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Coulton recording new version of 'Still Alive,' Sara (of Tegan and Sara) involved
Posted by Joystiq Apr 08 2011 18:30 GMT
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Be still, our trembling hearts. It's rare the stars of our musical and gaming interests align in any meaningful manner -- the launch of the Billy Joel Rock Band 3 track pack, for example, rocked both areas of our life to their core. However, details have been slipping out over the Twitter feeds of Jonathan Coulton and They Might Be Giants (co-founder John Flansburgh is producing Coulton's upcoming album) of a project near and dear to our hearts: A new version of Portal's ending anthem, "Still Alive."

Here's what we know so far, based on the tweets:
  • It features a guest appearance by Sara Quin, of Tegan and Sara fame
  • There's a theremin solo, performed by theremin virtuoso Dorit Chrysler
  • We probably won't get to hear it until Jonathan Coulton's new album drops in 2013
  • John Flansburgh is producing it! John freaking Flansburgh.

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Portal 2 prize up for grabs in GameStop's 'Epic Rewards' program
Posted by Joystiq Apr 08 2011 06:30 GMT
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Card-carrying members of GameStop's PowerUp Rewards program will find an additional incentive going forward, beginning with the launch of Portal 2 this month. Any PowerUp member who makes a trade-in or purchase at their local GameStop or online at GameStop.com in April will be entered into a drawing for a life-sized Atlas bot (the little guy in the foreground above), along with a framed copy of the game signed by the folks at Valve.

This kicks off a planned monthly incentive program, though exact details of what's on offer after April are a mystery at this time. For all of the fine print, head on over to the Epic Rewards site.

Update: This article erroneously suggested that this GameStop program had just launched. We apologize for the error.

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GameStop reveals monthly 'epic' PowerUp Rewards, starting with Portal 2
Posted by Joystiq Apr 08 2011 06:30 GMT
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Card-carrying members of GameStop's PowerUp Rewards program will find additional incentives going forward, beginning with the launch of Portal 2 this month. Any PowerUp member who makes a trade-in or purchase at their local GameStop or online at GameStop.com in April will be entered into a drawing for a life-sized Atlas bot (the little guy in the foreground above), along with a framed copy of the game signed by the folks at Valve.

This kicks off a planned monthly incentive program, though exact details of what's on offer after April are a mystery at this time. For all of the fine print, head on over to the Epic Rewards site.

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Portal 2's Comic Kicks Off Tomorrow, Fills The Sequel Gap
Posted by Kotaku Apr 07 2011 21:40 GMT
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#valve What happened in the years been Portal and Portal 2? Valve's new digital comic book, launching tomorrow April 8, will explain that while "expanding the Portal world and narrative." More »

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Valve Potato Sack bundle hides possible Portal 2 ARG
Posted by Joystiq Apr 07 2011 18:04 GMT
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It would appear that Valve's "potato sack" bundle is hiding something beneath the surface, much like the hidden ARG found in Portal after Valve updated it. A wiki page chronicles all of the discovered changes so far, which include some hidden glyphs and, if Razer equipment is detected, a message that reads "1...2...3...Drop That Beat (Like An Ugly Baby)." That odd phrase, of course, translates to "Secret Message."t

Common speculation is that this has something to do with Portal 2 (the Razer tie-in lends credence to that). Nothing has been confirmed yet, and folks are still finding stuff -- if you discover more interesting info, feel free to contact us!

[Thanks, Arslan]

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Portal 2 comic available online tomorrow
Posted by Joystiq Apr 07 2011 17:00 GMT
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Before Valve's new game comes out later this month, we thought we might interest you in a supplemental comic, Portal 2: Lab Rat. What, you'd prefer some crummy video game instead? Think about it. Would you rather (1) dirty your hands hands interacting to force the fun out of a disc or (2) just look at a screen and have the fun happen to you? When the first part debuts on IGN Comics tomorrow, the choice will be clear.

Besides, the comic has people like Powers co-author Michael Avon Oeming, and Erik Wolpaw and Chet Faliszek working on it. Nobody at Valve could possibly compete with -- oh, really? All of them work there?

... Well, the comic's also free.

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The Turrets of Portal 2
Posted by Giant Bomb Apr 05 2011 22:20 GMT
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A new and different turret, each and every week!

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Investment Opportunity: Turrets
Posted by GameTrailers Apr 05 2011 17:58 GMT
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Cave Johnson drops knowledge on the consumer version of Aperture's turret tech!

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Portal 2 Marketing Materials Are Funny
Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Apr 05 2011 17:37 GMT
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Valve Software sure do make videos good. They’ve done just that for Portal 2, several times now. And now there is more of it! I don’t know where they get their ideas from. A book, probably.

The “Turret� video is below. (more…)


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Aperture Science Introduces The Portal 2 Turret, Consumer Edition
Posted by Kotaku Apr 05 2011 16:40 GMT
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#watchthis When you've got a product that works as well as Portal's Turrets, you can't limit them to purely military use. Aperture Science boss Cave Johnson proudly presents the Turret consumer edition, now available in countless designer colors. More »

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Here's How To Make Your Own Adorable Portal Turret Out Of LEGO
Posted by Kotaku Apr 05 2011 01:00 GMT
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#toys Turn your office into a miniature Aperture Science testing facility with Ryan Howerter's awesome lil' Portal turret made from LEGO. There's more than just a handsome model to follow, Ryan's put together a full-on step-by-step Instructables tutorial showing you how it's done, from materials to construction. More »

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The Importance of Trust Trailer
Posted by GameTrailers Mar 28 2011 22:26 GMT
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Aperture Science are ahead of the curve in establishing the best circumstances to develop trust between two test subjects.

