The gnome appears as a prop in Half-Life 2: Episode 2, wherein if players can actually carry Gnome Chompski to the end of the game, place him in a rocket, and launch him into space, the ...

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.

A gnome is being sent into space-- for charity. On Monday, aerospace company Rocket Lab announced that a gnome made by billionaire and CEO Gabe Newell would be launched into space in mid-November.

Gnome Chompski was originally introduced to the world as a garden gnome prop in Half-Life 2: Episode Two. If you carry him all the way to the end of the game (no easy task) and then launch him ...

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 .

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 ...

Bon Voyage, Gnome Chompski!Watch on YouTube. The launch event will be streamed on YouTube and, for every viewer that watches Chompski's ascent into space online, either live or within 24 hours of ...

Gabe Newell and Valve made a real life Gnome Chompskin, and just like Gordon did in Half-Life 2, he plans to launch it into space.

Unofficial Valve mascot Gnome Chompski is tired of being carried and ready to star in a game of his own. Of course the parody revolves around the disappearance of fictional heroes of Earth such as ...

RocketLab is terming it a "mass simulator," but it's a 3D-printed titanium garden gnome named Gnome Chompski, modeled on an item from the Half-Life game series. In the game, the goal was to sneak ...

Gnome Chompski made his first appearance in Half-Life 2: Episode 2 as that game's second least feasible Achievement, after the grub-stomping - players were required to carry the garden gnome ...