It's clear: Mr. Newell is stooping to observe these inferior people so he can optimise his gaming environment for deaf players; ignoring the whole time that those might be actual people who who might have a charge card ready in their pockets to buy games!!! In short, he's barely even trying to hide his condescending contempt for this "process"; or, he's such a powerful gaming executive that he's only moments from having to hop on a waiting chopper to get him to his next meeting. You decide...
@studioCR2 there was an idea i heard around HL2 time that they were going to have you controling npc's/ giving them orders with sign as freeman does not say anything. And after watching this im thinking the rumour was true after all.
@Medevila then they tell her that which phrase("hearing impaired" or "deaf") is an insult depends on the person lol. Ive never encountered the issue personally but wow having to guess that is... unfortunate
@Callanizy, I'm wondering where you heard that theory...As far as I've heard, Alyx was the daughter of another character who was eventually merged with the character of Eli, according to the Raising the Bar Prima book...Somewhere I read one of the developers saying that the baby in the picture in Gordon's locker isn't confirmed but may be a niece or something.
Chronologically there is a gap but biologically it isn't that much, since Gordon was basically "preserved" like Fry in Futurama, haha...
There is a rumor that Alyx had a crush on a Deaf Rebel soldier and she tought Dog to communicate this way.
Soo we are gonna see a romance-rival in Episode 3 >_> I bet near the end , that guy will sacrifice himself and Alyx will be all '' I am touched , he is soo selfless '' and G-man gonna man-handle Gordon again ....
At least after what happened to Eli , Alyx will be more upset . Come on , gimme some Alyx / Gordon kissy moment :D
@BlueWoWTaylan When gordon was working at black mesa you found a baby picture of Alyx in his locker. Alyx was originally meant to be his daughter, so the age gap between them is probably not the best for a romance...
The counselor on a deaf community Deafornot dot c om said that "People who may be defined as clinically deaf (unable to hear spoken language) may or may not be members of the Deaf community."
It'd be easy enough to add important dialogue in dynamic text boxes on a screen, like for say in l4d when something is being pointed out to you, it has a text box hovering over the important details, and it anchors to the side of the screen if it is too far off to the side to be seen.
But then there's the problem of visual clutter. I'm sure Gabe could solve it. He can solve anything :D
@Blurns Dog does have some characteristics that come off as facial emotion, depending on how his flaps move. I can't think of many signs that require more than three fingers to understand besides numbers or letters, other than that they could have Dog make the basic shapes. They could possibly base his signing off how a gorilla or monkey signs.
Half-life is what makes Valve THE, best game producer of all time. Even though i love the warcraft universe, blizzard bacame a money-whore....wich will lead to it's downfall...
Blizzard could have become Valve's nr1 rival to the "title" best game producer, but nooo, 200mil$/month wasn't enough for them.
I am aware that i'm comparing two completly different game developers, but i'm talking about popularity.
Hands down to Valve and to those devoted people for puting love and care into it's games.
@grievous056 He does, though he only has two plus a thumb on each hand. It's possible he's been modified since. Or was using a modified sign language... actually, I wouldn't be /too/ surprised to learn there are already modifications for at least mostly intelligible signing with missing fingers, it's a fairly common injury.
so hl2 ep 3 is gonna be a love story ??? with all the respect to def people i think it would be kinda random to see hand sign language in an AWESOME GAME LIKE HALF LIFE , HELL YA
I think Gordon should stay with Alyx because:Gordon saved her many times,saved her from death after the hunter incident,and many more,so it will be retarded to somebody come and take his girl,It will be also nice from Valve to introduce a happy ending(Combines dead,Gordon free from the Gman,Gordon+Alyx=Love)
it would be cool to have alyx learn sighn language. there could be a scene where Gordon, alyx, and DOG were captured and alyx uses that language to tell dog to kill the combine or something...
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I am not against deaf people but it would be LAME AND STUPID to put a deaf character and plus Alyx's boyfriend....Gordon & Alyx 4ever hehe ;P....can't wait for HL2 EP3...
P.S. Will Gordon and Alyx show feelings to one another and maybe even kiss??? I'm just asking...
Lame? Stupid? Honestly, I don't see why we can't have variety in our video game characters. Do all of them have to be prim and proper, born with all capabilities? I think it adds a new element.
