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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 43 points 8 months ago (4 children)

If you zoom in it mentions the Combine, so I assume this is from Half Life

[–] Neato@kbin.social 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah. That's definitely Dr. Breen in the bottom left image.

[–] gwheel@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago

You can find this newspaper in Half Life Alyx, specifically

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago

It is. The scientist that it's talking about is the overseer guy in half life 2.

[–] RTRedreovic@feddit.ch 7 points 8 months ago

It is. Been a few years since I played the series but I immediately recognized that it is from HL.

[–] germtm_@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago

The Seven Hour War and it's unforeseen consequences have been disatrous for the whole human race.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Just realized all the food items that the combine provides in half life Alex is water flavored. Honestly that just makes the line "sometimes I dream about cheese". Just sad honestly. Like all these people have to eat is from I can tell is water flavored crackers. It's quite surprising humans are fighting for freedom instead of killing themselves with how they really ligit don't have any creature comforts at all. Life under the combine really is just soo miserable that anything that has flavor is just a far off dream. You are alone repressed and in constant fear of getting arrested with nothing to comfort you at all.

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 33 points 8 months ago

The food tastes like water, and the water makes you forget. The suppression field makes reproduction impossible, adults who don’t collaborate but behave are corralled into ghettos, or get turned into inhuman cyborgs for lashing out, while the combine strip the planet of useful biomass and minerals.

The tone in HL2 was seriously dark if you paid attention

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's pretty cool. Like the water flavor is the Combines version of pet food.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Probably more closer to pig slop but on the other hand I doubt these crackers are made of leftovers the combine advisers didn't eat.

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

Generously provided by our benefactors

[–] spacesweedkid27@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Have to replay the whole saga

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Look at me, still talking when there's science to do

When I look out there, it makes me GLaD I'm not you

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

About that beer I owe ya

[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 6 points 8 months ago

Half Life is literally the best game I've ever played

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

It's about time we won this whole climate war nonsense.

[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

The earth won’t surrender, humans will eventually have to…

[–] GreyFalcon@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 8 months ago