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Locations of Half-Life

Index Locations of Half-Life

The '''''Half-Life''''' video game series features many locations set in a dystopian future stemming from the events of the first game, ''Half-Life''. [1]

87 relations: Alyx Vance, Arctic, Area 51, Artificial intelligence, Asteroid, Black operation, Characters of Half-Life, Chell (Portal), Chemical waste, Combine (Half-Life), Computer and Video Games, Cyborg, Cyrillic script, Dark energy, Dodge Charger (B-body), Dune buggy, Dystopia, Eastern Europe, Eastern Orthodox church architecture, Federal government of the United States, Fumito Ueda, G-Man (Half-Life), Gamasutra, Game Informer, GameSpot, GLaDOS, Gordon Freeman, Half-Life (series), Half-Life (video game), Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life: Decay, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Headcrab, High-dynamic-range rendering, Hydroelectricity, Ico, IGN, Intercontinental ballistic missile, Interrogation, Lego Dimensions, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mass spectrometry, Minimally invasive procedures, Missile launch facility, Modern architecture, Multiverse, ..., Nebula, Neoclassicism, Neurotoxin, New Mexico, New Mexico State Road 502, Nuclear weapon, PC Zone, Police brutality, Portal (video game), Portal 2, Portals in fiction, Research vessel, Salt mining, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories, Science fiction, Shadow of the Colossus, Shaft mining, Source (game engine), Soviet Union, Spacetime, Survival horror, Teleportation, Tenement, The Island (2005 film), Tram, United States Armed Forces, United States Marine Corps, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Urban decay, Valve Corporation, Video game, Vortigaunt, Waste management, Wheatley (Portal), World War II, 1UP.com. Expand index (37 more) »

Alyx Vance

Alyx Vance is a non-player character in Valve's 2004 first-person shooter video game Half-Life 2, and its following episodes Half-Life 2: Episode One and Episode Two.

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Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

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Area 51

The United States Air Force facility commonly known as Area 51 is a highly classified remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base, within the Nevada Test and Training Range.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI, also machine intelligence, MI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals.

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Asteroid

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.

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Black operation

A black operation (or black ops) is a covert operation by a government, a government agency, or a military organization.

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Characters of Half-Life

This is a list of characters in the Half-Life video game series, which comprises Half-Life, Half-Life 2 and their respective expansion packs and episodes.

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Chell (Portal)

Chell is the silent protagonist in the ''Portal'' video game series developed by Valve Corporation.

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Chemical waste

Chemical waste is a waste that is made from harmful chemicals (mostly produced by large factories).

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Combine (Half-Life)

The Combine is a multidimensional empire which serves as the primary antagonistic force in the video game Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Corporation.

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Computer and Video Games

Computer and Video Games (CVG, C&VG or C+VG) was a UK-based video game magazine, published in its original form between 1981 and 2004.

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Cyborg

A cyborg (short for "'''cyb'''ernetic '''org'''anism") is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.

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Cyrillic script

The Cyrillic script is a writing system used for various alphabets across Eurasia (particularity in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and North Asia).

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Dark energy

In physical cosmology and astronomy, dark energy is an unknown form of energy which is hypothesized to permeate all of space, tending to accelerate the expansion of the universe.

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Dodge Charger (B-body)

The Dodge Charger (B-body) is a mid-size automobile that was produced by Dodge from 1966 to 1978, and was based on the Chrysler B platform.

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Dune buggy

A dune buggy — also known as a beach buggy — is a recreational motor vehicle with large wheels, and wide tires, designed for use on sand dunes, beaches, or desert recreation.

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Dystopia

A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- "bad" and τόπος "place"; alternatively, cacotopia,Cacotopia (from κακός kakos "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 19th century works kakotopia, or simply anti-utopia) is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening.

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is the eastern part of the European continent.

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Eastern Orthodox church architecture

Eastern Orthodox church architecture constitutes a distinct, recognizable family of styles among church architectures.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.

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Fumito Ueda

is a Japanese video game designer.

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G-Man (Half-Life)

The G-Man, voiced by Michael Shapiro, is a mysterious recurring character in the Half-Life series of first-person shooter video games.

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Gamasutra

Gamasutra is a website founded in 1997 that focuses on all aspects of video game development.

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Game Informer

Game Informer (GI) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles.

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GameSpot

GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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GLaDOS

GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is a fictional artificially intelligent computer system from the video game series Portal.

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Gordon Freeman

Gordon Freeman is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Half-Life video game series, created by Gabe Newell and designed by Newell and Marc Laidlaw of Valve Corporation.

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Half-Life (series)

Half-Life (stylized HλLF-LIFE) is a series of first-person shooter games developed and published by Valve.

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Half-Life (video game)

Half-Life (stylized as HλLF-LIFE) is a science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Valve and published by Sierra Studios for Microsoft Windows in 1998.

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Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2 (stylized as HλLF-LIFE2) is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Valve Corporation.

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Half-Life 2: Episode One

Half-Life 2: Episode One (stylized as HλLF-LIFE2: EPISODE ONE) is a first-person shooter video game, the first in a series of episodes that serve as the sequel to the 2004 Half-Life 2.

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Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Half-Life 2: Episode Two (stylized as HλLF-LIFE2: EPISODE TWO) is a first-person shooter video game, the second in a series of episodic sequels to the 2004 Half-Life 2.

