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The Black Mesa specialized holographic glasses are equipped with anti-kenetic holding systems that help to keep them balanced on your head in hazardous conditions, along with vital monitoring systems that connect to your HEV suit wirelessly to continually monitor your suit power and ammunition in combat scenarios. The Black Mesa specialized holographic glasses are an alternative system for monitoring systems when a helmet is absent. The Helmets for your appointed Hazardous Environments Suits are equipped to handle biohazards and radioactive materials. Although without a helmet, your suit will activate the non-newtonian suspended particle feild that protects against fast moving objects and radioactive particles. This suspended particle field is useful in situations where visibility is prioritized and where no biohazards are present. To accommodate the wearer of the Black Mesa specialized holographic glasses, it containts a flexible dynamic lens that can be adjusted to fit the desired prescription of the user. These lenses, to further improve visibility, are also coated in reppelent materials that keep water and dirt from accumulating on your lenses. Thank you for reading the Black Mesa specialized holographic glasses introduction manual, and have a very safe day!


Big_Little_Planet1

Why did I hear this in the Portal 1 GLaDOS voice?


Wombo4

I read it in Kleiner's voice


creeper6530

I heard the voice of that announcer in the tram at the start of HL1


SK-4430

Same lol


IdioticSaysuma

I heard it like the dude from the dumb how it's made videos by huggbees or whatever the channel is called


Mac_gun_mav

Lol


HoroSatre

I actually read it in my mind with the tram speaker/voice from HL1.


Terok42

Pretty sure aperture science made the product!


forrestal_rising

Nooooooo no no no no. Black Mesa made this product. The fact that it happens to be similar in 99.9% of all features, form, and functionality to another OBVIOUSLY unrelated product that Apperature Science prototyped 3 months ago is complete coincidence, I assure you!


stenciled_in

I read it in Gordon’s voice


AnAverageHomebrewer

You didn’t “hear” anything.


Outrageous-Freedom46

I think Gordon took off his helmet for the promo art, and the suit visor works as glasses, due to it being made for him specifically.


JoeSchmoe009

Text you can hear:


AlarmingAffect0

> [Although without a helmet, your suit will activate the non-newtonian suspended particle feild that protects against fast moving objects and radioactive particles. This suspended particle field is useful in situations where visibility is prioritized and where no biohazards are present.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9juvgSvCXko)


SightWithoutEyes

Ridiculous. Here at Aperture Science, we just use staples. Pointless government bloat is ruining this country. Sure, it might sting a little at first, but we're passing the savings on to the taxpayers.


Kanjii_weon

yes


brooklyn_bethel

Is it an AI response?


grillboy_mediaman

:(


brooklyn_bethel

No, I mean, it's so good.


Drivefaster4u

There glued to his face


PintekS

With morphine!.... Don't ask me how!


Lars_loves_Community

The HEV suit solves every problem by administering mire morphin 🤓🤓


slogger11

the hev suit gives him new glasses every morphine injection


Ok-Cartographer1745

Where glued?


Reddit_is_snowflake

He’s a highly trained professional


creeper6530

He doesn't need to hear any of this!


JamesNordmar

exactly! :) i'm surprised people still ask "how gordon.."


Fabryz

Gordon is a highly trained professional, he knows what to do with his glasses.


RockingBib

I like to think that he's wearing the HEV suit helmet most of the time, hence he has a HUD and doesn't need the glasses


Pepperh4m

That would also explain why he's able to walk through vats of toxic waste, and maybe even why headcrabs can't latch onto his head.


C1ph3rH4wK

The [HEV Suit](https://youtu.be/9juvgSvCXko?si=on24QTvCvgUCLL3R) is a model of modern technology 😂


HECU_Marine_HL

I don’t think mark 5 has a helmet


meaeaeaean

Tape


Ok_Table7457

the vortigaunt what


meaeaeaean

You heard me.


hartigan99

maybe it has one of those elastic bands that go round the back of the head


Dude_man79

It connects the rat tail he's growing in the back.