And regarding your question, you know as much as we do. Which is NOTHING regarding Half Life: Episode 3. Valve is hush hush.
@Celstice OK,OK you win.But could ep.3 be without deaf characters and maybe after, valve would create many other games with plenty of deaf characters? Just asking...
And that would completely make sense, seeing as they didn't talk about Episode 1 or 2 before it's release. Besides, Valve has already stated that the amount of time they are going to work on it is going to exceed the amount of time that it took to create Episode 2. (Which was about 1 1/2 years)
Also, there has been a Portal 2 announced, so Valve has it's hands full. We'll get information soon, and I won't expect it to come out any later then 2011.
I'm not deaf, but it's pretty sweet that Valve is reaching out to deaf gamers. I've had to use Captions in L4D s I didn't wake up my brother a few times, and all of the important stuff like musical special infected cues were displayed onsreen so I could be just as efficient as I would if I had sound on.
not to sound like a jerk or anything, but would sign language support be that convenient in a FPS? you would usually be more focused on shooting the enemy than anything else.
@blih One thing many signers are able to do is sign with one hand (enough to get a point across) in case they are holding something or busy with something else. Any Deaf or Hard of Hearing player would be able to quickly wave at the screen to get the other signer's attention and give them directions. The Deaf are used to navigating a hearing world, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Deaf broke each section of the map up and gave it a sign to quickly sign where a player needed to go.
Im not against deaf people or anything, But it would be totally retarded if Alyx was in love with someone else but gordon. Is that what gabe is saying? It would also be mega wierd if sign language was included out of the blue.. Im gordon, and If hes anything, hes mute, not deaf. I dont even think he is either.. cant deaf people read or did I miss something..
yes, i believe so. That IS coach in the bottom left, that gun is the combat rifle, and i think it may be swamp fever, judging by the small houses and boat.
@z0diak1990 yes I agree, like a good example is when in episode 1 and episode 2 Alex makes jokes and immitates zombie sounds behind you, thats like the 1st time I've seen that another character on screen does something like that, but does it unscripted and more interactive. character development is great from valve so im looking forward to what new things they try with episode 3
and they dont even take that long to make games. one or two games a year is pretty average, it just feels real long since the consumers love valves material and want more
yeah.....gabe is right.......how Gordon, Alyx and DOG will kill the Advisors without this language???Just Chuck Norris can beat them without it........okay...DOG killed an Advisor but it was a surprise attack....
This would be awsome! I think about how in Dune when information is to be secretly passed between two people in a bugged room or cell, they speak one way but sign something completely diffrent. This could have huge implications in the Half-life series, as I doubt the combine can understend sign as opposed to voice. Then again it may be something not as groundbraking to the story, but maybe, you never know!
Peoples who can't hear, play hl2 probably because gordon doesn't EVER talk :D:D and it's also so awesome game ..pretty shame that they can't hear the awesome hl2 music what comes when something cool happens
If it were'nt for L4D2, I'd be a very upset person. I've been waiting, like everyone else, for the next installment of Half-life... If this is something that gets worked into the game, great, I will have a ton of fun in its possibly evern deeper characters... Damn, I want some more Half-life material.
Dude, this is a really useful thing they could implement. Now my hearing impaired friend can play this game with me with maximum fun levels. Thanks Valve!
Also, I see the Left 4 Dead 2 on the monitor in the background.
Gordan is not deaf, the idea is that your thoughts and responses are Gordan's thoughts and responses. YOU ARE GORDAN FREEMAN. Fine, make a non playable character deaf, but come on, I don't want to interpret sign language! I am Gordan, AND I AM NOT DEAF! MY 357 GOES BANG AND I CAN HEAR IT
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god i dont give a fuck about this shit, this is just another excuse to take another year of development time on a game that should have came out in 2006
Sooo...they're going to bring a different person that Alyx has a crush on. Always seemed like she had one on Gordon. o_0 Or are they saying that she used to have a crush on someone that is dead now and they meet a deaf person and she's able to speak to him? I could see that, she uses sign language, players are like wtf? and she explains.
