The WORST Fate | Jeff | FULL Half-Life Lore

The Half-Life series has a lot of terrifying creatures. Many were developed by The Combine, some formed on their home worlds, and others were formed through a parasitic infection. Jeff was the result on a Xenian fungal infection within a human host. Half-Life: Alyx introduced us to new variations of the enemies we encountered throughout the rest of the series, but what do we actually know about these additions?
How dangerous was Jeff? Why was he in The Golden Lion Distillery? and how does his story end? In this video, we explore the lore and story behind Jeff in the Half-Life series.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:11 The Quarantine Zone
05:00 The Golden Lion Distillery
11:24 The Fall of Jeff
14:29 Legacy
15:37 Behind the Scenes
18:36 Closing Thoughts
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#HalfLife #Lore #Jeff

[@Skyrionn]

The algorithm hasn't been too kind lately. If you could comment or interact in anyway with the video - that would be fantastic! Would you leave Jeff alive, or kill him?

[@Skyrionn]

He deserves to be put out of his misery. Just imagine the constant agony he is in.

[@r4scal.]

yeah him and every other zombie in the entire half life universe lol@@Skyrionn

[@RhaegarDefense]

@@r4scal. actually the whole universe just blow it all up

[@boney2982]

@@RhaegarDefensestarting to sound a little like the combine there friend

[@Grimpy970]

Would you hate me if I disliked it to form a controversial metric in the algorithm? I've heard that can genuinely help, but I'm also morally opposed to lying. I don't want to dislike it, but if that boosts your stuff more than a like, I'll happily do it

[@jomini14]

I never noticed that Jeff's head was literally his original human face split in half. That, and the fact his original face still moves as normally as it can, is uniquely horrifying.

[@Skyrionn]

One of the many horrors of the HL universe

[@darkySp]

Look at this 9:03 His left half that is still recognizable. You can see Jeff's human mouth close as if he's swallowing and then open wide as his mutated mouth opens, so those two share the same neural pathways. That's just fucking horrifying to me. It's just body horror done right!

[@bensteele8918]

I would make a splitting headache joke but its too obvious...

[@dimondcreeper0]

took me a while to notice that too and I wish I didn't

[@themanwithoutaplan72]

aaand you somehow made him even more horrifying, thanks bro😀👍

[@gyarurespecter3386]

This guy is the portrayal of all of Half-Life's most horrifying pieces of lore and he's just straight up named 'Jeff'

[@Skyrionn]

The perfect guy. The best way to introduce someone to HL tbh

[@StarWithAPencil]

Naming something so abnormal and horrifying such generic name like 'Jeff' or 'Bob' is always going to be funny.

[@SpoonEnjoyer]

yes

[@MarvinC03TLK]

Truly incredible.

[@baker90338]

Well, with MR. Friendly, that’s nothing to me at the moment.

[@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034]

Jeff became an example that there can be something even worst than becoming a zombie by a headcrab.

[@Skyrionn]

I agree completely. I'd say even worse than becoming a stalker

[@lotus7781]

@@Skyrionnmy personal take on it, due to jeff being a body taken over by xen flora, the indivigual is likely long gone, a walking corpse, if you will, while the zombies and stalkers still has the orignial mind within to some degree, a terrible fate sure, but whoever jeff was isnt there anymore

[@mediocrecontent2449]

@@lotus7781 True. He has no more brain, if he does it was pushed split in two and pushed aside for his head mouth. So he most likely isn't alive anymore, although he might be.

[@springbonnie6407]

​@@mediocrecontent2449I bélière the virus must use it so it keeps him kinda alimentaire but less than headcrab zombies

[@gamingpanda7516]

Worse*

[@ChimeraGilbert]

I always thought it was weird how Alyx's reaction to the stalkers was visceral and sympathetic, yet nonchalant and almost sadistic when it comes to the zombies and Jeff, despite them all being innocent suffering humans.

[@Skyrionn]

That's a very good point. Something I hadn't noticed.

