 Much of the comic 's dark humor is derived from its contrasts with Half @-@ Life 2 : in a depressing , dark vision of a conquered humanity 's future , Gordon Freeman becomes a hero and savior ; the similarly named Gordon Frohman , on the other hand , is just an average person , improbably cheerful to the point of stupidity , and somewhat naïve as to what is actually going on around him . For instance , Frohman fails to realize that his return @-@ addressed letters to Doctor Breen reveal his location , and so result in that location being invaded , bombed , or otherwise compromised . 