shut up dude.. a game doesnt come out like, "hmm i will make a game.. wow, its finished.." if they are taking too long, they have a reason for it, so, stfu and wait
failvalce is stable enough to work on games like half life 2 for 5 years and tf2 for 10 years. They have the money the only reason they want to start cranking out games is because they are trying to take better care of customers
It's not about cash- they want to make the most perfect game they can, and if there's a badly designed part of the game, or a major glitch, they delay release to fix it instead of shipping a half-baked Half-Life
I'm fine with "deaf" being a more politically correct term but I'm not so sure people who are just hearing-impaired (i.e. not completely deaf) would appreciate using "the deaf" rather than "the hearing-impaired" since not all hearing-impaired people are deaf. I can imagine people going: "Who are you calling deaf?!" if you start calling hearing-impaired people deaf. Maybe there's something better than "deaf" that we can use to describe not only deaf people, but also the "don't-hear-so-wells". :-)
@bikutorusan The term is hard of hearing. As one of the people in the room explained, it depends on each person but the word impaired implies broken, whereas deaf and hard of hearing people are very happy about their lives and their culture.
I could see that happening with the Source engine. I was blown away with the facial animation and expressions in Left 4 Dead and I thought it was one of the best looking games just because of that.
In the manual with one of the Half-life 1 games, it shows a letter / fax that says that Gordon agreed to accept a job at Black Mesa through telephone.
After HL2 Gordon doesn't age physically - he's put in a sort of stasis, he doesn't actually feel the time difference. One moment he's walking out of the carriage at the end of HL1, the next moment he's on the train in HL2.
20 years passes between HL1 and HL2, so technically he'd be 47. But, as mentioned, his body hasn't actually aged - he's still physically (and mentally) a 27 year old.
no time passed for Gordon in-between the two games, gman put him in or slow teleport, and removed him from it for the events of half life 2. like in half life 2 when you teleport from nova prospekt. instant for you, slow for the outside world.
Gabe wants to make Hl3 a game that is ahead of it's time without focusing only on graphics and physics.
Hopefully I'll live to see it and i'm 20.
agun17 1 day ago
It's clear: Mr. Newell is stooping to observe these inferior people so he can optimise his gaming environment for deaf players; ignoring the whole time that those might be actual people who who might have a charge card ready in their pockets to buy games!!! In short, he's barely even trying to hide his condescending contempt for this "process"; or, he's such a powerful gaming executive that he's only moments from having to hop on a waiting chopper to get him to his next meeting. You decide...
digit33 1 month ago
@digit33 If he did not give 2 shits then he would not be doing this right now would he.
brokenhalo2001 1 week ago
Damn alyx used to be fat >_>
seargantbeckett009 1 month ago
I like the idea as long as they use simple sign language so players can understand it too
studioCR2 2 months ago
@studioCR2 there was an idea i heard around HL2 time that they were going to have you controling npc's/ giving them orders with sign as freeman does not say anything. And after watching this im thinking the rumour was true after all.
brokenhalo2001 1 week ago
Gabe looks like Newman from Seinfeld....
egdqv13234 3 months ago
@egdqv13234 Hahaha! Your right!
jechet10 1 month ago
if you look closely at the picture frame, you can see its old concepts of combine soldiers
morgonfr33m4n1337z 3 months ago
Gordon Freeman should learn sign language cos he dont say much anyway.....
iamthewizard2 4 months ago 11
g-gaben....?
omare788 4 months ago
wtf
ClassyQuib 5 months ago
Okay. Nice but it's been taking too long. No one is going to anticipate Episode 3 anymore, sorry George Bruss-- uh, Gabe Newell.
Zeanu 6 months ago
do i understand this wrong (my english sucks) so in ep3 alyx is gonna have a crush on that other guy? wtf? or not
coz that would suckkk
alvinandyounoob 6 months ago
@alvinandyounoob No she HAD a crush on a deaf guy before so that's how she learned sign language with Dog, that is all.
Zeanu 6 months ago 5
@Zeanu
ooooh ok
alvinandyounoob 6 months ago
do i understand this wrong (my english sucks) so in ep3 alyx is gonna have a crush on that other guy? wtf? or not
alvinandyounoob 6 months ago
7:36 Gabe had tried to say "hearing impaired" to be polite, and she's all, "that's like an insult."
Medevila 6 months ago
@Medevila then they tell her that which phrase("hearing impaired" or "deaf") is an insult depends on the person lol. Ive never encountered the issue personally but wow having to guess that is... unfortunate
Wolfwood34 6 months ago
Half the fun of Ep3 will be the wait...
