Barney Calhoun's Journal

[Subsetgaming]

May 16, 2001
Trying to get into work today, the door wouldn't accept my keycard. I think I heard a train go by me today, trying to get into work.
I never thought a Resenance, or Residence Cascade would happen. The worst thing was... Gordon was conducting the experiment, boy I'm gonna miss racing to Izzy's door with him.

May 17, 2001
Gordon survived! Izzy may not have survived though, I guess only time will tell.
Gordon brought me with him to the front desk, trying to call for help right now.

May 19, 2001
H.E.C.U. Soldiers are everywhere, supposedly to save us, but I saw a scientist get shot. Not 1, not 2, not 4, but 5! I saw him kill 5 scientists.

May 20, 2001
The Aliens aren't coming anymore, the H.E.C.U. are retreating!

November 5, 2002
I found my Journal again after stuffing it in my drawer.

November 6, 2002
May not be writing in this as much as I used to.

March 5, 2003
I found Izzy in a bad looking base of operations, gonna help him tidy up, and get some better security.

April 28, 2004
Izzy tells me he knows about Eli's survival.

April 30, 2004
Eli is contacted, tells us about his daughter, and the death of his wife.

August 9, 2006
I miss Gordon. Won't he coming back soon?

January 2, 2007
A alien civilization is attacking! The Marines and Navy have been killed already, 4 hours into the war!
6 hours into the war almost every force has been killed.
7 hours into the war all forces have been wiped out by the so called "Combine"
ha, don't think all forces will be gone, I'll form a resistance

Febuary 12, 2007
My younger brother Adam says he met a H.E.C.U. Soldier named Mitchell. He had a messed up face, Adam said it looks like an axe hit.

May 9, 2007
I saw the Combine wipe out multipule citizens, who were armed. thinking about joining.

May 10, 2007
Joining Civil Protection, told Izzy I wouldn't bust him.

May 12, 2007
Got accepted into Civil Protection.

May 13, 2007
Going to training, going to practice with stunstick, which is a baton, taser hybrid

May 19, 2007
After a few days of training I'm going on my first mission to Cit

May 19, 2008
Elite finally gave me my journal back, the Elite looked though, on May 19 last year. The Elite stopped once they saw "May 13, 2007" they stopped, beat me until I told why I have a journal, I told them why.

May 20, 2008
Going on a mission to C

May 20, 2010
Told me years would increase as I wrote more in my journa

May 23, 2015
I've learned my lesson

May 25, 2019
Assiond me to secutiy

May 26, 2019
Didn't catch me smuggling my journal, but what I tried to write yesterday was: Assigned me to security

August 27, 2021
I found Gordon, almost wandered into Nova Prospekt, sent him off to Kleiner's lab, more Metrocops found me, wondering what all that noise was. I told them it was to the Elite YC-108.
Gordon gets the Mark V H.E.V. suit on.
Tried to send him to Eli's lab, but the teleport failed. Yet somehow, his daughter, Alyx made it just fine.

August 28, 2021
I meet up with Gordon in the ruins of City 17, Me and D0g let Gordon into the citadel.

September 11, 2021
Gordon gets The Citadel down to the ground

September 13. 2021
I found a "Advisor" pod saying 314 URB-LOC-0017, wonder if that means anything?

September 15, 2021
Gordon and Alyx are safe! I give him another crowbar. I think Alyx is hitting on Gordon, so I give Gordon best of luck with her, and staying safe.
I got Gordon out of the trainstation, I might die, so I'll throw my journal on his train. Goodbye journal.

[Leavee]

I wonder what was his age.

[Subsetgaming]

At the time of HL1, he is 42

[Subsetgaming]

then in HL2, he's 62

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by LittleBigSubset07:

At the time of HL1, he is 42

Originally posted by LittleBigSubset07:

then in HL2, he's 62

His age is never stated.

[Leavee]

Originally posted by LittleBigSubset07:

then in HL2, he's 62

Bruh he looks way younger than to be 60 already

[Subsetgaming]

I know right, but you can see his hair turning grey (or gray) by the slightest

[Leavee]

Originally posted by LittleBigSubset07:

I know right, but you can see his hair turning grey (or gray) by the slightest

Im assuming barney may be at the mid 30s or early 40s (since any person can easily have gray hair when there at that age) and at blue shift,maybe at late 20s ish i guess idunno

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Mister lilligant:

Originally posted by LittleBigSubset07:

I know right, but you can see his hair turning grey (or gray) by the slightest

Im assuming barney may be at the mid 30s or early 40s (since any person can easily have gray hair when there at that age) and at blue shift,maybe at late 20s ish i guess idunno

Well it's 20 years between HL1 and HL2 so if I had to guess I'd say he's in his 20s during BS and in his 40s during HL2.

[Subsetgaming]

I got the info from [(combine overwiki) thanks Ikagura] wikipedia

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by LittleBigSubset07:

I got the info from wikipedia

Barney doesn't have a wikipedia page.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by LittleBigSubset07:

I got the info from wikipedia

You mean the Combine Overwiki?

[Subsetgaming]

Yes, I got the info from that

[Half life Expert]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Originally posted by LittleBigSubset07:

At the time of HL1, he is 42

Originally posted by LittleBigSubset07:

then in HL2, he's 62

His age is never stated.

I just checked the intro to Blue Shift and you're right, his age is never stated. Odd since we are given Freeman and Shepard's age.

I think it would be fair to say that he is probably in his early to mid 20s, given his relative lack of education (only 2 years of college with undecided major), and he doesn't seem that old in HL2.


And yes I use CombineOverwiki as a reference usually. It's pretty good overall.

[BenderMan]

this makes no sense how can the first security dude you meet be barney, beacuse in the game blue shift you are in a COMPLETELY different sector, gorden is in sector c, where as BARNEY is in sector d

[Subsetgaming]

Originally posted by DevilDogs Bender:

this makes no sense how can the first security dude you meet be barney, beacuse in the game blue shift you are in a COMPLETELY different sector, gorden is in sector c, where as BARNEY is in sector d

But if you paid attention while trying to get into Black Mesa, Gordon passes by. He's in the train that passes by you.