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Still Alive From Portal On A Fisher-Price Record Player: Nugget From The Net

Surprise! Someone has found a way to take geekiness to the next level , a thing that doesn't happen in this e-peen centric world of ours a lot of the time. Oh wait. Anyways, Shapeways, a store that lets people create real objects out of just about anything your mind can think up, is now selling a custom Fisher-Price clockwork record player...

Posted January 24, 2012
Valve And Dark Horse Partner To Create Comic Collection Titled Valve Presents: The Sacrifice And Other Steam-Powered Stories

Valve and Dark Horse Comics are partnering up to create a hardcover collection of comic books from the worlds of Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, and Portal. The collection, called Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and other Steam-Powered Stories will contain over two hundred pages of story from the different Valve series. The collection will be...

Posted October 5, 2011| 2 Comments
Portal Is *Free* On Steam Through September 20

Here is an urgent public service announcement for anyone who never played the original Portal. I don't care what your reasons were for skipping it. This is your opportunity to correct that great wrong: Valve, in its typically awesome fashion, is offering up the 2007 Orange Box companion/highlight as a free Steam download for Mac and PC...

Posted September 16, 2011| 13 Comments
Real Life Portal Turret Replica: Nugget From The Net

Portal fans are some of the most devoted and creative fans out there and yet again they've managed to completely shock and awe us, as cinematic animator Ryan Palser has created a real life-size replica of a Portal turret. According to Palser the 38 inch turret doesn't move, "but it does speak, has full motion sensing audio as well as a...

Posted May 9, 2011| 13 Comments
Portal 2: Is The Honeymoon Over?

In ten years the question may be presented: “Was Portal good or surprising?” This isn’t to say in any way that Portal wasn’t a spectacular game worthy of all the praise it received. But perhaps people were so infatuated with it because they were too ashamed to admit how blindsided they were by every aspect of the game. I...

Posted April 18, 2011| 20 Comments
Portal's Still Alive Recreated In Minecraft -- Farm Animal Noises And Cake Cannons

Minecraft creations never cease to amaze me. The latest masterpiece is from Tritex989. He(or she) used Minecraft's note blocks to recreate Portal's song Still Alive. The song isn't perfect due to the game's two octave restrictions but I think it's pretty impressive none the less. The best thing about this rendition of Still Alive is the...

Posted January 19, 2011| 11 Comments
Nugget From The Net: Games With Dad

There's not a whole lot going on in gaming this week: Everyone is basically playing their games as opposed to making news about them! So let me share a heart-warming story with you, courtesy of Redditor pitchbot. Pitchbot's dad hadn't played a video game since the 1980s, so Pitch hooked him up with Portal, and, without spoiling anything, the...

Posted December 29, 2010| 6 Comments
Nugget From The Net: Portal Speedrun

Portal is one of those games that you can brag about how fast you got through it. It's not the longest game, start to finish might take a gamer a hour if they apply themselves. However, a gamer by the name of DemonStrate beat Portal in 9 minutes and 25 seconds. How did he do it? Not by memorizing the puzzles or by practicing with the portal gun....

Posted December 10, 2010| 14 Comments
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow's Portal Reference Isn't A Lie

Our own mad-skilled graphics guru Ernie Moreno was playing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow last night, no doubt bringing death to legions of beastly creatures with ruthless efficiency, and he stumbled upon one of the countless scrolls scattered throughout the game. However, this particular scroll contained a rather unique message, which concluded...

Posted October 8, 2010| 27 Comments
Aperture Science (AKA Valve) Delays Portal 2 Until 2011

Such a headline inspires infinite sadness, but it's true: Portal 2 has been delayed until 2011. This explains why Valve decided to cancel their E3 press conference. I'll let Aperture Science explain. Read More?

Posted June 9, 2010| 39 Comments
Valve Replaces Pre-E3 Portal 2 Reveal With "Surprise"

UPDATE: Valve has cancelled this event. So nope, we will not broadcasting at this event. However you can expect to see Valve on the G4 stage during our live E3 programming where we hope to show off Portal 2 and any other surprise Valve may have. Even when Valve toys and tortures, they still manage to do so with style and wit. Case in point, an...

Posted June 1, 2010| 44 Comments
The Many Voices of "Still Alive"

Jonathan Coulton’s “Still Alive” may likely go down in history as the “Smoke on the Water” of the video game music world. Why? Because it is iconic, catchy as hell, relatively simple to play and inspires musicians, YouTube fame seekers and those with only a moderate amount of programming ability to perform the theme...

Posted May 22, 2010| 25 Comments
Daily Reacharound: Portal 2 Expectations

Valve recently made Portal free to celebrate the launch of Steam on Mac. With more than 1.5 million downloads since the switch was flipped, Valve is quickly introducing their reality-altering shooter to a legion of newcomers before revealing too much about Portal 2. We should know plenty more about Portal 2 at E3, but driveshaft48 is already...

Posted May 20, 2010| 21 Comments
Since Portal Went Free, Aperture Science Records 1.5 Million Downloads

Portal may have just been one of three amazing games included in the ambitious The Orange Box, but Portal 2 will be far more ambitious. If the rabid reception to Portal going free on Steam in celebration of going live on Mac is any indication, Portal 2's has the potential to be huge. Read More?

Posted May 20, 2010| 11 Comments
Aperture Science Explains Portal Suddenly Going Free Of Charge

Valve is making Portal free until May 24 to help celebrate the launch of Steam, their digital gaming distribution platform, on Mac. To better explain why, here's a brief message from Aperture Science. Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version Have something to share? Sitting on a news tip? E-mail me. You can also follow me on Twitter.

Posted May 13, 2010| 11 Comments