s we reported earlier this month, Gabe Newell is going to launch a garden gnome into space for charity. You can see the little fellow above, who "will be manufactured from titanium and printed in the shape of Half-Life gaming icon Gnome Chompski." Chompski first appeared in Half-Life 2: Episode Two where an achievement, Little Rocket Man, involved carrying it from the start of the game to the end... Read more.