Steam users: Portal 2 is now available for pre-loading.

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What are you still reading this for? Go go go!!

There's like three different threads I could post this in, but:

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Amazing...79517701532850
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/55...D81378DB6F4B0/

A thing happened when I was playing Audiosurf.

So you want me to unilaterally edit other member's posts based on my personal tastes* and not ever give them a chance to fix their own mistakes? Okay, I'll start by editing your posts to all say "I'm a big fat turd!"






*Cammy doesn't count.

Just saying that, as a mod, it's kind of stupid to tell someone to edit their post when the edit button is right there and it would take no more than 10 seconds to do it yourself.

I honestly don't care. I've done it now so everyone can shut up.

I don't particularly want to edit someone else's post just because I find it mildly annoying. You clearly don't have any issue with that, but then you're a dick.

Portal 2 will apparently be unlocked on Steam at 2pm GMT on 19th April. If I'm correct. Time zones confuse me. :P

Someone's committed.



http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/04/13/po...eleased-early/

http://www.aperturescience.com/a/b/c/d/g/h/abcdgh/ Make of this what you will. What'll happen when it reaches zero? *insert spooky music*

EDIT: It's actually part of the PotatoSack ARG - Valve really does have an awesome marketing strategy that their fans can get really involved with. Hats off to them.

13 hours left

The timer is counting down to 16:00 GMT. Exactly. I'm going to be asleep when it hits zero.

I'm I'm very confused by all of this, though. The hole in the sky thing could be a reference to blowing a hole in the roof of the building at the end of Portal, although it probably isn't.

It's from the Portal trailer.

'There is a hole in the. Sky
though which thinks can. Fly'

http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/ Ahahaha - Yeah that's right, Valve ARE good at marketing. :P This appeared when the countdown clock reached zero.

I wonder how many people are disappointed?

So the countdown was counting down to a countdown. Amazing.

It's not like anyone's going to have to de-jizz their pants after seeing this. Or am I underestimating Valve fans?

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...play.php?f=854 is now like:



Watching the ARG and people's reactions to it is almost as entertaining as playing the game itself. :)

EDIT: Someone has leaked console versions of the game - Out of curiosity and boredom I've watched the first 15 minutes on YouTube (but no more as to not spoil it for myself) - And damn. This game definitely is worth its hype. IMO anyway.

... Now I want it more. lol. I shouldn't have done that. Ah well, 3 more days.

http://www.gamingmasters.co.uk/portal/

Helpful release date calculator.

Kind of shows just how much of a sham their promotion is - "Buy and play these games and get Portal 2 released EARLY!... By about 2 or 3 hours!" Really they ought to have started this 2 or 3 weeks before the release date if the bars are going to go up that slowly, to make it worth it.

Ah well, at least they're supporting indie developers, but I'm not sure capitalising on people's impatience and stupidity is the right way of doing it. It's certainly working for them though - Which makes it amusing to watch. :)

However, I'm not sure why people simply can't wait patiently a few days for the release instead of bitching about how they can't play it this weekend because Valve won't release it early - It's not like it's going anywhere after it's released or that they'll never experience a weekend ever again after this one. People are funny.

Portal fans sure are going out of their ways to have the game released a few hours early, lol.

It will be released at 21 of April, isn't it?

The console version is released in Europe on that date.

The digital version could be activated tomorrow if they keep completing the Potato games at this rate.

It's 13 hours ahead of schedule right now. Lot of effort for 13 measely hours if you ask me.

SPOILERS BELOW:

This is the credits song for Portal 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9dA_OXyfU0

Not nearly as good as Still Alive IMO, but a fun song, haha.

Oh, the link still shows. Oh well.

EDIT: Fuck, I just watched a little Portal 2 co-op gameplay and someone spoiled the ending in the comments. I hope I don't remember it in a few months because I'm pretty sure I'll get this later.

I've accidentally read spoilers for games before, and forgot them as I played through the game. Listened to the song, I don't think it spoils much.

Unless they do that stupid thing where the hint that Glad0s is already dead before you get to the final fight and then go HURR DURR YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD and fight her anyways

I'm Atlas.

http://www.thinkwithportals.com/coop_survey.php

For once, I'm going to attempt to avoid spoilers for a game. They don't comprimise my entertainment too much in films, but I recently realised how much more enjoyable games are if I don't know what happens. I got kind of used to having people tell me.

Lately story spoilers haven't been spoiling games for me that much, its mainly gameplay scenarios and set pieces. Honestly if I had seen some of Bulletstorm's epic gameplay moments or Crysis 2's amazing set pieces I dont think either would of had as great effect when playing them.

Yeah, but Portal 2 actually has a plot.

I'm Ratman.

I'm a companion cube.