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Does a Gordon Freeman Look-Alike Portend the End of Time?
CERN Scientist Makes Me More Nervous Than Before
by Sean
If you haven't heard of CERN and the Large Hadron Collider experiment, maybe you should just stop reading this right now. Turn off your computer, go outside in the sunshine, kiss your loved ones, maybe, I don't know, call your mother. She misses you. It may be better that you never learned about the group of mad scientists in Europe that are foolheartedly attempting to re-create the Big Bang in a laboratory. And you're probably safer not knowing that one of the potential outcomes of the experiment is the opening of a fucking black hole. And it's definitely best for all of us if you don't start thinking about the definite potential end of existence that a black hole would cause. Trust me, I think about it enough for all of us.
Now you may be wondering what, if anything this has to do with gaming. Well, I would offer up to you that if the world is about to end, your gaming future is possibly in jeopardy. But there's another gaming tie-in that strikes me as a little bit creepy. Popgive has posted a picture they found of some of the evil minds at work on their doomsday device wonderful machine. When one looks closely, one can see that one of these insane Dr. Strangeloves geniuses bears an eerie resemblance to the protagonist from the Half Life games, one Gordon Freeman.
Take a look:
I would like to anticipate the inevitable raking-over-white-hot-coals I'm going to get in the comments by saying that, yes, the black hole scenario is only a theoretical possibility. Most of the "experts" will tell you that being afraid of a black hole would be akin to being afraid that the first nuclear bomb would set off a chain reaction that would burn all oxygen in our atmosphere (which, if you remember your history, didn't happen...) Do I really think that all of existence is about to come to an end with the flip of a switch? No, I can't say that I do. But the fact remains that it is within the realm of possiblity. And now that I know Gordon Freeman's clone is working on the project, I can't help but have a sinking feeling in my stomach.
I just hope these CERN scientists are prepared to face FULL LIFE CONSEQUENCES:
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FULL LIFE CONSEQUENCES! It's been too long since I've seen that brilliance.
Could this possibility prove that the Bible is a work of fiction
All I gotta say, Sean, is you better finish the new Stephenson book in one sitting tonight. And that shit looks like a tome, so Godspeed.
I just hope that whatever happens that we'll all be able to still use the internet, intranet and phone lines throughout the world. I still want consoles to work, too. That's another one. Damn you Gordon Freeman! Damn you!!!
I can only assume that Gordon lookin' guy is going to be the sap that pushes the little orange thingy into the green laser thingy that starts the experiment... that's the only reason they hired that guy, right? The "family resemblance"?
I just hope that the Folding Home feature on my PS3 isn't a conspirator to this project. I know that this project includes a crap-load of data. I'm actually hoping that it fizzles out so that we don't have Skynet in the near future..., or at all. That would suck quite a bit for humanity for many years.
It's all eventually going to happen anyway. Robots are starting to pop up everywhere.
What's wrong with you people? Personally, I'm comforted knowing that the One Free Man is on the job.