I got so freaked out by the fact that Gordon Freeman is canonically 27 that I decided to find out how old all the other classic FPS protagonists are, and it didn't make me feel better
Time, Dr Freeman?
As I delved into the ages of classic 90s FPS protagonists, I was surprised by the variety of information available. William Joseph Blazkowicz, the grandfather of Commander Keen and DoomGuy's ancestor in Wolfenstein 3-D, was born in 1911 and thus around 32-33 years old during the game's events. Kyle Katarn, the protagonist of Star Wars: Dark Forces, was born in 23 BBY and was 23 when the game began, growing to 28 and 35 in subsequent games.
Cate Archer, the operative in No One Lives Forever, was born in 1942 and was 25 when the first game took place. The nameless protagonist of Unreal has no specified age, as players can customize their character's age, making him 57 for me. Blood's protagonist, Caleb, was born in 1847 and was around 81 during the events of Blood, but biologically younger due to his fate.
John Romero, co-creator of Doom, revealed that the game's mysterious DoomGuy and Raven from Quake are assumed to be in their mid-to-late 20s.
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