Hey, it's the real Alyx Vance!

Intrepid Homoludens · 04-07-2005, 04:13 PM

Here's another view of her.

I bet they used this model to make the composite for the character.

It's too much of a coincidence.

EvoG · 04-07-2005, 04:31 PM

Well if you're curious, you should pick up the Art of Half Life. Shows her and all the people used, including the some odd 29 faces they composited together to create Gordon (overkill IMO).

JoeX111 · 04-07-2005, 05:33 PM

They even mentioned putting an ad in a seattle newspaper to "Get your face in a video game!"

Intrepid Homoludens · 04-07-2005, 05:36 PM

Really? I always thought Alyx and the others were just too lifelike to not be composites of real people.

JoeX111 · 04-07-2005, 05:58 PM

Yep, every character in the game is based off a real life person. According to the book, Dr. Kleiner came from some accountant who worked in the same building, Dr. Eli Vance was a homeless man looking for work they found on the street, and Barney was one of the main guys at VALVe.

04-07-2005, 04:13 PM	#1
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04-07-2005, 04:31 PM	#2
EvoG FlipFrame Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 471	Well if you're curious, you should pick up the Art of Half Life. Shows her and all the people used, including the some odd 29 faces they composited together to create Gordon (overkill IMO). Share Share this post on Twitter

04-07-2005, 05:33 PM	#3
JoeX111 Quixotic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fresno, California Posts: 385	They even mentioned putting an ad in a seattle newspaper to "Get your face in a video game!" Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "And what has this experience taught you?" "That philosophy isn't worth my time." --Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

04-07-2005, 05:36 PM	#4
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Really? I always thought Alyx and the others were just too lifelike to not be composites of real people. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

04-07-2005, 05:58 PM	#5
JoeX111 Quixotic Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fresno, California Posts: 385	Yep, every character in the game is based off a real life person. According to the book, Dr. Kleiner came from some accountant who worked in the same building, Dr. Eli Vance was a homeless man looking for work they found on the street, and Barney was one of the main guys at VALVe. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "And what has this experience taught you?" "That philosophy isn't worth my time." --Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

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