Dr. Gordon Freeman is the main character of the Half-Life game series, he is a theoretical physicist, forced to defend himself and the human race in a conflict against aliens. Freeman is a native of Seattle, Washington, with an interest in theoretical physics, quantum mechanics, and relativity. At the start of Half-Life Gordon is 27 years old and was working for a while at the Black Mesa Research Facility under a classified administrative sponsor. The aliens came to earth after a failed experiment and caused a worldwide alien invasion. In his battle with aliens, Freeman becomes an almost legendary resistance hero, eventually rising to be one of the key leaders in the war against an inter-dimensional alien empire. A fanart Half-Life game progress bar for YouTube with Dr. Gordon Freeman Pixel.