Half-Life: The Lore Behind Barnacles

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  • Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2024

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  • @kadley4240
    @kadley4240 3 года назад +345

    ''Look Gordon, ropes. We can use these for big pits.''

  • @omegawilliam95s36
    @omegawilliam95s36 3 года назад +69

    I always wondered how barnacles show up in random places.

  • @der_Alptraum
    @der_Alptraum 3 года назад +82

    I enjoyed these Half Life: Lore videos. Not only Half Life has such creative, disturbing and morbidly amazing lore, but also using an eerie music background and a calm yet powerful voice multiplies the effect.
    You have earned a subscriber.

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 года назад +5

      Glad you like them! I look forward to talking with you more!

  • @cringelord8716
    @cringelord8716 3 года назад +151

    I've also noticed an interesting thing about barnacle eating habits that might count as lore. In HL1, barnacles could only eat human prey (how they survived on Xen like this I don't know,) however, in HL2 they are able to eat animals and headcrabs (though not zombies,) and in the episodes, they are able to bite the headcrab off of a caught zombie's head. While these changes are likely just for the sake of gameplay, they could also be seen as the barnacles evolving over time; first they can only eat one specific prey, then adapt to be able to eat unpaired headcraps, then they adapt again to be able to separate paired headcrabs from their hosts.

    • @person1451
      @person1451 3 года назад +15

      “Headcraps”

    • @michalreingraberskaliasmiz185
      @michalreingraberskaliasmiz185 3 года назад +6

      But in Black Mesa, a Half-life 1 remake, the barnacles can eat animals, headcrabs and zombies. And bethinking it's a remake of HL 1, something like HL 1 itself, it ruins your theory.

    • @cringelord8716
      @cringelord8716 3 года назад +6

      @@michalreingraberskaliasmiz185 Is Black Mesa cannon tho?

    • @emorynguyen1583
      @emorynguyen1583 3 года назад +3

      They can eat zombies in alyx

    • @michalreingraberskaliasmiz185
      @michalreingraberskaliasmiz185 3 года назад +9

      @@cringelord8716 Basically it is. It has the same story, plot, steads, memorable events, characters and ending as HL 1 does. Black Mesa has even better correlation with HL 2 when it comes to characters and their fore-incident background events. BM is literally the same as HL 1, of course with fully new graphics and performance.

  • @TheLambdaTeam
    @TheLambdaTeam 2 года назад +35

    Barnacles are basically re-imagination of the ceiling tentacled monsters from _Another World_ if you remember (or played the game). At the cave chapter (code: XDDJ) you'll meet several such monsters in the caverns, except they have multiple tentacles, and it's possible to jump thru them. Xen Barnacles are a lot moar dangerous, as they have longer tongues and cannot be avoided once touched.
    Also, Barnacle is the *ONLY* Xen creature whose blood is red.

  • @YZYE
    @YZYE 3 года назад +31

    I’m glad I found this channel, you deserve more Subscribers for the work put into it.

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 года назад

      I appreciate that! Thank you for the kind words!

  • @UmbrakineticMusic
    @UmbrakineticMusic 3 года назад +20

    this is a whole ass documentary on a fictional creature and I LOVE IT
    even your voice is absolutely fitting for those nature videos

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 года назад

      That's the direction I wanted to go in to! I'm glad you're enjoying them.

    • @hl2betafan
      @hl2betafan 2 года назад

      bro sounds like he could be in s netflix documentary

  • @Umbrakinesis207
    @Umbrakinesis207 2 года назад +22

    I started with Half Life 2, and when i accidentally ran into the tounge of a barnacle, I nearly shat myself

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  2 года назад +1

      same

    • @planemod8399
      @planemod8399 Год назад

      I almost threw up because it vomited on me after I killed it, barnacles are so f*cking disgusting i absolutely hate them I'd feed a barnacle radioactive waste so that it dies

  • @thonk6191
    @thonk6191 3 года назад +18

    Hey, it seems youtube is putting the algorythm in your favor! Im a fan of half life already and I'm glad to have another youtuber to watch. Keep up the good work man, it looks like you're going to have a good subscriber count soon.

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 года назад +1

      It seems like that. I'm hoping it brings even more people this way. I appreciate you watching and commenting!

    • @viannizvnv7222
      @viannizvnv7222 3 года назад

      @@Skyrionn remember me and everyone else when your sub count gets high

  • @ConfusedSpaceRaptor
    @ConfusedSpaceRaptor Год назад +2

    "Look Gordon, ropes! We can use them to-HELP ME GORDON!"

