![]() In fact when Portal came out in 2007 Microsoft was the larger, more powerful company. This was partially due to both Microsoft and Black Mesa getting the lucrative government/corporate contracts (Most U.S. Until recently Microsoft, like Black Mesa, was the richer company. In the 90’s Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy. Steve tried to use fruits and nuts to cure cancer while Cave spent too much time working with moon rocks.īlack Mesa’s competition with Aperture Aperture was growing quickly until the 60’s when the company went bankrupt. They both died by not listening to reason. Both men are very unorthodox leaders and consider themselves and their companies to be “revolutionary” and “innovative.” They have little tolerance for failure with extremely high expectations. While OP made some good point along with some of the commentators, I would like to bring up some other similarities I observed between these two real and fictional companies.Ĭave Johnson and Steve Jobs Reading through the thread I noticed that /u/stereotherapy raised an excellent point, "Cave Johnson complains that Black Mesa steals technology from Aperture." The similarities between Cave Johnson and Steve Jobs don’t end there. He was strongly influenced by the tech industry and used his experience there as inspiration for Black Mesa and Aperture.Īfter checking r/fantheories I found that /u/continuityOfficer had come up with this theory 4 months before I had. cp -R ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/362890/2424633574/bshift ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesaĥa) Install pip and ValvePython's vpk: sudo apt install pipĥb) Extract sound and move sound files: vpk -x ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift/audio ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift/bshift_sound_dir.vpk & mv ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift/audio/sound ~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Black\ Mesa/bshift & rm -d ~/.Gabe Newell used to work at Microsoft before he founded Valve. (THIS IS IMPORTANT!)Ĥ) Copy Black Mesa: Blue Shift mod folder into Black Mesa's directory. This workshop item now includes updated chapters 1 and 2 and newly released chapter 3!ġ) Subscribe to Black Mesa: Blue Shift on Steam Workshop.Ģ) Opt-in public-beta branch of Black Mesa. The THIRD chapter of the Half-Life: Blue Shift remake, Duty Calls, is now released! Our mod will be releasing partially, chapter by chapter, so those who are not patient for the full release will finally have something to play! We will try to stay as close to the original Blue Shift and Black Mesa as possible. This is when we are coming in - HECU Collective are developing the Black Mesa: Blue Shift - a free remake with use of Black Mesa resources and style. In 2012, Crowbar Collective has delighted Half-Life fans with release of the magnificent Half-Life remake, but there are still no released remakes for add-ons. Initially developed and released by Gearbox Software in 2001, second Half-Life add-on, Half-Life: Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility and another look at the Incident's consequences from the eyes of Gordon Freeman's best friend - Barney Calhoun.
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