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Portal 2 promo puts artificial trust to the test
Posted by Joystiq Mar 28 2011 18:00 GMT
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It doesn't take science -- let alone Aperture Science -- to know that people can't be trusted. Thankfully, Cave Johnson and company built some robots, and then some "better robots," in an effort to overcome the unreliability of human companionship.

The result, Atlas and P-body, is the robotic duo best suited to overcome the perilous panels and heaps of deathtraps laid out in the Portal 2 co-op campaign. The only problem? They'll have to be controlled by you and a human "friend."

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Portal 2′s Cooperative Bots Investments
Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Mar 28 2011 16:32 GMT
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Further investment opportunities in Aperture Science have become available, in a second advert from the innovative corporation ahead of the release of their documentary video game Portal 2. This one offers a chance to invest in trustworthy robots.

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Why Does Portal 2's Co-Op Use Robots? Because Robots Can Be Trusted
Posted by Kotaku Mar 28 2011 16:00 GMT
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#aperturescience Valve, in partnership with Aperture Science, present the second video in the "investment opportunity" series, explaining why robots like P-body and Atlas are six seconds better than humans when it comes to cooperative multiplayer. More »

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See why Portal 2's panels are the 'planks of the future'
Posted by Joystiq Mar 23 2011 02:30 GMT
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In this first of four Portal 2 clips promoting Aperture Laboratories science, we get a look at the motorized floor, ceiling and wall panels that "assist test subjects every step of the way," according to company founder Cave Johnson. And by that, he means "impede and/or kill them."

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Why did no one post this here.
Posted by Popple Mar 23 2011 00:41 GMT
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But If We Had Portals, We Wouldn't Need Busses
Posted by Kotaku Mar 22 2011 17:40 GMT
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#blip Or would we? We'd shoot one portal beside our couch, one on the side of the bus, and wait for it to reach its destination from the comfort of our own homes. Seattle's mobile Portal 2 ads via Reddit. More »

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Another Portal 2 Hype Video, For People Excited By... Panels
Posted by Kotaku Mar 22 2011 18:45 GMT
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#video Could you like panels as much as you like portals? According to the latest video hyping April 19 release of Portal 2, panels are/were the next big breakthrough in Aperture Science, the crazy labs of the Portal series. I predict that their next innovation will be gel. More »

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Steam Gets Chatty With Skype's SILK
Posted by Kotaku Mar 22 2011 18:51 GMT
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Valve announced a Steam client update today that replaces the service's standard voice chat with SILK, the voice codec developed and used by Skype, ensuring Portal 2 co-op players crystal clear voice chat with which to curse at each other. More »

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Investment Opportunity: Panels
Posted by GameTrailers Mar 22 2011 18:59 GMT
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Showcasing one of the many lucrative products in development at Aperture Science, the applied sciences company.

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Portal 2: Invest In Aperture’s Panels
Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Mar 22 2011 18:44 GMT
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Aperture Science’s documentary video game, Portal 2, is with us on the 19th April. In the interim the applied sciences company is releasing a series of videos advertising investment opportunities. The first of these is below. Valve’s president Gabe Newell says of these new opportunities,

“Portal 2 is the best documentary-style investment opportunity game we’ve ever contributed to and we’re confident that savvy investors will immediately see the value in these product demonstration videos.”

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Portal 2 TV Spot
Posted by Dorkly Mar 18 2011 17:05 GMT
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Destroy your DVR . You wouldn't want to risk fast forwarding through this.


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Valve Unveil Portal 2 TV Ad
Posted by Rock, Paper, Shotgun Mar 18 2011 12:02 GMT
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Valve decided to make their own TV commercial for Portal 2. This was because, said marketing VP Doug Lombardi, “We’ve had many creative kick-off meetings with agencies over the years, and you’d be shocked by the treatments that have come back. Copycat treatments. Cliché treatments. Treatments that reveal the agency wasn’t listening in the initial meeting.” So instead Valve opted to make their own advertisment, in an eight week project.

It’s cute. And embedded below. The game is out in the 21st of April. (more…)


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Portal 2 So Cute We're Giving Them Free Advertising
Posted by Kotaku Mar 17 2011 23:00 GMT
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#triumphincoming Sure, it's prerendered. Sure, it's just a little teaser commercial. But it's so cute. And if all goes to plan, it's all the new information about Portal 2 I'm going to see before I play it. More »

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GLaDOS puts robots to the test in first Portal 2 commercial
Posted by Joystiq Mar 17 2011 23:50 GMT
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It was just this morning that we were reporting on Valve's plans to handle all of Portal 2's advertising in-house, now here we are, watching the first TV commercial for the game. It stars Atlas and P-body, the robotic co-op characters, who quickly learn how seriously GLaDOS wants to play.

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Valve making Portal 2 ads on its own
Posted by Joystiq Mar 17 2011 20:30 GMT
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Who knows how to communicate Portal 2's gameplay and tone better than Valve? Certainly not some ad agency, the company is asserting. Marketing VP Doug Lombardi told MCV that the company is going in-house for its Portal 2 ads, not just because it knows the material, but because it's easier to tinker that way.

"With the Portal 2 ad," Lombardi said, "we playtested it and were able to make changes during production. With an agency, those types of tests are too often left to a post-mortem - at which point, the value of those realisations is pretty close to worthless."

It's solid advice for anyone with the money lying about to create its own ad division. And good news for people who like to see actually funny things on TV.

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PAX East 11: Potent Portables Interview
Posted by GameTrailers Mar 16 2011 02:42 GMT
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New characters and backstory details dropped at PAX East 2011!
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