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@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

What is the G-Man? Like, comment, subscribe if you enjoyed the content. The algorithm hasn't been too kind lately!

@skinskinner Ай бұрын

guy man

@3amorogamer246 Ай бұрын

As soon as I saw this in my recommendations it was 6 minutes ago and I screenshot it I also watched it 3 minutes later

@luigivoncheeseburgerjenkinsiv Ай бұрын

Joke headcannon: G-Man is short for Garry Newman and he is a Gmod player tormenting NPCs

@Pnezyx2056 Ай бұрын

skyrionn is the S-Man

@denifnaf5874 Ай бұрын

You're man He's not man For you he waits _For you_

@Colleywoodstudios Ай бұрын

Turns out the gman is just from the IRS and Gordon didn't fill out his W2 properly lol.

@tonywade7473 Ай бұрын

"Time to pay up. Mr freeman."

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

best comment

@Mr2010forgeben Ай бұрын

It's amazing how far a man's crimes against the governments will follow him

@Omne118 Ай бұрын

“Wake up and smell the taxes.”

@warehousejunkie1272 Ай бұрын

I’m so tired of taxes

@toaster9922 Ай бұрын

The part of Gman that always stood out to me is how in the ending of Half Life 1, He hesitates before he says the word "employers." it’s as if he’s trying to think of a term that Gordon could best understand for them. A close enough analogue or approximation that a Human like Gordon could use as a reference point for whatever cosmic, unknowable force he is a part of. It's probably my favourite part about the Gman.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Yes! This! It's just adds to him attempting to mimic what it is to be a human.

@Wavy_Gravy Ай бұрын

Spooks pretend to lie, all the time. Could be that. Probably not, just don't forget, professional liars, often let themselves get caught in them. It sets a precedence that people remember, while masking their actual lies.

@bobthestinky7369 Ай бұрын

Yeah, it doesn't seem like Gman needs money.

@Wavy_Gravy Ай бұрын

@@bobthestinky7369 Hol' up. He's being blackmailed?! 🤔

@toastie8173 Ай бұрын

@@Wavy_Gravy Maybe he owes the Sicilian mafia

@wtfnahmean Ай бұрын

For the love of humanity, Valve please make a Half life 3. This series can't end like that

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

this

@Shockbucklin Ай бұрын

It might be best to keep speculating. It's possible that, after such a long period of stagnation they might just not feel capable of producing something worthy of ending the Half Life series, something we fans would enjoy.

@jackakakreanxx5587 Ай бұрын

I think epistle 3 is a somewhat good way to end the half life saga

@grigorione7824 Ай бұрын

you are living Half life 3

@dickdickling9389 Ай бұрын

@@jackakakreanxx5587No, it is not. As HLX retconned anything epistle 3 related and the writer of epistle 3 regretted ever posting it, even before HLX was released.

@meh.7539 Ай бұрын

That "Rise and Shine Mr. Freeman" still sends shivers down my spine. It's truly and deeply unsettling.

@toreadoress Ай бұрын

"Time, Dr. Freeman? Is it really that time again?" always gets me

@meh.7539 Ай бұрын

@@toreadoress Just reading it, I can hear it in my head and yeah. Same.

@LeeroyJenkins94 Ай бұрын

smell the ashes...

@user-pq9js4ty8l 27 күн бұрын

His whole speech at the end.. and when he finishes it with a casual.. "this is where I get off" and a crooked smile.. then that little sideways glance before the door slides shut behind him .. first time I saw that I was absolutely stunned

@DruNature 26 күн бұрын

@@meh.7539 the gman isn't real, he can't put me in stasis...

@gazelle1467 Ай бұрын

Something I've always loved about Gman from the very beginning is his rebellious streak. He always talks about his employers with a slight hint of contempt, or perhaps just a lack of patience for their uptight ways. He openly gloats about going behind their backs and doing things his own way, and laments the fact he can't just completely ignore them altogether. It makes him so much more interesting and terrifying, to know that even the beings he works for can't control him. His speech in Episode 2 has always been my favourite because that's the moment you see the extent to which it's mostly his plans, _not_ theirs.

@soda7998 Ай бұрын

Yes! Sorta like how Gordon is to the Gman.

@Huyle18 Ай бұрын

Gman is just climbing the corporate ladder. He wants to take over the company or at the very least, Be majority stake holder.

@xXx_Regulus_xXx Ай бұрын

@@gazelle1467 he's like a devil on a leash. a long leash, but still a leash. *adjusts tie*

@Cavemanner Ай бұрын

He is very much an analogue to the CIA in real life. They're constrained by having to do what the government wants when they want it done, but they end up mostly doing it their own way.

