtay8913]

Day 795 of reminding Roanoke to finish The Strain and give a lore and morphology of the Strigori.

[@tirefish]

I wonder what scientific explanation can explain what the Strigori are afflicted with

[@murderlesson101]

Literally back4blood infection

[@tirefish]

@@murderlesson101 Before Back4Blood and better than Back4Blood

[@murderlesson101]

@@tirefish oh i know but that kid on that show sucked completely… the ridden are damn near to a tee and the worms are definitely based on the strain.

[@Crocy]

You've commented that everyday for more than two years? 🤨 That's commitment if true 😂

[@zedreamreaver4327]

I did not expect an overview lecture on the Mechanisms of Adaptive Immunity at the start of this video. The traumas of immunology class are coming back to haunt me

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

I like how vaccines are just putting a bookmark in your body's tactical search engine.

[@ytchannel480]

Literally in the field right now for military operations watching this lmfao

[@jap3lack137]

My units about to be on one tommorow haha

[@SaraSara-oe6il]

Haha nobody asked, lemme guess ur marines by the way you're flexing

[@matthewparker5277]

I wish I knew about roanoke while I was still serving, his videos would have been a welcome reprieve in the field

[@theclyde950]

I wish I had this tech when I was in the army doing field exercises. All I had was a a ps2 and FFVII

[@ytchannel480]

@@SaraSara-oe6il no I’m saying this is more important than the military for me what are you talking about

[@f.e.areproduce5298]

I think that while for the moment it won't be bad but things evolve, and like one of characters from Jurassic Park said "Life finds a way." and life will find a way there.

[@ElectricRose9001]

My family all get horrible migraines also. My mom gets them so bad she gets Botox in her scalp for them every 3 months.. Our saving grace though has been Diclofenec Sodium topical gel! It's an over the counter anti-inflammatory arthritis cream that's been a life saver for any pain you can imagine, but you rub a little of that on your forehead, neck, I do my scalp even if it's really bad, and it's the only thing my mom finds relief in anymore besides the shots! We buy the stuff in bulk even, because we use it for all sorts of aches and pains every day, it's seriously the closest thing to a cure-all I've ever experienced.

[@Placeholder88]

Bro I loved these videos I feel like I learn every time I watch one, plus it scratches that itch of wanting something mildly scary

[@uvisagod1354]

came here faster than my dad went to get milk

[@MrFakefall]

Is that in km or miles?

[@Wendighost_7]

Just came in general

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Uf 😅

[@uvisagod1354]

@@MrFakefall km

[@JREN-th8kf]

Came 🎉

[@mojavemola]

8:41 Flesh Light Growths? Man, that is a messed up fungus.

[@anonymousrex5207]

Jeff seems like a real "fun guy"... I'll see myself out.

[@bappojujubes981]

Oy! Pilipins! Pilipins! Seriously though I'm surprised you only covered Jeff now but better late than never!

[@magmadude35]

22:33 I loved that my hording of things came in handy and the respirator I kept on my face since I found it actually helped in this area

[@Lozard2324]

Shout out to all the macrophages punching spores in our lungs

[@mmorin92]

With Space Marine 2 dropping soon, I think it is a good time to visit the beginning antagonists of the first game. Our favorite green fungus, the orkz

[@Buelford]

That E.coli bit with the tossing of salad had me in stitches lol, please do The langoliers

[@vapertainment5313]

Pro life tip, if you're concerned about salmonella or a reptile to build resistance over years. Or, go to culinary school, they don't know how to cook yet and you'll gain immunity pretty quick.

[@slevinchannel7589]

Smallpox isnt Gone?

[@thezackast2752]

​@@slevinchannel7589 salmonella, it's a different disease. Bacterial infection, not viral.

[@bravojr]

... But you can't...

[@sinjin8576]

A great series of videos to go along with this is the ones where a global breakdown of humanity post combine invasion and post black mesa incident is shown. By the time Freeman arrives humanity is >1 billion humans.

[@thedoruk6324]

We have a *worse* fate than qssimilating into combined synths headcrabs and even waiting for a new half life game!

[@yousladyskwisgar8977]

I'm literally subscribed. I have notifications turned on. I was not notified this video was uploaded until *today*

[@melt-down]

"what if trees were predatory" HDG.

[@The_Digital_Ghost]

My Pavlovian training kicked in when the outro music and I instinctively liked the video at the ~4:00 mark

[@kolleenyoung1053]

I don't know why, but i would love to see a cross-over of Roanoke and Zefrank to do an infection/animal whatever commentary video together.

[@meau400]

Man your videos are always a clusterfuck of science and memes and i fucking love it, thanks.

