Scraps taken from the leaked beta and E3 footage, crafted into a playable mod by the delightfully named team, Gabe's Love Tub.
This is the Half-Life 2 that was never seen. When Odell's character was cut from the original version of HL2, his model was re-used for the role of Resistance leader Col. Or, rather, there's someone looks just like him. He looks just like someone I used to know. I climb the ladder on the side of the ship and greet the terse, moustachioed man who's waiting for me. The Borealis sits ominously in the water, sealing into place as the Arctic ice surrounds it. Joe takes a look at the parts of HL2 Valve didn't intend for us to see, and wonders if the game we got was the best it could have been. Imagine his joy at finding the Missing Information mod, which collects workable snippets from the stolen HL2 beta and assembles them into a Steam-compatible mod.
Joe Martin is a Half-Life 2 obsessive who often wells up with actual tears when he thinks of the content Valve cut during development.
