http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/ A games writer in the UK who also sometimes tries to make things. Fri, 18 May 2012 16:03:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-233354 Shaun CArr Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:12:56 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-233354 Tom! You have inspired me to record my own account of how I sent a lowly garden gnome into the heavens. Feel free to have a look, and keep up the good work! http://shauncarrblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/chillin-with-mah-gnomie-then-launching.html Shaun.
You have inspired me to record my own account of how I sent a lowly garden gnome into the heavens.
Feel free to have a look, and keep up the good work!

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Shaun.]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-231426 Gentleman of negotiable accomplishment « Talking to yourself Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:48:03 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-231426 [...] on loading screens and that only happened once per level. Oh, some achievements are just a bizarre way of making the game annoying and frustrating to play. But at least those ones might be considered an actual [...] http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-227485 Post 500, by Tom Francis Fri, 13 May 2011 21:31:00 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-227485 [...] I Played Through Episode Two Holding A Goddamn Gnome My SEO seminar is entitled Goddamn Gnomes and How Holding Them Can Grow Your [...] http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-224896 The Sunday Video Pwn | I like video games. Can you tell? Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:39:46 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-224896 [...] may or may not know, but back when Half-Life 2: Episode 2 launched, our own Tom Francis set himself a little challenge. When Valve PR master Doug Lombardi told him about the gnome achievement, he became obsessed with [...] http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-224454 Gnome Chompski Rides Again | Rock, Paper, Shotgun Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:30:33 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-224454 [...] Chompski Rides AgainPosted by Jim Rossignol on March 29th, 2011 at 10:26 am. Remember this? Well, now there’s… this. Just watch the video. [...] http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-224219 ShpioOn Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:48:12 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-224219 Man this has to be the greatest achievement I'm going for, yet. I finished HL2, Episode 1 and 2, and now I'm set for the gnome baby! The only part I fear through the damn thing is the one with the chopper. Hope it doesn't get that worse in makin me quit. http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-223934 nornal Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:54:50 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-223934 the gamer score was really stingy for how difficult it was to get. I mean in fable they gave 100G or mabey it was 50G for finding a hero a strength. To be fair though they did have to devide up the gamer score between 5 games. Either way i'm starting from my last save in riding shotgun to get it again (this time i'm closing the door though)! http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-223933 nornal Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:45:21 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-223933 i got the gnome to the rocket but didn't shut the door so i lost the achievment http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-204934 me Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:22:27 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-204934 lolololololololololololololololololololololol its gnome chomsky!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-193586 demotivator Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:54:19 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-193586 You could have spawned him with a console command. Not saying you did but you got no proof you didn't. http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-192074 The Second Game « Electron Dance Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:25:13 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-192074 [...] I was also starting to shirk my duty as a game completionist. I just didn't have time to waste on completing something which was anything less than total fun. And the new plague of badges and achievements were meaningless to me, nothing more than another vampire drain on my time. Get the gnome in the rocket in Half-Life: Episode Two? Are you insane? [...] http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-133169 The Player: old games, new approach | ArcadePortal Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:22:41 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-133169 [...] alien slavemasters, while carrying a garden gnome. Reviewer Tom Francis and ­others have created images of this ­exploit, which turns the game from a sci-fi shooter to dadaist [...] http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-126904 bob Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:07:14 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-126904 pentadact what is half life episode 2 for http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-126516 tickticktickboom | der rest aus dem netz Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:15:31 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-126516 [...] eine sehr anrührende amüsante Geschichte von “Pentadact”, welcher mich schon einmal dazu verführt hat, mir den selben Wahnsinn anzutun (Trage den bescheuerten Gnom durch Halflife 2 [...] http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-126478 Velvet Fist, Iron Glove Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:28:11 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-126478 A little more than two years after the game is released, I sat down to replay it, this time holding a goddamn gnome and squashing every single goddamn grub. The sense of relief with the last grub, and when you finally close the door on the gnome is amazing. Now I just need to save every goddamn building from the goddamn striders!
Now I just need to save every goddamn building from the goddamn striders!]]> http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-126430 I Played Through Left 4 Dead 2 Holding A Goddamn Gnome, by Tom Francis Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:31:36 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-126430 [...] – and there’s an achievement for carrying it all the way to the end. It is, in fact, the same goddamn gnome I carried through Episode goddamn Two, for the same goddamn reason: there was an achievement for [...] http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-115463 t Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:28:16 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-115463 if u shoot the gnome up in the air right out side of where you get it you get the achievement http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-115459 crazy konrad Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:41:16 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-115459 i think i will try taking the gnome with me too even though i know i will end up wanting to smash everyone that helped making this game in the face with my computer :P http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-63049 Upsilon Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:11:47 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-63049 Did you close the hatch door on the rocket, like so many people didn't? http://www.pentadact.com/2007-10-15-gnome-quest/#comment-62957 Chris Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:23:45 +0000 http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-valve-made-me-play-through-their-entire-fucking-game-holding-a-fucking-gnome#comment-62957 ARGH I spent a full day doing nothing but trying to get this achievement. I did it but it never registered at all. Played the game all the way through the closing credits and it still doesn't show up in my profile. This supremely disappoints me.
I spent a full day doing nothing but trying to get this achievement. I did it but it never registered at all. Played the game all the way through the closing credits and it still doesn't show up in my profile. This supremely disappoints me.]]>