PlanetPhillip » Story http://www.planetphillip.com Finishing Half-Life is just the beginning! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:35:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © PlanetPhillip 2011 planetphillip@gmail.com (Phillip Marlowe) planetphillip@gmail.com (Phillip Marlowe) podcasts 1440 http://www.planetphillip.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/144-pp-podcasts-logo.jpg PlanetPhillip http://www.planetphillip.com 144 144 http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/category/articles/podcasts/feed/ PlanetPhillip.Com Podcasts Finishing Half-Life is just the beginning! Source, Mods, PlanetPhillip, Valve Phillip Marlowe Phillip Marlowe planetphillip@gmail.com no no Hazardous Materials – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hazardous-materials-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hazardous-materials-half-life/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:14:26 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/?p=8371 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Gordon returns to Black Mesa and, just as you expected, something goes wrong. All hell breaks lose and it's up to you to fix it. Fortunately, fellow scientists manage to find a way to send instruction text to your HEV faceplate.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hazardous-materials-half-life/feed/ 20 En Route 66 – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/en-route-66-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/en-route-66-half-life/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:18:27 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/?p=8319 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Jose Reynolds, a journalist, for the "Santa Fe Times" in New Mexico, obtains interesting information from his sources, that a few hours ago, not far from "Route 66", strange animals were found dead. Without hesitation, he left the office and hit the road, riding the highway, and after some time came across one of these...]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/en-route-66-half-life/feed/ 28 Someplace Else – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/someplace-else-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/someplace-else-half-life/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:20:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/some-place-else-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Pay attention - things are more complex than they might first appear. Intrigue, subterfuge, and mystery predominate. An ancient machine tainted with human technology, guarded by a vicious pack of Nihilanthi aliens. There are few answers, but many questions. Will they ever be resolved?]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/someplace-else-half-life/feed/ 31 Between Two Worlds – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/between-two-worlds-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/between-two-worlds-half-life/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:12:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/between-two-worlds-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 You don't know much at the beginning. You can't remember anything from your previous life or how you came into this cage of glass in which you have been living several weeks and in which these scientists have performed cruel experiments on you. But what you know is: you want to get out and pay them back!]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/between-two-worlds-half-life/feed/ 25 Edge Of Darkness – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/edge-of-darkness-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/edge-of-darkness-half-life/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:10:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/edge-of-darkness-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 After proving your skill and cunning by escaping the Black Mesa complex alive, you have been called on by a shadowy organisation - the Alien Counter-Insurgency Bureau - to help protect mankind from the threat posed by Xen. Tonight, the A.C.I.B. has need of your special abilities to counter a new threat to civilisation. You have been given a rendez-vous in the warehouse district of the city to receive your mission briefing.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/edge-of-darkness-half-life/feed/ 32 DAV Sub- Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/dav-sub-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/dav-sub-half-life/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 06:51:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/dav-sub-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 This is the continuation of DAV Train. After reaching the Osprey you think that you are safe and going home but you don't realize that you are being follow by an Apache helicopter. Eventually he damages your Osprey and you crash, finding yourself on the run again...]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/dav-sub-half-life/feed/ 20 Choices – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/choices-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/choices-half-life/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:11:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/choices-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 You start as a worker on a fuel line, fixing some pipes, working on some kinks; you know that type of stuff. When the next thing you know, a rival company has hired a small 'faction' of troops to come in and collect the data from the mainframe(s). Your objective is to stop them using whatever means necessary! Even if it means destroying the mainframe! You can't let this data leak!]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/choices-half-life/feed/ 15 Smart Decoy – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/smart-decoy-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/smart-decoy-half-life/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:10:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/smart-decoy-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 You are sent to an underwater base. Your objective is to reach and destroy the "machine". Don't expect an easy time!]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/smart-decoy-half-life/feed/ 23 Castle Creep – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/castle-creep-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/castle-creep-half-life/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:10:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/castle-creep-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 A year ago, a wealthy businessman by the name of Edward Marsden bought the ancestral home of the Von Creep family seemingly with the intention of renovating it for residential use. It has now come to light that this man has been using the castle for illegal operations and as a base for a crime syndicate from which he has made most of his wealth illegally...]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/castle-creep-half-life/feed/ 14 Timefall – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/timefall-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/timefall-half-life/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:58:42 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/timefall-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 My name is Jordan Freeman. My only family is my grandfather, Gordon, and he is old and sick.   