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Impressive Half Life 2 Case Mod

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:03 AM
from the now-thats-style dept.

risinganger writes "Well it didn't take somebody too long to get all enthused over Half-Life 2 (hardly surprising?) and so they have decided to present their lovingly created case mod based on the game. " Very cool looking fake rust thing.

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Impressive timing, Slashdot (Score:5, Informative)

by Nine Tenths of The W (829559) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:04AM (#10937048)

He only made the case mod 9 months ago and it's already on the front page
- Why is this site still up? (Score:5, Interesting)
  
  by Alien54 (180860) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:36AM (#10937172) Journal
  
  It isn't slashdotted. It's a hobby page. Something is very very wrong here.
  
  Parent
  - Re:Why is this site still up? (Score:2, Informative)
    
    by lintux (125434)
    
    I guess the @Home (reasonably big cable ISP in the Netherlands) webspace server can handle some load.
  - Re:Why is this site still up? (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by binarybum (468664) on Sunday November 28 2004, @12:02PM (#10937551) Homepage
    
    it's because it's cached on all our machines already from the last time it was posted =)
    
    Parent
  - According to the website.... (Score:2, Informative)
    
    by TFGeditor (737839)
    
    ..."no /. anymore"
- Re:Impressive timing, Slashdot (Score:2)
  
  by Feanturi (99866)
  
  Actually, it made it to the front page several months ago.
- That's not a HL2 case. (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by Mateorabi (108522)
  
  That's not a Half Life 2 case mod! That's a Half Life case mod with 'Half Life' crossed out and 'Half Life 2' written in in crayon!
  - Re:That's not a HL2 case. (Score:2, Funny)
    
    by Paradise Pete (33184)
    
    That's not a Half Life 2 case mod! That's a Half Life case mod with 'Half Life' crossed out and 'Half Life 2' written in in crayon!
    The man didn't have the proper form.
    - Re:That's not a HL2 case. (Score:2)
      
      by QuaZar666 (164830)
      
      Which man?
      
      Gabe Newell, the man from the casemod detector van.
      
      The looney detector van, you mean.
      
      for those of you who don't know what this is about then listen to 3.5: "CARP License" and "Redundancy must be free" http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#35 [openbsd.org]
- - Re:Impressive timing, Slashdot (Score:5, Interesting)
    
    by Jim Hall (2985) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:35AM (#10937169) Homepage
    
    Yeah I saw it maybe... 6 months back frankly this is old news good going /.
    I remember it from way back, too. But I couldn't find it using the slashdot search. However, this dupe [slashdot.org] did show up. So this dupe is also less than a month old. Good job, slashdot.
    
    Parent
    - Re:Impressive timing, Slashdot (Score:3, Informative)
      
      by Orthanc_duo (452395)
      
      That one isn't a dupe. The guy mad 2 cases. The first was > 6 months ago and was on the front page. Valve then commisioned him to do another HL2 mod for their official demo machine. That post from a month ago is that second case, and so I this one I think.
      
      Regardless, this story is a dupe, and a bad one since themonth old one had all the step by step comentary.
Skillz (Score:4, Insightful)

by Hamstij (831222) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:07AM (#10937063)

The date of its construction aside, I wish I had not only the skill and equipment required to do something like this, but the creative ability to even know where to begin!
- - Re:Skillz (Score:3, Insightful)
    
    by ScrewMaster (602015)
    
    Actually, it reminds me a lot of some of the equipment racks in Quake, still-functioning machines that had been built centuries ago and were showing their age.
Heh (Score:5, Interesting)

by spikestabber (644578) <spike@NoSpaM.spykes.net> on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:07AM (#10937065) Homepage

He made a much newer one on Valve's request since. Way to go TACO! http://www.bit-tech.net/article/146/ http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/08/ 1438215&tid=222&tid=10
- Re:Heh (Score:5, Informative)
  
  by spikestabber (644578) <spike@NoSpaM.spykes.net> on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:12AM (#10937087) Homepage
  
  Fixed Links.
  http://www.bit-tech.net/article/146/ [bit-tech.net]
  http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/08/ 1438215&tid=222&tid=10 [slashdot.org]
  
  Parent
- Scared to change components! (Score:2)
  
  by spineboy (22918)
  
  I think I might get hurt if I had to change anything on the inside of this beast. I bet he had to make an entirely NEW computer, since this one is so troublesome looking. I, for one, don't feel like getting cut and shocked everytime I want to install some RAM or something
I made a Half Life 2 case mod (Score:5, Funny)

by Nine Tenths of The W (829559) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:07AM (#10937066)

I took my Half Life 1 case, removed all the interesting content inside and covered it in bauble and visual enhancements.
Full-featured? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:08AM (#10937069)

Does it make his computer call home for authorization before it works?
- Re:Full-featured? (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by Charcharodon (611187)
  
  No but he is getting sued for copyright infringment.
- Re:Full-featured? (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by G-funk (22712) <josh@gfunk007.com> on Sunday November 28 2004, @04:41PM (#10938848) Homepage Journal
  
  Well yes, but the thing is - like all that's half life 2... alf life 2... alf life 2... alf life 2... alf life 2 related it's got a bunch of
  
  LOADING.
  
