Well believe it or not, I was hoping to have this video done mid-Sunday instead of right before Christmas. I’m afraid this video isn’t really related to Christmas, it’s just a coincidence with the timing. This episode turned out especially long, but that’s because there was a lot I wanted to cover about this game. This game is damn unique, I haven’t seen anything like it since. While it has enough problems with it that I wouldn’t actually recommend it to anyone, if you’ve ever been disappointed how formulaic many games can get, this is the clear other end of the spectrum and is more memorable for me than the vast majority of other games I’ve played. I knew when I started RGD I’d definitely want to cover this game. The Voyager satellite has a plate with engravings on it to give a representation of humanity to potential alien life. I think if we gave a copy of Eternam to aliens, they would learn everything they need to know about humanity.

Here’s the latest Freeman’s Mind. I think this episode may set the record for the number of times Freeman has gone in and out of the water. There were sections of this level I didn’t even remember, but I’ve actually only played through Half-Life twice before, and it was many years ago. From this point on, all I really remember up until Xen are swimming near a nuclear reactor, revolving teleporters, more scientists, and the teleportation chamber. I guess if you haven’t played the game that’s a bit of a spoiler, but I think the secret on that may be out by now.

I don’t know if I’ll get to another Freeman’s Mind this month or not, but I have at least two more Game Dungeon episodes planned, so more videos are coming!

I just wanted to let people know I was originally planning on releasing the next Freeman’s Mind today, the dialogue is done, but I’m still waiting on getting an audio track back, so I’ll just keep working on the next video instead, which will be another Game Dungeon episode. If I finish it before I get the next FM audio track, I may release it out of order than I originally planned. Either way, I can safely say to expect at least 3 videos this month, maybe an additional one if I’m lucky. As a warning though, I don’t have any Christmas videos planned, I wasn’t really ready for one, but hopefully I can have something like that next year. Anyway, more stuff coming!

Hey everyone, here’s an update you probably weren’t expecting. I normally try not to have endorsements for other videos on this site unless it’s something I’m involved in as requests for that can get out hand fast. Well I’m making an exception to this rule because my girlfriend has made some videos of her own and wanted me to promote them, so that mean it’s pretty much federal law that I have to endorse them. So behold, Magda Conquers Black Mesa:

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

This is essentially “Freeman’s Mind”, except in the Black Mesa mod with her expressing her own thoughts. I’ve received several questions from people asking before if I plan to redo Freeman’s Mind in the Black Mesa mod. I do not plan to, so this is as about as close as you’re going to get from me, except it’s not me. I had no involvement in the creation of this, this was entirely my girlfriend’s initiative. All I did was show her how to do basic recording and editing.

I enjoyed the first episode, although my biggest criticism about her videos is her mouse movements are quite twitchy, so it may make you a bit motion sick watching it in full screen. Also I’d like to emphasize that while I am happy to give her free publicity on her videos and enjoy parts of them, I am playing Pontius Pilot and washing my hands of the matter regarding feedback on them. If you have compliments, criticisms, or requests for them, go ahead and post them here, or better yet, on her Youtube channel , but I’m not getting involved beyond this (admins will still ban anything that’s not civil however). This is so I don’t have to defend her videos against every potential criticism made on the internet. I would set my modem on fire before doing that.

Also it’s worth mentioning that you may notice Magda has a non-American accent. This is because she is Polish. By extension, I have also been in Poland for a while now, although I was back in the USA during the summer last year when I had the meet-up. I originally made an announcement about this on April Fool’s Day a while back to create some ambiguity however. Some people are still confused about that, so this is a good a time as any to set the record straight, I am actually in Poland. I fell for the attractive-intelligent-woman-throwing-herself-at-you trick. Even James Bond falls for that one. And really, I think the best April Fool’s Day jokes are the ones that cause doubt not just on April Fool’s Date, but even years afterwards.

Anyway, more work is being done on my videos as well, expect more this month!

P.S. Magda says subscribe to her channel!

 

ADHD version: Ross’s girlfriend made some Freeman’s Mind-esque videos! Ross is in Poland!

Well this took longer than I expected, mostly due to paperwork not related to the video, then me getting sick. I still am sick, so all videos are unfortunately on hold until I get better. Once I am better, I plan to keep coming out with more all through December. I don’t have a lot else to say because I’m sick. It fills my thoughts mostly with “blaaaaaaaah” and want to roll on the floor like a dog.