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2. Check If The Camera Works - Black Mesa: Blue Shift
Black Mesa: Blue Shift, the modded version of Half-Life's DLC, starts with a quick intro that familiarizes you with your character's guard duties in Black Mesa by making you perform tasks such as riding around the facility and, more interestingly, checking the surveillance cameras.
The task gives a glimpse into the various locations inside Black Mesa, but also one of your coworkers staring you right in the face as he tries to repair one of the cameras.
If you remember one of the surveillance system's features, you can discover a secret way to mess with him.
The cameras in Black Mesa allow you to flash a bright light when you look through them, and if you use this feature as the other security guard is checking the camera, you can actually blind him and cause him to fall off to the floor.
The interaction, while pretty mean, is a brilliant use of a feature that shows the developers were conscious about what the players might try to do with the tools they are given.
The fact they anticipated and added a way for you to torment your coworkers like this shows they know their fanbase well.