


Once the fighting dies off, go forward and kill off any survivors by nailing them the propane tanks. Alyx should be able to gun down anything that comes toward you. Hang back and let the zombies and the antlions wear away at each other. You shouldn’t have to use it, but it’s better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. Then grab a propane can with the gravity gun. There’s a zombie in the corner, so let Alyx kill him. Move forward and into the tunnel and then drop down. The big crash will destroy the fence blocking the mine, so you can head inside now. Watch the cool portal storm and make sure you turn around to see Valve show off the physics engine with the collapsing bridge.

You should be able to see the ruins of the Citadel. Head on out and down the path to the little outlook. Just wait until she gets the gravity gun and pulls off the door. As it floods, Alyx will run up and try to help. It will start to tip at the end, so you’ll just have to aim your fall toward the door. Get your bearings and then start moving down the train. After the recap, we’ll wake up in a wrecked train car. Lift-off will be from LaLaunch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula and will send 30 satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 500 km (310 miles).A Portal Storm and A Very Important Gnome Rocket Lab has scheduled the launch for the latter half of November, with a 14-day launch window beginning on November 15 (which is actually November 16 local time). RELATED: Gaben Is Not Moving Valve To New Zealand, But He Might Move There "The mission serves as an homage to the innovation and creativity of gamers worldwide,” writes Rocket Lab on their website, “and also aims to test and qualify a novel 3D printing technique that could be employed for future spacecraft components." He also shows up in Half-Life: Alyx as a magnetic bottle opener on the side of Russell's fridge in his lab. He first made his appearance in Half-Life 2: Episode 2 where he was initially just called "garden gnome," but then returned as Gnome Chompski in Left 4 Dead 2's Dark Carnival campaign. It’s not quite a Tesla Roadster, but it’s still pretty rad.įor those unaware of the gag, Gnome Chompski is a garden gnome that has appeared frequently in Valve games. Now he's taking his philanthropy to the next level by paying a New Zealand space company to launch a 3D-printed replica of Gnome Chompski into space. Newell has been doing a lot of fun stuff for New Zealand ever since he got stranded there at the beginning of the pandemic, from free concerts to media appearances.

A titanium replica will be launched into space courtesy of Rocket Lab, Weta Workshop, and New Zealand's newest and coolest resident, Gabe Newell. Gnome Chompski is about to go where few men have gone before, and certainly no garden gnomes. Gabe Newell is launching a garden gnome into space because this is what 2020 has come to.
