The map can be found in the WC map pack, inside David Sawyer's folder. The developers used Backman's body in humorous physics experiments. They had the Citizen model based on Backman in the middle of a desert level, and there was nothing but cars, canisters, other miscellaneous objects. This gave birth to the 'Danger Ted Construction Set'. His likeness was used for an early design of a Black Mesa Security Guard in Half-Life, and for Citizen ( Male 2) and cut Conscript variants in Half-Life 2.ĭuring Half-Life 2 's development, there was a time when the player was able to glue physics objects together. His surname also appears on a sign in the Hospital featured in Half-Life 2: Episode One. A photo of his was turned into a texture but was left unused in the files. I don't even remember how I got here.' It is never confirmed whether this is true or whether the Citizen is delusional, mentally ill, or otherwise mistaken.
They put something in it to make you forget. In Half-Life, Backman's surname appears in the Anomalous Materials Laboratory on a locker and can be heard in announcements as Easter eggs. One Citizen in the City 17 Trainstation at the start of Half-Life 2 warns Gordon 'Don't drink the water. Backman's likeness as seen in the Danger Ted Construction Set.
