We are just a couple days away from Half-Life's 25th anniversary and we've been blessed with an update to the original Half-Life with new multiplayer maps, Steam Deck support, and restored content!
On top of that, Half-Life is FREE to own (until November, 20th, 2023) on Steam!
Other honorable mentions:
- Half-Life Deathmatch: Source is $0.99
- Half-Life: Blue Shift is $0.69
- Half-Life: Opposing Force is $0.69
- Half-Life 1: Source is $0.99 and is now also unlisted (but still available) on Steam
- Half-Life 2 is $.099
- Half-Life 2: Episode One is $0.79
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two is $0.79
- Half-Life 2 Deathmatch is $0.99
- Half-Life: Alyx is $20.39
Valve has also posted an hour-long documentary on Half-Life!
[Updated post with more deals, the documentary, and descriptive images!]
1K notes
·
View notes
PREVIOUS EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JQ6EPKm_eQ
Episode eight is here at last! Thanks to all of you for your support!!! Hope you're ready for some mantis mayhem!
Yet another fantastic soundtrack composed by @theelectricdreamsofddx, with Gregorsa's theme by @zestychille!
If you’d like to support what comes next, there’s a Patreon! All patrons get to see videos early. Additionally, $1 gets you a link to the Discord, $2 gets access to early updates and some bonus content, $5 for your name in credits and more bonus content, $20 and $40 for black-and-white and colored commissions of insect or arachnid characters respectively, and $100 if you want a fully rigged, animatable model of your own!
(40 points possible this time. How did you do?)
539 notes
·
View notes
“When toxic behavior is portrayed as romantic, it’s problematic. When problematic behavior is portrayed as a character flaw for a character to work through, it’s good storytelling.”
Katsuki Bakugou, my friends.
His behavior was problematic but never once portrayed as romantic at the same time. Katsuki said and did awful abusive things, and he also chose to be better when he was given the chance. If you’re still hung up on chapter 1 Katsuki now then I don’t think you’ve been reading the same story I have.
I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m not shipping Izuku with an irredeemable abuser. I’m shipping him with his most important person. His narrative foil. His childhood friend who made awful mistakes and then made it right when he saw he was wrong. The person Izuku looks up to and strives to emulate, despite their past struggles.
Bakudeku is so good because of how flawed these boys are, and how hard they’ve worked to get over it, and how much they matter to each other after it all
415 notes
·
View notes
MONKEY WRENCH EP 3 - US & THEM
Episode 3 of Monkey Wrench is now live on Youtube!
Written & Directed by Joshua & Ashley Palmer
Voice Cast;
Shrike Sanchez - Jacob Barrens
Beebs - Jean-francois Donaldson
Scratch - @zitoisneato
Agari - @gooseworx
El Bandito - SrPelo
Duende - Vargskelethor Joel
Animation Crew + Socials
Music by @ockeroid
Sound design by dBPony
Spanish language Consultant: @zetaalpha10
Haven't watched the show yet? Check out;
Episode 1
Episode 2
Huge thanks to Tom Fulp of Newgrounds, my boy Lythero, my other boy Swoozie, the @farfetchedshow crew, @lackadaisycats , Glitch productions and of course our patrons for your endless encouragement and support.
Fingers crossed this one does well enough for us to start Ep4!
4K notes
·
View notes
Thoughts on "Escape from Camazotz"
Oppressive Suburbia, Conformity, and Season 5 Themes
I've long thought that a major focus of Season 5 will be the contrast between the families of The Wheelers and The Byers, and exploring how non-traditional family environments can be freeing vs the oppressive structure of the nuclear family.
In a Wrinkle In Time, Camazotz is a planet controlled by the big bad of the book, the "IT", who forces the citizens into a conformity that resembles American suburbia. All of the houses the same, the citizens the same, doing the same things at the same time without individual identity. Without anything different. Different means a lot of things, but with Stranger Things dropping different in reference to Will's identity and the presumable themes of this season, it will heavily codify as queerness and how it threatens the cisheterosexual family model.
Henry was raised in the 1950s, a decade still revered by conservatives for it's traditional family dynamics that supposedly were the peak of culture and happiness for all. That was all a lie, of course, and Henry knew so as he shows to Nancy and Eleven during his monologue. The second most conservative decade aside from the 1950s in American society is widely considered to be the 1980s.
The Creels will serve in parallel to The Wheelers; the worst example of what they could become and the damage that this type of family could do to a child that is different in any way. Notice how Vecna selectively shows Nancy visions of The Wheelers dying, but not anyone else she may consider family or friends (like Jonathan).
That is; unless they change their ways and come together as a healthy functioning family facing their traumas, The Wheelers will be toast.
Karen has been moved up to a main character role this season. Ted's actor says the father starts to show up more for Holly (hold that) and realizes he wants to act differently. Holly has been recast. Finn has said Mike goes on a much more personal journey this season, and steps up as a leader.
Oh, also: the catalyst for all of this is that Holly goes missing. The contrast will help show how the Byers (including El and Hopper here) were able to pull together and help solve Will's disappearance, versus how the Wheelers as a closed off nuclear family grapple with Holly's vanishing.
Each of the Byers is in some kind of a non-1950s conformist relationship, but particularly Will (not in one now but we all know he will be). I think El might represent, after she breaks up with Mike, the fear of the unmarried woman being satisfied without a husband. The above shot really emphasizes my point.
I predict that Will will end up coming out to his family rather early on, and we will see all of them immediately accept him with little surprise or push-back. Will is a visible gay man who comes from an open minded non traditional family (divorced, non-married, adoptive) that is willing to have honest conversations.
But this theme will place the most focus on the Wheelers. Mike is the main character of said family and this will particularly focus on his arc, and his acceptance of his queerness in the midst of suburban conformity.
He is not visible, he comes from a Reagan-supporting family who don't communicate with each other. He is not particularly close with his family like Will is. He pushes his feelings down and tries his damn hardest to be normal despite it all. His trauma hasn't really been addressed at all. He is falling back into his usual habits - the one thing he dared to do different (grow his hair long) has gone back to how it was.
It's not all doom and gloom though. This season above all will be a redemption arc of the American nuclear family, how they choose to escape their conformity and learn to be there for each other, thus overpowering Vecna. Not that the Wheelers are going to end this personally.
"Great, more hysteria. Just what we need".
"It's the news, now indistinguishable from the tabloids".
263 notes
·
View notes
NEW EPISODE OF PHILOSOPHY TUBE TONIGHT!
Grab your tuxedos and ball gowns cause the premiere is at 20:00 British time on YouTube! I'll be in the live chat from 1930 answering questions and chatting to people, so come along and watch it with me!
Can't wait - see you at the premiere!
Abi XXx
803 notes
·
View notes