Forum:Gordon Has No Helmet

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You have probably figured out that Gordon's suit has no helmet. While it's great for letting us see his incredible beard and disturbingly green eyes, I believe this is a serious design flaw for the HEV suit. In Episode One, Gordon runs around a highly radioactive collapsing Dark energy reactor. Alyx says that he should go in there because he's got a suit, but what does his suit not have? A helmet. What's preventing his brain from being baked by the radiation? What's stopping the headcrabs from mating with his head (aside from a crowbar)? And why doesn't a sniper bullet go straight through his head? Maybe Gordon Freeman isn't human. Maybe he doesn't have a central nervous system, and he's got a head-shaped tumor growing out from between his shoulders. I kid. But really, he never should have gotten out of City 17 alive with that much radiation poisoning. My most solid theory: his glasses. These are obviously no ordinary glasses. For one, they never shatter, no matter what hits Gordon. Headcrabs, bullets, grenades, stunsticks, his glasses survive them all. Now, these super-glasses would certainly protect his eyes and the bridge of his nose, but not the rest of his head. If these glasses are so high-tech, perhaps they emit some kind of radiation-repelling, bullet-resistant force field as well. Or maybe his suit does. But you'd think a helmet would have been more practical. Is there any explanation as to why Gordon's HEV suit is missing this vital piece of equipment? If you have an awesome suit, you gotta have a helmet to go with it. Think of Samus Aran, the Master Chief, and Stormtroopers.