Flabstab 6 months ago
OLD STEAM!
ERTLPFM 7 months ago
Gabe is just like
... Wtf
jubjubcat 7 months ago
Gabe Newell cares. THIS IS A GOOD THING! :D
dreamshooter90 7 months ago
gabe allways crosses his arms...makes him look stronger and less fat xDD...but all joking aside this is awsome
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deafornot4 7 months ago
Thats pretty awesome of valve to take this stuff seriously.
MrShayneOneill 7 months ago
wow i think its nice of how Gabe treats the deaf community with respect.
another reason why i love valve.
789123456789 8 months ago
What is the game running on the tv?
CoolKat566 8 months ago
@CoolKat566 left 4 dead 2
ImpossiblePasta 8 months ago
Seeing as how my mom is deaf i will most likely be getting this game the day it releases lol
bushisback112 9 months ago
@Callanizy, I'm wondering where you heard that theory...As far as I've heard, Alyx was the daughter of another character who was eventually merged with the character of Eli, according to the Raising the Bar Prima book...Somewhere I read one of the developers saying that the baby in the picture in Gordon's locker isn't confirmed but may be a niece or something.
Chronologically there is a gap but biologically it isn't that much, since Gordon was basically "preserved" like Fry in Futurama, haha...
pepsinarcolepsy 9 months ago
Gabe Newell Ate the 1st lady then a 2nd one came and he'll eat her
Rufuzz2 9 months ago
There is a rumor that Alyx had a crush on a Deaf Rebel soldier and she tought Dog to communicate this way.
Soo we are gonna see a romance-rival in Episode 3 >_> I bet near the end , that guy will sacrifice himself and Alyx will be all '' I am touched , he is soo selfless '' and G-man gonna man-handle Gordon again ....
At least after what happened to Eli , Alyx will be more upset . Come on , gimme some Alyx / Gordon kissy moment :D
BlueWoWTaylan 9 months ago
@BlueWoWTaylan When gordon was working at black mesa you found a baby picture of Alyx in his locker. Alyx was originally meant to be his daughter, so the age gap between them is probably not the best for a romance...
Callanizy 9 months ago
@Callanizy Considering the Statis ... that gap kinda closed to like 5 years tops.
It is not like Gordon is a 40 years old geezer. He is 27 at the time of HL2 and Alyx is +20 at least.
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deafornot3 9 months ago
So there's going to be a character who cant hear that the guy who never talks meets?
xCharlessx 10 months ago
@xCharlessx
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ElChrisman 9 months ago
@xCharlessx perfect match eh?
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deafornot3 11 months ago
i dont get it just put the dialogue with subtitles thats all a deaf needs.
MrTheChompiras 11 months ago
2:18 - Gabe's got some pretty awesome jams going on here.
EvEyEn 11 months ago
You just know that they are calling him fat in sign language.
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deafornot2 1 year ago
If they actually use this, they could build a really deep and unique character
iPodGameNerddottube 1 year ago
Maybe Gordon doesn't speak because he is deaf and nods while Alix and klinder blab on about stuff.
vawriss3 1 year ago
@vawriss3 If he were deaf then the players wouldn't be able to hear anything either.
vegeta353658 1 year ago
@vawriss3
That's........ a good theroy.
JessicaPrower 10 months ago
It's nice that they're making up for the fact that deaf people never do get to hear the beautiful sound of gordon freeman's voice.
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deafornot2 1 year ago
this is gordon freeman giving ideas to valve of episode 3
a0001521 1 year ago
Besides all the millions he makes, he doesn't look a very happy guy :(
volkeran 1 year ago
@volkeran He am here on serious business.
bigstevie01 1 year ago
@volkeran I think thats how his face just looks. He is trying to understand these people as well
TheCrisisKings 1 year ago
@volkeran I think he's just tired.
Seems like he works all the time.
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deafornot1 1 year ago
It'd be easy enough to add important dialogue in dynamic text boxes on a screen, like for say in l4d when something is being pointed out to you, it has a text box hovering over the important details, and it anchors to the side of the screen if it is too far off to the side to be seen.