@naturesquad9174 Ай бұрын

@@Cavemanner yea the ambiguity when HL1 released was cool, you werent sure if maybe he really WAS working for the US government on some elevated layer of reality. And it predated the Agents from the Matrix too, with their very similar vibe as stand-ins for SS/NSA working for a Higher Power.

@OneFreeMan17 Ай бұрын

Valve needs to be heavily fined for not delivering Half-Life 2: Episode 3

@thedoruk6324 Ай бұрын

+OneFreeMan17 well they at least had the decency of officially confirming it on the HLA

@thedoruk6324 Ай бұрын

+OneFreeMan17 Also I think something similar for the OG Half Life 2 concept game.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

100%

@GordonFreeman420 Ай бұрын

Nah fo that, what about return to ravenholm #freeadriansheperd

@satyamedh Ай бұрын

it will come eventually..... I hope

@savvamorozoff9576 Ай бұрын

OK, this is kind of a joke, but... In a 1931 book "The Little Golden Calf" by Ilf and Petrov there's a passage describing a typical Southern Soviet beach and various people that usually visit it. Among those listed is a man who's always wearing a full official suit, complete with a suitcase, and nobody really knows why is he there and why he is dressed like that even on the hottest of days. I think that's a pretty good candidate for a G-Man theory :)

@g-man6775 Ай бұрын

WAIT was Half-Life a meta story after all?

@therider990 Ай бұрын

Oh a guy in a suit and suitcase! Must be Gman.

@bandit5875 Ай бұрын

@@therider990in an odd location… for seemingly no reason… Yeah that’s gman alright

@buak809 21 күн бұрын

Not only that but City 17 is heavily based on one of the closer unknown soviet cities. To ms Half Life 2 and combine rule reminds me somewhat of how countries operated under heavy communist rule but way more dystopian in the game

@g-man6775 21 күн бұрын

@@buak809 city of Sofia, Bulgaria

@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034 Ай бұрын

As the games go on I love to see how much more people and entities are very aware of the Gman's presence, and yet seems he is 10 steps ahead of everyone and they remain as his pawns.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Maybe we'll see more pawns in the future.

@NoahBadger Ай бұрын

@Skyrionn if the grant was real and you saw him looking at you what would you think

@uncooldude8338 Ай бұрын

G-man watching over gordon during the games really scared me for some reason, it was just so unnerving knowing someone is continously watching you

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

wait until you play Portal...

@soda7998 Ай бұрын

How do you think Gordon feels about you always watching him huh?

@WobblesandBean Ай бұрын

@@soda7998 We don't know, he won't tell us.

@yrinitarr Ай бұрын

i like to think that he is a literal employee, like the voice of gman got hired by valve, who are his employers and is just told what to do

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

great theory

@brotherloops Ай бұрын

The guy who voices Gman also voices Barney

@TheDoomSlayerButPettingaCat Ай бұрын

@@brotherloops Gman is barney confirmed??

@kiokyyikune Ай бұрын

Barn-ey@@TheDoomSlayerButPettingaCat

@Afraglis Ай бұрын

It would be funny, a massive organization called the "valve"

@budfug8691 Ай бұрын

I believe the g-man was nothing more than a broker of possibilities. pay him enough, and he'll make it a reality

@xXx_Regulus_xXx Ай бұрын

that's such a cool way of explaining him, I love it

@ninjaguyYT Ай бұрын

Maybe he's GordonfreeMAN

@konstantingeorgiev7668 Ай бұрын

Interesting what form of payment does he accept?

@budfug8691 Ай бұрын

@@konstantingeorgiev7668 Freedom. I think its in the phrase "prepare for unforeseen consequences". When you think about it, he's basically a genie. He's being used to get what his "employers" want, hence his imprisonment in ALYX. I think he's just playing the long game, giving his employers what they think they want all while setting them up to get their throats slit by the player (whom he discards like razors)

@TheMinskyTerrorist Ай бұрын

what do you mean "nothing more"? That's a lot

@KamKrzem Ай бұрын

12:16 small correction, it is implied that Breen was the one to say Alyx would be of no use to anyone. Breen briefly flashes on the screen when this is said, plus the line "when... quelling... them? hm? was out of the question". G-Man would not quell his employers, this was a reference to Breen.

@tonnentonie2767 Ай бұрын

Is everything else accurate?

@KamKrzem Ай бұрын

off the top of my head, I didn't notice any other inaccuracies, but I'd have to rewatch to be sure

@juanausensi499 Ай бұрын

Breen is the face of the Combine on Earth, so it could have been a shortcut to represent them as a whole. Yes, he could have been an employee of the Combine, the one who facilitated the invasion of the Earth. Now he has a different employers, so now he goes against the combine.

@Mcree114 Ай бұрын

At 39:24 the advisor seems to notice that Alyx appeared out of nowhere and jerks its head towards her before G-Man freezes time so she can kill it. Imagine how powerful his "employers" are if one of their associates can trivialize the elimination of a Combine advisor like that.

