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Russell is regarded as the finest mind of his generation. Through our short glimpse of his life, he aided The Resistance against The Combine in a major way through his various pieces of technology, upbeat attitude and caring nature. While he is unheard of 5 years after Alyx Vance's journey, his actions still set up the building blocks to help City 17, Eli Vance and the eventual destruction of The Citadel.
Where is Russell from, what small event saved his life and where did he go after the events of Half-Life: Alyx? In this episode, I entered a fairly new Combine occupied Planet Earth to explore to secrets behind Russell, and to question his fate.
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00:00 Introduction & Set-up
02:17 His Origin & Lucky Break
03:44 The Fall of Black Mesa & Scientists
06:28 His Evasion of The Combine
09:33 Skills & Technology
11:57 Alyx
16:23 Behind The Scenes & Laszlo
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@salzysisters5799 2 года назад

What if Gman was the reason that Russell's application was rejected? He could have needed Russell to survive the conquest of Earth so that he could help Alyx in her journey. Rejecting the application ensured he survived the Black Mesa Incident.

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

I hadn't even thought of that. Good thought!

@me67galaxylife 2 года назад

This could even go in the timeline theory. If hl:a is in a different timeline, maybe the g-man made sure for his application to be rejected to that he wouldn't die in the black mesa incident. This is probably going too far though

@ThaMxUp 2 года назад

@@me67galaxylife honestly I think it's a different timeline, at least my interpretation is that, half life 2 and beyond still happened after alyx, just that, gman goes back in time to influence half life alyx and the timeline splits off I mean Gman has already been shown to be able to stop time, as seen in half life 2 as well as transport people through different periods of time, like in half life alyx, and to some degree in half life 2's opening when he shows you the black mesa incident, I feel like he knew in all honesty I wouldn't be surprised if this was where valve planned to take the series this whole time, because I mean, if you look at the half life series, whenever both gordon and alyx have faced certain death, gman always found a way to save Alyx, even during the black mesa incident, I feel like Alyx was integral to the plan the whole time gman just had to figure at what point would be best to recruit her, so he went back through the timeline and 5 years before half life 2 waas deemed the best time by his employers

@ThaMxUp 2 года назад

honestly with the way that Gman, has always saved alyx from certain death when he saved gordon, even though Alyx had nothing to do with his employers' interests, during the previous games, part of me almost feels as though valve was planning this approach from the start

@salzysisters5799 2 года назад

@@ThaMxUp the Vortigaunts saved her in Episode 1 and 2. GMan didn't seem to pleased with their intervention

@CynUnion-ji9uj 2 года назад

He's probably just in his apartment during the events of HL2, taking care of a few things behind the scenes. like how Barney can call up Kleiner without tipping off Overwatch, bet that's partly Russell's work. Then when shit started going belly up, he went off to White Forest and just didn't cross paths with Alyx and Gordon.

@mysterythekitsune2988 2 года назад

Probably meant Alyx again while she got kleiner out of city 17 and she helped get russial out.

@Awfulfeature 2 года назад

“The city is going to be leveled!” “Hang on I gotta transport the whole of the internet.”

@mysterythekitsune2988 2 года назад

@@Awfulfeature The fact he saved the internet man I glad russial saved the internet. Because since the half life games out I was sure the internet was lost semi in off mode with most people to operate dead or not allowed too access it and it would not be till after the combine were at least beaten enough that it be brought back by people like russial no doubt russial had to make sure he got all his computer systems and hard curves everything with the help of the rebels working with him and are with him as well as Alex and kliner helping move all the systems of the internet humanity online future for information acesss and knowledge of the past and entertainment (music and u tube videos clearly would be still on it along with many other info sites) onto trains out of City 17 to the rebel military bases like White Forest.

@zabunko 2 года назад

@@mysterythekitsune2988 You ever heard of comma?