[@chester7687]

Yeah And honestly I think the zombies have it way worse than stalkers The zombies know what’s happening while the stalkers seem to remember nothing

[@nighthawk4502]

I think what they represent and her environment growing up affect that. Stalkers are a punishment designed to torture and enslave people like her when caught, while head crabs, zombies, and things like Jeff are just a simple fact of life that exists.

[@chester7687]

@@nighthawk4502 yeah that’s what I was thinking while writing Like its maybe more of a like Loss of hope or like Yeah like a punishment thing

[@Orange_Ant]

Headcrabs simply control a dead body, while stalkers are still living people.

[@GDukeRaptor]

Just to point out, there is absolutely NO WAY Jeff is conscious of anything after his head split open. Jeff's consciousness is definitely long gone by that point. Hell the "lips" of the second, inner mouth kind of look like it was made using his brain.

[@epicrogue2815]

I think (correct me if I'm wrong) the brain being separated in the middle is what was performed in a lobotomy. If true, Jeff would be still conscious to some degree but mentally deprived which is arguably worse than his state before

[@MatVeiQaaa]

@@epicrogue2815 lobotomy separates frontal lobe from the rest of the brain. There is another kind of procedure (corpus callosotomy) where the connection between halves of the brain is mostly removed, as a mean to help with severe epilepsy. Both hemispheres remain functional in that case, but they have very limited communication. There is also hemispherectomy which is the removal of one hemisphere, in cases of trauma, or, again, to cure seizures. People are said to function relatively normally in both cases, and the operation is generally considered safe. But it isn't exactly splitting the brain by the middle, it's more like just that wrinkly part of the brain which is predominant on the upper/surface part of it called cerebrum is either removed or the connection between the halves of cerebrum limited. There is more to brain than that.

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

Much like the headcrab zombies, while he might still call out, there's nothing intelligent guiding it.

[@0Blueaura]

there so much we know yet we don't know about the brain... its incredible stuff@@MatVeiQaaa

[@DoctorProph3t]

Whatever you wanna tell yourself, bud. Or you could embrace that it’s fiction and can’t hurt you.

[@daddyspartanvr]

Man it's a tough one knowing there's still a person in there. However, if you let him live in that Trash Compactor he's left there to suffer for an unknown amount time, conscious of his situation. What happens when someone else other than Larry is walking by and hears something in there that just resembles a human enough that they open it without knowing what they're unleashing. You have to put him too rest; for both him and the safety of others who might stumble by.

[@Skyrionn]

100% agree

[@theunholyadventurer2376]

honestly I would leave him alive just so that the Combine would have to deal with him

[@screamingcactus1753]

@@theunholyadventurer2376 The Combine would probably just throw some more poor schmucks just like Jeff at the problem. They aren't going to waste good soldiers on something that's already mostly contained

[@vincentthe1st]

@@theunholyadventurer2376 pranked

[@Daveaintreal]

​@@vincentthe1stLet's be honest, everyone would pull a prank like that

[@bobthestinky7369]

The body horror of the Half-Life games is so underrated. Genuinely some horrific things done to human bodies in this universe.

[@williammuldrow2165]

To me the thought of getting Eli Vance'd by a Combine Administrator is terrifying. What would it feel like? How long would you feel it? Would you feel it? I wonder sometimes.

[@bobthestinky7369]

@@williammuldrow2165 Getting Advisor tongued looks like a pretty quick death tbh. You get pierced right in the brain.

[@glaggleenphosogarger]

dead space is way worse, i will never recover from it mentally (real)

[@bobthestinky7369]

@@glaggleenphosogarger Dead Space is definitely more in your face but Half-Life has more subtleties. Like the Zombies screaming "oh god help me" when you reverse their audio. Or the fact that dissidents can be turned into a stalker with almost all signs of humanity removed and forced to be slaves for the Combine.

[@pman56789]

Agreed. I think that turning into a Headcrab zombie, a Stalker, or becoming like Jeff have got to be some of the worst fates in any video games.