[@joelaroche8103]

9:56 That made me laugh so hard i fell off my chair because i always picture the immune systeme to be like that with absolutly everything it encounter

[@jefferymosdell2490]

I remember being a teenage bum working a dead-end job at the front desk of a hotel when I first saw Roanoke's videos on the Necromorphs from Dead Space. That was almost five years ago! How time flies.

[@dura_14]

just got home, perfect video to relax and unwind.

[@StarkeRealm]

[While drinking] "Since we're talking about lungs, you are now manually breathing." [Gargled screams]

[@jessigraphiel9048]

2:42 That looks somehow stupidly hilarious, idk

[@HorrorBiscuit13]

"Beware of the blob"

[@Eyeling]

Roanoke back doing half life videos. It's already a great day!

[@jackaroine8202]

Saw that he uploaded and my day got better

[@MyGreengecko]

Alternatively, Jeff found out why you dont take a "Head"crab to the bonezone.

[@trickster20644]

You need a compilation video of every time you said, "You are now breathing manually." XD

[@thetacticalpuertorican]

I had salmonella from a restaurant burger. 1/10 would not recommend.

[@ReikaLady]

I got food poisoning from listeria contaminated hummus. Put me in the hospital for a week and begging to be put out of my misery.

[@thetacticalpuertorican]

@ReikaLady yikes. I didn't go to the hospital. I should have and I'm lucky I didn't die. My body was releasing things which I won't name for 3 days straight.

[@ReikaLady]

@thetacticalpuertorican I went to the ER because I couldn't keep water down. Otherwise I probably would have tried to ride it out at home. And yeah what came out belonged in a horror movie.

[@thetacticalpuertorican]

@ReikaLady well, I'm glad you made it out the other side! I just saw on the news the listeria cases that killed at least 9.

[@alexrowe7063]

How much did you get from the lawsuit?

[@Oinkmister]

Roanoke have I said your my favourite KZbinr of all time and I love your videos it makes me happy to see your videos I hope you know that, keep going and doing your amazing work I hope you stay happy and always feel loved bye hope you have a great week ❤️

[@BattousaiHiiro]

Ol gambling man Roanoke man, I love your vids...it's also funny because I thought you another movie channel as I watch all the "Roanoke gaming" vids and just ended up confused haha

[@M_Alexander]

Roanoke, a question! Speaking of Jeff's head splitting in half, what are your thoughts on dividing the brain into independent halves a la the Twins from that one Russia game? People have survived severe head trauma with an entire hemisphere of the brain removed but then what happens if the removed half is maintained on its own?

[@thezackast2752]

Not 100% sure if this answers the question but from what I've read the other hemisphere just starts making up shit for why stuff is happening. I remember I read a study a while back about some people, I think it might have been TBI patients who had both hemispheres but without the inter-hemisphere connection. What happened was they would have the left side pick something up and then ask what was going on, and the right side would make up something about doing something or other. I don't remember exactly.

[@andyparker3381]

Bro awesome Everytime! I love listening to you while gaming, your like the great scientist lore master. And I am proud to find out your a fellow PNW

[@stoney7833]

Hell yeah brother keep the vids coming

[@jeremyhague2119]

As a person who ended up in the ICU on a ventilator for 6 days because of breathing in an unknown bacteria while I was clearing and pulling up vines from an old fence in preparation of having a new fence put in the breathing in spores hit close to home. And, my public service announcement: if you are ever doing work with wet soil or mold use a 3M respirator - which are cheap and can be bought at home depot.

[@lavuntecolquitt]

MAAAAN you always rock it hard my boi

[@JadedJessica]

Man, I feel you on that migraine shit. I'm in the recovery phase from my latest migraine, and I'm struggling 😩

[@hynoid.snightmare9393]

10:30 Damnit, Roanoke!!!

[@Pol-Pot]

5:45 😂 BadlandsChugs Drinking the ocean

[@tedridout2541]

DUDE YES!!!! IVE WANTED AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS GUY FOR SO LONG!

[@crackedjabber]

Jeff seems like a ... fungi.... Alright, before I see myself out, can symbiotic worms keep you alive forever? I won't stop plugging Blade of the Immortal until you review it. Besides, it's good for engagement right?

[@derrickhenry2212]

Finally, in the first 1,000 viewers! Roanoke is goated!

[@DH-xw6jp]

Lung damage caused by scar tissue or pneumonia will also let pockets of fungus grow in your lungs, and once it takes root it is really hard to remove it without surgery.

[@AnActualVillain]

Ayy fresh Roanoke vid lesgo

[@NinaH6792]

I've never played any of the Half Life games, though I have seen lore vids, some of which featured Jeff. I think it is interesting how similar Jeff is in appearance to the barnacles, though they hunt in a different fashion. I agree that Jeff may have been a special case since he seems like quite a rarity. In a multiverse of various head crabs, antlions and other myriad flora/fauna there is only one Jeff, the Xen spore dude.