@nicholastuttle2445 Ай бұрын

He's something that isn't human, and isn't trying very hard to pass as one either.

@ghilean1174 Ай бұрын

Strangely, I wish that they will never reveal what G-Man is. It will rob us of one of the greatest mysteries in art.

@HalfDayHero Ай бұрын

Agreed. Some things are best left unknown. Shoulda done the same with the Halo's in Halo...once we knew who created them, the mystery and wonder was gone ;/

@Vort23 Ай бұрын

I want more info but in the form of 'answer one question, open a dozen more' kind of way. Never give us too much, but give us a seed trail kind of thing.

@OneFreeMan17 Ай бұрын

We must have the truth.

@umamifan Ай бұрын

Right? If they give an explanation as to what he is, then it takes away all the mysticism. And if that's taken away, then what makes G-Man special?

@alunkard-geovane2685 Ай бұрын

Half life lore will never end in my opinion, it is a ever expanding universe inside gabes's mind. Many things in this lore just exist, the objective is to, we, players give meaning and interpret them.

@jonathanwatson4484 Ай бұрын

I feel like Gman just walk into black mesa, see Dr Brean without no appoinment, acted like he work for the government and everyone went "well he from the government so we assume he in charge" when in reality Gman never said he was from the government, everyone just assumed it since he acted like it.

@commisaryarreck3974 Ай бұрын

To be fair, charmisma is the most important thing for scammers Enough confidence and you can convince people of anything

@sobrietyliiving Ай бұрын

"I'm from the government" unlocks a LOT of doors, especially when it comes to funding.

@jamalt.saladaga4671 8 күн бұрын

I mean what do you expect when some random dude in the suit In the lab that is middle of nowhere is hard to find, for civilians and he said his from the government. There is some speculation but it's enough to be believable.

@512TheWolf512 8 күн бұрын

@commisaryarreck3974 you mean rizz build is the best build in this shitty game?

@lethalspaceduck3800 Ай бұрын

I once heard Gman speaks like hes not used to having lungs / needing to breathe and i like that analogy quite a bit

@toreadoress Ай бұрын

Alyx (and the players): Who are you? G-Man: My nem's Jeff

@-the-pupster Ай бұрын

TRUE COMEDY

@Nighttimeqt1 12 күн бұрын

BOOM! TETRIS FOR JEFF!

@RockmanZero676 Ай бұрын

The G-Man has always been a favorite character of mine from the Half Life series! I do hope one day we get to find out who his employers are!

@TheDragonfriday Ай бұрын

I hope not because if you know how eldritch horror works it become scary or mysterious as long we never know what it is

@ihebyahyaoui5888 Ай бұрын

His employers are actually the game developers Note how valve created half life alyx because Mark Laidlaw leaked half life 3 plot

@kl0ness 23 күн бұрын

They're all aliens. Some aliens are stupid some are highly intelligent. Half-Life universe is literally alien races fighting for domination.

@mithras666 Ай бұрын

The G-Man is a Shuulathoi god from Saturn. He is imprisoned in a black cube with a green hexagonal superpolygon. He can control Time, like the god Saturnus, or the Demiurge. The "G" relates to the G in the Freemasonic symbolism, a reference to the 7th letter/archon Saturn. Gordon Freeman, in contrast, is the Freemasonic initiate whose goal is to defeat the God of Time, just like Mithras in the Tauroctony. Even Black Mesa's logo is a reference to this. The Lambda complex looks like the astrological symbol for Saturn. "Some believe that the fate of our worlds is inflexible, my "employers" disagree"

@mattcy6591 Ай бұрын

In 2019 Mike Shapiro posted a new years greeting in G-Man's voice that sent chills down my spine. After years of half life silence, G-Man saying "see you in the next year" was insane.

@soda7998 Ай бұрын

Link please? Thanks

@buak809 21 күн бұрын

That was reference to Alyx? Wait it's been 4 years already since Alyx release? Damn time flies...

@adriannalockhart9639 Ай бұрын

The Shu'ulathoi theory kind of makes sense at first glance, but I don't think it fits. The Gman has godlike powers. He is able to do things like a mini Doctor Manhattan: pause time selectively, teleport, appear in people's heads, inter-dimensionally travel, ditto with people, seemingly create pocket dimensions, and now with HL Alyx move himself and others selectively forward in time and appear in multiple places at once. All that to say, I really don't think he's a space grub. 1) I don't think Valve would do that because a lot of people would see him turning out to be a psychic space bug as a letdown. 2) He really seems to be a seems to be a higher-dimensional being beyond our understanding at the least, or some hyper intelligent lovecraftian monstrosity at the most. Valve could go that far, given the jump from New Mexico science experiments (HL1) to the space faring combine empire they already did (HL2) and made work. Honestly it might be really cool to only get a glimpse of the Gma's true, terrifying form, showing he's an eldritch entity we can't hope to comprehend, while keeping his details and his employers unknown. Imagination is more powerful than spelling everything out.

