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Portal: A Day in the Life of a Turret
Posted @ 4:48 PM, January 18 2008, By: Evo In Portal

If a turret whines about his job and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound? "A Day in the Life of a Turret" looks at two turrets on a typical day at the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. Hilarity ensues.
That is the backdrop to an excellent video from Smooth Few Films which follows the day of two Portal turrets, more information here.
Gamasutra – Inside Portal
Posted @ 10:50 AM, January 10 2008, By: Evo In Portal

Gamasutra have exclusive access to a Portal post-mortem written by Kim Swift, Erik Wolpaw, and Jeep Barnett which is appearing in Game Developer Magazine and can be accessed here if you are willing to pay some money.

However Gamasutra have a couple of extracts from the article focusing on the creation of GLaDOS and overcoming technical issues. Very interesting and well worth a read. Get these extracts here.
Portal: First Slice available free to all Nvidia Customers
Posted @ 12:41 PM, January 9 2008, By: Hectic Glenn In News, Portal, Steam

Effective immediately, all NVIDIA gamers may receive a free copy of PortalTM: First Slice, a special version of the award-winning new game from Valve, by visiting http://www.steamgames.com/nvidia1 and "Taking the test." Steam will then auto-detect the presence of NVIDIA hardware and make Portal: First Slice available immediately, free of charge. To make it easy for all NVIDIA customers to redeem this offer, a link to the Steam offer will also be included in all NVIDIA drivers. Roy Taylor - PR contact at Nvidia says:
Valve's endorsement of our technology and tools is yet another example of how the world's leading gaming companies are working with NVIDIA, "Portal is the hottest new, award-winning title from Valve, and we're delighted that Valve will offer First Slice exclusively to GeForce customers
Portal: First Slice is essentially an extended demo of Portal, but is completely free to Nvidia users. Go get!

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CVG Interviews Jonathan Coulton
Posted @ 2:22 AM, January 1 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Portal

Jonathan Coulton the guy behind "Still Alive"the ending theme to Portal. Coulton talks about how he get involved with Portal.
How did you get involved with Portal?

Coulton: I was playing a show in Seattle, and a couple of the game designers came up to me after to introduce themselves. They asked if I'd ever be interested in writing music for Valve - I've always been a huge fan of Half-Life, so I said yes immediately.
Read the whole interview here.
Merry Christmas from GLaDOS
Posted @ 7:15 AM, December 22 2007, By: Evo In Portal

Aperture Christmas
NEXT-GEN’S Best 30 Games of 2007
Posted @ 11:32 AM, December 18 2007, By: DigiQ8 In HL2: Episode 1, HL2: Episode 2, Half-Life 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2

The Orange Box got the fourth place in Next-gen's best 30 games of 2007, says that it's one of the best deals in gaming history.
We’re kind of glad that Valve and EA decided to put all of these great games in one package, not only because it’s likely the best deal in gaming right now, but also so we have an excuse to wedge all of these top-tier games into one slot. Everyone knows that 2004’s Half-Life 2 is one of the best examples of the FPS genre, and 2006’s Episode One was icing on the cake. New, though, is the raucous Team Fortress 2, with its comically gory style and gameplay that expertly adheres to the playing style of virtually anyone. And then there’s Portal, a mind-bending game that took the portal mechanics used in 2006’s Prey to entirely new levels. And Half-Life 2: Episode Two is the best entry into the saga yet. We’re not sure how this package could possibly be any better outside of including a free functional Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device with every purchase.
You can find the whole list on next-gen.biz.
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