Listen, I love working at Black Mesa, but they’re really making me do some stupid anomalous materials report THE DAY BEFORE I go on vacation :/ Worse still, the experiment hasn’t even finished yet, so I have to wait for them to get it done to even start writing most of it :p Well, at least it’s May and not December - less to be stressed about than if they were to do this to me then LOL
Here are some little hidden details you may have missed!!
The book to the right of the computer, between it and the mug, is “Are We Alone in the Cosmos?”, which has Barney Calhoun’s name written on the top of the page.
Two of the postcards behind the computer are from New Mexico, one is from Route 66 in Missouri.
Although you can’t read what it says, the pamphlet hanging to the right of the postcards is for the New Mexico Department of Corrections, and the post-it attached is from Barney, asking if it would be a good idea to work there if his “friend” were to have to work at a different research facility.
The whiteboard to the left of the computer has a reminder for May 15 to bring the OP’s passport on the 16th. (Listen, I think HLVRAI is funny)
The green mug is from Westinghouse’s Nuclear Manufacturing Training Division, which feels very Black Mesa-y in my opinion.
The computer mouse is Pepsico branded.
The image was taken with a cheap(er) 2011 digital camera with flash to give it that classic “early-2000s digital camera” effect
Mistakes/Tricks:
The “computer” isn’t a computer at all, it’s a 1993 Brother word processor, although only the monitor is visible. The keyboard and mouse aren’t actually connected to anything.
The Amtrak timetable, although correct for New Mexico, is from October 2002, 5 months after the post is supposed to have been from.
CD-R Cardz, in the top-right, are from 2005.
I hope you guys enjoyed this though!! It was fun to make :3
Just found my grandparents’ 1950s Aperture heating pad from back before they became so discredited lol I mean, gotta give Aperture credit though, what other company would even consider making a radioactive pad you put right up to your body for hours?