  • @Lichnaya_pravda
    @Lichnaya_pravda 3 года назад +12

    It's stupid feature of half-life 2 that barnacle's tongue kills instantly any npc. First half-life's version makes more sense.

    • @Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-e
      @Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-e 3 года назад +2

      but the barnacle wraps it’s tongue around the victims neck, suffocating them to death

    • @ilikepigeons6101
      @ilikepigeons6101 Год назад +2

      @@Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-e that's dumb and inconsistent anyways, in hl1 you can free people from their clutches, but in hl2 people instantly die when the tongue touches them, and to make things weirder, the victim still lets out a sound when being eaten implying that the tongue didnt actually end them. It's so stupid

  • @justhowoftendoyousleep
    @justhowoftendoyousleep 3 года назад +5

    I swear to god, everytime i saw a rope hanging from the ceiling in games i immediately start shooting at it

  • @VirgilSonofSparda
    @VirgilSonofSparda 3 года назад +11

    I love your videos my fellow resistance member keep up the good work

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 года назад

      Awesome! Thank you!

  • @MilkIsTheOne
    @MilkIsTheOne 3 года назад +12

    Barnacles Skin seem to change
    HL1 = Dark
    HL-Alyx = Pale and less scaly.

    • @TheLambdaTeam
      @TheLambdaTeam 2 года назад +5

      They most likely adapted to Earth's atmosphere.

  • @Newbii2071
    @Newbii2071 3 года назад +4

    Everyone: U DIE IF BARNACLE GETS YOU!
    Me: If you have a knife, just cut the tongue. Easy right?

  • @sauerkids9254
    @sauerkids9254 2 года назад +7

    The barnacle doesn't just have a big mouth.....
    ....It IS a mouth.

  • @Pnezyx2056
    @Pnezyx2056 Год назад +5

    I used this video to convince my grandma that barnacles were real lol

  • @KyberEagleProductions
    @KyberEagleProductions 3 года назад +5

    Now for the more terrifying version: the underwater barnacle

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 года назад +1

      oh jeez - could you imagine

    • @KyberEagleProductions
      @KyberEagleProductions 3 года назад +1

      @@Skyrionn no need to, it's in Black Mesa: Xen! Absolute nightmare!

    • @Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-e
      @Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-e 3 года назад +1

      @@KyberEagleProductions now called the beaneathacle

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 2 года назад +3

      @@Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-e im guessing it is instead on the seafloor and its mouth and tounge point upwards, and the tounge probably evolved to have stingers like a jellyfish

    • @B.L.U.S
      @B.L.U.S Год назад

      ​@@Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-ecute Slugcat avataar

  • @Poopenfarden
    @Poopenfarden 3 года назад +19

    Barnacle:*Catches Somebody* Also Barnacle:UR GOING TO BRAZIL

    • @karmatical5837
      @karmatical5837 3 года назад +1

      C o m e t o b r a z i l

    • @omegawilliam95s36
      @omegawilliam95s36 3 года назад +2

      Plot twist: Xen is Brazil in the far future.

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 2 года назад +1

      they are so powerful that in hl2 they can lick up and swallow a dropship, as well as being able to suck up an antlionguard

  • @graysnake8585
    @graysnake8585 2 года назад +5

    One question how do barnacles move, are they like some worm like organism, they can't just grow out of the ceilling, cuz if they can't move then how did they get into the Black Mesa facility and City 17

    • @blueshit199
      @blueshit199 2 года назад +2

      I wanna theorize that in the larval state they can move up walls in a snail-like fassion, slowly, but I also do recall that they spread via spores in-lore, spores that are airborne and can attach to ceilings and then stay there for good

    • @TheLambdaTeam
      @TheLambdaTeam Год назад +1

      Not sure but according to the lore, they're spreading by spores.

  • @green_lettuce
    @green_lettuce 3 года назад +8

    God every time I hear “Barnacles” I always think of my childhood show Octonauts.

    • @earthsdeepquotes3018
      @earthsdeepquotes3018 3 года назад

      *why did you remind me of my favorite childhood show i hate you*

    • @green_lettuce
      @green_lettuce 3 года назад

      @@earthsdeepquotes3018 *HEHEHEHHEHEHEHHEHEH*

  • @p-nutbutter6978
    @p-nutbutter6978 3 года назад +4

    Plz stay on RUclips as long as you can

  • @nick3xtremegaming212
    @nick3xtremegaming212 Год назад +2

    Anyone else kill every barnicle they see ingame? I personally partake in the barnicle genocide.

  • @manxcatcoot
    @manxcatcoot 3 года назад +3

    i just found your chanel and it amazing

  • @godhasbeendeadforaverylongtime
    @godhasbeendeadforaverylongtime 3 года назад +2

    Sweet another great vid keep up the good work

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 года назад

      Thanks! Will do!

