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[[File:_s_Mind.jpg|frame|This is your brain on Gordon.]]
{{quote|''Ah, tick-tick-tock...is that the sound of a Geiger counter or my lifespan counting down? It's both! That's right, here at Black Mesa when we talk about [[Title Drop|Half Life]], we mean it in [[Justified Title|more ways than one.]] So make your peace and come to Black Mesa! Here you'll win a chance to fight [[Aliens and Monsters|freaks of nature]]; [[No OSHA Compliance|escape countless safety hazards]]; [[Door to Before|wander aimlessly for hours]]; and [[Nightmare Fuel|die scared, tired and alone]]!''
|'''Gordon Freeman'''}}
''[[Freeman's Mind]]'' is a [[Machinima]] by Ross Scott that's somewhere between a [[Let's Play]] and an [[Abridged Series]] of the original ''[[Half Life]]''. The series follows the rambling, eccentric and narcissistic thoughts of [[Silent Protagonist]] Gordon Freeman as he tries to survive the events of the game, showing us that perhaps it was for the better he kept his mouth shut. Imagine a one man ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' speaking as he goes through ''Half Life''.▼
▲{{quote|''Ah, tick-tick-tock...is that the sound of a Geiger counter or my lifespan counting down? It's both! That's right, here at Black Mesa when we talk about [[Title Drop|Half Life]], we mean it in [[Justified Title|more ways than one.]] So make your peace and come to Black Mesa! Here you'll win a chance to fight [[Aliens and Monsters|freaks of nature]]; [[No OSHA Compliance|escape countless safety hazards]]; [[Door to Before|wander aimlessly for hours]]; and [[Nightmare Fuel|die scared, tired and alone]]!''|'''Gordon Freeman'''}}
Check it out [https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224057/http://www.accursedfarms.com/movies/fm/ here].▼
▲''Freeman's Mind'' is a [[Machinima]] by Ross Scott that's somewhere between a [[Let's Play]] and an [[Abridged Series]] of the original ''[[Half Life]]''. The series follows the rambling, eccentric and narcissistic thoughts of [[Silent Protagonist]] Gordon Freeman as he tries to survive the events of the game, showing us that perhaps it was for the better he kept his mouth shut. Imagine a one man ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' speaking as he goes through ''Half Life''.
▲Check it out [http://www.accursedfarms.com/movies/fm/ here].
The series, currently at 43 episodes (41, plus two numbered "0" and "10.5"), totals about 5 hours and 13 minutes as of episode 39, but each episode runs about 7 and a half minutes on average and each episode ends at a point that you can stop watching and come back later. For people who have already played through ''[[Half Life]]'', {{spoiler|this series is past when Gordon is captured and left in the compactor - the last episode, 41, had Gordon managing to escape the bio labs.}} [[Examples Are Not Recent]], but the most recent ''as of this writing'' was released on May 4, 2012.
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For both the official (with Ross's approval) Mind sidestories of Adrian Shephard, Barney Calhoun, Chell, Parker, Felix, and Freeman(-ish) respectively, see also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNaJX6gOYMA Shephard's Mind], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGgO8O6JuM8 Barney's Mind], [[Chell's Mind]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFR1hzjV4HA Parker's Mind.], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs1Z4UqW_Ak Felix's Mind.] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AH0Y7Pla_s Freeman's(-ish) Mind 2.]
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== The Main Series ==
* [[The Abridged Series]] / [[Dungeon Bypass]]: Thanks to the use of cheat codes, Gordon can "climb" over obstacles and skip some sections of the game. His guns also deal more damage.
** Gordon's ability to "climb" obstacles is possibly [[Lampshaded]] in one of the episodes as he comments on how he can do a pull-up.
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** It appears again later ([[Continuity Snarl|earlier?]]) during Episode Zero (The Hazard Course) when he figures out the training program wants him to jump off a narrow platform, over a dozen feet off the ground, onto a hard concrete floor. On purpose.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: At this point, it seems every kid with FRAPS and [[Garry's Mod]] is making his own version of "''So-and-so's Mind''". Because they mostly rely on the same exact jokes as the original, with poor pacing and less attention to detail, they are generally not as good as the original. However, there are some rather well done [[Spin-Off|Spinoffs]] which include:
** "[http://parkers-mind.blogspot.com/ Parker's Mind]" by [http://www.youtube.com/user/emperorpsymon Emperorpsymon], "[[Resident Evil|Leon's]] Mind", "[[BioShock (series)|Jack's]] Mind", [https://web.archive.org/web/20140310064819/http://www.shephardsmind.half-lifecreations.com/ Shephard's Mind] by [http://www.youtube.com/user/KrimsinYT Krimsin], [http://barneysmind.blogspot.com/ Barney's Mind] by [http://www.youtube.com/user/IRAMightyPirate Ian Riley], [[Dead Space (series)|Issac]][http://www.youtube.com/user/WolfGamerX Clarke's Mind] , and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xgncUYbzMA/ Chell's Mind] by [http://www.youtube.com/user/CyhAnide/ CyhAnide].
*** And the spinoffs have spinoffs: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140530142055/http://felixsmind.blogspot.com/ Felix's Mind] claims to be inspired by Barney's Mind.
* [[The Fool]]: In his blind efforts to get out, Gordon manages to clear his own path simply by wandering around. Most obvious example is in episode 19 when, when he returns to the rocket testing station after activating the electricity and fuel needed to start the rocket and kill the worm monster.
{{quote|'''Gordon:''' Hey, the lights are on! [''Pushes button''] Hey, it's doing something! Did somebody fix this? ''(Rocket begins to start up)'' What did I just do?
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* [[You Make Me Sic]]: Averted. Gordon doesn't even deem "Yore Dead Freemen" to be worth mocking.
▲== Examples In The Spinoffs ==
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The last episode of Baney's mind involves Barney hijacking a plane and escaping Black Mesa which wasn't in Blue Shift. (It's filmed in MS Flight Simulator X.
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: In Shephard's Mind.
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* [[Axe Crazy]]: Chell is slowly becoming this. She takes great delight in burning up many a [[Companion Cube]], GLaDOS' cameras, and even a Radio when the lyrics to the song freak her out.
* [[Beard of Evil]]: Chell is convinced that her [[Evil Twin]] has one.
** Chell thinks [[
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Felix alternates between demonstrating attraction and clear disdain for "Joni" (Alyx). Particularly when she volunteers him potentially suicidal missions while she stands somewhere safe doing little, yet [[Dude, Where's My Respect?|is routinely given a share in the credit afterwards.]]
** From what he describes, Felix's relationship with Chell definitely appears to have been this.
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