Chell is standing at the edge of an bottomless pit. She sighs deeply and stares longingly across the void to the immense energy shield. She hoped there is an exit over there. Exit is a funny term, she thought. Though an exit from this room, the door is also an entrance to another puzzle room.
Remembering the warning posters a few steps back, she recalled that falling into this pit would mean… → Read More
For safety and insurance reasons, you’re required to warn participants about the dangers they may face. After all, it’s learning through science and not dying through science. That said, these nine Aperture Science surplus labels available from ThinkGeek for just $12.99 should satisfy the minimum safety requirements. Affixing said warnings are a non-issue since they’re printed on… → Read More
http://cdn2.themis-media.com/media/global/movies/player/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.5.swf If you’re like Devin and haven’t finished Portal 2, don’t watch this review. There are no spoilers but I know you’ll scream at me if he ruins anything for you. → Read More
Today is a big day. Portal 2 launched this morning. I’ve heard nothing but good things so far, but I tend to avoid big spoilers like the review I’m posting here. I haven’t watched it and I don’t plan on it because I’m going to play the game even if GameTrailers — who I totally respect — says it’s a pile of monkey turds. But others might be a bit more… → Read More
Happy Portal 2 day! If you’re reading this then you’re clearly not enjoy Valve’s latest gift to mankind. What’s wrong with you, man?!?! TeeFury, Shirt.Woot and probably other sites I don’t check every morning are getting in on the Portal 2 fun with limited edition shirts. I’m mentioning Shirt.Woot (pictured) only for laughs because their shirt is already sold out. It’s too bad I blew my week’s… → Read More
What’s going on here? Over at aperturescience.com a fancy countdown timer just counted down, and now there’s a message up top that says “Help release Portal 2 early! Play the 13 games in the potato sack to reboot GLaDOS.” → Read More
Confession: I never played the original Portal. I don’t know why. I just didn’t, but this video preview from GameTrailers brought me up to speed. It’s 3 minutes of backstory and what to expect from the highly-anticipated game. → Read More
Attention! Valve has announced exactly how Portal 2‘s Steam features will work on the PS3. PS3 gamers can look forward to cross-platform (with the PC) matchmaking and gameplay, real-time chat, Steam achievements, and access to the Steam Cloud for game saves. → Read More
The one thing I just don’t understand is why they’d fire the whole bullet. What does that even mean? → Read More
http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=trMWRjMjqH3UYnH2UMaGXgKiwaRIeDQn&version=2 Valve is punching the throttle on the Portal 2 launch with a set of self-made commercials that are, in essence, a big FU to ad agencies. In this one we learn why the two Portal bots were created: because humans suck. → Read More
It’s as if Valve is run by actual people, and not input-output robots that are programmed to respond with shiny phrases that sound pleasing to The Man. The company recently released its Portal 2 TV spot, and the novel thing about it is that it was created entirely in-house. Valve didn’t enlist a third-party ad agency to create it. And why is that? Because “no one knows the product better than… → Read More
Here’s your daily Portal 2 footage. May it brighten your mood and counter the nagging feeling that you’re wasting away in a cubical. → Read More
Portal 2 may be coming to the PS3 and bringing cross-platform play and some Steam elements with it, but the Steam interface is really designed for mouse navigation, not analog sticks. Valve is looking to fix that with a special “big picture mode” designed for use with big TVs and console controllers. → Read More
It’s looking more and more like the PS3 version of Portal 2 will be the better of the two console versions. Valve told the German PlayStation Blog that Portal 2 PS3 will ship with “complete” Move support. Apparently they’re still working on working out all the kinks, but it’s part of Valve’s effort to make up for the so-so PS3 version of The Orange Box, which was developed by an external team. → Read More
Valve has released the details surrounding pre-ordering Portal 2. The game is available for pre-order right now on Steam (and other retailers), and if you pre-order the game they’ll knock $5 off the price, bringing it down to $45. → Read More
Nothing says love like the demonstration of linear momentum through portals. → Read More
Presenting… a new trailer of Valve’s Portal 2! You know you love it. → Read More
Valve knows that they’re notorious for not quite getting things out on time, and so it is with tongue firmly in cheek that they announced “the shortest delay in Valve’s proud tradition of delays,” which puts Portal 2 out in April instead of February. → Read More
I just got out of my Portal 2 meeting a little while ago, where Erik from Valve went through a few of the game’s new features and themes. It’s nothing particularly new if you read the Game Informer article, but seeing it in motion started my brain juices flowing again, just like the old days. And there are a few new details in here. → Read More
Do you want to see the same Portal 2 trailer that Matt and I saw a few moments ago during Sony’s press conference? Of course you do! Also: the game’s official site isn’t live yet, but it’ll be here when it is. → Read More
Portal 2 now has an official release date: 2011. So says a fancy e-mail we just got from Valve. That gives you around a year to play it before the world ends, according to people who misinterpret the Mayan calendar. → Read More
Following the announcement that Portal is free on Steam, at least for a little while, Valve Aperture Science has also released a video discussing the merits of using Portal’s home training version for corporate advancement. There’s also a hint that Portal 2 might have a co-op mode. It’s definitely worth your time to take a look at the video though. [via Boing Boing] → Read More
Steam has been working on their new UI for a few months now, I’ve been using it for a while, but it sounds like it’s finally going to be released. The new version has some really nice cosmetic updates, as well as some added functionality (such as a much loved/hated achievement system). → Read More
I haven’t even looked at these yet. I saw them on Reddit and immediately came here to put them up. So that’s why this post is so short. Wait, I just read this: “Portal was a test bed. Portal 2 is a game.” Ah jeah! And it’s out this fall. All these are in this month’s issue of Game Informer. Go to your local newsstand! → Read More
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