Why are valve visiting Weta workshop? Massively idle speculation

Half-Life Series
#21

I’m not surprised Valve’s visited Weta workshop, if I remember right, Valve hired one of the prominent individuals who worked on animating Golem’s face to assist them in improving their facial animations. I wouldn’t be surprised if Valve has spoken with Weta digital about licensing proprietary software and the like to help improve the source engine. Newell probably dropped by Weta workshop afterword and asked if they might make him a sentry.

I wouldn’t read into anything, though. Right now Weta workshop is probably got their hands tied with The Hobbit preproduction and won’t have time for very many other projects for a good long while.

#22

“I don’t blame you.”

#23

For a while, my Windows sound scheme was nothing but Aperture Science turret quotes. When I logged into Windows, “There you are.” Error message: “Owowowowowow…” Close a program: “I don’t blame you.” Log out: “Sleep mode activated.”

Was extraordinarily cute. :slight_smile:

#24

Surely you mean Gollum’s face.

#25

Ooops <3, I should know that… :stuck_out_tongue:

#26

Haha that’s awesome! Gotta try that sometime. Though I need to make sure the files are quiet enough. I tried using some TF2 sound files for my Windows sound scheme and they ended up being so loud I’d jump every time something happened.

Me: quietly browsing the internet
Computer: I BROKE YOUR STUPID CRAP MORON
Me: :aah::FFFUUU:

#27

Aggh didn’t you guys learn anything in school. Why can no one get the valve are/is thing right. It’s Valve IS, VALVE IS. Valve is a group and is thus referred to as a singular.

#28

Except that groups are referred to as plural in many cases. Like a company. At least in British English :wink:

#29

Like this guy? https://www.youtube.com/user/243rf34ew

Although, the turret looks more like the engie’s than a portal turret.

EDIT: Er… this was in reply to a post on the first page. Now I look stupid. :meh:

#30

Anyone will do anything for the right amount of money.

#31

I wonder how much a brain-o-vision costs?

#32

if you give me an unlimited amount of money, I’ll tell you when it’s done.
[COLOR=‘Black’]Which will be never. Because I won’t work on it.

#33

How about we let Peter Jackson’s good pal Neil Blomkamp take care of it?

#34

Watch ‘Heavenly Creatures’ - a brilliantly disturbing movie based on true events made by Jackson long before LOTR.

#35

You mean this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1kccz1qziE

#36

You realize that was linked to in the first post, right?

#37

Like this one?

i like how it uses the portal turrent sounds. also: 1:44 HEADSHOT

#38

But perhaps the “sentry gun is for our lobby” is actually just a cover story because they’ve been there to actually look into…

HEV SUITS FOR THE FILM! WOOOO!

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