  NODE GRAPH OUT OF DATE.
  
  other problems that will stop you from worrying about... orrying about... orrying about... orrying about... the teeny delay when the game
  
  LOADING.
  
  NODE GRAPH OUT OF DATE.
  
  starts.
  
  Parent
New addition... (Score:5, Funny)

by lxt (724570) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:09AM (#10937072) Journal

...so it's an old link, but he's added a new addition to celebrate the release of HL2 - the case has a new motor built in that randomly vibrates the case, causing it so shudder and shake at intervals throughout the game. Now that's the real HL experience :) [...in all fairness, I've had no problems with the skipping bug...]
Dupe doo doo dupe dupety doo (Score:4, Informative)

by The-Bus (138060) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:09AM (#10937073) Homepage

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/08/ 1438215 (almost a month ago)

This case was commissioned by Gabe Newell and will be inside Valve. Originally reported by Bit Tech [bit-tech.net].
- Re:Dupe doo doo dupe dupety doo (Score:2)
  
  by bcmm (768152)
  
  IIRC, something almost the same as this was on ./ front page several months ago.
  
  Those pictures look very familiar.
At least.. (Score:2)

by WhatAmIDoingHere (742870) *

At least the title doesn't claim it to be a Halo 2 mod any longer... Maybe somebody does read email sent to daddypants?
When he boots it up (Score:2, Funny)

by Nine Tenths of The W (829559)

Does he have to spend 2 hours fucking about on an airboat before he can do anything enjoyable?
Over optimism... (Score:2, Redundant)

by lxt (724570)

...I particularly like the "no /. anymore" message at the bottom of the page - slightly optimistic - clearly, lighting does struck twice (or thrice?) for them...
More info (Score:3, Informative)

by Trailwalker (648636) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:12AM (#10937088)

Here [bit-tech.net] are the same pics with a bit more commentary.
"no /. anymore" (Score:5, Funny)

by Xeo 024 (755161) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:15AM (#10937096)

He underestimates the carelessness of /. editors.
almost a year ago, hello ! (Score:2)

by l3v1 (787564)

The blackmesa case was made 9-10 months ago. And while it's a very nice and cool case indeed (and he has some other cool ones on the stock), and it rightfully deserves the /. public attention, reporting it like this kind of news here... ridiculous.
Fallout? (Score:5, Interesting)

by nautical9 (469723) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:24AM (#10937124) Homepage

Maybe it's just me, but it looks more inspired from Fallout [nma-fallout.com], than HL2 (other than the huge logo, of course). Especially the front buttons, rust, and yellow/black warning lines.
how long until this is obsolete? (Score:2)

by duckpoopy (585203)

This guy is going to feel real dumb when HL 3 comes out.
- Re:how long until this is obsolete? (Score:2)
  
  by System.out.println() (755533)
  
  He'd have to buy a new computer to run HL3 anyway.
doom 3 (Score:4, Funny)

by CaptnMArk (9003) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:34AM (#10937164)

I personally prefer the Doom mod.

A black case.
News for Nerds (Score:5, Funny)

by Simon Garlick (104721) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:41AM (#10937195)

Stuff that Matters.

Apparently this cosmetic tarting-up of one individual PC matters so much that it has been on the front page of Slashdot three times.
Warhammer? (Score:2, Informative)

by Hognoxious (631665)

Just stick a couple of snotlings [games-workshop.com] on top (or better yet, one underneath holding the case on a pole in total contravention of the laws of physics) and it could win a Golden demon [games-workshop.com]award.
Here's the newest mod!!! (Score:3, Informative)

by da3dAlus (20553) on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:53AM (#10937238) Homepage Journal

Hey, down here, mod this one up. If you want a REAL HL2 mod, this is the Blackmesa 2 mod [bit-tech.net] by the same guy. I believe this was a requisitioned mod from Valve, so this guy went all out to model it after real in-game models. I should note that parts 1, 2, and 3 for this mod are posted, and it's already been about a week since it was last on Bluesnews, so once again /. is behind the curve anyway.
Big deal (Score:5, Funny)

by roman_mir (125474) on Sunday November 28 2004, @11:00AM (#10937263) Homepage

my computer looks like that and I didn't do anything more than I normally do with it... and the keyboard and the mouse too...
you think thats nice? (Score:5, Interesting)

by VoiceOfRaisin (554019) on Sunday November 28 2004, @11:08AM (#10937302)

check out this doom3 casemod.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=802808&p age=1&pp=20 [hardforum.com]

the thread is 3 pages long, make sure you go to the end to see the current status. holy detail..
- Re:you think thats nice? (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by jandrese (485) *
  
