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Impressive Half Life 2 Case Mod

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-style dept.

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.

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  1. Impressive timing, Slashdot by Nine+Tenths+of+The+W · · Score: 5, Informative

    He only made the case mod 9 months ago and it's already on the front page

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    1. Re:Impressive timing, Slashdot by Jim+Hall · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Yeah I saw it maybe... 6 months back frankly this is old news good going /.

      I remember it from way back, too. But I couldn't find it using the slashdot search. However, this dupe did show up. So this dupe is also less than a month old. Good job, slashdot.

  2. Skillz by Hamstij · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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!

  3. Heh by spikestabber · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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

    1. Re:Heh by spikestabber · · Score: 5, Informative

      Fixed Links.
      http://www.bit-tech.net/article/146/
      http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/08/ 1438215&tid=222&tid=10

  4. I made a Half Life 2 case mod by Nine+Tenths+of+The+W · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  5. Full-featured? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it make his computer call home for authorization before it works?

    1. Re:Full-featured? by G-funk · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well yes, but the thing is - like all that's half life 2... alf life 2... alf life 2... alf life 2... alf life 2 related it's got a bunch of

      LOADING.

      NODE GRAPH OUT OF DATE.

      other problems that will stop you from worrying about... orrying about... orrying about... orrying about... the teeny delay when the game

      LOADING.

      NODE GRAPH OUT OF DATE.

      starts.

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  6. New addition... by lxt · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...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...]

  7. Dupe doo doo dupe dupety doo by The-Bus · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.

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  8. Re:DUPE DUPE DUPE by ceejayoz · · Score: 4, Funny

    not only that, I think this is the third time it has been featured on the front page... what do you call that?

    SUPAH-DUPE!

  9. "no /. anymore" by Xeo+024 · · Score: 4, Funny

    He underestimates the carelessness of /. editors.

  10. Fallout? by nautical9 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.

  11. doom 3 by CaptnMArk · · Score: 3, Funny

    I personally prefer the Doom mod.

    A black case.

  12. Why is this site still up? by Alien54 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It isn't slashdotted. It's a hobby page. Something is very very wrong here.

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    1. Re:Why is this site still up? by binarybum · · Score: 5, Funny

      it's because it's cached on all our machines already from the last time it was posted =)

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  13. News for Nerds by Simon+Garlick · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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  14. Big deal by roman_mir · · Score: 4, Funny

    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...

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  15. you think thats nice? by VoiceOfRaisin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    check out this doom3 casemod.

    http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=802808&p age=1&pp=20

    the thread is 3 pages long, make sure you go to the end to see the current status. holy detail..

  16. That's not a HL2 case. by Mateorabi · · Score: 3, Funny

    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!

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  17. There's a mod worthy of attention. by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.