Today the old man got up early,and woke me too...from the bad dreams I always have.   He took me up to the old closed area...people call it “Evil Black Mesa.”   For me it is not so bad a place.   There, I can be alone.There, the old man has taught me many things; how to handle weapons, rock-climbing, and other survival techniques.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/timefall-half-life/feed/ 30 Red Star Episode 1 – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/red-star-episode-1-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/red-star-episode-1-half-life/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:01:35 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/?p=2018 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 The action takes place in the future on colonized planets. Having found "UNUNPERIUM", a mineral which can generate huge quantities of energy, a Terrestrial Feberadtion was found to find and extract this precious substance. The Federation has sent the cruiser "Aranon" tto the planet Akada, where a group of terrorists have disrupted production. Your objective is to investigate this disruption.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/red-star-episode-1-half-life/feed/ 23 Life’s End – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/lifes-end-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/lifes-end-half-life/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:55:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/lifes-end-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 You play Luther Johnson, a Black Mesa scientist on the day Gordon Freeman's Experiment goes wrong. Explore the area and get the bad news. Then do what you have to do to escape.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/lifes-end-half-life/feed/ 56 Terror Side – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/terror-side-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/terror-side-half-life/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:52:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/terror-side-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 So, this is another Russian mod, where you play somebody sent into a base to do soemthing! Sorry for the vagueness but really, that's how it is. Do your best to survive and reach the escape helicopter.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/terror-side-half-life/feed/ 25 Shift Two – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/shift-two-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/shift-two-half-life/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:26:04 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/?p=8217 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 You play as Otis, the overweight security guard. You survive the Black-Mesa incident and must escape with your colleagues. You'll need to find somebody to help repair the tram though!]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/shift-two-half-life/feed/ 8 Challenger Deep – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/challenger-deep-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/challenger-deep-half-life/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:10:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/the-challenger-deep-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Somewhere far beneath the surface of one of the Earth's Oceans lies a large complex known as The Challenger Deep. In this complex, many scientific experiments take place on a daily basis. These experiments deal with intense anti-mass spectrometer radiation.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/challenger-deep-half-life/feed/ 41 Ispitatel 2 – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/ispitatel-2-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/ispitatel-2-half-life/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:26:24 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/ispitatel-2-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Ispitatel 2 continues on from Ispitatel, where you finished in the large office building. You seem to have been contracted by the Gman, who decides to send you on more missions. Don't get too comfortable though, as you move around a lot.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/ispitatel-2-half-life/feed/ 17 Ispitatel 1 – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/ispitatel-1-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/ispitatel-1-half-life/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:27:13 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/ispitatel-1-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 You play a Russian scientist, Ravil Unisovich, who unwittingly unleashes a plague of monsters after an unsuccessful experiment. Sound familiar? In this, the first of 4 mods, you simiply need to escape the research facility, where you started everything.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/ispitatel-1-half-life/feed/ 28 Hard 2 – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hard-2-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hard-2-half-life/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:04:11 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hard-2-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hard-2-half-life/feed/ 21 Whoopservatory – Half-Life 2: Ep2 http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/whoopservatory-half-life-2-ep2/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/whoopservatory-half-life-2-ep2/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:58:28 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/?p=8202 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Dr.Magnusson has been conducting a personal project in an old observatory. After an unfortunate outbreak of zombieitis the lab had to be quickly evacuated. You must go in and wreck up the place before it falls into the wrong hands!!]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/whoopservatory-half-life-2-ep2/feed/ 41 Solo Operations – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/solo-operations-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/solo-operations-half-life/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:00:14 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/solo-operations-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 After the incidents at Black Mesa three years ago, Gordon Freeman was recruited by a curious FBI Agent, known simply by the common nickname given to his kind, 'G-Man'. Now working as a highly-trained special operative, Gordon Freeman is the only man the US Government fully trusts in highly hostile situations.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/solo-operations-half-life/feed/ 22 Project Focus North – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/project-focus-north-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/project-focus-north-half-life/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:10:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/project-focus-north-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 This is the demo of the unfinished mod. The first section sets the scene and you even get to "play" as Gina, Gordon's Sister. The second section is all action, with some puzzling solving required.