@dessert506 2 года назад

@@zabunko commas add extra time to typing make it take to long much easier to leave all comma outa sentence

@moniquesantrifcer1447 2 года назад

Possibly Russel doesn't die. But disappears, either captured by the combine, the gman or just lost in the wasteland. And since you play as Gordon in ep 2 you don't know who he is, thus the resistance don't mention him. But you'll find him wherever he's hidden in ep3. It would be lame to kill off such an important character off screen

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

I hope to see him in a potential future installment

@royliber3824 2 года назад

@@Skyrionn I gonna dare and say, that after the new ending of EP2 basically... Russel gonna show up and help Eli and Gordon get Alyx back from the Gman, probably even saving humanity on the way and preventing The Combine getting the teleportation technology from the Borealis.

@itshexon 2 года назад

My headcanon is that he got turned into a stalker, which would give a deeper meaning to the emotional reaction Alyx had when seeing the stalkers in ep1.

@ChallengerV8 2 года назад

Ep3 xD

@RoseJetExhaust 2 года назад

Talk about important, that man downloaded the entire internet before the Combine invaded, shit's valuable

@czechcrusader6461 2 года назад

It could also connect to how Alyx acts around stalkers. One of the theories says that he got captured and turned into a stalker, which probably scarred Alyx for life as you can see in EP1.

@3rdnusskern 2 года назад

Stalkers are creepy af, I think you'd be spooked by them, even if your friends weren't turned into one

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

I hate that thought but it truly could be a possibility.

@czechcrusader6461 2 года назад

@@3rdnusskern yes that's also a fact. As i said its just a theory.

@ashleycat4 2 года назад

@@czechcrusader6461 A game theory! Sorry, I had to. I couldn't resist the opportunity.

@czechcrusader6461 2 года назад

@@ashleycat4 i love this comment :D

@scienceteam9254 2 года назад

9:05 "Hmm, these suspiciously thick wires seem to lead to the other side of this wall. Oh well, must be some normal human architecture." -The dudes assigned to search the house.

@standardzombie3454 2 года назад

Since there's the theory around of Half-Life Alyx being a alternative timeline, it's possible the reason why Russell doesn't appear in Half-Life 2 is because he doesn't exist in that universe to make it a bit sense. He most likely only existed to assist Alyx in the HL:A timeline. I discussed a conversation before that there's 2 different timelines of Half-Life and how it goes. Half-Life Alyx: (Created by the Gman) Half-Life 1 - Half-Life Alyx - Half-Life 2 Alyx (Mainly Half-Life 2 but actually a sequel to Alyx) HLA and Half-Life 2 are different from settings and gameplay. Real timeline: Half-Life 1, Half-Life 2 and its episodes. This is basically barely of the HLA stuff is seen in Half-Life 2 like Xen infestation, the Combine Units, and none of the stuff being mentioned like the Vault or others. Just a thought of mine

@bshap495 2 года назад

I think that the Vault is what branched the timelines. My theory is that in the original timeline, Gordon failed to stop the Combine from capturing the Borealis. The ship likely contains some sort of time-portal device, similar to what was described in Epistle 3. So the Combine reverse-engineered it into a time-traveling prison, that they then use to capture the G-Man. This is likely why the G-Man wants to replace Gordon, since he probably refused to help him for letting Eli die. The G-Man and his employers most likely wanted the Borealis, just like they wanted Xen. So now he's going to use Eli's life a bargain to get Alyx to help him capture the ship.

@eragonbromsson1122 2 года назад

I think is just one linear timeline, after saving her father the 19 years old Alyx have her memory of the G-man wipe and was put back in her own time while G-Man took the 24 years old Alyx.

@emmanuelucrosacosta1845 2 года назад

@@eragonbromsson1122 sometimes the simpliest theory is the correct one

@klaykid117 2 года назад

to combo this with another commenter's theory what if Russel was hired by Black Mesa in the original timeline and died in the incident? Maybe in the Alyx timeline Russel's application was rejected by interference from the Gman so he could make the gloves and give Alyx the vital help?