[@cr8867]

Roanoke can you examine the vampires and pillar men from jjba?

[@TheFunniBaconMan]

Valve did a great job designing the Quarantine Zone to be revolting. The entire time I was in the Northern Star, I didn't want to touch anything because I felt like I'd get sick.

[@glorbojibbins2485]

"Oh hey you got a little bit of polio in there" Lol

[@classicace6123]

Gg on 1 mil my guy

[@Psycorde]

Man, ocular migraine SUCKS. I had couple bouts in the past, first time seriously scared me when my vision got impaired, luckily it's only temporary. Been a long time since then, hopefully it doesn't return. Still get migraines sometimes, but it's usually my fault for spending so much time on computer, especially playing something polluted with VFX and rapid movement

[@gajeel9798]

My macrophage serve with duty, as only in death does duty end. FOR THE IMMUNE SYSTEM!

[@fortywolves]

I feel you on the migraines fucking up your vision. I have palinopsia, just spicy afterimages basically, and when it's bad my visual field is pretty much a rave. Just a bunch of dancing lights and afterimages of the stuff I just saw instead of the stuff I'm actually looking at. Very frustrating! It's bad enough that my eye muscles get 'tired' from a migraine, I go all cross eyed and have to force my eyes to focus. Truly, sometimes you have to just give up until your brain is willing to work with you. Eugh, brains!

[@justsomerandomguy1589]

I was so entertained by the idea of a Spore getting actually punched by a macrophage that I forgot to manually breathe. Thanks!

[@John.S92]

2:05 have most going "eehw" akin to the second word of "brother eew"

[@LeGiTxMuFFiNz1337]

new roanokegaming video, let's gooo.

[@bloodyrose7252]

8:41had to double check and make sure he said "flesh LIKE" and not something else

[@randomguy2981]

So one thing I think is also possible with Jeff is that if he was constantly moving around the facility, well honestly he makes a lot of noise, if anything was slowly starting to go through the process he was going through he might have just killed the other would be Jeff’s when they first started making noises before they could fully form

[@partyrock4144]

Well Jeff’s infection vs Alex’s immunity could be down to something as simple as duration. Jeff from what we can tell was a hazard worker not a factory worker hence him and most of the bodies wearing hazmat suits. If Jeff’s suit was damaged and he went to work it may have just hit a sweet spot where he as inhaling enough spore to become infected but not exposed to enough raw fungal growth to be broken down for food.

[@Wendighost_7]

Roanoko Zoro is my favorite One Piece character

[@kingonkingst.1361]

10:30 god damn it Roanoke

[@Isometrix116]

I'd actually argue it's still parasitic, though since parasitic is a type of symbiotic relationship, its still okay to call them symbiotic, but everything else you said makes me think you mean a beneficial symbiosis. But considering it completely prevents the host from completing the Main Quest all living organisms have while benefiting from the resources of the host, its definitely parasitic Oh! But the technical classification for this would probably be an obligatory conjuctive (or maybe endosymbiotic) parasistic relationship!

[@jwilker94]

My name is Jeff in 2024 is so crazy. This is why we love you Roanoke

[@foxmcqwerty608]

i only started to manually breathe when ht stated "you are manually breathing." god damn it roanoke

[@lacucaracha111111]

If you enter the Jeff area with a hardhat and respirator you get some unique dialog

[@oogliebooglie8796]

Roanoke filming this with a Migraine 🤝 Me watching this with a Migraine

[@Travelguru142]

Can’t believe I made it this quick, more blessing to everyone and this channel 🤝🏿

[@kilowhisky1177]

Please break down Alien: Romulus when you get the chance Roanoke , I had never realized that the Alien franchise was turning into such an in depth universe. Thank you.

[@Ashadar_Resouley]

You're right there isn't much gaming here might be the time to rebrand maybe Roanoke car talk would be a more fitting name for the channel

[@gloryarrowthescaredhamster]

Roanoke: Also since we're talking about the lungs so much, Me: No. Don't you do it. Roanoke: You are now manually breathing. Me. SON OF A BI- *pauses to breathe*

[@A-silly-goober]

Commenting this to say I think you would love sons of the forest and it’s odd creatures. The mix between religion and mutation could make a good topic

[@AdjutantReflex343]

Speaking of lungs, you are now manually breathing….. slick skinwalker enjoyer got me.

[@Amiculi]

How convenient, I just finally played through Half Life Alyx a couple weeks ago.

[@picivyvortac2641]

9:32 smoked a cigar then got a terrible lung infection. Checked my humidor, fungus on the humidifier. Can confirm it was an iritant.

[@c0t0d0s7]

I have chronic migraines (MIDAS score 63) and got my first Botox injections last week. I’ll return for more every 12 weeks. I’m hoping that helps.

[@nategarage]

Day 4 of asking Roanoke to face his fears and cover subnautica.