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He's one of the most famous PC game characters in history, yet we have never heard Gordon Freeman speak in any of the previously released Half-Life games from developer Valve. And when and/or if Gordon returns in the next Half-Life game don't expect that to change,

Computer and Video Games reports from the latest Edge print magazine that Valve's head man Gabe Newell was asked if they will finally give Gordon a voice he said, "We're not philosophically opposed to this, but we don't have any good reasons to do it." Valve feels it's better to give Gordon's supporting cast more of the spotlight, saying, "Right now making your companions more interesting and compelling seems a more fruitful avenue to explore." Valve hasn't returned directly to the Half-Life series since Half-Life 2 Episode 2 was released back in the fall of 2007.

And no . . . that headline isn't a typo. Apparently Half-Life's central hero Gordon Freeman was named the "All Time Greatest Game Hero" by the readers of Gamespot. Freeman got the win with 55.8 percent of the reader's votes. So Half-Life's creators at Valve decided to launch a last-minute sale on Steam of all their Half-Life-based games with that number as the sale percentage.

Yep, that means the original game, its sequel, the two Half-Life 2 "episodes", the various Half-Life based multiplayer modes and more are all on sale. You can even get the Half-Life complete pack which throws in Team Fortress Classic in one bundle for a mere $21.99 during the sale.

As we are only a few hours away from the Big Day, we know that some of your might be still waiting to get that extra special present or gift for that certain someone. Even fictional game characters are having that dilemma as well. Big Download decided to use our fictional contact machine and find out what some of your favorite PC game characters really want to get for Christmas.

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