[@mattstorm360]

I think what happened to Jeff started as an accident and from long term exposure. Short term, you cough a lot when exposed to the spores. Long term... well you got Jeff. My theory is that Jeff was working when an accident occurred. Maybe a walkway collapsed and he fell, or something collapsed and pinned him down. One way or another, his suit got torn and worse he was pinned with coughters. Because the coughters grew on his back I'm going to bet he was laying on his stomach as the transformation took hold. Assumed dead, his co-wokers would likely leave him to be recovered later and in that time the spores were pumped into him and took hold. Eventually on another shift, Jeff was able to get up...

[@Skyrionn]

It does sound like a horror story. The origins of Jeff!

[@anamationmax]

I'm happy HLA introduced and brought back a lot of Xen to the world. It reminds me of the old ideas of the wasteland from the beta of HL2. I hope that we can get more of these environments,

[@Skyrionn]

I loved the Xenian influence too. The Quarantine Zone was an amazing location to explore. I also hope that we see more of this in any future games.

[@drxtale9446]

Poor Jeff indeed. Sad he was just some hazmat guy who got turned into… Whatever he is now…

[@Skyrionn]

Something new. Something awful.

[@Grimpy970]

​@@Skyrionnsomething borrowed and something blue?

[@matthewnardin7304]

​@@Grimpy970something mouthy. something moist.

[@soldiergaming8899]

“Something worse… much uglier.” -SGT Forge upon the shield world on first contact with the flood.

[@Polus-Sulop]

We can Call Jeff's mutation The "Skullation"

[@Cetchupboys]

The choice to either crush him or leave him trapped is really interesting because both options can be chosen out of both a merciful or spiteful motivation

[@BlazingKhioneus]

I dont see any mercy in prolonging jeff's existence. Take one look at him and tell me there is any feasible way to separate him from the tumorous growths he's trapped in. The hypothetical saving Jeff is long gone, not to mention that if you do leave him in there, he festers for over a year before finally being vaporized with the fall of the citadel. Snuffing him out now is the only merciful option.

[@Grimpy970]

I'm very surprised that the combine's hazmat personnel keycard wasn't tied to some biometric lock-out to prevent subects like this from escaping confinement. They're obviously aware that the spores are harmful and infectious, hence the high level hazmat protocol. Having a security lockout is just the 'white-collar' side of such precautions. It seems like an obvious security risk, but then again, hindsight is 20-20. Edit: theres also a 0% chance that alyx would avoid spore inhalation by covering her mouth. The girl is supposed to be smart! Have her rig up some sort of improvised breathing filter! You have to cover your eyes and ears as well, and while most discussions on cbrn dont cover this part, genitalia and sphincters are also another set of orifices that require protective covering. After exposure to something like this youd have to very carefully irrigate your body and discard literally everything you were wearing, including body hair. Otherwise youd be a walking vector for exposure

[@Slop_Dogg]

I think it illustrates how despite the Combine’s overwhelming technological superiority & capable military force, even they struggle to deal with the clusterf*ck that Earth has become. All of the lifeforms that have fled from their homeworld to Xen & now to Earth were never part of the Combine’s plan.

[@StopThisIsBatCountry]

lets assume the spore infection to take effect will take at least a couple of days... then alyx' inner and outer contamination has been neutralized either during the discharges in the vault or when she was transported into g-mans pocket dimension.

[@korstmahler]

and that's saying nothing of Gordon "Oh God where's my helmet" Freeman and his trip to Xen... Earth is fated to a new paradigm of Xenian lifeforms and whatever Earth life survives this new filter.

[@Handle_Space_Goblon]

​@@korstmahlergordon is. Just built different

[@Handle_Space_Goblon]

I'm guessomg because alyx only had limited exposure for a limited time, it didn't affect her as much as jeff who has been workin there for weeks or maybe even months.

