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glados and chell (portal and 2 more) drawn by kopfstoff

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    auxiliary power

    back with "portal 2" fanart called "auxiliary power". valve went crazy with these marketing moves - totally sick and outstanding! that ongoing arg (alternate reality game) and the "potatoe sack" (13 hit indie games on the cheap) deal to help release portal 2 faster, all those ongoing speculations what'll be next - the whole community is hyped. google it if you are not already part of it. ;) (Wink)

    that girl on the picture is chell. she is dreaming of portals, test chambers and of course cake but angry glaDOS in the back wants MOA POTATOES. every gamer out there who loves portal knows what that picture is all about. can't wait to beat glaDOS (again).

    check "glados@home" to see when chell is finally done peeling those potatoes. Wink/Razz

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    Snesso
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    saviliana said:
    But why cutting potatos?

    On April Fools, Valve has launched an ARG for the fans to solve called the Potato Fools Day. After some of the puzzle was solved, they release a Potato Pack with 13 indie games where you could find special levels (where GLaDOS had taken control of the game) where you could earn potatoes (36 in total, and if you managed to get them all you'd get a golden potato that later rewarded you with a full Valve Pack). At the same time, 4-5 days before the official Portal 2 release date, they made a countdown webpage where GLaDOS asked you to play those 13 times for X time to shorten her reboot, also when 24 hours were left, she used the potatoes as auxilliary power to speed up the completion of those games and finally rebooting her. All this stuff only to shorten the release date by about 5-6 hours. Fun stuff though.

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    • Mulambo
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    I haven't liked a game so much since Homeworld (1, not 2). And I cried very un-manly tears at the end. Valve, you did well.

    K-E-R-N said:

    GLaDOS : Well, this is the part where he kills us.

    Wheatly : Hello, this is the part where i kill you!

    Chapter 9 : The Part Where He Kills You

    This is that part

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    • Cort321
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    Cave Johnson said:
    Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?! Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!

    The entire bloody thing was a gem

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    • Mithiwithi
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    He's not just a moron. He is the product of the greatest minds of a generation coming together for the express purpose of creating the dumbest moron that ever existed. And you just put him in charge of the entire facility.

    *slow clap*

    Good, that still works.

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    SinfireTitan said:
    My personal favorite line from this game?

    "Look at you, soaring through the air like an eagle... piloting a blimp."

    and

    "You look ugly in that jumpsuit. That's not my opinion, it's right here on your fact sheet. They said on everyone else it looked fine but on you it looked hideous. But still what does an old engineer know about fashion. Oh, wait it's a she. Still, what does she know about, oh wait. She has a medical degree. In fashion. From France."

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