The Drawbacks of Being a Hero

January 30, 2008 | By: Steven Wong

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Even with power and wealth to spare, there's a downside to being a hero. Here are gaming's most popular and why it sucks to be them.

Gordon Freeman, from Half-Life

As a brilliant physicist and symbol of the rebellion, Gordon Freeman has the brains, the babe (Alyx Vance) and the firepower. So why is he so eager to hang up his hazard suit?

- He's forced to do the Time Warp again, again and again
- No matter what, he's still the G-Man's patsy
- He spent years studying to become a theoretical physicist, but ends up being an inter-dimensional gun for hire
- Often needs to run through sewers or smear himself with disgusting Antlion Queen goo

Source: Valve Software

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candycoated561@yahoo.com at 11:11 am on July 20th 2008

WOW! i cant believe that people would post mean comments

lucidbluprint69 at 2:10 am on July 20th 2008

Wow... wtf guys?! ur seriously taking this **** to a whole nother level. its just a joke, and if ur seriously gunna cry over this **** then mabe u should look into getting a life. Believe it or not guys i've played all of these games and im still laughing at its ironic humor. plz learn to take a joke ppl.

hornymonkeywithu at 1:02 am on July 20th 2008

lol, honestly you sensitive, Nancy ass, cry baby idiots are way more hilarious then the article itself. that's not to say it's a bad article, but just so state how ridiculous everyone is ahah.

rugrat809 at 11:31 pm on July 19th 2008

and master cheifs gf isnt cortana ...what idiots she just a program for the war

djnemo65 at 10:36 pm on July 19th 2008

You are so stupid, you haven't even played these games. Your command of English is wretched, sickening even. What is your dream? Writing? I hope not, because you are seriously deluding yourself if you think you will ever be capable of writing anything more than not-funny, not-insightful tripe for a crappy obscure video game site. I know many video game sites that don't inspire the vitriol that this one does. Why is that? I will tell you now. It is because you are a complete insipid dumpy dork with a lump of coal for a brain. You are probably ugly too. I really hate you. ALOT.

shukaku1124 at 9:19 pm on July 19th 2008

pretty funny article, though some things about those games were true but didn't have to be said. i bet whoever writes these articles continues to do so just to see how pissed off everyone gets over a harmless article...

ali7171 at 9:14 pm on July 19th 2008

ah... just another lame article... and im just another idiot that just.. goes and checks it out... ::sigh::

dtwarrior66 at 6:56 pm on July 19th 2008

Sucks | | | | V

dtwarrior66 at 6:55 pm on July 19th 2008

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mlbfan4491 at 5:25 pm on July 19th 2008

hey Dimentia guess wat? your just as bad as me your yelling just like me and im yelling cause im pissed off at ppl complaing about stupid things so get off your f'ing highhorse you prick cause your just as bad as me!