[@Maddiedoggie]

I'm genuinely scared of and for Jeff. Poor guy. Honestly, it's best to put the poor beast out of it's misery than to let them continue living as... that...

[@Skyrionn]

That seems to be the general consensus. He was a victim but a victim we had to deal with.

[@megaxlrful]

Even now, more than a year after I finished HL:A, I still feel the intense dread to step into that elevator. Jeff is the best designed enemy we have ever had in the history of videogames.

[@Skyrionn]

100% - I do hope one day, in a new installment, we get to experience something similar again

[@justintime5021]

Dude me too. Absolutely haunting. The bastards that put the button where they did.... I have PTSD now. The only enemy that has really come close is the damn spiders from satisfactory.... That could be a me thing though.

[@lucasrowland7119]

I like how he’s one of the only KZbinrs confident enough to say to dislike the video of there’s something we didn’t like about it. We need more KZbinrs like him.

[@Skyrionn]

I'd rather just have the honesty really. The content isn't going to be for everyone but I always appreciate the view!

[@JimMilton-ej6zi]

That's definitely something I can respect, and just makes me like the video more.

[@Tritonofclansakai2]

​@@SysOpQueenyeah the word KZbinr has been ruined

[@someguycalledCh0wdah]

​@@Skyrionnthat right there definitely convinced me to like and subscribe

[@Jus_Joj]

Most KZbinrs will mention it offhandedly, bluffing hard with the hopes their viewer will not care enough to like or dislike the video. With these videos, I couldn't dislike them if I tried, but based simply off of the way he phrases it, I genuinely feel like he'd take the dislikes as an actual angle of critique and think on what people disliked about it, and work on it better.

[@co-mastah8149]

Other Devs : Give a monster cool and complicated name Valve : His name is Jeff.

[@BioClone]

"Laughts in Nihilanth"

[@buchanro]

I would like to know who's responsible for this incredible character design and how their intensive psychotherapy is going.

[@Skyrionn]

It takes a special person to create something like this

[@djKIR]

Imagine a simular town like Ravenholm with such a variation of zombies, Jeff is reacting with sound, elsewhere maybe some creature reacting with light and you are covered by accident with illuminance spores emited from other Xen species... Or just movement, speed limit while walking.. That makes such a place even it's only a idea a nightmare while Ravenholm looks poor! 😂.

[@Skyrionn]

Ravenholm 2.0

[@Theta90]

Maybe it's just my experiences, but I swear that everybody I know named Jeff/Geoff have experienced significant tragedy or pain... fiction or non alike. Great video, thanks Skyrionn.

[@Skyrionn]

I'd agree. Jeff appears to be synonymous with a great pain. In my experience too.

[@propatch2055]

your videos cured my insomnia. i put them on every time i’m having trouble falling asleep and it works. this one im not gonna sleep to, though, too spooky. but just in time for halloween!

[@Skyrionn]

I think that's a compliment haha. The best spooky video for spooky season. I have another video just like Jeff coming next week too!

[@justStevenYaffe]

I don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but concept artists will often add cheeky speech bubbles to their work as a means to keep their own energy and mood high. These speech bubbles don't necessarily mean anything other than the artist thought it would be funny to add them in real quick.

[@liquidbismuth1044]

Even without that info, concept art by definition doesn’t always reflect the final product.

[@travelandwatchcouple]

I remember back in 2020 when I first encountered Jeff in HL:Alyx. Oh God, let me tell you I was on my knees crawling in my room to get past Jeff. It was the most intense Horror I experienced in my life.

[@Skyrionn]

Same 100% 😂 😂

[@MisterN911]

1:07 this is worse than a weekend at Jeff half-life’s house - Gex

[@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7]

I know the algorithm hasn’t been kind to you lately but seriously don’t let it get you down. Your videos are amazing and the quality is just unsurpassed by anyone else. I don’t say this lightly when I say that I am genuinely excited whenever you post. Keep it up my man and keep the head flying high, love your content as always.