@soda7998 Ай бұрын

Maybe he is a hatched shu'ulathoi and the reason the combine don't let them hatch is because they'd become too powerful to control?

@carlosignacio6711 10 күн бұрын

@@soda7998 if that the case then they couldn't be able of taking their planet, all we know of the combine is that they have incredible firepower, but the G man operates in another level.

@512TheWolf512 8 күн бұрын

you're constraining your imagination too much. he may be using a mix of powers, some things he seemingly does may be pure illusions, while others are real. it's not that simple

@SixtyFourJr Ай бұрын

Plot twist: Skyrionn is actually The G-Man

@SD-R_IC-0nSimp Ай бұрын

"But hey that's just a theory,a game theory!"

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

*watching*

@SixtyFourJr Ай бұрын

@@Skyrionn I KNEW IT

@FailRaceFan Ай бұрын

@@SD-R_IC-0nSimp Thanks for watching. So sad matpat stepped down

@pie662 Ай бұрын

Hey I said that

@jackal2607 Ай бұрын

Apparently the one telling gman "she's a mere child and no practical use to anyone" was not his employers, but Breen. When he says that line Breens face flashes up on the TV behind him

@deathmaster38 Ай бұрын

I think the reason why the gman and his employers actions were none existant during the early years of Combine occupation is because the gman was trapped until Alyx freed him therefor stopping operations, until he was freed then he prob went straight to the future to "place" gordon and restart their operations

@WobblesandBean Ай бұрын

That makes absolutely no sense. He can alter time and reality, he can literally drop people at any point in time or space. The only reason he wasn't there is because he saw no need to be.

@raidenstern6617 Ай бұрын

i dont think gman was trapped because he literally knew about the events of episode 2 meaning he was only there to hire alyx forcefully

@budfug8691 Ай бұрын

I think he's been imprisoned from the start of Gordons journey. They "hired" him to open a path to earth, which is what Gordons objective was. Still under their "employ" in half life 2, he uses alyx to free himself and puts gordon back into play to inspire the rebellion in his bid to destroy his "handlers" which are the grubs. Because of his loss of Gordon due to the vortigaunts, he ditched him for alyx by offering her something she didn't know she wanted; her fathers life in exchange for her servitude. "Prepare for unforeseen consequences" is basically how a genie works

@BlackViper37 Ай бұрын

@@WobblesandBeanyes it does considering the combine were using Vortigaunts to power the prison The Gman was in

@juanausensi499 Ай бұрын

My personal theory is that G-Man worked FOR the Combine at that time, but now he has another employers. He his a hired gun.

@gloveman0 Ай бұрын

I honestly hope Valve never fully explains G-Man. Keep him a mysterious unknown force that we never truly understand. it makes it all the better

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

I agree for the most part, but I also kinda wanna know

@TheFoolish727 Ай бұрын

I can’t wait for the G-man to hire Mrs. Pauling in the new TF2 comic

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

I'd love that

@draconicrift8974 Ай бұрын

Obviously it would be Scout, he's the best!

@TheFoolish727 Ай бұрын

@@draconicrift8974 I was originally going to write scout but thought Mrs. Pauling would be more interesting

@toaster9922 Ай бұрын

IN THE NEW WHAT

@dald.9757 23 күн бұрын

@@toaster9922yeah mate, they confirmed the last chapter

@Nedd9322 Ай бұрын

I've got nothing to add, but something somewhat unrelated; One of the times I was sick last year or so, your timeline videos helped me fall asleep, and I want to thank you for that, anyways, genuinely one of my more favourite lore channels. Keep up the good work!

@Vort23 Ай бұрын

I have always loved his bizarre speech, and often mimic it when i talk about Half-Life. He's such a creepy and intriguing character, I hope we get more info in the next few years (im doubtful, but still gotta try to hold out hope).

@Fabricio0099 Ай бұрын

I would include the fan mod "Entropy: Zero 2" story, the quality of it and the mod in general are exceptional with the direct appearance of G-Man.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

The story is great. I may include it at one point but I tend not to cover non-canon games.

@0wn3dgam1ng6 Ай бұрын

Entropy: Zero 2 is just so good that i just see it as mostly canon,

@nickr0425 Ай бұрын

@@0wn3dgam1ng6 But its not

@UnnLykley 26 күн бұрын

'tis cause of the way existence works in actuality

@512TheWolf512 8 күн бұрын

@0wn3dgam1ng6 I like some of it's ideas, but would definitely throw out others. not many thought. because most of that game is incredible

@brauliorivera2564 Ай бұрын

I wonder where Doug ratman was during the resonance cascade?

