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Dr. Isaac Kleiner
Dr. Isaac Kleiner

Dr. Isaac Kleiner is a fictional character from the computer games Half-Life and Half-Life 2. He is one of the few survivors of the incident that took place in the Black Mesa Research Facility. Download high resolution version (249x712, 126 KB)Dr. Isaac Kleiner, a character from the computer game Half-Life 2. ... Download high resolution version (249x712, 126 KB)Dr. Isaac Kleiner, a character from the computer game Half-Life 2. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Half-Life For a quantity subject to exponential decay, the half-life is the time required for the quantity to fall to half of its initial value. ... Half-Life 2 is a first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life, developed by Valve Software. ... The Black Mesa Research Facility is a fictional facility where most of the events of the computer game Half-Life take place. ...


Dr. Kleiner worked with Gordon Freeman as part of the Facility's Anomalous Materials team and was one of Gordon's professors at MIT. He manages to survive the Resonance Cascade disaster of the first game; how he escapes from the Facility is not known. Along with colleagues (and fellow survivors) Alyx Vance, Dr. Eli Vance, and Barney Calhoun, he makes up the core of the resistance against the Combine. Dr. Kleiner has set up a lab underground in City 17. A teleportation system, developed jointly by Kleiner and Vance, allows for near-instantaneous transportation between Kleiner's lab and Vance's facility, several miles distant. Half-Life 2 concept art of Gordon Freeman holding a crowbar Dr. Gordon Freeman is the fictional protagonist of the Half-Life series of first-person shooter computer games. ... This article describes the computer game. ... Alyx Vance Alyx Vance is a fictional character in Valve Softwares 2004 first-person shooter computer game Half-Life 2. ... Dr. Eli Vance Dr. Eli Vance is a fictional character from the computer games Half-Life (1998) and Half-Life 2 (2004) by Valve Software. ... Barney, as seen in (l-r) Half-Life, HL with the Hi-Definition Pack, and Half-Life 2 Barney Calhoun is a fictional character in the Half-Life series of first-person shooter computer games by Valve Software. ... The Combine are a powerful alien race and empire from Valve Softwares 2004 first-person shooter computer game: Half-Life 2. ...


He seems to be the same person as Dr. Alex Kleiner, as mentioned in the original Half-Life's strategy guide.


As a pet, Dr. Kleiner keeps a debeaked headcrab he calls "Lamarr" (a reference to actress Hedy Lamarr). Left: A headcrab from Half-Life. ... Hedy Lamarr Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1913–January 19, 2000) was an actress and communications innovator. ...


His voice in Half-Life 2 was provided by Harry S. Robins.



 

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