{"id":217,"date":"2008-03-13T09:50:05","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T13:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=217"},"modified":"2008-03-13T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T16:07:18","slug":"a-nightmarish-aggressor-of-unrelenting-cuteness-and-cuddliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"A Nightmarish Aggressor of Unrelenting Cuteness and Cuddliness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.valvesoftware.com\/productshowcase\/productshowcase_HunterPlush.html\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hunter Plushie\"><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/hunter-fixed.jpg\" title=\"Hunter Plushie\" alt=\"Hunter Plushie\" align=\"middle\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Valve, creators of the landmark, 2004 <em>Half-Life 2<\/em> PC game, is selling <a href=\"http:\/\/store.valvesoftware.com\/productshowcase\/productshowcase_HunterPlush.html\"  target=\"_blank\">a <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/store.valvesoftware.com\/productshowcase\/productshowcase_HunterPlush.html\"  target=\"_blank\">13&#8243; plushie version<\/a>, above, of their unstoppable Hunter attack &#8220;synth,&#8221; below. (The Hunter appears in the 2007 <em>Half-Life 2: Episode 2<\/em> mini-sequel.)<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/pcg0806cover.jpg\" title=\"PC Gamer Half-Life 2 cover\" alt=\"PC Gamer Half-Life 2 cover\" align=\"right\" height=\"250\" \/>Available for $39.95 through their online Steam service, the soft toy features the original, three-legged, <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_humanoid_and_synthetic_Combine_in_Half-Life_2#Hunter\"  target=\"_blank\">&#8220;bioengineered&#8221; &#8220;shock troop&#8221;<\/a>&#8216;s ice-blue eye sensors, and poseable appendages, all featured prominently and lethally in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n0l5N6Exjz0\"  target=\"_blank\">this <em>Episode 2<\/em> trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Half-Life 2<\/em> tells the story of a rebel insurrectionist group attempting to overthrow the totalitarian and oppressive Combine, an invading alien race. Both iterations of <em>Half-Life<\/em> are considered milestones in the history of computer gaming, breathtaking for the breadth of their narrative and design.<\/p>\n<p><em>Half-Life 2<\/em> has sold over four million copies. (Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/tomopop.com\/post.phtml?pk=3978\"  target=\"_blank\">TOMOPOP.com<\/a> for the tip!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve, creators of the landmark, 2004 Half-Life 2 PC game, is selling a 13&#8243; plushie version, above, of their unstoppable Hunter attack &#8220;synth,&#8221; below. (The Hunter appears in the 2007 Half-Life 2: Episode 2 mini-sequel.) Available for $39.95 through their online Steam service, the soft toy features the original, three-legged, &#8220;bioengineered&#8221; &#8220;shock troop&#8221;&#8216;s ice-blue eye [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}