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Half life 2's G-Man gets a well-earned glow-up

18 years after making his Source Engine debut, Half-Aliveness's enigmatic extra-dimensional businessman is back in the spot thanks to a stunning fan life in Half-Life: Alyx's Source 2.

Disreputable G-Serviceman animator Corey Laddo today posted a refreshment of a slice from Half-Life 2's technical school demonstrate at E3 2003. Back then, Valve showed off their so-subversive facial animations with G-Man in the spotlight, flexing his not-quite-human facial muscles and demonstrating or s diplomatical mouth-syncing.

What's actually striking is that information technology's not nigh A crowing a jump as you'd expect. Sure, our man is looking card sharper, more elaborate, and creepier than ever—just Half-Life 2's facial animations were already years ahead of their time, even in 2003. It doesn't thing that the original footage is shaky and humiliated-res. When he raises a cheeky brow, you feel the discomfort in your someone.

Of course, FBI agent's new look is useful for Thomas More than recreating decades-overaged E3 demos. Laddo magnificently recreated Talking Heads' telecasting for Erst In A Lifetime with the disaffect suit. In collaboration with uncannily talented voice actor JapaneseBushBaby, the pair likewise penned this physical process Fractional-Life: Alyx cooking video.

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