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‘Half-Life’ Mod Mashes up ‘Max Payne’ With Gordon Freeman
What do you get when you mash up one of the landmark first-person shooters of all time with one of the most stlyish neo-noir action games ever? Well, you get another Half-Life mod, but with the awesome stylings of Max Payne in the form of Half-Payne!
As the title suggests, the mod gives Gordon Freeman the same skills that Max has, including bullet time, a dive move, and painkillers. The mod’s creator, suXin, recently released what’s described as the mod’s last major update, which includes a random mod feature, Twitch integration, and a new nightmare dream sequence (a tribute to the original Max Payne).
The random mods feature basically, activates at random one of the many tweaks suXin added during the mod’s development. One mod will give you infinite ammo, for example, but when that wears off, you might get a drunken camera that makes aiming a little more than tough. Another mod will change your friction, causing you to slip around and get bounced back when you take damage. Basically, it makes the Twitch integration that much more integral, since it gives your viewers something to see (and vote on) instead of a plain old runthrough.
Probably the best one of the mods is “Payned”, which was added in this update. It transforms all enemies and NPCs into Max Payne, but doesn’t alter their body shape or head size. So basically, Max’s texture gets slapped onto every character in the game, whether it makes sense or not. Well, that, and it’s terrifying.
If you needed an excuse to revisit Half-Life after 20 years (come on, who wouldn’t?), then grab this mod and enjoy.
We have the Jason Universe to thank for the recent return of Jason Voorhees, with the short film Sweet Revenge and Jason’s arrival in Dead by Daylight helping to bring the hockey mask-wearing horror icon back into our lives. What else is planned, you ask?
In a chat with Variety this week, Jason Universe’s Robbie Barsamian teases that everything we’ve seen up to this point is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Jason’s return.
“We’ve been busy behind the scenes laying the foundation that everyone is finally starting to see come to life, but this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Barsamian teases.
“We have a thrilling lineup of new projects that we can’t wait to share more details on soon.”
Barsamian also notes during the chat with Variety, “We want to give fans fresh takes on what they love most about Jason and continue to expand his world in authentic ways that resonate with horror fans today.” One of those expansions will take the form of the upcoming Peacock and A24 series “Crystal Lake,” which stars Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees.
“The Crystal Lake TV series will take fans back in time to tell the story of how Pamela Voorhees came to be the mother of all slashers,” Barsamian tells Variety this week.
“Crystal Lake” premieres October 15 on Peacock.
Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason in “Crystal Lake,” which will tell the origin story of the masked slasher who has stalked the grounds of Crystal Lake for decades.
Last year, the Jason Universe team had teased that a new movie and a new video game are top priorities for the near future. But at this time we have no updates on either front.
Stay tuned for more from the Jason Universe.
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