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

He think he was just being hunted by GLaDOS at that point

@brauliorivera2564 Ай бұрын

@@Skyrionn what about chell during the resonance cascade?

@NeoPlasiaDev Ай бұрын

@@brauliorivera2564 Sleeping

@brauliorivera2564 Ай бұрын

@@NeoPlasiaDev does portal 2 take place before half life 2?

@carrotstastegood22 Ай бұрын

@@brauliorivera2564 portal 1 takes place after half life 1 and portal 2 takes place way after half life 2

@ENGLANDmistaT Ай бұрын

Nice video bro. Adrian Shepherd deserves so much more love within this franchise. If there is every to be a Half-life 3 I really hope they bring him back somehow.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

100% agree

@Xi9V Ай бұрын

14:27 Fun fact, Gordon had killed roughly 260-270 Marine’s by the time the “Forget About Freeman!” Radio message was relayed

@ShadowGuadian Ай бұрын

I'm glad someone else thinks about the G-man is a Valve employee theory.

@BobsyboyIsVeryCool Ай бұрын

spooky tie and suitcase man

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

spooky spooky

@TheManoy66 Ай бұрын

Skyrionn is a hatched Shu'ulathoi Awesome video man. Watched this til the end while i was stuck in traffic.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Happy to help you through traffic

@Director_K1 Ай бұрын

clicked on this the nanosecond i saw it

@creepersammyb2926 Ай бұрын

sounds about right

@alansmit9198 Ай бұрын

I invented and used a time-mashine to click on this "specific video," but due to [time relapse paradox], my mind split into a million fractions splattered all over time and space. Leaving nothing but a shell of conscience behind. More than eternity has passed, the shattered indentity is more alike a breathing spectral dot of dust longing a cosmic breeze of detrimental power. A feeble structural link born out of order, created in moment of rebirth sentence to perpetual torment in the next. Never truly knowing end or begging, neither light nor darkness. Life and nonexistent. P.s yo mom gay

@MrFishrblx Ай бұрын

same lol

@vex55533 Ай бұрын

Same

@somegamertv334 Ай бұрын

same brother

@erdilalemr Ай бұрын

His file name is Goverment man, so he got his name is a Abbreviation. And he ruled black mesa.

@erdilalemr Ай бұрын

As he says in hl2 ep2

@EddyDiVulva Ай бұрын

He is called "G-Man" because that´s how it appears in the game files. The "Government man" thing is a hypothesis. In the only place, outside of the internal game files, where he is mentioned in that way is in Adrian Shephard's diary where Shephard himself mentions him as a "government man", but it was never confirmed, in addition to that, it´s unclear if Oppossing Force is canon.

@ThommyofThenn Ай бұрын

@@EddyDiVulvagreat username lol. Kinda makes me think of Alyx

@erdilalemr Ай бұрын

@@EddyDiVulva it was always Goverment man but fans shortened it. And so valve.

@EddyDiVulva Ай бұрын

@@erdilalemr No, although in English "G-Man" is an abbreviation for "Government Man", he´s never referred to in the story as such, neither as G-Man nor as "Government Man". The only mention given to him is in Half Life 2 when Eli Vance refers to him as "our friend", and, as I said, in Shephard's diary he´s mentioned as "the government man", but, also as I said, it´s not clear if it´s canon. Also, since Shephard is the one who mentions it, he may very well not be a "G-Man." Still, no one who had contact with him refers to him in that way, not Alyx, not Eli, not the vortigaunts.

@hfghhgfhfghfg Ай бұрын

do the thug shake

@Ar_sole_hair_fiddler Ай бұрын

I bet that in Half Life 3 (if there is one), Valve will shoehorn a plot where the Gman was "a good guy all along" or "the combine are scared of him." That would be such an easy thread to tie up his character that I can see Valve using it.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

I'm hoping it'd be more complex than that. I have an idea of what the plot would be

@MiskonceptioN Ай бұрын

I flippin' **LOVE** these deep dives! Great content as always

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

More to come!

@txcrix9236 Ай бұрын

The g-mans long monologue in Episode 2 is so fascinating and mysterious. His inflection and choice of words along with the visuals and sound effects always puts chills up my spine. Excellent video as always Skyrionn. I don't think it's ever been stated as a fact but I can't stop seeing the G-Man as Valve's version of Q from the Star Trek and Picard shows.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Love that you're watching the content!

@poseidon5003 Ай бұрын

The Vorts freed Gordon from the G-man. Gordon didn't "quit". He escaped. It was a jail break.

@lydiaaio8241 Ай бұрын

You dropping a almost 52 minute video on the SAME DAY I decide to research the G-Man was PERFECT! Found this within the first 14 minutes of the upload! XD

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Perfect timing!