But then there's the problem of visual clutter. I'm sure Gabe could solve it. He can solve anything :D
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deafornot1 1 year ago
Dog only has 3 fingers on each hand, and his face is just an eye with 3 flaps. Wouldn't that make signing a bit difficult?
Blurns 1 year ago
@Blurns Dog does have some characteristics that come off as facial emotion, depending on how his flaps move. I can't think of many signs that require more than three fingers to understand besides numbers or letters, other than that they could have Dog make the basic shapes. They could possibly base his signing off how a gorilla or monkey signs.
MINIH3NN 1 year ago
@Blurns He's a robot, Alyx could add more.
pwnzro 1 year ago
@pwnzro Wouldn't she have done so already? Doing so now would just seem strange. And they wouldn't dare change his face. D:
Blurns 1 year ago
Xylophone. Nice choice Gabe.
Rafflefull 1 year ago 2
#LOL , now Gordon will talk in sign language !
speedaddict2008 1 year ago
i don't see deaf people being very good in combat tbh..?
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deafornot1 1 year ago
i hope the deaf thing is optional, the deaf thing will sort of screw up half life
screwston2012 1 year ago
@screwston2012 you said it.
RALMAR9 1 year ago
Is there any way you can subtitle or something of what the students are saying behind the camera if your memory are able to serve you?
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Lydiaabbey 1 year ago
Damn Alyx loves these impaired people.
TheRedkaos 1 year ago
HAHAHA i love this 02:19 :D
TheTotallyNotABot 1 year ago
Half-life is what makes Valve THE, best game producer of all time. Even though i love the warcraft universe, blizzard bacame a money-whore....wich will lead to it's downfall...
Blizzard could have become Valve's nr1 rival to the "title" best game producer, but nooo, 200mil$/month wasn't enough for them.
I am aware that i'm comparing two completly different game developers, but i'm talking about popularity.
Hands down to Valve and to those devoted people for puting love and care into it's games.
mihaimoldo 1 year ago
How can Dog use sign language? He doesn't have fingers.
grievous056 1 year ago
@grievous056 He does, though he only has two plus a thumb on each hand. It's possible he's been modified since. Or was using a modified sign language... actually, I wouldn't be /too/ surprised to learn there are already modifications for at least mostly intelligible signing with missing fingers, it's a fairly common injury.
keiyakins 1 year ago
Is that an iPhoney?
salmiak911 1 year ago
so hl2 ep 3 is gonna be a love story ??? with all the respect to def people i think it would be kinda random to see hand sign language in an AWESOME GAME LIKE HALF LIFE , HELL YA
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Lydiaabbey 1 year ago
Am I the only one who thinks this is really stupid and gimmicky?
manrayer88 1 year ago 2
I wish I knew sign language.
MRaverz 1 year ago
Gabe Newell is awesome.
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jennydeafmatching 1 year ago
Gabe ate HL2 Episode 3.
nvidia101 1 year ago
Isn't that L4D2 in the background?
gmodisfun 1 year ago 14
Duuh ofc it is!
Renax111 1 year ago
@gmodisfun Oh, nice find! :D
Travianero94 7 months ago
i wasnt a huge fan of alex constantly telling me what to do, i like her company but "hey gordon can you do this?" gets to me after a little i guess..
Sc0ttPrian 1 year ago
I think Episode 3 needs a REALLY epic cliffhanger, to lead into HL3.
SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 1 year ago 2
@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 do u really got to ask that, all half life games have ended in a cliffhanger
screwston2012 1 year ago
So from what I understand, DOG is gonna accompany us more in episode 3? Cause that would be great.
adrian194589 1 year ago
I think Gordon should stay with Alyx because:Gordon saved her many times,saved her from death after the hunter incident,and many more,so it will be retarded to somebody come and take his girl,It will be also nice from Valve to introduce a happy ending(Combines dead,Gordon free from the Gman,Gordon+Alyx=Love)
valieddy 1 year ago
Then there will be no HL3 :V
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u61d 1 year ago
it would be cool to have alyx learn sighn language. there could be a scene where Gordon, alyx, and DOG were captured and alyx uses that language to tell dog to kill the combine or something...
halomage123 1 year ago 3
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I am not against deaf people but it would be LAME AND STUPID to put a deaf character and plus Alyx's boyfriend....Gordon & Alyx 4ever hehe ;P....can't wait for HL2 EP3...