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/project-focus-north-half-life/feed/ 18 Hidden Evil – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hidden-evil-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hidden-evil-half-life/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 08:10:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hidden-evil-101-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 "The past is far away... The atmosphere of the earth is almost destroyed because of many terrorist chemical experiments. You've joined a group.. OBJECTIVE: Shut down or destroy terrorist chemical devices You were sent on a mission to take down the terrorist waste complex. But you were delayed! They put you in prison. You must find a way out of there fast before they eliminate you! Seek help. You may encounter some other dudes. But don't shoot everything down, it might be friendly! We believe you can do it!"]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/hidden-evil-half-life/feed/ 37 Todesangst 1 – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/todesangst-1-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/todesangst-1-half-life/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:50:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/todesangst_113zip-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Todesangst introduces the new sinister character Dr. Jack Newell, expert chaos theory mathematician and Director of Black Mesa R&D. Gordon Freeman and Dr. Newell have always had an adversarial relationship at best, and Gordon's hero status following the containment of Xen only served to inflame Dr. Newell's hatred and jealousy of him.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/todesangst-1-half-life/feed/ 16 The Xeno Project 2 – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/the-xeno-project-2-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/the-xeno-project-2-half-life/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:45:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/the-xeno-project-2-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 The story picks up where The Xeno Project left off. After fighting your way across Xen and escaping in a rocket, you are captured and imprisoned aboard an Earth vessel full of grunts, lead by the our old friend the Gman. What happens next? I'm afraid that's up to you. Good luck....you'll need it.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/the-xeno-project-2-half-life/feed/ 26 The Xeno Project – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/the-xeno-project-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/the-xeno-project-half-life/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:10:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/the-xeno-project-steam-compatible-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 The terraformation of Xen has begun. The planet now supports a breathable oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere and earth-like gravity. A scientific facility called the Xeno Project has been set up on the planet for continuing research into portal technology. Tension on the planet is running high due to the secrecy surrounding the project and the military's distrust of the scientific community. You are Gordon Freeman. Your mission is to report to the underground test lab at the Xeno Project.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/the-xeno-project-half-life/feed/ 31 Trespasser – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/trespasser-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/trespasser-half-life/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:10:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/half-life-trespasser-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Your name is Mark Hunt, an elite Marine sent in to 'clean up' the Black Mesa Incident. Near evening your platoon was ambushed by a superior force, taking you completely by surprise. In the chaos you became separated from your C.O. and by sheer luck evaded the atomic blast that followed. The Brass didn't call it luck. You were courtmartialed for desertion and sentenced to ten years in a maximum security prison. Two years into your sentence, something happened...]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/trespasser-half-life/feed/ 28 Radix – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/radix-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/radix-half-life/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:29:35 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/?p=8168 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 You find yourself on a spaceship, which seems to be researching Xen lifeforms. Follow the clues to a spot on the ship and then ignore the sign. At this point things turn fun! Are you fast and smart enough to escape? Only time will tell....]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/radix-half-life/feed/ 23 Gman Island Part 1 – Half-Life http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/gman-island-part-1-half-life/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/gman-island-part-1-half-life/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:10:03 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/gman-island-part-1-half-life/ Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 You play Gordon Freeman and your objective is to chase the Gman. Of course, he is one step ahead of you all the time, but that's doesn't mean you can't catch him. What is this "island" in the title, play and you may find out (Actually you won't, but you might in part 2!]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/gman-island-part-1-half-life/feed/ 21 1187: Episode 1 – Half-Life 2: Ep2 http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/1187-episode-1-half-life-2-ep2/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/1187-episode-1-half-life-2-ep2/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:20:02 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/?p=7906 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Almost a decade after the Black Mesa incident, which opened the Portal Storms, you find yourself trying to cope with their aftermath. Creatures seem to appear from nothing and come without warning. It is during this time that you find yourself in your apartment. A strange, suited man appeared in your dreams and having no idea what's going on, all you can do is to try and stay alive.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/1187-episode-1-half-life-2-ep2/feed/ 39 Overheid – Half-Life 2: Ep2 http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/overheid-half-life-2-ep2/ http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/overheid-half-life-2-ep2/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:31:40 +0000 planetphillip http://www.planetphillip.com/?p=7876 Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3 Overheid tells the story of Chris Winfield, a new recruit in humanity’s fight against the Combine. The story unfolds across multiple locations, from the fringes of society to the very heart of the Combine beast.]]> http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/overheid-half-life-2-ep2/feed/ 32