Just a quick peek at some Black Mesa madness! I’ve only recently come across it, and already I’ve found something that absolutely had to go on the internet. Any game with an Office Space reference earns instant respect points, especially when people start talking about TPS reports and coming in to work on the weekend.

Black Mesa is a free, fan-made reimagining of the original Half-Life using Valve’s Source engine. The first version was released on 14th September 2012, so there’s already plenty for me to play around with. I probably need a better GPU, though. That might make the experience a little more enjoyable!

Then I came across something even more interesting. Sitting in the game was a beige PC that looked remarkably similar to one I’d been working on over the past few days. The front had the same sort of arrangement, with three buttons, a badge, floppy drive bays, CD-ROM drive bays and even the vents in the case.

Mine is a little more yellow, of course! I’ve also been filling it with an assortment of hardware, including a Gravis Ultrasound, S3 video card, network card and Sound Blaster Live. It was quite a surprise to see such a familiar-looking computer sitting there in the game.

And because the game lets me interact with objects, I naturally decided to pick up the computer. That’s mine now! I’m sure there will be more Black Mesa madness once I’ve spent a bit more time with it.

Sources