P.S. Will Gordon and Alyx show feelings to one another and maybe even kiss??? I'm just asking...
dark101hunter 1 year ago
Lame? Stupid? Honestly, I don't see why we can't have variety in our video game characters. Do all of them have to be prim and proper, born with all capabilities? I think it adds a new element.
And regarding your question, you know as much as we do. Which is NOTHING regarding Half Life: Episode 3. Valve is hush hush.
Celstice 1 year ago 3
@Celstice OK,OK you win.But could ep.3 be without deaf characters and maybe after, valve would create many other games with plenty of deaf characters? Just asking...
dark101hunter 1 year ago
@dark101hunter
Well, it's the way that Valve has decided to go, so I don't really see them suddenly changing their mind on something they already spent money on.
Celstice 1 year ago
@Celstice
Yes, we know nothing about Ep.3 which means either 1 of 2 things:
They are making it really good and putting alot of effort.
OR
They are not actually working on it at the moment.
Jammed9000 1 year ago
@Jammed9000
And that would completely make sense, seeing as they didn't talk about Episode 1 or 2 before it's release. Besides, Valve has already stated that the amount of time they are going to work on it is going to exceed the amount of time that it took to create Episode 2. (Which was about 1 1/2 years)
Also, there has been a Portal 2 announced, so Valve has it's hands full. We'll get information soon, and I won't expect it to come out any later then 2011.
Celstice 1 year ago
I'm not deaf, but it's pretty sweet that Valve is reaching out to deaf gamers. I've had to use Captions in L4D s I didn't wake up my brother a few times, and all of the important stuff like musical special infected cues were displayed onsreen so I could be just as efficient as I would if I had sound on.
gojira12345678910 2 years ago
Will Gordon finally be able to communicate via sign?
Would be awesome! :-)
SenorAndersen 2 years ago 13
not to sound like a jerk or anything, but would sign language support be that convenient in a FPS? you would usually be more focused on shooting the enemy than anything else.
blih 2 years ago
@blih One thing many signers are able to do is sign with one hand (enough to get a point across) in case they are holding something or busy with something else. Any Deaf or Hard of Hearing player would be able to quickly wave at the screen to get the other signer's attention and give them directions. The Deaf are used to navigating a hearing world, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Deaf broke each section of the map up and gave it a sign to quickly sign where a player needed to go.
IamJACKsYTpage 1 year ago
left 4 dead 2 behind :P
UberMedic7 2 years ago
Im not against deaf people or anything, But it would be totally retarded if Alyx was in love with someone else but gordon. Is that what gabe is saying? It would also be mega wierd if sign language was included out of the blue.. Im gordon, and If hes anything, hes mute, not deaf. I dont even think he is either.. cant deaf people read or did I miss something..
Nemesis0300 2 years ago
the way he talks about hl3 sounds like they haven't even started =/
vonluegin 2 years ago
Sorry... but no one better try to step between Gordon and his girl... deaf or not..
Reshalock 2 years ago 4
not to sound like a dick... but no one better be stepping in on Gordon's woman... hearing impaired or not...
Reshalock 2 years ago
WHY ARE ALL THE HAMBURGERS MISSING?
mescool15 2 years ago
Gabe Newell, stop being fat and make Episode 3 already.
Oh great, now Half Life 2: Episode 3 is delayed for another month.
LeftHandCookie 2 years ago
ahhh gabe has an iphone ;D.
matimaster 2 years ago
This would be cool but I hope they would have sub titiles so we know what they are saying if you dont understand sign
DevilzBidin 2 years ago
is this left 4 dead 2 beta in the back?
MKPMASTER 2 years ago
yes, i believe so. That IS coach in the bottom left, that gun is the combat rifle, and i think it may be swamp fever, judging by the small houses and boat.
Chark711 2 years ago
Valve may not be releasing games left and right like many other gaming giants, but they release the most memorable material.
This is why. Progression.
