Real-Life Alyx Vance (Half-Life 2) Cosplay/Booth Babes

I took a short jaunt through the Digital Life Expo yesterday, held at the Javits Center in Manhattan. A short jaunt was all one really needed; it seemed even smaller than last year. As expected, there weren't really many stand-out products, but I did notice this pair of booth babes dressed as Alyx Vance from the Half-Life 2 series.

Notably, the creators of Half-Life 2 have mentioned in the past how the Alyx Vance character was given a variety of ethnic characteristics, the better to make her subconsciously sympathetic to a wide variety of players. That women of almost any racial make-up could convincingly look the part in real life was probably an unforeseen side-effect.

I love the Alyx character for two reasons: She's one of the most convincing and emotionally resonant characters in any videogame ever*; she's dressed fittingly for alien invasion, in a warm (if stylish!) jacket and blue jeans.

* See: The introduction of Dog; the joke she plays on you in the dark in Episode 1.

[#1 posted by ahumado , September 28, 2007 3:38 PM]

This is a tad juvenile, but - teleportation may cause a slight tingling sensation.

[#2 posted by Anonymous , September 29, 2007 12:50 AM]

she's dressed fittingly for alien invasion

true.

showing breasts doesn't make your job easier in killing abnormal creatures except in japanese porn.

[#3 posted by ogvor , September 30, 2007 5:15 PM]

As you made the point in how she dressed, she is also the best representation of a strong female portagonist (that also has the right proportions of the a real female figure) in any video game. Having played all the Half Life games and growing attached to her company I really felt dread when seeing her fall off a bridge (and perhaps dead in the hands of a vortignaut) in a Half-life 2: Episode 2 trailer.