  Wouldn't a Doom3 case mod just be painting the case brown/green and sticking it in an unlit closet?
yes but (Score:2)

by zr-rifle (677585)

...can it run DooM3?
Valve (Score:2)

by ScrewMaster (602015)

ought to have hired somebody to make up a few hundred (or even a few dozen) machines similar to that, and then given them away as prizes. Maybe even had a Half Life 2 tournament with the computers as prizes.
There's a mod worthy of attention. (Score:5, Insightful)

by Bender Unit 22 (216955) on Sunday November 28 2004, @12:35PM (#10937697) Journal

Most often the are cool at the most.
But here the design in the game has been transferred to the casing. When I looked at the green water in the glass, I thought, "I hope it serves as cooling also". And it did.
Very nicely done.
Nice mod... (Score:2, Funny)

by Paralizer (792155)

very well done. I bet that beast runs 50MHz faster now. I would put a few more stickers on it though, and push it up to 60.
About time (Score:2, Informative)

by Revenant Reverend (833434)

Well this is a good 6 or 9 months late. This was posted on just about every gamer forum that had a HL2 section or Case Mods section out there all those months ago. Funny how its only now slashdot worthy.
- Re:DUPE DUPE DUPE (Score:2)
  
  by thryllkill (52874)
  
  not only that, I think this is the third time it has been featured on the front page... what do you call that?
  - Re:DUPE DUPE DUPE (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by ceejayoz (567949) <cj@ceejayoz.com> on Sunday November 28 2004, @10:12AM (#10937089) Homepage Journal
    
    not only that, I think this is the third time it has been featured on the front page... what do you call that?
    
    SUPAH-DUPE!
    
    Parent
- Re:Three little words (Score:2)
  
  by atomic-penguin (100835)
  
  Number 2 and 3 generate lots of revenue and are therefore not wastes of time. Proof of number 2 generating lucrative [alienware.com] money. Proof of number 3 are online ads [google.com].
  
  Number 1 could arguably be productive if you are practicing for tournaments where you can win tangible assets for being a good player.
  
  As for number 4 being a waste of time. We can see it didn't stop you from wasting yours and ours.
  
  Hyprocrite!
  - - Re:Three little words (Score:2)
      
      by atomic-penguin (100835)
      
      Dear AC,
      
      My poor speling may be attributed to reading too much slashdot from day-to-day.
- - Re:Three little words (Score:2, Funny)
    
    by Anonymous Coward
    
    7. Profit!
- - - - Re:Is it me... (Score:2)
        
        by Lehk228 (705449)
        
        I have seen lots of "High Art" that is lower in both creativity and technical skill than many case mods.

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Impressive timing, Slashdot (Score:5, Informative)

Why is this site still up? (Score:5, Interesting)

Re:Why is this site still up? (Score:2, Informative)

Re:Why is this site still up? (Score:5, Funny)

According to the website.... (Score:2, Informative)

Re:Impressive timing, Slashdot (Score:2)

That's not a HL2 case. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:That's not a HL2 case. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:That's not a HL2 case. (Score:2)

Re:Impressive timing, Slashdot (Score:5, Interesting)

Re:Impressive timing, Slashdot (Score:3, Informative)

Skillz (Score:4, Insightful)

Re:Skillz (Score:3, Insightful)

Heh (Score:5, Interesting)

Re:Heh (Score:5, Informative)

Scared to change components! (Score:2)

I made a Half Life 2 case mod (Score:5, Funny)

Full-featured? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Full-featured? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Full-featured? (Score:4, Funny)

New addition... (Score:5, Funny)

Dupe doo doo dupe dupety doo (Score:4, Informative)

Re:Dupe doo doo dupe dupety doo (Score:2)

At least.. (Score:2)

When he boots it up (Score:2, Funny)

Over optimism... (Score:2, Redundant)

More info (Score:3, Informative)

"no /. anymore" (Score:5, Funny)

almost a year ago, hello ! (Score:2)

Fallout? (Score:5, Interesting)

how long until this is obsolete? (Score:2)

Re:how long until this is obsolete? (Score:2)

doom 3 (Score:4, Funny)

News for Nerds (Score:5, Funny)

Warhammer? (Score:2, Informative)

Here's the newest mod!!! (Score:3, Informative)

Big deal (Score:5, Funny)

you think thats nice? (Score:5, Interesting)

Re:you think thats nice? (Score:3, Funny)

yes but (Score:2)

Valve (Score:2)

There's a mod worthy of attention. (Score:5, Insightful)

Nice mod... (Score:2, Funny)

About time (Score:2, Informative)

Re:DUPE DUPE DUPE (Score:2)

Re:DUPE DUPE DUPE (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Three little words (Score:2)

Re:Three little words (Score:2)

Re:Three little words (Score:2, Funny)

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