Garry's Mod (Video Game 2004)
Garry's Mod originated as a Half-Life 2 mod.GoldenEye: Source (Video Game 2005)
"GoldenEye: Source" is a conversion mod for Half Life 2.Black Mesa (Video Game 2012)
Eli Vance and Dr. Kleiner appear in this game, with their models borrowed from Half-Life 2 and made to look younger, since Black Mesa is a remake of Half-Life 1.Freeman's Mind 2 (TV Series 2017)
Uses a modified version of the game
Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards (TV Special 2003)
Featured as one of the "Most Anticipated" nominees."Icons" Half-Life (TV Episode 2004)
Clips of the game and its history were shown and discussed."Troldspejlet" Episode #31.16 (TV Episode 2004)
PC version reviewed + footage usedThe Orange Box (Video Game 2007)
The entire game is playable on this game."Zero Punctuation" The Orange Box (TV Episode 2007)
Is the subject of the critic's review.
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (Video Game 2005)
Half-Life 2: Episode One (Video Game 2006)
Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Video Game 2007)
Half-Life: Alyx (Video Game 2020)
Half-Life (Video Game 1998)
Half-Life: Opposing Force (Video Game 1999)
Half-Life: Blue Shift (Video Game 2001)
Half-Life: Decay (Video Game 2001)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game 2004)
When you make your way inside the laboratory in Area 69 during the jetpack stealing mission, you will find a crowbar lying on a table. This could be likely a reference to the Half-Life video game where the protagonist, Gordon Freeman wields one when facing enemies.Blade: Trinity (2004)
Both titles have a character named "Dr. Eli Vance"."Ashens" Gamestation Review (TV Episode 2006)
Ashens mentioned that he played this game too much and then tries to open a blister pack with a crowbar, filming it from the first-person perspective.Just Follow Law (2007)
Several of the sound effects are borrowed."Zero Punctuation" BioShock (TV Episode 2007)
Poster shown.
The Fly (1958)
Barney says "I still have nightmares about that cat", a reference to the mishap with Dandelo the cat "disintegrated" in the movie.Quatermass and the Pit (TV Mini Series 1958–1959)
Dr. Breen is inspired by Colonel Breen of Quatermass and the Pit, an Obstructive Bureaucrat who regularly opposes the main hero.1984 (1984)
The living quarters are similar to the victory mansions where Winston lives, and there are small hovering cameras that are used for watching residents in these apartments. A torture room named "Room 101" is also seen at the beginning of the game. Also, citizens are forced to wear blue denim overalls, just like in Nineteen Eighty FourBack to the Future (1985)
When Dr. Kleiner first sees you, he bursts out "Great Scott!" shortly after he's called "Doc".Æon Flux (TV Series 1991–1995)
Level design inspiration.
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast (Video Game 2005)
Lost Coast is a bonus, non-canon game included with Half-Life 2.Portal (Video Game 2007)
Portal 2 (Video Game 2011)
Same universe: Aperture Science is a rival of Black Mesa.Escape from City 17: Part 2 (Short 2011)
Part Two begins some time before Part One, taking place somewhere before the chapter Anticitizen One during the final events of Half-Life 2Luigi Meets a Combine Soldier (Short 2016)
The film's main antagonist is a character from Half-Life 2
"Serien Som Ikke Har Noe Navn" Vardåsen og Den Gule Lastebilen? (TV Episode 2010)
Spoofs the use of the flatline noise when enemies die.Postal III (Video Game 2011)
The weapon "vacuum cleaner" spoofs the "gravity gun" from Half-Life 2."Rick and Morty" Rick Potion #9 (TV Episode 2014)
Jerry Smith and Gordon Freeman use a crowbar as a weapon to kill monsters and mutants.Ion Fury (Video Game 2019)
The humanoid tank cyborgs are basically Stalkers from Half Life 2, except they roll exploding bowling balls at you.Postal 4: No Regerts (Video Game 2022)
The Skeevy Hotel Owner is a spoof of the G-Man, down to having the same speech pattern.
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Lamarr the Headcrab is named after Hedley Lamarr