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks Cody. It's fairly random at the moment when it favours a video. This HL and the last HL did super well. The last Doom however just died. I appreciate the support and these do come from a love of the explortation of the lore. There's always more to come!

[@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7]

Yeah it’s so mysterious sometimes man but sure it’s all good people realise how good your content is when we watch a video we get hooked!

[@realsuperSAM]

I wish we had more Half Life lore simply because your videos on it are just so good

[@Skyrionn]

Oh I have so much more content to cover! Thanks for watching

[@realsuperSAM]

@Skyrionn oh dang! You've gone over so many topics with such detail it I'd hard to believe you haven't covered everything

[@nicholastuttle2445]

I love how fleshed out the half life universe is becoming, a horrifying and complex universe.

[@Skyrionn]

Oh it is a terrible place to live in. This is just one of the awful universes I intend to explore. Quake is about to join the party.

[@mightyminotaur5056]

Such a haunting segment. Tyrant-type enemies always hit different

[@jackporter815]

Pls algorithm bless this man his content cant be matched by any others ive watched ❤

[@Skyrionn]

Praise the algorithm!

[@kingofthedrownd5261]

Amen to that

[@mcflurrybutts4927]

I feel like a lot of the Zen Fauna was at one time or another creature. Especially thought of it when you take those exploding eggs from that creature, it shows legitimate sadness. Even the Headcrabs are starting to succumb to it as they grow plates over themselves from the Zen parasites. Considering how many univeses link to Zen, there are likely unlimited victims.

[@CapitalTeeth]

Considering how Jeff's brain fucking split in two and transformed into a mouth, I'm not entirely convinced he's more conscious than a dead person.

[@arandomdragon1534]

I suspect the xeno infection would probably only take hold if someone was sick or otherwise immunocompromised. Alex could probably handle a wiff or two since she's young

[@liubei3058]

Yeah but why risk it?

[@jnev5572]

I always enjoy a good creature feature/body horror. Loved the video, man :)

[@Skyrionn]

Same here! It seems that they're the most popular topics too

[@jnev5572]

@Skyrionn Your narrations are excellent and make it informative and interesting, not just pure nightmare fuel, haha

[@cressrose]

Wonderful video, as always! I enjoy hearing how you present various stories and topics within these games. :) Poor Jeff. :((( It's terrifying to consider that he's fully aware during the infection, especially considering how the inside of the 'flytrap' mouth looks a little bit like the inner part of where the halves of the brain meet each other. Excellent monster design, absolutely terrifying.

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for watching. I appreciate you watching! I really wanted to cover something tragic for Halloween. Jeff is truly what Half-Life is. So many victims have fallen and suffer with similar fates. This is why we need a final game to begin the cleanup to remove The Combine and Xenian flora and fauna from Earth, or at least learn to live and adapt with them.

[@nivlacgaming9211]

Again, thank you for keeping up with the informative n fun content. Keep up the great work! Got my subscription!

[@CHEESEisBURNT]

Looking at Jeff gives endless ideas for creatures from the Half Life universe that can be made and I really want to see more like it

[@adityajoglekar7873]

It's always a Jeff that gets the worst form of luck possible

[@djradecki]

Alyx comment says it all - "I Hate you Jeff". Chapter with Jeff is a masterpiece. I don't remember when or if i ever was scared that much while playing a videogame. Adrenaline took over - I pushed a button without thinking about it, and two levels later i realized that i could leave Jeff alive. As always Skyrionn - respect for this awesome material!

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for watching. As a Half-Life fan, I always thought that it would take a lot to top the experience of Ravenholm. With Jeff, Valve managed to do it. Amazing game design.

[@djradecki]

@@Skyrionn Yes Ravenholm is another great example but it didn't scared me as much like zombies from Thief series. But Jeff has surpassed them - I literally shouted when he got me one time😱

[@origami83]

Iam impressed by how you can keep making interesting videos about half-life. I would think that at some point every topic is covered.

