A tiny baby Gearbox, a decade ago in 1999, worked on its alternative perspective of Valve's seminal shooter. It's even strangerer to think they weren't made by Valve. ![]() It's strange to remember that Half-Life deviated off into two semi-sequel expansions before it reached Half-Life 2. Has there ever been a central character for a game who sounds more like a geography supply teacher? Which is why we should celebrate the hero at the centre of Opposing Force. Even Half-Life's Gordon only keeps the nerd up for his first name, the surname sinking into the cliché of Freeman. ![]() Pick up a random shooter and you're bound to find yourself in control of someone called something like Dirk Death, or Rick Giantballs. ![]() ![]() There are definitely too many corny names for heroes in videogames.
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