Playing HALF-LIFE... with REAL guns!

The techies at Waterloo Labs in Austin, Texas are putting "shooter" into the first-person shooter game... literally! Using accelerometers, a big sheet of drywall and computer triangulation, they've made it possible to play a FPS like Half-Life with actual firearms and other physical weapons!

Behold the carnage...

I'd love to play Doom like this, but knowing me I'd just wind up chainsawing the drywall to pieces not long into Episode 1 Mission 2 :-P

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Gordon Freeman is at the Large Hadron Collider!

popgive.com found this photo of some scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider (which began operation this morning and it's yet to destroy the world), including one in the group that bears a very striking resemblance to Gordon Freeman, the protagonist of the Half-Life video game series.

Just an odd coincidence, I'm sure. But if that guy shows up in any more photos and wielding a crowbar, it might be a good idea to stock up on some rations and shotguns.

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