It's things like these that make me proud to own a steam account, as funny as that sounds.
z0diak1990 2 years ago 91
@z0diak1990 yes I agree, like a good example is when in episode 1 and episode 2 Alex makes jokes and immitates zombie sounds behind you, thats like the 1st time I've seen that another character on screen does something like that, but does it unscripted and more interactive. character development is great from valve so im looking forward to what new things they try with episode 3
blackwiddow20 1 year ago
@z0diak1990
and they dont even take that long to make games. one or two games a year is pretty average, it just feels real long since the consumers love valves material and want more
DMsStuff 1 year ago
yeah.....gabe is right.......how Gordon, Alyx and DOG will kill the Advisors without this language???Just Chuck Norris can beat them without it........okay...DOG killed an Advisor but it was a surprise attack....
ruregah 2 years ago
2:52 The only real Half-Life 2 Episode Three news officially mentioned by Gabe as of 2009!
npx190 2 years ago 4
What makes it ironicly funny is Gordon never speaks.
Thehatedtruth 2 years ago 30
@Thehatedtruth HAAAAAAAA!
corin12355 1 year ago
hmmm, maybe Gordon will finally talk... with sign!
alien13ufo 2 years ago 3
This would be awsome! I think about how in Dune when information is to be secretly passed between two people in a bugged room or cell, they speak one way but sign something completely diffrent. This could have huge implications in the Half-life series, as I doubt the combine can understend sign as opposed to voice. Then again it may be something not as groundbraking to the story, but maybe, you never know!
ObiTrev 2 years ago
Respect Gabe
articice0 2 years ago
Peoples who can't hear, play hl2 probably because gordon doesn't EVER talk :D:D and it's also so awesome game ..pretty shame that they can't hear the awesome hl2 music what comes when something cool happens
isokessu 2 years ago
If it were'nt for L4D2, I'd be a very upset person. I've been waiting, like everyone else, for the next installment of Half-life... If this is something that gets worked into the game, great, I will have a ton of fun in its possibly evern deeper characters... Damn, I want some more Half-life material.
TrustyBucket 2 years ago
Dude, this is a really useful thing they could implement. Now my hearing impaired friend can play this game with me with maximum fun levels. Thanks Valve!
Also, I see the Left 4 Dead 2 on the monitor in the background.
commisar11 2 years ago 3
Agreed. And yeah, that's one big ass TV that they're playing L4D2 on. o_O
Me wants.
SimBoy48 2 years ago
gabe is so awkard
HighVoltage135 2 years ago
I bet if I went in the Valve offices I would be in heaven
Thegamer5150 2 years ago 40
But for them, it'd be hell, you'd be whipping them forcing them to complete ep3 :D
RExplosionStudios 2 years ago
@Thegamer5150 as an artist, and from what I've seen of the offices, i think it would be an amazing work environment
MrClark86 1 year ago
Gordan is not deaf, the idea is that your thoughts and responses are Gordan's thoughts and responses. YOU ARE GORDAN FREEMAN. Fine, make a non playable character deaf, but come on, I don't want to interpret sign language! I am Gordan, AND I AM NOT DEAF! MY 357 GOES BANG AND I CAN HEAR IT
win2000user 2 years ago 2
Also Gordans suite talks to him.
link5427yum 2 years ago
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god i dont give a fuck about this shit, this is just another excuse to take another year of development time on a game that should have came out in 2006
robotface74 2 years ago
@robotface74 half life 2 ep3 should have come out in 2006? you must be retarded, because ep2 came out in 2007!
Goremaster5 1 year ago
@Goremaster5 oh! thank you kind sir for telling me! go suck a dick.
robotface74 1 year ago
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hmm. so this will be an excuse to get natal?
daverich2 2 years ago
Your a fucking idiot.
CptCool2 2 years ago 3
0.24 Do you communicate more with your face?
Do you see her face?!
KebertXela1992 2 years ago 4
Sooo...they're going to bring a different person that Alyx has a crush on. Always seemed like she had one on Gordon. o_0 Or are they saying that she used to have a crush on someone that is dead now and they meet a deaf person and she's able to speak to him? I could see that, she uses sign language, players are like wtf? and she explains.
Deremixproductions 2 years ago
I think that they could have a better reson for Alyx lerning how to sign like mebby if they go to kraken base theres a silentest there that is deaf.
glitchvid 2 years ago
Gabe looks bored.
triFeral 2 years ago 2
Did he say RIT? Where was this conversation held?
Noobpatty 2 years ago
How does this not have subtitles?
