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Posted July 16, 2010
This is a short film from the fans of Half-Life games. Inspired by the Half-Life Video Game series, this is an action packed short film centering around Adrian Shephard and a band of resistance fighters struggling to get out a warning about the impending invasion. It looks cool, you must watch this film's trailer.
http://beyondblackmesa.com/
Posted July 16, 2010
I wonder how these guys got Valve's approval? It looks promising, anyhow.
Posted July 16, 2010
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Prator: I wonder how these guys got Valve's approval? It looks promising, anyhow.

Valve is generally pretty relaxed about letting people use their IPs as long as they aren't doing it for profit. I think they featured another short film in one of their weekly news postings.
Posted July 17, 2010
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Prator: I wonder how these guys got Valve's approval? It looks promising, anyhow.
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PoSSeSSeDCoW: Valve is generally pretty relaxed about letting people use their IPs as long as they aren't doing it for profit. I think they featured another short film in one of their weekly news postings.

Black Mesa: Source is an entire rebuild of HL in HL2 with new music models AI and well everything updated even level design. Valve has said there beyond excited and cannot wait to play it.
Post edited July 17, 2010 by Starkrun
Posted July 17, 2010
Mm not too impressed by it. Yes, tiny budget, well done but then the question is: is it worth making something like this on such a small budget? The trailer doesn't peak my interest at all. The "smell the ashes" line made me cringe beyond belief. The special effects felt so gratuitous, the voice over was mediocre at best, etc. etc. I know I'm very critical of such things but still ... not really interested in it at all.
Posted July 17, 2010
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Prator: I wonder how these guys got Valve's approval? It looks promising, anyhow.

Why not? It wouldn't be good PR if Valve wanted to can a fan production of their games.
Posted July 17, 2010
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Prator: I wonder how these guys got Valve's approval? It looks promising, anyhow.
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michaelleung: Why not? It wouldn't be good PR if Valve wanted to can a fan production of their games.

That hasn't kept a lot of other companies back from doing it. Of course, some of them have changed their stance after they saw just how much bad publicity it generated. Most recently Activision.
Valve however, has always focused on the positive aspects of this particular kind of "copyright infringement", and know that the benefits it brings far outweigh the disadvantages.
Posted July 17, 2010
Perhaps I should clarify: when I asked "How did these guys get Valve's approval?" I literally meant "HOW did they get Valve's approval?"
I can picture Gabe Newell taking a call in his office:
GABE: Right. Time to get started on the storyboard for Episode 3...
*Phone Rings*
GABE: Hello?
BRIAN CURTAIN: Hello, Mr Newell? Me and a group of friends wanted to make a short film based in the Half-life setting, with Adrian Shepard as a star character. Is that cool?
GABE: Sure, sure. Just give credit where credit is due.
BRIAN: Thanks, man, you're the best.
GABE: You're welcome. My pleasure.
*Hangs up phone*
GABE: ...What was I doing again?... Ah, well, it probably wasn't that important...
Posted July 17, 2010
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Prator: Perhaps I should clarify: when I asked "How did these guys get Valve's approval?" I literally meant "HOW did they get Valve's approval?"
I can picture Gabe Newell taking a call in his office:
GABE: Right. Time to get started on the storyboard for Episode 3...
*Phone Rings*
GABE: Hello?
BRIAN CURTAIN: Hello, Mr Newell? Me and a group of friends wanted to make a short film based in the Half-life setting, with Adrian Shepard as a star character. Is that cool?
GABE: Sure, sure. Just give credit where credit is due.
BRIAN: Thanks, man, you're the best.
GABE: You're welcome. My pleasure.
*Hangs up phone*
GABE: ...What was I doing again?... Ah, well, it probably wasn't that important...

NOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo...
Posted July 22, 2010
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Prator: I wonder how these guys got Valve's approval? It looks promising, anyhow.

Valve is usually quite supportive of mods. Some of their current developers worked on Team Forteress and Counter-Strike before being hired. (ID Software and Epic Games do this too).
Posted July 22, 2010
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Wishbone: Valve however, has always focused on the positive aspects of this particular kind of "copyright infringement", and know that the benefits it brings far outweigh the disadvantages.

Well it's not copyright infringement if Valve say it's not. Such are the wonders of copyright.
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