Sgt.McHale

Jerry joined Jan 5, 2016

I mod for a bunch of games, mainly Half-Life. I excel at editing models, not coding or mapping, I suck at both. I also can do basic texture editing in Photoshop. It comes as no surprise that Half-Life is my favorite game.

I come across as a boring guy, I don't watch movies, TV shows, Anime or read Manga, Japanese culture is vile anyway. Limited interests, one may say. Most games I play have existed way before I was even born.

My music taste is a bit different than your average Joe's, I listen mostly to Synthwave and Witch House, Electronic music put it simply. My favorite band is Crystal Castles, I didn't find peace in their songs, only depression, self-hatred, nostalgia and a thirst for days of yore. Despite all of this, their songs is what I enjoy the most, even when they had made my mental life worse, brought me solace however. It's what I'd take over Rock, Metal or whatever the frick a normal person listens to.

This has turned into a rant, sorry.

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I hate Half-Life: Extended

Jan 31 2023 Sgt.McHale Blog 11 comments

Yeah I hate the mod, don't get me wrong I'm not shitting on the developers' hard work, they're probably putting their heart and soul into it.

It's just that I can't stand mods that try to up Half-life from being a 1998 game to something out of 2005 with fancy ass new features like glow effects, bright maps, exaggerated mapping geometry, high resolution textures or over the top, detailed animations. Why can't you enjoy Half-Life for being what it is? Why do modders have to butcher it like this? I get it people can mod games in whatever way they see fit but the problem is that mods like Extended or Echoes are setting a new standard for mods, that if your mod doesn't offer any of aforementioned shit, people will look down on it.

Fuck the current modding community and their sacrilege of Half Life, give me They Hunger or Life's End all day long.