@TheAlienGangster 2 года назад

@@eragonbromsson1122 cleaner and more elegant

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

Apologies about the voiceover quality this week! I attempted to fix it but wouldn't work! Should be better next video! Enjoy the video! Update: The title is a joke based on the loose connection between Russell and Laszlo :) Update 2: Thanks for your suggestions. The latest videos have a much better audio now. Thank you!

@PokDarasu 2 года назад

Cool video dude nice job!

@timteecvhn 2 года назад

One of the things I must say is that, you questioned why Russel wasn't mentioned in the previous Half Life games before Alyx, and well... My justification to that is simply down to the fact that Russel was added in during the development of Half Life Alyx. So... While I'd say it wouldn't be unlikely that Valve would have gone out of their way to update the other three games to include mentions of Russel, I would expect them to probably not try that in fear of ruining those games even further than they need to be.

@bn0372 2 года назад

İts sooo good compared to my voice quality in my vids lool

@red_crayon9771 2 года назад

I think Lazlo is a separate character and perhaps was even Russell's apprentice. Being such a helping hand, Russell prized Lazlo with his name being used to login in. Whenever Russell is back to work, he knows that it couldn't have been done without Lazlo every time he logs on.

@tpd1864blake 2 года назад

My theory is that Russel worked at Aperture and contributed to the Borealis, but a fatal mistake on his part caused it to disappear, which got him fired. Some years later he applied for their competitor, Black Mesa but got rejected, and the rest of the story plays out as normal but between the events of HL:A and HL2 he detects some evidence that the borealis may still exist and went off on his own to look for it, using prior knowledge from working on it to aid him. Mossman and other resistance members take his place in his absence and try to locate the borealis, not even sure if it’s real. Perhaps in the sequel to HL:A you play as Gordon and travel to the Borealis with Eli who, moved by Alyx’s sudden disappearance by the gman’s manipulation of the timeline decides to use the technology on the Borealis to kill the gman. Perhaps on your travel toward the ship, you encounter Russel who aids you in locating and entering the ship

@romanbellic9580 Год назад

I would love to see an end to Adrian's story arc too. Maybe have G-Man send Adrian out of stasis to stop Freeman from interfering with his plans. But I still feel like Eli's number 1 priority will be to get his daughter back, but he still wants to put an end to the Combine on Earth. I don't think killing G-Man will ever be a possibility.

@Prefix1998 2 года назад

Maybe he's not mentioned because they're trying to keep him anonymous since the last time he breached the combine network; all but him got captured for interrogation. The advisors can access information directly from a person's brain so having as little people as possible knowing about him and any information about him kept the combine off of him.

@djKIR 2 года назад

You know with HL:A on the main story i get the idea that Russel did survived and worked together with Eli to create the gravity gun. Just a thought, i have no evidence about it even if the idea seems pritty logic. Having Russel in next game with Gordon will somehow be worthy for Gordon to talk, like Alyx did. In that case could Valve hire Ross Scott for the voice acting.

@CynUnion-ji9uj 2 года назад

Ross is the voice in my head for Gordon when I play(not that gordon actually talks, but you know what i mean), but I feel like if Valve hired him to play Gordon proper it would feel odd because I doubt they'd let him be his Gordon. They'd likely opt for something more traditionally good. And if they did let him play his Gordon a lot of people would probably be really put off by Gordon not only talking but also being just kind of a vain dick.

@TheAlienGangster 2 года назад

Honestly I’d be fine if Russell didn’t reappear. He’s a nice comic relief but I don’t know it his constant silly banter would jam well with the typical serious tone of Gordon-led games.

@ChallengerV8 2 года назад

0:09 when this background music started playing I got instant goosebumps. I love this whole universe.

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

It was crafted so well

@swindle9695 2 года назад

Moment of silence for our homie Lazlo. R.I.P.

