It was chosen for the G-Man's appearance after Bill Van Buren created a modified image of Sheldon, with chopped-off hair and a scaled-down face shape. This title was later retconned to refer to Wallace Breen.įrank Sheldon, the person on whom the G-Man's Half-Life 2 model is based, was originally slated to be the model for Dr. His name has been confirmed and referred to in documentaries featuring Valve employees, as well as in the voice-actor credits for Half-Life 2 and in the book about game development: Raising the Bar.Ī description of the G-Man's nature is given in the comment section of the file 'npc_G-Man.cpp' in the Source SDK file 'sourcesdk.gcf': '// Purpose: The G-Man, misunderstood servant of the people.' In the official Half-Life audio script, the G-Man is referred to as 'Administrator', suggesting he is the one overseeing experiments.
His name is derived from his Half-Life model and entity name and has since been reused in subsequent games of the series. However, within the Half-Life games, he is identified by this name only in the program code and the multiplayer profile menu as a default name option, not within the story itself. The G-Man's name comes from ' G-Man', an American colloquialism meaning 'government man'.
