![]() ![]() I adored this game.Īn anonymous tech at NASA got away with laser-engraving the above image ofon the Japanese HTV-3 resupply craft to the ISS. Both it and Wheatley end up in space in the game anyway.Ĭan not stop the grinning and fangirling over this. Believe it or not, they don’t even officially endorse Portal 2, despite the fact that it’s a really excellent game.” “NASA in no way officially endorses secretly laser-engraving characters from Portal onto their spacecraft. The full size picture is available at the link. It’s a clever tribute to the game and the character. You either know why this is ironic already or have the means of finding out for yourself. I’ll refrain from making jokes as they carry a spoiler hazard (it’s a year after release, but so what). “NASA in no way officially endorses secretly laser-engraving characters from Portal onto their spacecraft.” “And please note that when we mentioned an ‘anonymous tech at NASA’ we weren’t kidding,” Valve added. “An anonymous tech at NASA,” is responsible for laser-engraving Wheatley, the antagonist of Portal 2 the Space Core on the part, Valve said in its official Portal blog on Friday. Made using Source Filmmaker, This Is Aperture is glorious, geeky fun.That panel is a part of some sort, to be flown on a resupply craft to the International Space Station this coming Friday. Here, the machines of Aperture Science join together in a rousing choral tribute to their makers. ![]() LEGO Portal 2 looks at some memorable moments from the second game with the kind of trademark silliness that’s seen in the LEGO video games. While that’s certainly true, I’m actually including this one because it’s flat-out awesome. You might think I’m including this one because we at ForeverGeek love LEGO with an inhuman passion. Stepping outside the game, this one wonders what it would be like if a trio of regular guys got their hands on a real Portal Gun. Portal: Terminal Velocity is a major fan favorite (and a personal one, too). The best part is seeing how each hero uses their signature weapon (Gordon is packing his Gravity Gun) in tandem with the other. Not only is it hysterical, it’s got some killer action, too. (Which isn’t all that implausible both games are officially set in a shared universe.) When Gordon Met Chell, by filmmaker Michael Shanks, knows exactly when to take itself seriously, and when to go over-the-top. Transitioning over to the more humorous side of the Portal premise, I have to start out by showing you this brilliant team-up between Chell and Half-Life‘s Gordon Freeman. The bird is probably supposed to be some kind of symbolism, but I’m not sure what it represents. It also bears the distinction of being made using Valve’s Source Filmmaker software, so all of the impressive footage you’ll see in this video was rendered in realtime, using the same game engine that powers the games. It’s also not meant to be taken entirely seriously, with plenty of chuckle-worthy moments peppered throughout.Īfter Aperture is a moody, melancholy short set after Chell’s escape to freedom at the end of Portal 2. It’s a slick video, but it has enough (intentional) cracks around the seams to show just how unstable Aperture was, before the events in Portal. It’s made as a kind of internally-produced propaganda feature for the public, or maybe for new Aperture employees. Keeping with the notion of fan films set in the universe of the games, we move on to Aperture: A Triumph of Science. And Rattman’s psychosis assigning a “voice in his head” to the Companion Cube? Pure genius. “The Cake is a Lie” himself, Doug Rattman, is revealed to have a medical history of schizophrenia, so all the disorienting camera work and jump-cuts help to illustrate his mental condition. The idea is that everyone’s favorite wall painter, Mr. ![]() The short film claims to be an adaptation of Valve’s Portal 2: Lab Rat web comic, but you’d be forgiven for not recognizing that fact, since Lab Ratt plays out in a very artsy/experimental/non-linear way. Another one that got a lot of attention when it was first released was Aperture: Lab Ratt. ![]()
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