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Thank you for this I could never ever get enough lore of the universes I love. is a love of the classics man

[@boney2982]

The amount of effort put into these videos keeps me coming back every week and I can’t believe I’d overlooked these in my recommended for so long too. I pray to the almighty google gods to allow the KZbin algorithm to once again bless this individual

[@Skyrionn]

This is the best comment I've seen today. Thanks for coming back weekly. The algo Gods are kind today. I hope it continues!

[@boney2982]

@@Skyrionn honestly if I had the money I’d be supporting you on patreon but I’m still trying to do my part helping the channel even if it’s a tiny boost

[@DatDarnSpaceCat]

Lovely video as always, tbh up until now i had no idea the mod is already out, so, thanks!

[@Skyrionn]

It's an incredible mod. I've linked it in the description :)

[@mtfepsilon1123]

You're one of the best youtuber out there making videos about lore, half life 2 is pretty underrated and you're bringing alot of nice details to life keep going!

[@Skyrionn]

Wow, thanks! That's super kind of you to say. Thanks for watching

[@daiyahigashikata]

half life? underrated?? bruhh

[@bobsmith2442]

Thank you so much for these videos! I really appreciate them!

[@Skyrionn]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching them!

[@Lizardmium]

I fell in love with this series. Binge watched old episodes today. Nice to see new one appeared 😊

[@Skyrionn]

Every couple of weeks or so :) Thanks for the support!

[@astromaniac2889]

Great video❤ I love your narrations and lore videos.

[@Skyrionn]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoy them.

[@BooperTee]

I always look forward to seeing a new upload from this channel.

[@Skyrionn]

That's very kind. I appreciate you watching them!

[@timothyleplayer]

man it's been like a year since i last watched one of these videos, and im so glad i came back (im pretty sure i watched when the channel had a few thousand subscribers) anyways when i first encountered Jeff I LITERALLY did not understand anything besides that he was an alien (mainly because i was just too horrified) and this video like gave me a FULL understanding of Jeff

[@Dumbmonke699]

Hey skyrion keep up with the content .your vids are great for the background when im doing homework,🙂

[@Skyrionn]

Glad you like them!

[@fatebringer6316]

Show jeff mercy please. He deserves a rest :(

[@Skyrionn]

100%

[@DarkISO25]

kinda wish there was a different way to kill him if you wanted to show mercy and end him quick and painless. a compactor doesnt seem quick or painless. tho perfect if you wanted revenge.

[@kierranbrooks7306]

I mean can you REALT be truly cruel to a creature who's conscious brain has been ripped in half to make room for a mouth? It feels like saying frying a mushroom is torture for fungi.

[@tp6335]

Thanks, cool video and cool mod showcase

[@gibusgaming5866]

Another fantastic video man

[@l0rf]

The world of Half Life is utterly horrifying and yet so fascinating.

[@Gmodbig123]

Keep up the great content bro!!!

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks! Will do!

[@Gmodbig123]

Yoo you responded thanks man! i love your content@@Skyrionn

[@tejaswisingh5853]

Thank you for the subtitles

[@rabbitskywalk3r]

I just played through black mesa and I really enjoy your videos.they provide such a deep look into the Half Life universe.

[@Skyrionn]

I appreciate the support. Now it's time for you to move onto Half-Life 2

[@Lauen]

what a fantastic deep dive on Jeff and the level! I put Jeff out of his misery, poor guy.

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for watching! Putting Jeff out of his misery is just the kind thing to do.

[@iliapachulia9012]

Honestly in that position I would believe that death is a mercy

[@XJ0461C]

Great analysis! I truly appreciate folks like you who help keep this fandom alive. I too feel sorry for Jeff and would rather he be put out of his misery.

[@jackserverman882]

Amazing video!

[@Glow_3D]

I like to think of xenian infestation as a sort of intelligent species that span several different subspecies. They rapidly evolve to adapt to environments to maximize spread. So sort of like an intelligent cancerous growth. This means that a lot of the fauna and flora seen would be unique to its environment, like Jeff. I'd also like to think that some species such as the headcrab are evolved from the xen species.