  • @dianebays5484
    @dianebays5484 3 года назад +7

    I guess I'm all mixed up. I didn't think barnacles ate humans. I also didn't know they had a tongue.

    • @demonking86420
      @demonking86420 Год назад

      They eat zombies too(well, they don't eat them but the zombie still dies) so that's another plus when playing HL

    • @jonahmoran3751
      @jonahmoran3751 Год назад

      @@demonking86420 that’s not the joke

    • @demonking86420
      @demonking86420 Год назад +1

      @@jonahmoran3751 sir im more concerned with helping the barnacle and headcrab find true love

    • @noahomar7393
      @noahomar7393 Год назад

      @@demonking86420 idk if gmod is different but in gmod if a barnacle grabs a zombie, it will just bite the headcrab off and the headcrabless zombie corpse just falls and dies

  • @jodisan4002
    @jodisan4002 3 года назад +2

    Hey man great videos. I love them!

  • @crabfolk
    @crabfolk 2 года назад +5

    why don't we just detach the barnacles and use them as a grappling hook like in half life opposing force

    • @FoxderjaAwdFox
      @FoxderjaAwdFox 2 года назад +1

      It was not as easy as you think, i believe

    • @crabfolk
      @crabfolk 2 года назад

      @@FoxderjaAwdFox good point they would have a strong grip so we would need to either destroy the object they are on and catch it or spend hours on end getting the barnacle detatched

  • @denifnaf5874
    @denifnaf5874 2 года назад +2

    Barnacles in hl2 have 4 beedy black eyes, and one yellow eye resembling the tentacle from hl1

  • @resonance-cascade
    @resonance-cascade 3 года назад +3

    Keep up the hl videos!

  • @beacher50_
    @beacher50_ 3 года назад +3

    *(laughs in scissors)*

  • @canada8574
    @canada8574 Год назад +2

    The first time I played half life I tried to climb them, I learned quickly they where not.

  • @danagoyette7932
    @danagoyette7932 7 месяцев назад

    Oh man, I tried playing Half-Life Alyx, and I even just a few minutes of seeing those barnacles in VR was enough to make me Nope out of it.
    There's something about barnacles that's just unreasonably disturbing to me. It's not phobia-class, but close enough that maybe I can start to imagine what a phobia feels like.

  • @gumballegal
    @gumballegal 3 года назад +3

    The lore behind the Gravity Gun maybe???...

  • @aiakos3673
    @aiakos3673 2 года назад +1

    the only thing i want to know is how the got in various places

  • @computr166
    @computr166 3 года назад +1

    that some gnarly fleshlight

  • @kyleknight8267
    @kyleknight8267 3 года назад +1

    Do one on Overwatch Elite Soldiers, or Father Grigori

  • @bslacrimosa
    @bslacrimosa 2 года назад +1

    Glow worms do same thing

  • @NiepKiep
    @NiepKiep 3 года назад +3

    In this video in particular you speak and sound suspiciously similar to Gman

  • @mauritiusboy7952
    @mauritiusboy7952 3 года назад +3

    I love the environment in half life 2,i noticed that i love games based in eastern Europe can anyone recommend me games based in eastern Europe I can't find them on youtube.

  • @TheStamps
    @TheStamps 3 года назад

    This is terrifying

  • @emperor_dalek
    @emperor_dalek Год назад +1

    guys i found a modof half life 2 and its called Half Life: Inside Alyx

  • @-Juney-
    @-Juney- 2 года назад

    Yes he did a video on my favorite enemy

  • @Nephalem2002
    @Nephalem2002 6 месяцев назад

    Ah yes, the single scariest creature in the Half Life Franchise to me.

  • @antfish6761
    @antfish6761 3 года назад

    nice work

  • @misterkuda704
    @misterkuda704 3 года назад

    Dat one dude got his neck broken by a Barnacle and died.

  • @tidepod10yearsago97
    @tidepod10yearsago97 3 года назад

    Barnacles are deady until it eats a poison headcrab

  • @BigQuillX337
    @BigQuillX337 2 года назад

    To what i think Barnacles are They are Either Evolved or Devolved BullSquids

  • @scpfoundation2040
    @scpfoundation2040 3 года назад +2

    They have saved me like 5 times so every time I see them I go "yo it's the homies"

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 3 года назад +1

      how

    • @scpfoundation2040
      @scpfoundation2040 3 года назад

      @@tatotaytoman5934 one is the prison a head crab jumped at me and it ate it the was the first one ever since then I've had respect for them

