Gordon Freeman

Category:Half-LifeCategory:Fictional heroic scientists\n Concept art of Gordon Freeman holding a crowbar]] Gordon Freeman is the fictional protagonist of the Half-Life series of computer games. Facts known about Freeman include that he is a graduate of MIT, having received a Ph.D in physics. Freeman is employed and lives at the top secret, integrated research facility known as Black Mesa Research Facility, located somewhere in Colorado. He is assigned to the Hazardous Materials deparment, located deep inside the mountain, doing nuclear and subatomic research. Freeman is bespectacled, bearded, and quite athletic. He also seems to be an expert with weapons and explosives (depending on who is playing the game, of course). One fateful day Freeman and his team perform an experiment that goes horribly wrong. As a result, the space-time continuum is ruptured, allowing alien lifeforms to enter the facility and begin killing any humans they can find. Freeman finds himself hunted by two groups: the invading aliens and a military cleanup team that has been sent to contain the situation, silencing aliens and surviving personnel alike. After numerous adventures, and after eliminating countless aliens and soldiers, Freeman manages to travel to the alien home world and eliminate their "leader" as well. After which, Freeman is offered a job by the mysterious G-Man, who is often spotted observing Freeman from a distance (and perhaps manipulating his fate as well), seemingly evaluating him. (Screen messages players see when the Freeman character dies refer to 'Subject Freeman', who 'failed evaluation'). Fans assume that he arranged for the whole incident, as the G-Man can be seen talking with some scientists before the experiment, and since it is known that the probe which caused the accident had "just been delivered that morning".\n

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\n*Story overview of Half Life