But don’t leave him near the people you’re protecting. You’d think the defense section in the mines would be an easy spot – just leave him there and come back. My tendancy to put him in areas where I knew something dramatic was going to happen cost me my gnome once or twice. Obviously any time you know you’re going to be coming back to an area, you can set him down there and go off on your own.
“But isn’t that right near the end of the game?” “You have to put him in the rocket before it launches.” Halfway through reviewing Half-Life 2: Episode Two for PC Gamer about a month ago, Valve PR Doug Lombardi asks me if I know about the gnome achievement. I Played Through Episode Two Holding A Goddamn Gnome
