This gave rise to the now-iconic purple and black checkerboard texture, which has since taken on a life of its own well beyond Half-Life 2." The "beyond Half-Life 2" line is on the money⁠—I ...

Komatiite lava from the Komati River Valley in South Africa, showing the spinifex texture typical for these lavas. James St. John ...

But Ruffy's texture manipulating power can also help you solve puzzles to track down each level's stars – used to unlock more levels from the hub world, just like Super Mario 64's castle.

When the lava meets the sea, it cools quickly while boiling the ocean into steam. This results in a distinctive texture: the quenching produces a glassy outer surface from the lava cooling too ...

Lava is between 100,000 and 1.1 million times more viscous than that of water, based on temperature and silica content. It also is three times more dense than water, Live Science reports .

It kind of rhymes with the similarly ugly-cute "FIREBLU" lava texture from Doom, a cheeky reminder of a beloved FPS. Now, in the 20th anniversary developer commentary for Half-Life 2, ...