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I came up with this about 15 minutes ago. We know that in Half Life 2: Episode 3 there will be a character that utilizes sign language. Valve has been very open about this, and it is one of the only pieces of information about the game that we know about. There has been some speculation about who this character will be, but I think it is quite obvious.

It will be Gordon Freeman.

Freeman, the protagonist, has been must throughout the Half Life series, and all along the way, he has never said a single word. Maybe this is no mistake. I think it was a conscious decision on Valve’s part to have Gordon be a mute, and possibly deaf (if he wasn’t at the beginning of the series, the point blank grenades probably induced it). The sign language will finally be Gordon’s way of speaking. Maybe Alex has learned it in the off time, she is as smart as Gordon and her father, so there is no doubt she could learn it very quickly. Maybe the player will have to signal for her during the coop portions of the new game.

Nevertheless, if the time we’ve waited for the game so far is any indication of the time we still have left, don’t expect my theory to be corroborated anytime soon.