so i just got done beating all three half-life games on the orange box when i started to wonder, who is that guy that always follows and watches over gordon freeman? y'know the one i'm talkin about, that guy in the suit carrying a briefcase. I've heard some people call him the G-man but that doesnt really help so i wanted to know, who is this guy?

Nobody really knows, but it seems like hes been manipulating poor ol'e Gordon throughout his entire life. He makes it seem like Gordon is an experiment and well, we'll have to find out in episode 3 what its all about.

I would suggest playing the original half life. I don't know the full story behind him but I as far as I can tell he's not actually human, he's some sort of alien life form that wants you to overthrow the combine. In the original he appeared every now and then, but all he did was walk out of sight all the time (I assume it was meant to seem mysterious)

well... he is the G-man... that's it. i think he is part of the even-farther-future sent back in time to the not-as-future to stop the complete combine takeover. and maybe he is part of the black mesa lab also. or even... Gorden Freemen himself. that would be quite the plot twist.

p.s. also ninja, that wasn't really a 'spoiler.'it was more like a 'added info to stuff we already know.' but, that's my opinion.

Scarx:
or even... Gorden Freemen himself. that would be quite the plot twist.

I, personally, don't think that would be a twist. Most people (maybe everyone but me) seems to, though, so maybe I'm strange in that way. I mean, his "name" is the G-Man. Gordon's name starts with a G and he seems to be the man. Ergo, Gordon is the G-Man.

He does bear some resemblances to Freeman. Not to mention the whole G-man can be interpreted many ways. Also, he is my favorite character from the series (half because he sounds like a victim of a stroke.)

G----- ----Man
Gordon Freeman

I also suggest getting the Opposing Forces expansion for HL1. Adrian Shepherd kicks ass.

He always shows up and has some random rant in a creepy voice, implies your sleeping then buggers off.

The G-man name comes from playing Half-Life online where he is one of the character models you can use. Originally "G-man" means Government Man and is referring to the FBI, just for clarification.

DeadlyYellow:

G----- ----Man
Gordon Freeman

"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world."
"The Freeman in the imprisoned place..."
My interesting extrapolation.

I read somewhere that in the original game files or in a later SDK or something, there was a file for the G-Man which had a description that read: "Misunderstood servant of the people"

And for a pretty good summary of all the info that has been gathered on him so far: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-Man_(Half-Life)

Umm G-Man isn't Gordon Freeman. Gordon has no Widow's Peak.

It's the key to good, eerie characterisation, give the audience enough to be interested but not so much that it ruins whatever their imaginations come up with instead.

x434343:
Umm G-Man isn't Gordon Freeman. Gordon has no Widow's Peak.

He's not the G-Man yet. It's him from the far future, sent back to the present, to prevent the Combine from destroying the normal future. See, clear as mud.

Also, he grows a widow's peak.

DeadlyYellow:
Also, he is my favorite character from the series (half because he sounds like a victim of a stroke.)

You like characters based on whether they're stroke victims or not?

G-man has a voice. Gordon Freeman does not.

Your theory is invalid.

I have 2 questions about the Gman:

What is in his briefcase? (not that noclip explanation)
and
Who are his "employers"?

These questions keep me up at night.

I seriously doubt hes Gordon freeman. I also don't think hes trying to prevent the combine from taking over, because he was the one caused the whole mess in the first game. I think he's manipulating everyone, for some deeply complex reason that we wont find out until the end of episode 3. My guess is that he isn't out to help anyone but himself and his "employers"

I always figured the whole Half-Life universe took place in some sort of crazy virtual reality simulator, and the G-Man was the government programmer running the simulation. I mean, how else do you explain that a theoretical physicist from MIT can jump around shotgunning everything without tripping over his own feet or getting a nose bleed?

Sorry, cheap shot. But I know engineers so I'm allowed.

TheBluesader:
I always figured the whole Half-Life universe took place in some sort of crazy virtual reality simulator, and the G-Man was the government programmer running the simulation. I mean, how else do you explain that a theoretical physicist from MIT can jump around shotgunning everything without tripping over his own feet or getting a nose bleed?

Sorry, cheap shot. But I know engineers so I'm allowed.

thats a good theory

G-man is your father.

Nobody knows who he is, some think he is hired to control gordon's actions and save certain situations. others think he is Gordon freeman.. thats just the fun of it, not know. but I would like to know once and for all who he is and what he does.

It seems to me that he's a being that exists on another plane of existence, like the titular monster from "It". It would explain things.

I always thought he was rather malevloent; I also thought that he was breaking the rules of his people, and that eventually a bunch of other G-men would come and stop him, then set everything back to rights, with no one remembering except Gordordon, because he deserves it.

Or mabe it'll end like The Dark Tower, the same way it began. That would be a twist.

Apologies to everyone who thought the ending to The Dark Tower sucked. As far as I'm concernded, it's the only way it could have ended.

fluffylandmine:
G-man is your father.

Noooooooo...

Worry... not.as Episode Three,......... approac-hes.

x434343:
Umm G-Man isn't Gordon Freeman. Gordon has no Widow's Peak.

Thankyou. I doubt he'll dye his hair back and start talking funny. Before people shout Gordon can't talk, f you.

G-Man's got slightly different cheek bones than Freeman.
Plus his eyes are the wrong colour. Gordon has green eyes.

Shadow Tyrant:
G-man has a voice. Gordon Freeman does not.

Your theory is invalid.

Ahh, but mainly he learns to speak via some weird alien technology, thus explaining why he sounds like a speak-and-spell.

Maybe he's Gordon.
Maybe he's Government.
Maybe he's God.

Or maybe he's just a demented, deformed vortagaunt.

Here's my interepretation:

The G-Man is a construct created by the Vortigaunts (sp?) Merely their interpretation of a human (hence the shaky voice and uneasy movements) Possibly because they have some future vision of what Freeman becomes, and they use this vision of him to help guild Gordon. Sort of like how George Carlin went back in time to ensure Bill & Ted become the leaders they were destined to become. (Corniest comparison ever but it works for me)

Possibly the fact that no one ever sees him but Gordon is due to the fact that he's nothing more than an implanted hallucination...

Eyclonus:
G-Man's got slightly different cheek bones than Freeman.
Plus his eyes are the wrong colour. Gordon has green eyes.

Apparently you've never seen Saving Private Ryan.......

I don't know what/who he is but I can tell you he's not the Freeman. Eli Vance mentions him in Episode two.

Ixus Illwrath:
The G-Man is a construct created by the Vortigaunts (sp?) Merely their interpretation of a human (hence the shaky voice and uneasy movements) Possibly because they have some future vision of what Freeman becomes, and they use this vision of him to help guild Gordon. Sort of like how George Carlin went back in time to ensure Bill & Ted become the leaders they were destined to become. (Corniest comparison ever but it works for me)

Umm, then why Vortigaunts would bother "stopping" him, at the beginning of EpOne?

here is my explanation.G-Man is an agent created from the very fabric of existence(sorry for melodramatic horseshit)and that agent serves to the highest bidder and allows the control of all things including Gordon Freeman.

Don't forget the vorts confirm they work for him in halflife two,if you've met the singing vortiguant also in ep2 he says there'll be "unforseen consequeces" for Eli soon after he's killed,is the slug another employee? More employees include adrian shepard,barney and some others probobly alex since G-man "saved" her and we all know how he "saved" gorden.