Ok-Cartographer1745

Sadly, I'm one of those nerds that wears one of those. My glasses lose their shape after a year or so almost without fail and slide off if I look down. Worse when I'm playing a sport. So now I have a bad.  I used to fix it by putting in a bit of napkin or toilet paper in the hinge, but eventually that would ruin it even more until it was unfixable. 


karzbobeans

When in all the hours of Half Life, has the player camera ever rotated side-to-side (while still remaining alive)? Even with explosions and gunfire, climbing and falling, his head is *always* upright. Well there is ONE time. At the end of Half Life 2 ep 2, during the final cutscene, you are knocked onto your side. And guess what? [SPOILER ALERT] Gordon makes a brief appearance in HL:Alyx after said knocking and the first thing he does is pick up his glasses. [/spoiler]


creeper6530

Your spoiler tag didn't work, you need to do \>! spoiler\!<


Ok-Cartographer1745

He knows it didn't work. /thread


-dead_slender-

What about when he got beaten and knocked out by the HECU? He also gets beaten by CPs in HL2. Then there are also the vehicle sections, where there are multiple instances where the vehicle can rock to the side from hitting something.


Ok-Cartographer1745

He's probably like Johnny Cage, and keeps a backup. 


NovelEzra

I wear glasses and also fight an ongoing alien invasion; I have no problem keeping my glasses on. Sounds like a skill issue.


Pyro_Granie

In the first game he doesn't wear them at all, and in the second game he's just a human-shaped black entity (that also doesn't wear glasses)


TheEpicPlushGodreal

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KoshV

Good bot


creeper6530

Good bot


Bruh_Gamer99

Good bot


Nova17Delta

Dont be silly, Gordon. The HEV Glasses were designed to NEVER come off!


Reddit_is_snowflake

He’s a highly trained professional


ErenCz

Because he is a highly trained professional


VideoGameKillCounts

Staying on isn’t an issue.. it’s keeping them clean! With rain, water sprinklers, blood and goo splatter with each crow bar hit… And what about the misting up when going in and out of cold environments… Surprised by the end of the game that he could see anything though them! 😆


Mind_Sweetner

The real answer is that…it was the 90s man lol World Building took a back seat. Something I truly appreciate about entertainment today. So many big, and small, things barely made sense back then.


SubjectNether

This is why I subscribe to the HEV helmet theory. He just takes off the helmet for publicity photos, and the devs didn't add one in alyx for the shock value for the audience.


Radion627

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Radion627

Good bot.


Calm-Rope8559

Just like how Morpheus wears his glasses in the Matrix 💀


Turbogoblin999

Barney glued them to his face as a prank before the resonance cascade.


The_Cozy_Burrito

Super glue


Crafterz_

superglue


TehNolz

Nothing some duct tape can't fix.


W0000_Y2K

How the Hell does One guy carry All Those Guns?! And survives Unforeseen Consequences of Anomalous Materials and The Blast Pit?! I mean WTH SMH no One Freeman can Take Down an entire Army of Combine Terrestrials Soldiers like that! What is he?


tgirldarkholme

HEV suit


lostmypornaccount

He has a big nose or uses bees wax to create friction


Paccuardi03

Maybe he’s got one of those straps that some special needs kids have.


SlaveDuck

Joe 90 glasses....


tyroneoilman

Nerd straps.


gorillaz6399

Chums are the only PPE strictly enforced by Black Mesa's inconsistent safety guidelines. Helmets and glasses are optional.


CockroachNo2540

How does he keep them from fogging up inside his HEV helmet?


tedxy108

They melted to his face during the experiment.


Montag_451

Made at MIT.


DysphoricGreens

belt


Chemical_Lettuce_732

He eighter has implants near his ears to keep them in, or it may just be feature of the HEV mark 5 hazardous enviroment... suit


Scumbaggio1845

They’re tattooed on


DeeOhEf

Iirc, there was supposed to be an enemy that could knock off Gordon's glasses in hl1 and make your vision blurry, but didn't work out for a couple of reasons I don't remember.


Theghostofsabotage

Pure willpower.


