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Impressive Half Life 2 Case Mod
risinganger writes "Well it didn't take somebody too long to get all enthused over Half-Life 2 (hardly surprising?) and so they have decided to present their lovingly created case mod based on the game. " Very cool looking fake rust thing.
He only made the case mod 9 months ago and it's already on the front page
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this is probably a dupe... 3 months old (at least) and counting...
this has been linked to at least 3 times before, come on.
This was posted here about 6 months ago
I am one of many. My idea is not unique, nor do I expect my voice alone to sway you. I speak in a chorus of opinion.
The date of its construction aside, I wish I had not only the skill and equipment required to do something like this, but the creative ability to even know where to begin!
He made a much newer one on Valve's request since. Way to go TACO! http://www.bit-tech.net/article/146/ http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/08/ 1438215&tid=222&tid=10
I took my Half Life 1 case, removed all the interesting content inside and covered it in bauble and visual enhancements.
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Does it make his computer call home for authorization before it works?
...so it's an old link, but he's added a new addition to celebrate the release of HL2 - the case has a new motor built in that randomly vibrates the case, causing it so shudder and shake at intervals throughout the game. Now that's the real HL experience :)
[...in all fairness, I've had no problems with the skipping bug...]
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/08/ 1438215 (almost a month ago)
This case was commissioned by Gabe Newell and will be inside Valve. Originally reported by Bit Tech.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
At least the title doesn't claim it to be a Halo 2 mod any longer... Maybe somebody does read email sent to daddypants?
Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
Does he have to spend 2 hours fucking about on an airboat before he can do anything enjoyable?
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Get A Life
Which is a bigger waste of time:
- or the clear winner -
This post is a waste even on its own terms.
I need a life, and fast.
sigs, as if you care.
...I particularly like the "no /. anymore" message at the bottom of the page - slightly optimistic - clearly, lighting does struck twice (or thrice?) for them...
I can't find the slashdot story quickly enough but this has been all over slashdot already, just look at the date in the forums; 24-02-2004, 15:42.
Not that it'd make the case mod less "attractive" -- great piece of work imho.
Here are the same pics with a bit more commentary.
I bet the keyboard & mouse are not very nice to use... Bumpy and horrid...
Wow, I should not post when knackered.
I bet that keyboard is pretty damn uncomfortable. He ripped some holes in the bezel right under the ZXCV keys. I'm a big fan of HL 2, but DO NOT mess with my QWERTY!
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He underestimates the carelessness of /. editors.
The blackmesa case was made 9-10 months ago. And while it's a very nice and cool case indeed (and he has some other cool ones on the stock), and it rightfully deserves the /. public attention, reporting it like this kind of news here... ridiculous.
I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I can think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.
This case mod was shown in Maximum PC.
Judging by the harsh criticism of the timing of this post, I'd bet that the getting-a-piece-of-ass factor of /. readers is at an all-time low.
This should not be that offensive people.. it's not like he posted something on the latest in fashion in NYC
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Maybe it's just me, but it looks more inspired from Fallout, than HL2 (other than the huge logo, of course). Especially the front buttons, rust, and yellow/black warning lines.
If it was a Matrix Case Mod I'd say somebody had really fucked up ./ BIGTIME!
And also... what a crappy admin... I mean 1 month to correct the glitch?!? DAAM!
This guy is going to feel real dumb when HL 3 comes out.
word.
I wonder how the guy feels about having his site slashdotted... twice!
Then I remembered VtM players rank slightly below furries on the geek heirarchy
I personally prefer the Doom mod.
A black case.
Or am I the only one who thinks case mods are pointless? I would rather my computer be fast than look good. After all, I'm sure that, like me, most peoples' computers live safely tucked away under their desks.
It isn't slashdotted. It's a hobby page. Something is very very wrong here.
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
But it looks cool. Nice job all around!
Stuff that Matters.
Apparently this cosmetic tarting-up of one individual PC matters so much that it has been on the front page of Slashdot three times.
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Can we have an option in the profile preferences to weed out the following -
Case mods
Star wars crap
LOTR dvds
electronic voting
any mention of ESR
Thanks
Just stick a couple of snotlings on top (or better yet, one underneath holding the case on a pole in total contravention of the laws of physics) and it could win a Golden demonaward.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
What part of this "Look, I made a pretty case" website is "Stuff that Matters"?
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This is the kind of thing I'd expect from [H] (and this WAS posted to [H] about 4 months ago) but
Come on, people.. It can't be that slow of a news day.
Next Headline: Nerds like Caffeine!
Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
Hey, down here, mod this one up. If you want a REAL HL2 mod, this is the Blackmesa 2 mod by the same guy. I believe this was a requisitioned mod from Valve, so this guy went all out to model it after real in-game models. I should note that parts 1, 2, and 3 for this mod are posted, and it's already been about a week since it was last on Bluesnews, so once again /. is behind the curve anyway.
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
my computer looks like that and I didn't do anything more than I normally do with it... and the keyboard and the mouse too...
You can't handle the truth.
In Donald A. Norman's "Invisible Computer" universe. Will there be room for case mods?
check out this doom3 casemod.
p age=1&pp=20
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=802808&
the thread is 3 pages long, make sure you go to the end to see the current status. holy detail..
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Halflife2 is the most overrated game on the planet, second only to halflife. And I'm sorry, but Valve is the worst software producing company on the planet. They've screwed their customer's every step of the way. People who support Valve should be flogged to death, then buried in irradiated mud.
That's not a Half Life 2 case mod! That's a Half Life case mod with 'Half Life' crossed out and 'Half Life 2' written in in crayon!
"You saved 1968." - Ms. Valerie Pringle to the crew of Apollo 8
...can it run DooM3?
Hack your mind out of its sandbox.
This is simply his Half-Life 1 mod with a 2 added. I've seen this case literally a year ago. Minus the 2 of course.
in the bonds, ppka
...and it was still done before Steam had his copy of HL2 unlocked.
ought to have hired somebody to make up a few hundred (or even a few dozen) machines similar to that, and then given them away as prizes. Maybe even had a Half Life 2 tournament with the computers as prizes.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
TO LAST YEAR
Most often the are cool at the most.
But here the design in the game has been transferred to the casing. When I looked at the green water in the glass, I thought, "I hope it serves as cooling also". And it did.
Very nicely done.
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isn't it funny that an "auto-link" doesn't actually link URLs automatically? in that it requires user specification of the link.
very well done. I bet that beast runs 50MHz faster now. I would put a few more stickers on it though, and push it up to 60.
I remember seeing this almost a year ago. Maybe longer. This is definitly very old news.
Definitly very old. I remeber seeing this almost a year ago. Maybe longer.
Wow, that's really cool.
I don't play any video games, but, just the case looks really great.
Kudos!
It is beautiful, yet it is ugly. Who would want a rusty looking thing around?
It just looks plain dirty.
...you shoulda seen the case mod BEFORE the rust set in! Nya nya nya nya NYA nya
..."no /. anymore"
Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.
I think I might get hurt if I had to change anything on the inside of this beast. I bet he had to make an entirely NEW computer, since this one is so troublesome looking. I, for one, don't feel like getting cut and shocked everytime I want to install some RAM or something
..........FULL STOP.
Hey that kind of looks like the 286 case I left out in the rain and has been sitting in the basement for the last 15 years....
So, it's news is it when some sad git with no girlfriend gets his paintbox out ?
Some people just need to get out more !
actually the HL2-mod that Piloux built for Valve is IMHO quite a bit more impressive.
Complete thread att bit-tech
Summary, part one
Summary, part two
I enjoy large posteriors and I cannot prevaricate.
old news, but it is the weekend and they need to fill a page...
There was an unknown error in the submission.
With all the free time this guy has, it looks like he just got fired from CompUSA or something. I'm surprised that someone could actually do that without the paint making everything (keys, fans, buttons, etc.) stick. The sad thing is, I can actually look at the thing and think to myself, "hmm, I want one."
Well, I believe, just as duke nukem forever this could become one of those *reminded to us by taco every three months* things.
/. frontpage indicates.
As the current track record of this project and
There were a link to the stats of the site for the month at the end of the page. Most of the consultation of the site were done today !
9 78 058
http://www.nedstatbasic.net/s?tab=1&link=1&id=2
Needs to have one of those things that hangs from the ceiling and grabs ya with the long apendage that dangles down waiting for something. Could put it between the powersupply and the drives and have a little action figure snatched half way up by the neck.
~~ Behold the flying cow with a rail gun! ~~
I cover my case in authentic rust.
Now, it just needs a ford badge.
Looks like someone took a giant shit on a computer and plopped a big #2 on the side.
Second time around, it's dupe.
Third time around, it's TRIPE.
isn't news, i agree. 99% of everything else on /. is great but this stuff just annoys me.
"Yeah, but you could argue that art doesn't really have much of a point - it just sits there and looks cool."
That's called the "Dumb Blond" mod.
Well this is a good 6 or 9 months late. This was posted on just about every gamer forum that had a HL2 section or Case Mods section out there all those months ago. Funny how its only now slashdot worthy.
wow that looks preety gosh darn cool
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That takes some serious time for someone to do. Nice work by him.