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 3 года назад +1

      @@scpfoundation2040 the barnacles aren't much of a threat anyway, they give you plenty of time to look up and shoot at them when they get you

    • @scpfoundation2040
      @scpfoundation2040 3 года назад

      @@tatotaytoman5934 true

  • @alexanderchernyavskiy5011
    @alexanderchernyavskiy5011 2 года назад

    Needs more houndeye lore but otherwise good

  • @abelrefasa3382
    @abelrefasa3382 3 года назад

    He cute little fella he is the cutest delivery boy

  • @sausum_real
    @sausum_real 3 года назад

    Fun fact the barnical wraps their tongue around a victims neck witch will choke them

    • @omegawilliam95s36
      @omegawilliam95s36 3 года назад +1

      Imagine getting caught on something while getting pulled up and the barnacle just snaps your neck.

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 2 года назад +1

      @@omegawilliam95s36 i think thats what happens in hl2 considering all npc's ragdoll and die instantly upon being grabbed by the barnacle

  • @КириллМаркин-и9в
    @КириллМаркин-и9в 3 года назад

    Will be “Lore behind Gargantua”?

    • @TheLambdaTeam
      @TheLambdaTeam 2 года назад +1

      Well IMHO there's not much to say 'bout it. Take the Xenomorph from _Alien_ ,give it a big inflated head with red eyes, a stomp attack, flamethrowers, and there...

  • @raulsalazar05
    @raulsalazar05 4 месяца назад

    But how they move or how they got in such places?

  • @takumifujiwara4532
    @takumifujiwara4532 2 года назад

    Barnacles are nothing, well at least unless they were invisible

  • @meltingatom
    @meltingatom 3 года назад

    Lower behind barnacles

  • @planemod8399
    @planemod8399 Год назад +2

    Barnacles are disgusting

  • @LavenderJJ_
    @LavenderJJ_ 3 года назад

    Interesting

  • @justinassobieskis
    @justinassobieskis 3 года назад

    and what at sea? electric eels?

  • @marcin6592
    @marcin6592 2 года назад

    do the lore behinf uchthyosaur....maybe with some half life 2 beta maps

  • @Yummers_500
    @Yummers_500 10 месяцев назад

    but,where the swallowed bodies go?

  • @Pnezyx2056
    @Pnezyx2056 2 года назад

    "It would mean so much if you could take 2 seconds to hit that subscribe button if you haven't already."
    it only took me one second

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  2 года назад

      Much appreciated!

  • @captainjackpugh6050
    @captainjackpugh6050 3 года назад +1

    How do they reproduce???

    • @ChrisRC2008
      @ChrisRC2008 3 года назад

      Xen bees

    • @SCP-mt7bc
      @SCP-mt7bc Год назад +1

      They release spores into the environment, this also means that a Barnacle can grow anywhere.

  • @Eliashutson-m4y
    @Eliashutson-m4y 4 месяца назад

    can someone tell me a game for android that had an alien species that is kinda like a barnacle. the game is a 2d pixel platformer game and it starts whit you crash landing into an abandoned planet where there are spider like alien creatures and the game ends you defending someone random you met from a horde of those alien spiders while thee guy is filling a space ship whit fuel and then he leaves. ive been trying to find it but whit no luck and it is one of my childhood games maybe even my fav mobile game. i fear that it is no longer on google play.

  • @tymckenzie7416
    @tymckenzie7416 3 года назад

    I have a question why do Barnacles dont have eyes?

  • @GarupanScouts
    @GarupanScouts 3 года назад

    Do. Dropship plsss

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 года назад

      I have started writing an episode on it. I fear there isn't enough information though!

  • @mikkelnpetersen
    @mikkelnpetersen 3 года назад +2

    I've always been thinking, how "hard" is the tongue? is it possible to cut it with fx. a machete, after being caught? Can it regrow its tongue and how long is its maximum length.

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 года назад +2

      Good questions. It'd be interesting to find out

    • @tatotaytoman5934
      @tatotaytoman5934 2 года назад +1

      doesnt seem to be that hard, considering how floppy it is

  • @planemod8399
    @planemod8399 Год назад

    My mom got eaten by a barnacle

  • @kiryukazuma88
    @kiryukazuma88 3 года назад

    What a rotten way to die.

  • @p-nutbutter6978
    @p-nutbutter6978 3 года назад

    Hey it is me croperza

  • @p-nutbutter6978
    @p-nutbutter6978 3 года назад

    Yes new code

  • @captainpunch2671
    @captainpunch2671 3 года назад

    wtf is the subtitles

  • @p-nutbutter6978
    @p-nutbutter6978 3 года назад

    SORRY I ment new video