@sir-dame-sander Год назад

russell has to be my favorite half life character - even though he’s not as badass as most of them, he’s really just a guy in way over his head n I adore the way he keeps the world somewhat grounded through his rambles. you’re right about him feeling real in vr - when I played through the game I kept forgetting he was a character and not like, my weird uncle crashing at my house. personally I’ve been headcanoning his last name as odell (according to his manager, even rhys darby doesn’t know russell's last name) but I honestly like the idea of him being recruited by the gman. it’d make a lot of sense - with alyx as his field specialist and gordon as somewhere in between a soldier and a biologist, it’s perfectly reasonable that the gman would need an engineer as well

@hiddendesire3076 2 года назад

You know, that does get me wondering, since Portal is also in the Half Life Universe, given the Aperture Science Borealis research ship, did the combine ever attempt a move on their research facility?

@galmax2000 2 года назад

according to glados from portal 1, which said she locked up the place from "them" i can ensure she meant the combine. which proves that they indeed tried to break in there.

@detectivejojo7025 2 года назад

yeah glados said that she has no idea whats going on on the surface but she knows that she is the only thing protecting the facility from "them"

@eternal7912 Год назад

@@galmax2000 It never did make sense to me that GLADOS could keep the Combine out. Maybe the trans-human arm, but I'm sure an empire that conquered the planet in 7 hours could bust into Aperture if they really wanted to... unless GLADOS keeping them out was merely keeping Aperture hidden and off the Combine's radar, though I'm not sure how that would work. Personally, part of me doesn't like that Portal and Half-Life are connected because Portal is so whimsical and Half-Life is gritty and serious. However, I do have a theory that the Aperture we see in the Portal games is actually an alternate timeline and in the Half-Life timeline, Aperture isn't quite as advanced, with the Borealis being their only achievement to really rival anything Black Mesa ever did.

@cardboard9124 8 месяцев назад

glados is the smartest thing in the world, plus the entirety of aperture is kilometers underground. It would only take sealing up some sections to ensure that even if they tried to get in, it would take years. @@eternal7912

@DirtySoulsTV 7 дней назад

@@eternal7912seeing as how GLaDOS killed everyone in Aperture, I doubt that Aperture would even *be* on the Combine's radar, no one goes in or out anymore, it's practically an abandoned building. Why would the Combine care really? And everything Aperture did was so secret that no one knows what was even made in those labs, they had portal technology since the 60s but only Aperture knows that. Also I'm sorry but I wouldn't call Portal *whimsical* is it as serious as Half-Life? No. But it's not *Whimsical* you're trapped in a facility being forced to run through tests by a murderous ai (which I should say again, killed the entire staff the minute she was able to) and does nothing but put you down and wish for your downfall. The closest thing to *Whimsical* for Portal would be the Multiplayer story in Portal 2. Just because Portal and Portal 2 have more jokes than the Half Life series doesn't make it Whimsical, whimsical would be GLaDOS saying some shit like "Oopsy Doopsy, it looks like my turrets might shoot you TEE HEE, I sure hope you survive human!"

@parashkevdraganov2395 2 года назад

I love the little easter eggs the Bulgarian director of the game left around. Bless you Viktor Antonov. Edit: The whole City17 is a copy of София!

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

Another feature that makes Half-Life: Alyx great

@Abdirahman_Mohamed 2 года назад

Sofia the capital of Bulgaria

@tathnousoxide9707 2 года назад

I was honestly expecting Ukraine, probably because of it's Chernobyl-esc theme.

@nologic06 2 года назад

I wouldn’t say it’s a copy. It bares resemblance to other Eastern European cities, like Kiev, St.Petersburg and even Moscow. It’s kind of a mix of all of them

@kHz33 2 года назад

@@nologic06 And the train station at the beginning of HL2 is mostly based on the Western Train Station in Budapest, Hungary.

