Valve is launching Half-Life’s Gnome Chompski into space for real, for charity – Gamesradar

Valve’s Gabe Newell is launching a garden gnome into space for a children’s charity. 
You may have completed the difficult task of launching Gnome Chompski the garden gnome into space in Half-Life 2: Episode 2, but now the little fella will head to space IRL. Newell is working with Weta Workshop, a collectible design and manufacturing company, and Rocket Lab, a small satellite launch company to send the Gnome into the stratosphere.
For every person who watches Gnome Chompski get blasted into space…

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