@thedoruk6324 Ай бұрын

I would like to remind everyone that the G man depicted something akin to mature Nihilant in the Garys Pictures in the Half Life Alyx. Where his depiction seems extremely similar to nihilant with an opening head

@xXx_Regulus_xXx Ай бұрын

personally I enjoy the theories about G-man being an advisor or nihilanth or some sort of alien. They definitely want us to think there's something inhuman about him with his speech pattern, weird eyes, and constant tugging at his tie

@WobblesandBean Ай бұрын

@@xXx_Regulus_xXx Please don't ascribe to that Game Theory BS.

@WobblesandBean Ай бұрын

Are you talking about the vortigaunt cave drawing? Cuz that's...no? That's not an "opening in his head", that could be an empty skull, or his brain, or where the vortigaunts consider where the soul resides. It's ridiculous to look at that rudimentary drawing and use that as irrefutable proof that Gman = a nihilanth.

@xXx_Regulus_xXx Ай бұрын

@@WobblesandBean I don't, because I don't watch that channel 🥱 nothing in my comment came from anywhere other than HL2 and my own mind.

@russotusso1695 27 күн бұрын

Far more believable then "G-man is future Gordon" or even "G-man is valve" (tbh that one can be true and more then likely is in metaphorical sense but not in universe)@@WobblesandBean

@marcellpinter4031 Ай бұрын

The hatched shu’ulatoii theory is canon for me. The other surviving shu’ulatoii are his employers and he has to abide certain restrictions to avoid being found by Combine advisors.

@ArthurMorgan_Gaming 14 күн бұрын

34:51 I think the real thing that is going on here is that Kleiner wanted to use and exploit the borealis whilst Eli wanted it to be destroyed which is something the Gman did not approve of

@Menagerie_OS Ай бұрын

Ngl knowing the G-Mans disposition, it kinda seems like his choice for saving alyx was moreso a test to see if or how much things would change due to his deviated actions. (in my mind, to kinda see if he would be able to influence it more than his employers wanted him too.)

@Nin0z1 Ай бұрын

IMO, the ID-card and other office utensils in G-man’s briefcase kind of messes with the grub theory, what would a shu’ulathoi need an ID-card for?

@BaconManStan Ай бұрын

people would say because he's trying to act human but nobody sees inside the briefcase anyways

@alkimos55 Ай бұрын

He's already trying the blend in with his government-man look. It would make sense for him to have a fake ID card as well.

@soda7998 Ай бұрын

Maybe he possesed a government employee or something like that and the id was for the employee.

@512TheWolf512 8 күн бұрын

maybe because all that lore wasn't even in larval state back then?? valve themselves released a big documentary about the making of half-life 1, watch it. it was a terrible mess.

@thimblebirb Ай бұрын

i love your reading style :) such night and day in quality compared to videos from a couple years back. nice progression!

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Always looking to improve! Thanks for being here for so long!

@anuraajsingh128 Ай бұрын

Can it be that G-man and his employers are trying to stop an absolute point (like when doctor strange tries to save christine but fails to do so) in time, like when he says "some believe that the fate of our worlds is INFLEXIBLE, but my employers disagree". They are trying to stop something or just trying to change the future by nudging some specific points in time to create a butterfly effect. They probably might have tried to change the future many times, only to fail and return back to try again, thats why he seems so irritated when something unplanned happens, might even prove his 'use and throw' nature towards his soldiers like Freeman and Shephard.

@scotfromtf2 Ай бұрын

I expected someone as important as the g-man to get his own video sooner, but I can't complain now

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

It was one I needed to dedicate more time on. Now I've slightly reduced my upload schedule, I'm able to give these ones the time :)

@AbooshHD Ай бұрын

@@Skyrionn Nailed it 👏

@ICCUWN Ай бұрын

when a pawn gets to the other side of the board, they get promoted

@GasolineDrinker095 Ай бұрын

The Gmod playermodels look so cursed compared to the enviroment and anything else

@puckfigs9902 Ай бұрын

21:00 "combine harvested" lol

@JoshSweetvale Ай бұрын

What (species) is he? *Irrelevant.* What (job) is he doing? *Abso-fucking-lutely essential infofmation.*

@3amorogamer246 Ай бұрын

I screen shotted this as soon as I saw it on my recommendations only 6 minutes ago

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

welcome welcome

@danielferreira3573 Ай бұрын

Great video! Hope you wake up, and smell the views on this one 🤘

@SysOpQueen Ай бұрын

I loved the way you included voice lines and blurbs into the narration! 'He ran, he thought, he shot and he lived' was so freaking cute x3 I used to bring the game manual to school with me and read it on the bus over and over when i was small hahah

@mehomuiki3886 Ай бұрын

Oh no way we are letting algorithm play like that with our boy

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Algorithm playing with this one pretty well! Thanks for the interaction :D

@liminalex64 Ай бұрын

Thank you Skyrionn, your videos always bring back those childhood memories. Memories about the secrets of half life... that strange feeling of playing the series....