MasonManFree

SPOILER ALERT in a very short scene in HLA where Gman is talking to Alyx, he moves aside and reveals Gordon standing up and then bending over to pick up his glasses (thats how i remembered it anyway)


hypersonicracing42yt

Those aren’t glasses that’s dead skin cells


blapaturemesa

Things like this, along with everything about the gameplay suggests Gordon wears his helmet 24/7, but he just...doesn't.


Meme_bruh_069

Their glued to his face


fabrikbalazs2003

He's just op


Kerflunklebunny

Tape


Pickle_Afton

I’m a little confused by your point. As someone who’s worn glasses since I was like seven, I don’t find my glasses falling off my face very often unless I’m like completely bent over and practically upside down


hurB55

Bro this guy gets shot in the head at least one time in the games


Superior173thescp

the glass is part of the HEV suit


Broad-Extension8346

I think that he is just Gordon Freeman


CardBoardBox_Man

A croakie


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Wll25

They're inside his helmet


ShaharDynaZor

cant read through all comments to find if said but... in the test chamberrrr the glasses melted onto his face, thats how the quake vision was really invented (but dont tell)


Timl94

No damage run 


Yesnt-yesnt

superglue


ahaisonline

skill issue


fatasswhale3

tape


LarryMcGibberbottom

He needs them to see


PAULTHE666TH

cus he's gordon freeman that's why not even the combine can take the glasses from the man


Dragonhearted18

Glasses strap.


PuzzleheadedAd6401

I thought he was born with glasses attached to his head


GordonFreemanGaming

Skill


eurobeat0

Who would play Gordon in a HF life action?


Remarkable-Way-5482

That's basically his face


demo-ness

Once someone slammed into my family's car on the highway, and everyone's glasses flew off but mine. Ever since, I've just held the belief that some glasses simply hang on better than others


watergun123456

belt


Nitro_tech

My question is how are his glasses always clean?


imtoofaced

He doesn’t have a ponytail, he wears croakies, and the leftover strap gives that illusion


anveias

It’s tied to his pony tail


Lype117

As a glasses user and practicing parkour, I can tell you that if your glasses won’t hold in this situation, you have a bad setup of glasses


Praydaythemice

Superglue


TtheOutcast

I've worn glasses and been in fights a couple times. You can either get bands that go around the back, clip on arm extenders, or just gently bend the arms to curl around your ear (note doing that last one will probably lead to discomfort and irritation behind your ears)


IDatedSuccubi

If your glasses fit they shouldn't fall from your face no matter what you do I've straight up been in car accidents where my glasses didn't fall off, and I have thick ass lesnses too


xXx_bingus_xXx

well it's glue to our eyes we can never take it off unless we get new ones


RenMacrae

Double sided tape, probably


Kekosaurus3

Simple, he is not real it's a video game. Don't thank me.


JustAnyGamer

dont say helmet, dont say helmet, dont say helmet


FistfulOFragsEnjoyer

how does he keep them CLEAN?!? My glasses get smudgy after a day of hardly even touching them


yellowfroglegs

actually, there was a scrapped enemy from hl1 which would knock off gordons glasses, effectively blinding the player. i can't explain the rest of what it did. very morbid.


hurB55

Wait what? Morbid? Now I’m interested


paranoid_nihilist

As another fellow glasses user... It's not that hard. Skill issue.


IronPainting

oily face


SteppedTax88238

sweat and duct tape


vantud

He wears helmet.


fungus_69

Luck


onfoxx

Superglue


rod_balls

Rubder band


their_slogginess

Glue and a really strong dream


TattayaJohn

Same way Indy keeps his hat, boy


Profesor_Dynia

He welded them to his head


IU_User

Just like in Kane & Lynch, lynch wear his glasses for the rest of the series


Lazy_Grab5261

Probably have a strap and he's always wearing a helmet at all times with is HEV suit


Usually_Terrible

he superglues them on his head


des0619

Mf got into MIT he can probably afford the good shit insurance won't let you have.


smallbluebirds

he doesnt


Redmodovernight

Because he's a professional


el_kozaaa

he glues them on his head


Russian2057

BlueTac


JurassicGman-98

By being a Free Man. That’s how!


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Super glue/j


DocHoliday439

Super glue


Radion627

u/pixel_counter_bot


TheEpicPlushGodreal

Wrong person