Like everyone else, I find the shotgun ultimately the most commonly useful and satisfying, but I also like the pulse rifle. There's nothing like strafing while targeting a moving combine and gunning him down as he's moving.
I think the Gordon as a zombie video was the best. "I've really gotta pee!", lol. Laughed the entire way through.
But G-man singing is quite priceless as well.
HAHAHA, Alex Jones may or may not be crazy, that doesn't really matter so much. The point is that the technology for physically adept and autonomous robots is being developed, this alone foreshadows many more dark developments, and agrees with much of the frightening science fiction that's out...
Valv4e have shown themselves to be consistently least likely of almost any developer to milk the cow. Just saying, they've always come out with new and interesting material.
And I like your idea of a more narrative based game, but that's not really what Valve is about. If you want a book or...