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Half Life 2 - Highway 17

December 31st, 2004

Well, I got to play quite a bit and a lot has happened since my last post. I got out of the mines, and back into a sparsely populated city and had to walk down some train tracks. I started walking down the tracks and saw about 5 headcrab dudes walking at me. I aimed and then saw a blue laser point at them from an overpass and shoot them all down. Then, I heard the all-too-familiar radio noise that always gives the Combine guards away. I waited until I got just shy of his view and tossed a grenade up to kill him. He fell out of the overpass in the old western movie style - pretty sweet. Anyway, I made my way out of the tracks by getting past one more guard - though he was harder - and ended up at a storage facility.

Once inside the facility, I heard lots of gunfire. I peeked in and saw the resistance forces shooting back at the guards! I helped them out and they took me to a video conference with Alex. Apparently her father, Eli, was kiddnapped in the raid that we were separated in and I had to go find him. Oh boy. I loaded up with ammo and health and was shown to my newest vehicle. Basically, it was a dune buggy with a lightning-like gun attached to it with plenty of ammo in the back for me to reload my submachine gun with. All I had to do was drive my new ride along Highway 17 to go get Eli. The only problem is that Highway 17 is almost completely demolished and I was introduced to my newest enemy - the Antlion. The basically are like huge beetle-type things that can burrow and surface anywhere on soil and then fly around a little bit (kinda like a cockroach).

I had to kill lots of those and Combine soldiers along my way. I was also given a laser guided rocket launcher to help bring down another new enemy - the airship. They are very lethal, can shoot down your rockets, and it takes 3 hits to bring them down. I ended up at a shipyard and got to kill lots more Combine soldiers, operate a magnetic crane, then drive away and shoot down yet another airship.

Now, I just went through a tunnel and stopped playing. I didn’t know what the little glowing ball was until after I took that picture and saved my game. All I know is that it can fly and it trys to stick to you or your vehicle. You can shoot it all you want, but it won’t explode. So, I just picked it up with my grav gun and tossed it in the ocean. Easy!

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