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Off-topic, a little detail caught my attention: that guy with a crowbar has a lambda symbol on his chest. Coincidence or a hidden reference to functional progra

• pharno 14y ago
  neither. its gordon freeman(1) from half life(2) 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Freeman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Freeman 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_(series) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_(series)
• danbee 14y ago
  It's Gordon Freeman, the main protagonist from the Half Life series.
• jiggy2011 14y ago
  The character is Gordon Freeman, the protagonist for the game series Half Life which is the game Valve is best known for. The Lambda here represents the radioactive decay constant and is used as part of the measure for the "half life" of any radioactive material. The Gordon character is a scientist, much of the game is set in a science lab and Valve are known for making games with many scientific references (see also: Portal).
• zimbatm 14y ago
  I can't really tell you. That guy is "Gordon Freeman", the main character in the Half-Life game serie. According to the following article, it comes from the "Lambda complex" where he's working on in the first serie, which is in also made-up for the game: http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Lambda_logo http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Lambda_logo
• corford 14y ago
  I suddenly feel very old :( Edit: unless you're not a gamer (yes, I'm clutching at straws!)