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===Appearances in other media=== The use of sandbox applications like ''[[Garry's Mod]]'' have allowed for Combine [[non-player character]]s to be used in a variety of [[webcomic]]s and [[machinima]] productions. In one webcomic, ''Concerned'', the Combine are portrayed as a highly bureaucratic and often inept organization. One issue shows a Civil Protection briefing for attempting to capture the protagonist Gordon Frohman, in which officers are instructed to cluster around explosive barrels, seek cover on unstable structures and rappel down from bridges in front of fast moving vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-10-07|title=Issue #62|work=[[Concerned|Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman]]|first=Christopher|last=Livingston|date=2005-10-07|accessdate=2008-09-19}}</ref> In another example, the machinima series ''Combine Nation'' follows Civil Protection officers in a similar style to police procedural documentaries. The officers perform their duties with various twists, such as the team's medical officer having an obsession with adhesive bandages and the legal consultant, an Overwatch soldier, favoring dramatic entries, such as throwing flashbangs, which often backfire on him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://litfusefilms.com/movies/combinenationepisode1/|title=''Combine Nation: Episode One''|publisher=Lit Fuse Films|accessdate=2008-09-19}}</ref> Other media portray the Combine with more serious overtones, such as one live-action video that parodies an interview with Tom Cruise discussing Scientology. The video, described by [[ActionTrip]] as "eerie, to say the least"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.actiontrip.com/rei/comments_news.phtml?id=090308_5|title=Tom Cruise Scientology Interview, Combine Style|publisher=[[ActionTrip]]|first=Ure|last=Paul|date=2008-09-03|accessdate=2008-10-03}}</ref> and by both [[Joystiq]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/03/the-combine-interview-puts-tom-cruise-in-new-light/|title=The Combine Interview puts Tom Cruise in new light|publisher=[[Joystiq]]|first=Justin|last=McElroy|date=2008-09-03|accessdate=2008-10-03}}</ref> and [[Kotaku]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5044676/creepy-tom-cruise-interview-redone-as-creepy-half+life-2-interview|title=Creepy Tom Cruise Interview Redone As Creepy ''Half-Life 2'' Interview|publisher=[[Kotaku]]||first=Luke|last=Plunkett|date=2008-09-02|accessdate=2008-10-03}}</ref> as "creepy", instead presents an interview with a Civil Protection officer discussing the Combine's rule of Earth, adapting Cruise's words to fit the Combine theme. [[PC Gamer|''PC Gamer'' UK]] noted that "the suggestion, of course, is that Scientology's purpose or self-image in some way resembles that of the homogenenising intergalactic murdereous alien collective".<ref>{{cite journal|year=2008 |month=December |title=The Combine Tom Cruise |journal=[[PC Gamer]]|location=[[United Kingdom]]|publisher=[[Future plc]] |issue=194 |pages=p. 113}}</ref>
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