HALF LIFE 2 VR BUT THE AI IS SELF AWARE ⟡ trailer : link back for edits & stimboards : part 1 / 2 / 3

"is he even alive...?" (he is)

up ahead, chell saw a distinctive figure. upon closer inspection she could see an arm, and what seems to be a helmet. another human! but she couldn't figure if the person was still breathing, as they laid motionless on the ground. looking around, chell grabbed the first stick she saw. hastily, she crept up toward the body, situating herself a few inches away from it, just close enough to poke the helmet. "s-stop it, go away, you mutt!" the human warned, thrashing around their arms as if to defend themself. when chell stopped with her poking, the human stiffened, then resumed their slumber.

Been playing Stardew Valley lately

They all love Joja cola

We get it 3650 u can contort ur legs enough to kick up to the sky or inside cramped vents, the combines NOT impressed 😭😭😭😭

teehee i have a Half life oc now and you all have to suffer the consequences of this.

anyways his name is Brutus, as named by the other half life oc im yet to finish drawing. i feel a bit shy about sharing my characters and my ideas so please be nice to me. im not gonna explain anything rn, but feel free to ask about him :D

Since you drew Alyx, how about a combine soldier?

Absolutely ^^ Here's what I came up with! I had a lot of fun with this one!

I hope you like it :)

Suggestions, tips, and requests are welcome!!! I don't do any NSFW but I'll create for any fandom. Feel free to use this for something if you want. A like, reblog, or follow if you do would be appreciated!

~ Parker

An old Half-Life OC that goes by CE0501E. First-gen transhuman that is too obsolete to have his memories cleaned out. Hobbies include staying at worst outposts in the middle of nowhere and being dead inside.

Cremator fan art.

Im crazy and i had to figure out how the fuck his armor works because i found out today I've been drawing it wrong for 3 year and i couldn't take it anymore

(Screenshots of dialogue from this video since I don't own the equipment to play Alyx myself) Something I find so so interesting about Half Life Alyx's combine grunts is that they're not just humanized for the sake of adding more humor to enemy encounters. They're basically prototypes, and if you pause to pay attention to their idle chatter you may catch them updating their mental reprogramming in real time. Lower units are actively pressured by their superiors into basically wiping unneeded memories out of themselves as if it's garbage data. I'm wondering if Combine Soldiers feel any sort of fear when they go through this? Do they hold on to the remnants of humanity the Universal Union hadn't stripped away yet? Do they feel the urge to defect in these moments? How many of them acted on that urge? Unlike Half Life 2's Combine Units, a lot of these are still people, they have yet to be turned into mindless war machines - but they're getting there. A lot of them were probably fed an entirely different idea of what it'd be like to serve under the Union, and now the truth is staring them right in the face and demanding them to give up their memories. Home? Useless. Loved ones? Unneeded. We need to make room in that cranium of yours for more battle tactics, and these have got to go! [De-masked Combine Grunt up ahead, quite gory.] ... ... ... ...

I'm assuming a lot of these people were ex-metrocops, and this is the Universal Union's exact idea of "moving up the ladder". Imagine being told you're getting a promotion, and next thing you know you get fuckin' sedated on the spot, and once you wake you've had your skin grafted to a suit and your head entombed in armor plating, the eyes scooped out to make room for fancy new optics. They've already mutilated your body but now they're cordially asking for your consent to mutilate your mind aswell. Cognitive dissonance will not be tolerated. Update is live, acceptance is mandatory.

posted this on twitter a while ago... i need to start posting here more. it's kinda crappy but this is literally the first art i've posted online LMAO i might be getting an ipad soon so i'll probably post more art then 🙏🙏🙏

HALF LIFE 2 VR BUT THE AI IS SELF AWARE ⟡ trailer : link back for edits & stimboards : part 1 / 2 / 3

it's a long story on which i will not elaborate

Combine Exchange Program, ep 11, page 39

My favourite comic ever

Doodles

While getting ready to record my next ambient video for this mod, I found someone who shouldn't be in the game. This combine soldier was peeking at me from inside the wall in this ice cave. He wasn't attacking, but was definitely tracking my movement.

I'm curious why this guy was inside the wall! Perhaps a mistake of the mapper or used as part of a scripted event in the game, not meant to be seen by the player?