@CrysisYaDig 2 года назад

I think the Gman inserted Gordon on the train in the beginning of Half Life 2 coincidently right when Kleiner finished his teleport

@23bcx 2 года назад

Everyone knows that in the The Orange Box universe all Kiwis drowned in 1972

@cubeofmeat4982 2 года назад

I thought Russell was Australian

@Sidedlist 2 года назад

I think russel was just at a different rebel base during the events of half life 2 and it’s episodes I mean like the entire combine army ain’t only in Bulgaria or city 17

@Handle_Space_Goblon 2 года назад

big brain time

@Whispurer 2 года назад

The timeline where Eli dies is the world where Laszlo guided Alyx instead of Russel.

@lurox5183 2 года назад

Stumbled across your video today and was expecting you to have way more subscribers! Great edit and love hearing the lore! You inspired me to load up HL:A again today, just had some fun with Jeff!

@soldierforchrist631 2 года назад

This channel deserves many more views, likes, subs and comments. Really underrated!

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

Thanks so much. I really appreciate that!

@Blue-lj6md 2 года назад

I personally think the "pw Lazlo" sticky note is there not because it's Russell but more-so because Russell knew Lazlo. In HL2, the rebel who sits by Lazlo's corpse only says *One* of the finest minds of his generation and not *The* which leads me to believe Russell and Lazlo knew each other and were likely friends and so he uses Lazlo's name as a Password. I also don't think Russell disappeared but he was just never mentioned because Gordon never worked with him or even met him. Not to mention Gordon doesn't spend much time in City 17 so it's unlikely he would've stumbled across Russell at any point during the game, this is of course just my explanation for him not really being a character in HL2.

@soh1430 2 года назад

I had an theory that Russell possibly got capture by the Combine and got turn into An Stalker. That gonna explain why Alyx got strong emotion about an Stalker like in Episode 1, like she have to know that Stalker exist about for an time now.

@ProfMarkQ 2 года назад

Knowing something exists and seeing one, point-blank, in your face, that's trying to kill you while it's also the hollowed-out husk of what used to be a human being, would scare the shit out of anybody regardless of who it might be.

@julianpeterson4227 2 года назад

**downloads the whole internet**

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

Shouldn't take too long.... right..?

@thomasmundy9398 2 года назад

Glad I found your channel!

@paiggey 2 года назад

Well if there is a multiverse, perhaps this is a universe where russel didn't exist, but when alyx was presented with a choice by the gman to save her father or not, she didn't actually have the context of the games prior so of course she would choose to save him.

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

That thought had crossed my mind - kind of a "What If" scenario where how different the world would be if Russell had existed

@WorldOfHurt101 2 года назад

Sure, Russel is smart. But what about Laszlo? Now that was the finest mind of his generation!

@ChallengerV8 2 года назад

My theory is: they don't mention Russell in Half-Life 2 Episode Two, because he didn't exist in their timeline. Also Alyx from Half-Life: Alyx is different Alyx. On the end Gman showed Alyx the death of Eli from EP2 timeline, maybe he wouldn't die here in HL:A timeline afterall.

@arandomdragon1534 Год назад

I suspect that Russel ended up at blackmesa east at some point after the events of HL Alyx, where he probably worked on the zero-point-energy gun. as for what happens to him after, that is unknown

@EverestPalmer 2 года назад

3:25 "You downloaded the entire internet."

@smugthemugger7158 2 года назад

0:39 G-Man On the Right Bottom Corner

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

You caught that ;)

@pawelwader 2 года назад

Great job

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

Thanks my dude

@drewtutor6341 2 года назад

Bruh, you never think the aliens are going to come from a different dimension.

@lance_the_avocado9492 2 года назад

I'm pretty sure its commonly inferred by the community that Lazlo is Russel so that the man who was killed by an antlion is indeed Russel.

@tricursor2481 2 года назад

Nah, his character started out as Lazlo but eventually became someone else. If he was actually supposed to be Lazlo, they wouldn't have changed his name like that. I mean can you imagine such a lovable character dying in such an uneventful way after all of the things he went through in HLA? They wouldn't do us dirty like that and they're probably just leaving Lazlo as he was in HL2, a generic npc.

