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Gabe Newell has blasted Gnome Chompski into spaceWhere gnome man has gone before
Where gnome man has gone before
It is done. Gnome Chompski has shot off to where gnome man has gone before. The little red-hatted fella started life as a bit of a joke inHalf-Life 2: Episode Two. Players who carried the garden gnome all the way to the end of the game would be awarded with the achievement “Little Rocket Man” - a title old Chompski truly lived up to last night.
Gabe Newell partnered up with Weta Workshop and Rocket Lab to send a real-life Chompski into space, raising money for charity and even inspiring a couple of new Steam achievements in the process.
You can watch the video of the launch below (skip ahead to 30 mins to get to the good bit).
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
A homage to Chompski’s adventure has already been added toLeft 4 Dead 2,Half-Life: AlyxandHalf-Life 2: Episode 2 in the form of a new achievement, too. It’s called Gnome Alone, with the description: “If you are reading this achievement, Gabe Newell has successfully launched Gnome Chompski into space.”
This wasn’t all for lols, though. Newell plans on donating $1 for every person who watches the video within 24 hours of the launch to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit atthe Starship children’s hospitalin Auckland, New Zealand. That means you still have until about 1:40am GMT tonight (5:40pm PST today) to boost the views on the vid above, and get Gabe digging in his pockets for a good cause.
Sending a garden ornament to space for charity and for science. Go big or go gnome, I suppose.
