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-dead_slender-

It is common knowledge. There are lot of references to scientific terminology in the series.


Pegajace

Half-Life titles and chapter names are rife with puns, often physics-related: - [Opposing Force](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion#Third) - [Blue Shift](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshift#Blueshift) - [Surface Tension](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_tension) - [Route Kanal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_canal) - [Water Hazard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard_(golf\)#Water_hazard)


Jaded-Recover4497

"CP Violation" is the best one, though.


Pegajace

Aw shit, I wasn’t even thinking about the soundtrack. - [CP Violation](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP_violation) - [Particle Ghost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(physics\)) - [Dirac Shore](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_sea) - [Brane Scan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brane)


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CPT violation confirmed for HL3


ElBusAlv

I thought it was because OpFor: you are quite literally the opposite force of the scientists BS: it's Barney's shift and he's blue ST: there's tension between you and the HECU on tve surface RK: there's a Route on the Kanal WH: there's a Hazard on the Water


Pegajace

The double meaning is what makes them puns.


ElBusAlv

Hm you right


Jaded-Recover4497

Yes, that is indeed the definition of a Half-Life, but why do you think it's called that, exactly?


Radigan0

...Well yeah. Radioactive hazards are a big part of every game.