@mintysurfer14 2 года назад

@@tricursor2481 lazlo was the finest kind of his generation tho

@octodaddy877 Год назад

Laszlo is asian, which I'm pretty sure Russell is not.

@genericname4739 Год назад

It is possible that during the chaos of Half Life 2 and how quickly things were going there was just no mention of Russell and while working along the way he was helping your friends. Not to mention Gorden is generally away from a lot of people and gets in area with little contact as well as situations that cannot allow the mention of Russell. It is possible that as Russell is an asset to the resistance they may keep him mostly a secret incase of collaborators and traitors ratting Russell out. When the Uprising in City 17 happened it is possible he played a huge role is hindering Combine defense efforts and then fled the city to keep himself out of danger this is just my speculation. Half Life 2 looks like everything was going so fast that there would be little time to mention Russell. It could also be that within those 5 years Russell very well may have been put in danger and so it is kept quiet on his wearabouts in order to keep him safe.

@fredricksteinwolf475fuzz4 2 года назад

Poor laszlo he was the finest of his generation gone in an instant!

@baddoer Год назад

Russell is Freeman from the future who rebelled against G-Man. That is why he disappeared after Freeman arrived on that train in City 17

@dantepizzaslayer 2 года назад

Maybe he was sent to Borealis to bring information to Eli (or maybe was tortured and killed brutally there), that's why Eli wanted us to destroy Borealis.

@echoalpha9935 9 месяцев назад

Quartermaster = person or individual who is in charge of providing supplies to a group or organization This would mean russ was tasked by the Combine to issue supplies or gear to members of the CWU (civil workers union)

@jayabratadhar 2 года назад

Russel is behind Aperture Science...

@Z_Viscount 2 года назад

He hanging out with the Bullsquids in HL2

@cyclopssin7748 2 года назад

ayo born in new Zealand... SHEESH THAT'S I WAS BORN!

@existingperson Год назад

He’s pretty smart, but Laszlo can’t be beat.

@mljesus7743 2 года назад

0:00 I 100% through you were the voice of the cyclops sub from subnautica.

@ambrusraul2297 2 года назад

Reality is a like a river that springs from many parallels . Alex and Gordon are parallels sharing a pocket reality being called back or entered between The G man and the vort essence . Russel is another parallel

@nuclearfunk2001 2 года назад

galunga

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

galungs

@manuelkfc7916 2 года назад

Galunga

@PineappleDealer37 Год назад

you rorgor about the third doctor who survived. Magnusson.

@ambrusraul2297 2 года назад

2:28 Most of the Power Rangers originated from New Zeeland , they filmed a few seasons there even actors, and games , so that s not good enough, besides , this may well have been a parallel Earth or timeline that suits The G man s targets

@michalsniadala1667 Год назад

his profession was probably a combine scientist judging by his yellow part profession his outfit and lazslo concept art

@fireengie8488 2 года назад

wonder what happened to the moon and the ISS during everything

@FlymanMS 2 года назад

Is it confirmed that Alyx didn’t leave the vault? I think nothing indicates that and more so, SPOILERS in the new ending for Ep2 G-man takes then present Alyx, not one that he teleported from the Vault to kill the advisor. It could be so that Alyx left the vault that disappeared and G-man made sure everyone forgot about the events of Alyx, then it went on like in HL2 and episodes except for the different ending, and Russel probably kept working maintaining low profile, hence why Freeman never heard of him during the game.

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

And maybe Russell will save the day in a potential future game!

@stickman8859 2 года назад

What did headcrabs zombified in xen before they encountered humans?