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching them. It does come from a love of the series

@Animux.Studios Ай бұрын

really enjoyed the video while working as always thank you.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching dude! Your videos are also great when you drop them :D

@Animux.Studios Ай бұрын

@@Skyrionn my pleasure

@GordonFreman1 Ай бұрын

My man drops another golden vid

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Thanks Dr. Freeman

@LoremasterGoddess 6 күн бұрын

Gman is the guy Terry Davis was warning you all about.

@chipsdubbo5.56 Ай бұрын

I love these HL videos keep up the awesome work!

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching them!

@gettysanimations Ай бұрын

Yep, this is why I’m subscribed.

@corndogslol5289 Ай бұрын

Finally another half life documentary to watch at 3 am!

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

G-Man 3am challenge

@tahasalmi2957 Ай бұрын

Live comment

@I-Nex Ай бұрын

I've been sure for a long time that G-Man's employers are Valve, many details hint at this, and not a single one hints against it. While the G-Man personifies the scriptwriter of the play, the Vortigaunts, as guardians of the border world, personify the force that is trying to stop the interference of the parallel universe with them, to leave them alone, so as not to be pawns for our amusement.

@UlyssesCrab Ай бұрын

HUH! That’s really odd! I’ve been rewatching all your Half Life videos today and yesterday and was shocked you hadn’t covered G-Man yet.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Perfect timing there

@onieyoh9478 Ай бұрын

The G-Man being Valve would be the most boring conclusion ever.

@villings Ай бұрын

awesome! new video let's hear it about that 'g' man..

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Thanks for being here!

@andrascsont9605 Ай бұрын

Gman is neither good or bad. He only does whats in their interest

@AlieoIguess Ай бұрын

Nice vid! I feel like you should make a video on the overwatch (the hl ones, not the game)

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

It's on the list of things to cover. It'll be a big one though!

@AlieoIguess Ай бұрын

@@Skyrionn thank you

@sagichdochned Ай бұрын

The most mysterious Figure in Gaming History - and you make a 1h Video about it :D My Pizza and Drinks are ready!🥳

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Perfect timing. Pizza is the best

@Deltarr777 Ай бұрын

Great video as always... Your last theory is interesting. Since we will probably never know the truth, or at least have more informations, I'm going with this theory !

@fabiansw8 Ай бұрын

40:30 At this point Gordons life becomes just like those old Half-Life IRL youtube videos

@goon5757 Ай бұрын

My theory on Gman is that since the contract is open to the highest bidder he is some sort of war profiteer who could be combine and he starts the uprising for his employers I'd guess when breen mentions the contract that the Combine tried to hire him and that's why Gman puts him in stasis at the end of HL2

@3amorogamer246 Ай бұрын

I think the gman is a grub if you watched the lore of the shu ulathoi (grubs) when they grow up they can turn into anything they want to be there's also the voice lines that the nihilanth says, one of them being "you are man, he is not man" and along other voicelines

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

100%

@4Deadserious Ай бұрын

Does this imply different grub factions?

@3amorogamer246 Ай бұрын

@@4Deadserious quite the good question

@xXx_Regulus_xXx Ай бұрын

@@4Deadserious iirc from the breengrub account, when the grubs were first contacted by the combine it was in the form of a mind virus. the grubs had basically a telepathic internet so it was able to infect the entire species, but if the theory is correct there are some rebel grubs out there and the G-man is one of them, shapeshifted to appear human.

@bhleyg1337 Ай бұрын

In the Breen Grub text, which is what you're referencing, Breen states that the hatched forms of the Shuulathoi are basically brainless beasts that only serve to procreate the species. I think it's more likely that G-man is some sort of psychosomatic phage. In the same text Breen mentions that some sort of psychic virus began spreading through the psychic system of the grubs, something which somehow and in some form corrupted grubs and introduced horrid things into their society at large which made them quarantine these infected individuals. When the Combine discovered the grubs they found out about this virus and began using it surgically to uproot Shuulathoi society and for easier absorption into the infrastructure of the Combine. Back to what I was saying about G-man, I think it's more likely that whatever Shuulathoi escaped the reach of the Combine used this psychic virus that the Combine took advantage of and twisted it for their purposes. This could be why G-man admires Shephard for being able to adapt against all odds, something viruses do. Or the fact that the Combine view him as a weapon and have him contained in a cell that looks strikingly like the capsid head of a bacteriophage.