GirLikesFarming 2 years ago 2
there is a fuckin signer right in front of you!
dodgedart74 2 years ago
is dat left 4 dead 2 in the background
immecholito117 2 years ago
You noticed that? It sure is! :)
KooKas2oo8 2 years ago
vavle, you're taking too long to get epsoide 3 out, it's better be good
WaterJay 2 years ago
shut up dude.. a game doesnt come out like, "hmm i will make a game.. wow, its finished.." if they are taking too long, they have a reason for it, so, stfu and wait
LinKueiWarrior 2 years ago 3
It`s not really a new game though. It`s a new episode. And episodic content doesn`t really make sense if there`s 3 years between episodes.
underqwerty 2 years ago
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They don't have a reason to be late. It's Valve, they don't have enough cash to make a perfect game.........
karzan10 2 years ago
failvalce is stable enough to work on games like half life 2 for 5 years and tf2 for 10 years. They have the money the only reason they want to start cranking out games is because they are trying to take better care of customers
link5427yum 2 years ago
It's not about cash- they want to make the most perfect game they can, and if there's a badly designed part of the game, or a major glitch, they delay release to fix it instead of shipping a half-baked Half-Life
vehicar 2 years ago
Of course it's going to be good. =D
Petchhyy 2 years ago
gabe is fat loololololo
nicke57 2 years ago
Valve really get's it when it comes to gamedev
visselke 2 years ago 3
this would work. sure they could sign to OTHER DEAF PEOPLE but not regular people.
MrSpeedy7111 2 years ago 4
I'm fine with "deaf" being a more politically correct term but I'm not so sure people who are just hearing-impaired (i.e. not completely deaf) would appreciate using "the deaf" rather than "the hearing-impaired" since not all hearing-impaired people are deaf. I can imagine people going: "Who are you calling deaf?!" if you start calling hearing-impaired people deaf. Maybe there's something better than "deaf" that we can use to describe not only deaf people, but also the "don't-hear-so-wells". :-)
bikutorusan 2 years ago 3
@bikutorusan The term is hard of hearing. As one of the people in the room explained, it depends on each person but the word impaired implies broken, whereas deaf and hard of hearing people are very happy about their lives and their culture.
IamJACKsYTpage 1 year ago
@IamJACKsYTpage Ah of course, yes that's the better term of them all.
bikutorusan 1 year ago
@IamJACKsYTpage The fact that 'impaired' implies broken is why impaired is used. :/
bigstevie01 11 months ago
In early developement of TF2, valve planned on having the character's mouth movement sync with the microphone chat of the player.
zzzdude8 2 years ago 4
I could see that happening with the Source engine. I was blown away with the facial animation and expressions in Left 4 Dead and I thought it was one of the best looking games just because of that.
Multrox 2 years ago 4
And it was done.
optimusguythe3rd 2 years ago
Gordon isn't mute, one of the manuals that came with one of the HL1 games shows that Gordon accepted his job at Black Mesa through telephone.
antiego1 2 years ago 3
Guys, Gordon isn't a mute.
In the manual with one of the Half-life 1 games, it shows a letter / fax that says that Gordon agreed to accept a job at Black Mesa through telephone.
antiego1 2 years ago 2
BUT!...how do we know it wasn't a TTY phone? XD
Sorry, had to throw that one in there. I'm anxiously waiting for ep3!
kore464 2 years ago
I knew Valve were really good about getting customer feedback, but this takes the cake! - GOOD WORK GABE!
grimlexx 2 years ago 2
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the cake is a LIEEEE O.0
sorry I had to say it.
scheese1123 2 years ago
Wonder if Newell and the team have watched Sound and Fury yet. It'll be extremely helpful.
GoldenEyeRa 2 years ago
After HL2 Gordon doesn't age physically - he's put in a sort of stasis, he doesn't actually feel the time difference. One moment he's walking out of the carriage at the end of HL1, the next moment he's on the train in HL2.
20 years passes between HL1 and HL2, so technically he'd be 47. But, as mentioned, his body hasn't actually aged - he's still physically (and mentally) a 27 year old.
GoldenEyeRa 2 years ago 2
no time passed for Gordon in-between the two games, gman put him in or slow teleport, and removed him from it for the events of half life 2. like in half life 2 when you teleport from nova prospekt. instant for you, slow for the outside world.
spacepiratefear 2 years ago