[@SirDankington]

Jeff makes me hopeful we might see more weird Xenian mutants in future installments of Half Life (Let me dream, alright.)

[@Skyrionn]

Half-Life: Alyx was a nice surprise. I hope we get another one!

[@RiddleMaster_ROBLOX]

@@Skyrionn hopefully we will get a sequel to HL2EP2 tho

[@freackedman4153]

"Sure thing grandpa, lets get you to bed .... "

[@Real_Gordon_Freeman]

​​@@freackedman4153well sucks on you, i am 14 years old because of 2008 i still can get to see another installment.

[@spoobspoob2270]

super well made, and very captivating!

[@Skyrionn]

Thank you so much!

[@natecolbert7782]

Thank you for the continued content♡

[@Skyrionn]

Thank you for watching them all!

[@CucumberCatLOL]

I honestly cried watching this video. Jeff deserved better 😢 #justiceforjeff

[@matt25675]

That’s kind of weird ngl

[@elainebenes7971]

I need to replay this game.

[@Skyrionn]

100%

[@OceanWattson]

here to help with the algorithm! keep up the good work, man!

[@Skyrionn]

The best kind of help! Thanks for watching!

[@krush454]

Love the video so much!! Keep it up

[@Skyrionn]

Thank you! Will do!

[@a_creatorsstuff17]

8:44 Ironicly, that would actualy be the least painfull, not only cuz he was already ibfected, probably disabling pain sensors, but most importantly: The brain lacks pain receptors, if you get an axe to the head, you may feel disconfort and wet dripping from your hair, but you got no idea its that severe, its surpriaingly comon for ppl to get stuff stabbed on their skull and yhey dont notice till someone points it out or see it

[@Skyrionn]

That makes this somewhat more comforting. Still horrendous though!

[@jackdaniels5071]

I honestly think jeff was dead by the late stages of his transformation. I think it's just the xenian life that just pilots the dead body. I'd compare jeff to a wild animal, rather than someone at all conscious

[@jennysaymow7886]

This was the most stressful part of half life alyx

[@Skyrionn]

100%

[@FlamingRobzilla]

Thanks for enriching my knowledge of the great game. The more I understand the lore, the more I enjoy playing.

[@simonlewis3685]

Thank you for this video!

[@Skyrionn]

Thank you for watching them

[@WolfStJohn]

Truly a fate worse than jeff 😞

[@pyrofromtf2]

Make a video about Pyro from TF2 next.

[@Skyrionn]

It's on the list!

[@pyrofromtf2]

@@Skyrionn yes! And thanks for the fast reply. Also, I'm the real Pyro.

[@LiarJudas666]

i don’t think i’ve ever heard of this character, wow! thanks for the video

[@totallyrandom8779]

JEFF

[@johnroboeye7309]

I always thought of half-life 2 mods as combine experimenting with multiverse, a practice of taking over a planet with sentient life. So they could conquere planets in most practical manner.

[@zederpwolf671]

I only just recently completed the entire half life franchise (long overdue, had index for years) the jeff chapter was truly an incredible experience and Half Life Alyx as a whole is what a true vr experience should be like. Rip Jeff, you didn't deserve your fate

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Excellent video!

[@mouful64]

Pretty sure it’s quite unlikely the original human host is conscious in any way unless it was before his skull split open. Wouldn’t make much sense if any of the original brain was preserved and somehow moved down into the chest considering there wouldn’t be a reason for it. I assume the concept art quote was just a sort of dark joke by the artist.

[@Ima_Tron]

It's rare that I experience a game where I feel like the experience was improved by a developer trying to be the biggest @$$whole possible, plotting my personal doom like a smiling dungeon master without making the game outright impossible to beat. The Jeff section in Half Life Alyx was one of these rare games. It's been a while since I played this one, though I'm certain I looked up at the ceiling and shouted "YOU SON OF A B***H!" at this developer when I realized I had to open the door I had just trapped Jeff inside. I may have been laughing when I did it, I may have placed the word "GLORIOUS" between YOU and SON, but I can't remember for sure.

