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Ok ok. Wow. Ok. Uhm. So I was two weeks slow getting The Orange Box! Apparently roughly 89% of the earth's population bought it within five hours, and as a result avoiding hideous, HIDEOUS spoilers was a difficult proposition, but I managed for the most part. That said, if you haven't played it yet, you may want to LOOK AWAY.
Anyway, (this cake is great! it's so delicious and moist!) am I the only one who didn't empathize with the weighted companion cube? Am I just a CRUEL AND HORRIBLE MONSTER for tossing it without a second thought, before GlaDOS even stopped talking? Really, I empathized more with GlaDOS herself. That sexy, modulated voice ... that innocent, yet sardonic attitude ... mmmm ... and I mean, come on! If you were being slowed down by weak, inefficient flesh sacks, wouldn't you have done the same thing? There was SCIENCE to be done, after all!
I didn't really find it funny the first time around. I was probably tainted by the previously mentioned 89% saying things like "LOL" and "I say! How positively delightful!", but I actually found it more frightening and paranoia-inducing. Especially the first time the facade of the laboratory starts to crack, and you realize you weren't the first person to be forced through this rat maze. The cuteness of the gun turrets only added to the terror. I didn't really truly appreciate the game for what it was until the second time through with director commentary. I suppose watching the credits helped.
But GOD. What a game. Need to play episodes 1 and 2 now ... I hear there are references to Aperture Labs in episode 2 ... I hope GlaDOS is doing ok!
Ok ok. Wow. Ok. Uhm. So I was two weeks slow getting The Orange Box! Apparently roughly 89% of the earth's population bought it within five hours, and as a result avoiding hideous, HIDEOUS spoilers was a difficult proposition, but I managed for the most part. That said, if you haven't played it yet, you may want to LOOK AWAY.
**************************Anyway, (this cake is great! it's so delicious and moist!) am I the only one who didn't empathize with the weighted companion cube? Am I just a CRUEL AND HORRIBLE MONSTER for tossing it without a second thought, before GlaDOS even stopped talking? Really, I empathized more with GlaDOS herself. That sexy, modulated voice ... that innocent, yet sardonic attitude ... mmmm ... and I mean, come on! If you were being slowed down by weak, inefficient flesh sacks, wouldn't you have done the same thing? There was SCIENCE to be done, after all!
I didn't really find it funny the first time around. I was probably tainted by the previously mentioned 89% saying things like "LOL" and "I say! How positively delightful!", but I actually found it more frightening and paranoia-inducing. Especially the first time the facade of the laboratory starts to crack, and you realize you weren't the first person to be forced through this rat maze. The cuteness of the gun turrets only added to the terror. I didn't really truly appreciate the game for what it was until the second time through with director commentary. I suppose watching the credits helped.
But GOD. What a game. Need to play episodes 1 and 2 now ... I hear there are references to Aperture Labs in episode 2 ... I hope GlaDOS is doing ok!
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Yes, there are references in ep 2. I will not spoil it, but it'll show in ep 3 as well, thus the release of portal now rather than later.
A small reference near the end of Episode 2, mostly hinting towards some major stuff in the NEXT episode. I could tell you what they talk about in Ep2 without spoiling too much, if you like?
Say, have you got the box for the PC, or one of the consoles? If PC, then you should visit me in TF2 sometime. Always good to have people from the fandom to play with. :)
There's one server I know of that's dedicated to the fandom, "CC2iscool's Furry Fortress"... or something along those lines. It's usually full, but sometimes you can find a spot (particularly near the end of the match, when one or two people from the losing team inevitably quit :P )
What's your Steam name? Mine's Zombiecat, predictably.
Though I did go back after I finished and hesitated as long as I could to see if there were any funny easter-egg-type things GlaDOS would say about it. (Answer's no.)
I don't know if you got a chance to see the teaser apature science lab remote login page they had it was full of little tidbits of people not returning to their cubicle lol..
"Where are you?"
"Come back!"
"Ill find you, dont worry."
"Im coming for you"
I just kinda stared at him like :O and gave the headset back... :<
Also yeah, I think the computer was actually pretty well off. I think she /wanted/ your data from having killed her, she really wasn't that pissed about it all things considered.
Besides, she prolly has other experiments to finish.. Portal2? :x
With Fish Shaped cookies.
and we're out of beta, we're releasing on time
so I'm glad I got burned
Think of all the things we learned for the people that are still alive
And, yeah, I liked GlaDOS. I could totally see where she was coming from, and she had a kind of endearingly naive cunning about her, like a kid who thinks they're being really clever when, in fact, you can actually see right through them.
GlaDOS did have a sexy voice. I was worried I was the only one who believed this!
the advanced maps were easy too
has anyone checked out https://www.aperturescience.com ?
go there and type 'login'
then type 'cjohnson'
and use password 'tier3'
And then HL2:E2 connects back to Aperture Science. Good stuff. I wonder if they had these things planned since the first Half-Life. It's a really deep plot.
Or not! I wouldn't know.
http://www.primotechnology.com/2007.....life-2-portal/
<3
http://goofball.org/misc/portal-sounds/