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Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (stylized as HλLF-LIFE2: LOST COAST) is an additional level for the 2004 first-person shooter video game Half-Life 2.

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Half-Life: Blue Shift

Half-Life: Blue Shift is an expansion pack for Valve Software's science fiction first-person shooter video game Half-Life.

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Half-Life: Decay

Half-Life: Decay is a multiplayer-only expansion pack for Valve Software's first-person shooter Half-Life.

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Half-Life: Opposing Force

Half-Life: Opposing Force is an expansion pack for Valve Software's science fiction first-person shooter video game Half-Life.

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Headcrab

A headcrab is a fictional alien parasitoid found in the Half-Life video game series created by Valve Software.

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High-dynamic-range rendering

High-dynamic-range rendering (HDRR or HDR rendering), also known as high-dynamic-range lighting, is the rendering of computer graphics scenes by using lighting calculations done in high dynamic range (HDR).

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.

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Ico

is an action-adventure game developed by SCE Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, released for the PlayStation 2 video game console in 2001 and 2002 in various regions.

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IGN

IGN (formerly Imagine Games Network) is an American video game and entertainment media company operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis wholly owned by j2 Global.

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Intercontinental ballistic missile

An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a guided ballistic missile with a minimum range of primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads).

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Interrogation

Interrogation (also called questioning) is interviewing as commonly employed by law enforcement officers, military personnel, and intelligence agencies with the goal of eliciting useful information.

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Lego Dimensions

Lego Dimensions is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox One and Xbox 360.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos or LANL for short) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory initially organized during World War II for the design of nuclear weapons as part of the Manhattan Project.

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Mass spectrometry

Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that ionizes chemical species and sorts the ions based on their mass-to-charge ratio.

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Minimally invasive procedures

Minimally invasive procedures (also known as minimally invasive surgeries) encompass surgical techniques that limit the size of incisions needed and so lessen wound healing time, associated pain and risk of infection.

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Missile launch facility

A missile launch facility, also known as an underground missile silo, launch facility (LF), or nuclear silo, is a vertical cylindrical structure constructed underground, for the storage and launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture or modernist architecture is a term applied to a group of styles of architecture which emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II.

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Multiverse

The multiverse (or meta-universe) is a hypothetical group of multiple separate universes including the universe in which humans live.

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Nebula

A nebula (Latin for "cloud" or "fog"; pl. nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.

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Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism (from Greek νέος nèos, "new" and Latin classicus, "of the highest rank") is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of classical antiquity.

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Neurotoxin

Neurotoxins are toxins that are poisonous or destructive to nerve tissue (causing neurotoxicity).

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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New Mexico State Road 502

New Mexico State Road 502 is a state highway in New Mexico, United States of America.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).

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PC Zone

PC Zone, founded in 1993, was the first magazine dedicated to games for IBM-compatible personal computers to be published in the United Kingdom.

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Police brutality

Police brutality is one of several forms of police misconduct which involves undue violence by police members.

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Portal (video game)

Portal is a puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation.

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Portal 2

Portal 2 is a first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation.

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Portals in fiction

The word "portal" in science fiction and fantasy generally refers to a technological or magical doorway that connects two distant locations separated by spacetime.

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Research vessel

A research vessel (RV or R/V) is a ship or boat designed, modified, or equipped to carry out research at sea.

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Salt mining

A salt mine is a mine from which halite, commonly known as rock salt, is extracted from evaporite formations.

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San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

San Ildefonso Pueblo (Tewa: P'ohwhóge Owingeh "where the water cuts through") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, and a federally recognized tribe, established c. 1300 C.E. The Pueblo is self-governing and is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Sandia National Laboratories

The Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), managed and operated by the National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia (a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International), is one of three National Nuclear Security Administration research and development laboratories.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

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Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus, released in Japan as Wander and the Colossus, is an action-adventure game developed by SCE Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2.

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Shaft mining

Shaft mining or shaft sinking is excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom.

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Source (game engine)

Source is a 3D video game engine developed by Valve Corporation.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Spacetime

In physics, spacetime is any mathematical model that fuses the three dimensions of space and the one dimension of time into a single four-dimensional continuum.

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Survival horror

Survival horror is a subgenre of video games inspired by horror fiction that focuses on survival of the character as the game tries to frighten players with either horror graphics or scary ambience.

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Teleportation

Teleportation is the theoretical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them.

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Tenement

A tenement is a multi-occupancy building of any sort.

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The Island (2005 film)

The Island is a 2005 American science fiction thriller film directed and co-produced by Michael Bay.

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Tram

A tram (also tramcar; and in North America streetcar, trolley or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tramway tracks along public urban streets, and also sometimes on a segregated right of way.

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United States Armed Forces

The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States of America.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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Upper Peninsula of Michigan

The Upper Peninsula (UP), also known as Upper Michigan, is the northern of the two major peninsulas that make up the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Urban decay

Urban decay (also known as urban rot and urban blight) is the process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude.

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Valve Corporation

Valve Corporation is an American video game developer and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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Vortigaunt

Vortigaunts are a fictional extra-dimensional species in the ''Half-Life'' series of video games by Valve Corporation.

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Waste management

Waste management or waste disposal are all the activities and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.

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Wheatley (Portal)

Wheatley is a fictional artificial intelligence from the Portal franchise first introduced in the 2011 video game Portal 2.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1UP.com

1UP.com was an American entertainment website that focused on video games.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_of_Half-Life

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