Unidentified deaf character

A yet unidentified deaf character is slated to appear in Episode Three.

Overview
This character is introduced in a video involving Gabe Newell and two interpreters discussing deafness and video games with an small audience of deaf people, with Left 4 Dead 2 and a frame of Overwatch Soldiers concept art pictures in the background.

Newell suggests that before Alyx met Gordon, she had a crush on someone hearing impared, so she thaught Dog how to sign so she could practice.

Then this person went away from Alyx to fight the Combine someplace else, and Alyx and Dog started signing with each other when they wanted to communicate without making noise or without other people knowing.

The implementation of such character would be the starting point of implementing signing into Valve's games and give them the excuse to build a related technology and give easier access to video games for hearing impaired players. Facial expression, already fully implemented in the Source engine, would help in that process.

List of appearances

 * Half-Life 2: Episode Three