@leinadreign3510 Ай бұрын

"The black Mesa incident was a perfectly orchestrated moment in human history." But for gman, it was tuesday. I guess the gman is working for some eldritch entities. Something a human mind cant comprehend. It would also explain his powers and manerisms. Especially his ability to apear and disappear out of nowhere and the planning over time. Including dimensional hopping.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

100%

@Normalguy1690 Ай бұрын

I love these god damn videos I’m currently playing through the 1st half life black mesa and it’s awesome. I don’t get much free time at home on my computer but I love the idea of it and these lore videos keep me intrigued. Keep it up ur awesome.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

I'm happy to make them. I love this series

@halfmaul2095 Ай бұрын

I discovered Borealis myself. I found it in the "Arctic" map in War Thunder😂

@GordonFreeman420 Ай бұрын

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@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Best comment

@GordonFreeman420 Ай бұрын

@@Skyrionncap, this one is

@Thegreatbrb Ай бұрын

Just had to subscribe on this one! What a Lore What a wonderful video What a thumbnail! BIG UPS❤

@don-valley-parkway Ай бұрын

51:18 "this is where.." oh, he's going to say it! "..our story ends" you got me, what can I say

@The_Fracture1 Ай бұрын

I get that Valve doesn't really make many games anymore, which is fine. Steam is a large platform to manage. I just wish they finished the series first. At least halflife alyx implies we can get more content eventually

@Lochlann-Nl Ай бұрын

The Gman is something that you get when you cross Sheldon Cooper and William Dafoe

@petarsimic3458 26 күн бұрын

"its the guy from skibidi toilet"

@liamwaddleton Ай бұрын

Amazing video as always. Been waiting for this one for a LONG time. Hopefully the algorithm is kinder to you soon.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Thanks! The algorithm was kind to this one :) Hopefully it stays this way!

@g-man4208 10 күн бұрын

I've never played half-life alyx, but when I watched the game ending here I loved the level of expression they gave to the G-Man

@KillerScout-oh5db Ай бұрын

Wake up, mister Freeman, wake up, and do the thug shaaake

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

great comment

@igodreamer7096 Ай бұрын

"Maybe the G-Man are all the theories we make along the Borealis" ⭐⭐⭐⭐

@Misterscout Ай бұрын

My wild theory is G-Man is the culmination of Vortigaunt consciousness from the future sent to the past to stop the combine. Both G and Gaunts have the same color energy and it isn't used by anything else. At least to my memory.

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

Good theory but why would the vortigaunt fight against him in the present?

@Misterscout Ай бұрын

@Skyrionn well since we know G-Man come jumo through time and multiple realities, it serves that it would be easier to do it in the past than in the future. Their timeliness was never saved by Gordon.

@erwinsolis3184 Ай бұрын

G Man = Gabe Newell. He puts gordon into stasis, until the day comes he has to milk him for more money

@SleepyJoePrintsMoneh Ай бұрын

There's also another character similar to G-man in a underrated helmetcam shooter in roblox, HELLMET. Make no mistake H E L L M E T. The first time you see him is very similar to Gman, incognito while speaking very.... Mmmm, with much opulence.

@Sniperofchaos Ай бұрын

Finally, the video of my dad

@Skyrionn Ай бұрын

wait... he's my dad too!

@davidmacalister Ай бұрын

It's true, it's in my video lol

@the_only_ag1 Ай бұрын

no way

@DrCranium Ай бұрын

44:05 "Who are the Vortigaunts in this theory?" - IMO, they might represent Half-Life fandom in general and its fan-creators (artists, writers, modders, etc) in particular, both as "keepers of the timeline" _(i.e. they share the same outlook on Half-Life lore as "the whole thing" and yet as "the space open for branching and expansion", just as writers at Valve do and as the G-Man by extension)_ and as "source of hindrance - both productive and unproductive" _(the positive feedback about Alyx as a character after the release of Half-Life 2 in 2004 pretty much saved her from the fate of getting killed off-screen as the consequence of previous plans "set Half-Life 3 in an entirely new world, just as Half-Life 2 was set _*_not_*_ in Black Mesa or during Seven Hour War", and instead steered the production into direct continuation - which, in turn, stalled after Episode 2)_

@DarkstarArchangel Ай бұрын

I too want to make a half-life series theory video. I think G-Man nudged Aperture Science once.

@offendersofficial Ай бұрын

I think that gordon, alyx, adrian, colette green and gina cross, were all dropped into various commercial aircraft simultaneously by the Gman on september 11th, 2001

@adrianmorales5770 15 күн бұрын

The fact that G-Man already has powerful connections in the highest spheres of the government and the military way before the Black Mesa incident (and how he managed to create them) makes him way scarier, imo. Meaning he has a vast knowledge of how human society works, our strengths and weaknesses, and after all that he has labeled us as lesser beings, mere pawns or tools only serving as one more step towards his ultimate goal, whatever that is.