[@scanerang]

A similar moment I had was with one of the drawers. If opened, a bottle will fall and make noise, so you need to be quick to catch it

[@SilentForrest-he4qj]

Oh hey, it's you being amazing again! Thanks for your amazing content

[@TheIrishTexan]

Ya know, it might be a very strange request, a very niche and obscure series/universe to talk about, but... I'd love if you could make videos about the world of Crimson Skies. I feel like that setting should get some love and modern attention, lot of people don't know about it and the setting is a super interesting alternate history.

[@wolfgangvan-uber6515]

This begs the question: Is there a fate worse than Jeff?

[@jackcausey1449]

I hope not but this is half life we’re talking about

[@criminal7592]

Being turned into a stalker but they fuck it up so you're just in pain constantly

[@Skyrionn]

New title for a video. A fate worse than Jeff.

[@criminal7592]

@@Skyrionn hello funny half life lore dude

[@AVeryOldLady4397]

Half life lore is so neat because theres no definitive rulers. Its just slaves making more slaves, with no real visable master

[@draak4066]

good job as always :D

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks 😋

[@birdmanplus3183]

im not super into fallout but you did a really good job explaining the world building and helped me understand the impact of this more!

[@daiyahigashikata]

fallout??

[@liamwaddleton]

his name Jeff (low effort joke I know but I didn't see anyone making it in the comments)

[@Skyrionn]

Joke that went wayyy over my head

[@ServeraServera0]

Wanted to make the same joke Guess I was too late

[@acaribouintheattic8345]

He has a nice Jeffussy on his head tho 😳

[@gruffcube]

Ok hear me out...

[@fontorax]

Keep up the great content 👍

[@Skyrionn]

Will do!

[@OfficerWolfy-]

So if Jeff was an unfortunate human being and concept art was combine soldiers? what if there was a place on earth hidden where dozens of soldiers and synthetics got infected, turning them into there own abominations? If the xenian fauna could do something like that, just imagine what it can do to a strider, or a hunter, maybe something else, like combining with other xen creatures like the bullsquid or hound eye Also I kept Jeff alive because I felt bad, I feel like he is just his own thing, a newly creature confused and agro, so when I opened the hole of the antlion cave, I opened up the trash compactor to let Jeff release himself to be free, roam the wasteland, get captured and documented by the combine, or maybe even live peacefully, roaming blind.

[@tutchando1840]

Half Life has such a depressing, yet hopeful story, that it's crazy how Valve managed to pull that off.

[@Skyrionn]

Nothing was hopeful for Jeff.

[@tutchando1840]

@@Skyrionn Unfortunaly there wasn't.

[@thegodmousegaming8602]

Another excellent deep dive!

[@Skyrionn]

Another excellent comment

[@luminen4051]

Please keep making these

[@Skyrionn]

I'll do my best!

[@kydiasan21]

The sign at 4:44 looks like a man going \o/ and I can’t unsee it.

[@Fueledmanstan]

Due to the combines behaviour if human Jeff didn’t want to go into golden lion he most likely would have been killed by the combine. A damned if you do damned if you don’t situation.

[@Skyrionn]

A horrible position to be in. I'd rather just die tbh

[@SM1777Y]

This was my favourite level in the game. I hope a new game in the half-life series comes out soon

[@thefrogthatknows5251]

I won't lie, it took him pointing out his face for me to realize that his head was split in two. I didn't even notice his vestigial face...

[@haroldthekek9229]

Always happy to watch more lore.

[@Skyrionn]

There's always more to come!

[@robperin5365]

Jeff had me so scared, that I would actually hold my breath when playing it. The immersion of VR, and the Jeff chapter work awesome together