@cringekid07 2 года назад

It’s implied that headcrabs are omnivores as Dr. Recliner’s headcrab really likes watermelons. I have no clue of what fruits or veggies existed in Xen though

@lawsonharrison6927 Год назад

Russell was actually kicked out if the resistance after he required any user of his gloves to have a Facebook account

@asukifolxfer7375 2 года назад

As thinking about this while watching my friend play through alyx

@TheDuneDovah Год назад

Laszlo may be his codename

@Wertyhappy27 2 года назад

Good video, but Russel isnt the finest mind of the generation is Laszlo

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

That was the joke 😂 😂 because there's a loose link between them

@Wertyhappy27 2 года назад

@@Skyrionn Yeah, Alyx Beta mentions that Laszlo was to be reused, rest in peace Edit: just got to the part where you mention this, so clarified it for me.

@_Shoka 5 месяцев назад

Ok idk if it was just me but as Alyx entered the vault it sounded like the combine might’ve found where Russel and Elie were at so ether they died right there or nova prospek where they also probably died but I guess it doesn’t really matter

@abhishrantgaire2351 2 года назад

What if hl alyx is in a different timeline where lazlow is russel.

@Ice_elite Год назад

As a new zealander i am inspired by russel did you also know russel is a town in new zealand?

@godrilla5549 2 года назад

Russel was o e of my favorite think about hl alyx.

@nrnjn8547 2 года назад

laszlo is the finest mind of his generation

@kozsophe Год назад

I'm not sure if others notice, but when you upgrade the pistol in Alyx, it looks like hers in HL2, but since Alyx was put in stasis at the end, how would she have the same pistol in HL2? Unless she was sent off by the Gman

@binglemccringle705 2 года назад

dont we see/meet russel on the.... whatever the coast dlc/game was for hl2? idk why but its always been weird to me, how ya sorta get this extra chunk of story that doesnt really do much (that im aware of)

@SalihAhmad597 Год назад

I was always curious what happend to him since he was really funny and seemed close to alyx in hla

@DerpyDooReviews 2 года назад

I wish they kept his name as Lazlo, I love the idea that a random NPC you accidentally kill in one game is placed in a prequel and given a personality, and an important role in the prequal just to fuck with the payer and make them retroactively feel guilty for accidentally killing that character in a previous game.

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

I think they are intended to be different characters. I'd hate to think Russell went out that way

@DerpyDooReviews 2 года назад

@@Skyrionn Sadly we may never truly know, Valve isn't known for giving out information about characters that aren't shown in the game they came from. Maybe when someone who worked on the story for Alyx leaves the company they may do what Mark did and write a story with swapped out names based on what it was going to be like.

@theonlybilge Год назад

Alyx! The code! The secret music industry code!

@ChesterManfred 2 месяца назад

Such a shame that TF2 doesn't take place before the black mesa incident. It was you, New Zealand.

@tobbyhappy3572 2 года назад

Yes.

@DetailedMcfly Год назад

Lazlo: Am I a joke to you?

@bubby4714 2 года назад

Nice

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

Thanks!

@buboniccraig896 Год назад

You forgot Lazlo!

@yeetyeet4478 2 года назад

Pretty sure he’s just Lazlo Russell

@Dramscus 2 года назад

I think Russell only exists in the alternate dimension that HL:A takes place in. A different version of earth with different people in it doing similar things.

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

Good thought. It could make sense.

@eggr0d 2 года назад

Russell Laszlo

@sprowli6969 2 года назад

laszlow seems to have a rival

@Skyrionn 2 года назад

maybe

@guy6907 2 года назад

Lazlo Russel

@Collision_TN 2 года назад

How did you know his job

@mixle3099 2 года назад

It's weird how citizens ain't got uniforms in alyx and then 5 years later they did

@mr.commonsense Год назад

8:42 that's literally Russian for "intention" tho

@WilbertLek Год назад

"... and various other classified research." WHAT various other classified research? TOP various other classified research.....

@SubWaySpiderman 2 года назад

I believe Russell doesn’t exist in the original HL timeline/universe. Personally believe there’s a HL2 multiverse and Russell is in the Alyx universe only, in that one where alyx is now missing because of the gman and Gordon of that universe has to fight the combine without her potentially dooming him.