In a commentary bubble that can be found midway through Half-Life 2's first level, Point Insertion, Valve designer Scott Dalton revealed that Gnome Chompski, seemingly a reference to popular ...

But now, Gnome Chompski is getting a chance to go into space for real, although he'll likely die during the mission. It's great to see that a Half-Life 2 character is being used to help raise ...

A 5-inch titanium garden gnome, dubbed Gnome Chompski, was strapped to the Electron rocket's Kick Stage, a circular platform that drops satellites into orbit and then falls back toward the Earth, ...

The rocket will take off from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at some point during the two-week launch window that opens November 15. You can check the timing for the mission at Rocket Lab ...

Gnome Chompski is heading into orbit for charity, but he won't make it back in one piece. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works .

Gnome Chompski has a certain amount of infamy among Valve Software’s fans. First appearing in 2007’s Half-Life 2: Episode 2, the garden gnome was initially a simple interactive background prop.

Regardless, Gnome Chompski is sacrificing for a right and noble cause. You couldn’t ask for much more as a video game garden gnome than to benefit the medical care of children and the science of ...

And frankly, we don’t know too many gnomes. It is, of course, cognitive scientist namesake and regular Valve cameo-ist Gnome Chompski that sharp Redditors have found perched unceremoniously at ...

This soon-to-be astronaut gnome is actually a 150mm tall model of “Garden Gnome” or “Gnome Chompski,” an item that first appeared in Half-Life 2: Episode Two but achieved meme status ...

Chompski can be found very early on in the game, making Half-Life: Alyx’s gnome achievement that much more difficult. The gnome is hidden in Russell’s junkyard, where Alyx is given her first gun.