CBS 2001.9.6 Incident at Black Mesa Research Facility | Half Life

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CBS report on the Incident at the Black Mesa Research Facility, 9:47 AM, Mountain Time

Not actually real

[Epentibi]

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- The camo is off I know it, thanks to everyone for pointing it out. Unfortunately it's really hard to find the exact footage in the right context (location and time wise). BUT, I do have some AI stuff that might be able to swap out cloth / camouflage. Will pay more attention to this next time!
- Microsoft logo is incorrect, I got that thank you
- Some people ask if the date here "contradicts" the actual date of the incident, but really there isn't a canon date for the incident, even the original creators contradict with some other Valve devs, so I just picked a random time (or not so random) given the likely span when it occurred.

[mikdan]

Gordon doesn't need to hear all this, he's a highly trained professional.

[BlandYoutubeUser]

Sept. 6, 2001: I hope this week doesn't get any worse...

[flameguy]

Nothing happened to the Aperture Science Laboratories Computer-Aided Enrichment Center.

[torrtoise]

the AI is noticeable, but it's scary good. imagine when it stops being noticeable, damn.

[sarahjrandomnumbers]

"Cave Johnson, CEO of Aperture Science, was approached for his thoughts about the Black Mesa disaster, but he started throwing what appeared to be incendiary lemons at us."

[lilwyvern]

This AI stuff is getting spooky. 5 years ago this would have genuinely alarmed a lot of people. Really only the monotonous voices, especially the one of the off-screen reporter in the news conference, are the major giveaways.

[missk]

If there ever is some supposed "accident" that brings heavy military response and the officials will be twisting their tongue and sweating trying to downplay it - Ya know it's time to get the hell out of there.

[TheSuperiorQuickscoper]

Nice to see the first 90s-2000s U.S. newscast on this channel. Dan Rather sounds a bit off, but I am legitimately blown away by how accurate Rumsfeld's cadences and speech mannerisms are. One small critique: the Microsoft logo at 0:17 is from 2012, it should be the famous Helvetica wordmark from the 90s instead.

[calimantis]

2:52 "Well... um... as you know, with some accidents, there-"

"...are unforeseen consequences..."

[optionalcoast]

just a note the plane at 0:42 is a F-35 which did not enter service until 2015

[or_gluzmanPeace_IL_PS]

they're waiting for you gordon in the test chamber

[clonecommandermike]

My buddy used to work at Black Mesa as a security guard. He quit before the incident, thankfully, but he told me about some weird stuff going down there.

[Guags]

The TNO stuff is already great, but this makes me realize that this format has pretty much endless potential.

[FourthDerivative]

People watching this on 9/6/2001: "Man, can this month get ANY worse?!"

[snart]

It's so unbelievably uncanny to see Donald Rumsfeld say "Black Mesa Research Facility"

[leonel]

I'm certainly put at ease by the words of Reliable Rumsfeld.

[nathanseper]

I love you combining 2000s news broadcasts with things like Half-Life. Throwing in real-life public officials like Rumsfeld adds authenticity.

[Davemon]

Fun fact, the incident opened up a wormhole in time as well as space, which is why this broadcast has a Microsoft logo that didn't exist until 2012

[anonymous_preferred]

I remember hearing about this incident. Unfortunately by the following Tuesday, it was completely forgotten about.