Peggle or Portal

[SpongeBob]

Do you want it extreme or do you want cake?

[Angry Kid]

The cake is a lie!

[MASH]

Spammers...

[Naz]

Peggle makes my eyes bleed, though I hear that they fixed that in Peggle Deluxe

-Naz

[MagiCanduBar]

"I would invite companion cube to the party, but you murdered him."

Portal is epic.

[2112]

I like cake, but i digress...Is the orange box really worth $50?

[SpongeBob]

Oui. Si. Da. Ja. Certainly so if you don't already own HL2. And if you do, you're able to gift the redundant copy away via Steam.

[Angry Kid]

^^^^ What he said.

And Portal > Peggle http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/10.gif

[Pfaffgod]

But I own HL2 a and HL2 ep. 2 and I'm not giving enough to gift it away to someone in need.

[MagiCanduBar]

Anybody else find the humor in portal some of the best from a video game?

[MAGZine]

Anybody else find the humor in portal some of the best from a video game?

Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.

I still think that Portal can't hold a candle to Peggle, but don't get me wrong.
Portal is a very good game. Peggle is just that good, though. :)

[Angry Kid]

Does Peggle serenade you once you beat it?

I didn't think so . . . http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/10.gif

[MAGZine]

Does Peggle serenade you once you beat it?

I didn't think so . . . http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/10.gif

Well.
Each time you beat the level, it *does* sing Ode to Joy for you.
Singing is overrated, anyhow.

A very awesome part of Portal, none the less.
[ Portal Ending Sequence (http://youtube.com/watch?v=beSPYb5q0Rk) ]
*Spoiler 'lert.

[MagiCanduBar]

I was laughing all the way through the final battle in portal. The various "eyes" personalties when you picked them up was great.

[SpongeBob]

OK, Portal surely does pwn. Yup, it's a short game, but one of the most enjoyable I've played in a while, without raising my heart rate the way Bioshock did. Now it's on to HL2 Ep2. If only one day HL2 has the portal gun. w00t!

[MagiCanduBar]

I cant get that ending song out of my head. I dont mind though its a good one.

[Angry Kid]

This was a triumph. I’m making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!
It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction.

Aperture Science: We Do What We Must Because We Can -- For The Good Of All Of Us (except for the ones who are dead).

But there’s no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake and the science gets done and you make a neat gun for the people who are still alive.

I’m not even angry. I’m being so sincere right now - even though you broke my heart and killed me. And tore me to pieces. And threw every piece into a fire.
As they burned it hurt because I was so happy for you.

Now these points of data make a beautiful line and we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time. So I’m GLaD. I got burned. Think of all the things we learned for the people who are still alive.

Go ahead and leave me. I think I prefer to stay inside. Maybe you’ll find someone else to help you . . . maybe Black Mesa. That was a joke – HA HA – fat chance.
Anyway, this cake is great, it’s so delicious and moist.

Look at me - still talking when there’s science to do. When I look up there, it makes me GLaD I’m not you.
I’ve experiments to run and there’s research to be done on the people who are still alive.

And believe me I am still alive.

I’m doing science and I’m still alive.

I feel fantastic and I’m still alive.

While you’re dying I'll be still alive.

And when you’re dead I will be still alive.

Still alive.

Still alive.

[NVmySTYLE]

it has to be one of the best video game songs ever

[MagiCanduBar]

if you listen to the commentary, the woman who plays and GlaDus (the robot) is an opera singer.

Now i gotta download this song onto an mp3 player.

[mechanisms]

Rofl. I am picking Orange Box this weekend for sure.

[MAGZine]

if you listen to the commentary, the woman who plays and GlaDus (the robot) is an opera singer.

Now i gotta download this song onto an mp3 player.

http://banwitch.com/portalend.mp3

Thats from the YouTube version. I'm re-recording directly from the .avi that I captured.

EDIT:
Higher-quality version is up. I don't know how equalized it is.

[FinalDream]

I grabbed a 256 kbps mp3 of it from: http://halfazedninja.blogspot.com/2007/10/cake-is-lie.html

[MAGZine]

I grabbed a 256 kbps mp3 of it from: http://halfazedninja.blogspot.com/2007/10/cake-is-lie.html

I just realized this.
You have the mp3 from day one.

Its hidden in portal content.gcf -- 256Kb/s .MP3.
Oh well, that copy made it to my MP3Player first.

[Lord_Milk]

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/
Song source. I haven't actually played Portal yet, but I heard the song from the Jawbone Radio podcast.









Peggle FTW. :P

[Angry Kid]

http://www.aperturescience.com/

> LOGIN

username: <any>
password: PORTAL

[sharp65]

trying logging in with:

name: cjohnson
password: tier3


It logs you win with admin access. Just an easter egg inside portal.

[Pfaffgod]

Has anyone ever noticed how orange the orange box is, I'm blinded here.

[MAGZine]

trying logging in with:

name: cjohnson
password: tier3


It logs you win with admin access. Just an easter egg inside portal.

type dir, you'll notice NOTES.EXE. Type notes to access it. Its ApertureScience's history.

Type thecakeisalie for extra easteregg action.

[cowboy]

played portal for 3 hours last night.....could not stop.......interfering with what little WoW time I have..... its friggin addicting

[Naz]

Need more Companion Cube?

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=199138








I thought so...

-Naz

[MagiCanduBar]

Anybody want to make me a Companion Cube avatar?

pretty please? :)

[Angry Kid]

Nope. http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/10.gif

[Pfaffgod]

I fell in love with the Companion Cube.

[MagiCanduBar]

Nope. http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/10.gif

you are so mean :(

[MAGZine]

http://banwitch.com/candoodle.gif

--

http://banwitch.com/cube.gif

[MAGZine]

Need more Companion Cube?

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=199138


Ladies and Gentlemen.

We have a new Desktop Background.

[MagiCanduBar]

That cube better make a comeback in the next portal game.

[SpongeBob]

There's little doubt the Companion Cube will be back. I mean, it makes it to the cake party at the very, very, very end.

[Pfaffgod]

I'm so using one of those wallpapers!

[Angry Kid]

In case you haven't seen it --> http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/thinking-with-portals.php

[MagiCanduBar]

http://i.somethingawful.com/inserts/articlepics/photoshop/10-19-07-portals/Daeos.jpg

best pic by far.

[MadSci]

Companion cube FTW. I decided to incinerate myself first to see if the bot would say anything :)

[MadSci]

The Companion Cube Toy has been confirmed to come out before the Holidays! Huzzahs! :)

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=173586&site=pcg

[Naz]

Or you could make one now.

3D version
http://greg.medding.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/1192220188409.jpg

Non 3D version that looks to be easer (PDF)
http://greg.medding.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/weighted-companion-cube-cutout.pdf

This guys blog talks about both.

http://greg.medding.net/blog/2007/10/13/make-your-own-weighted-companion-cube/

Now get get cutting.

-Naz

[Naz]

Give you love back.

-Naz

[Hsnopi]

wtf? hsnopi has been away too long. what the hell is peggle and portal and the damned orange box? I thought we were allw aiting for etqw.

[Angry Kid]

I thought we were all waiting for etqw.
Yes, Snowpea has been away too long; most of us have been awaiting the arrival of ET:QW and Team Fortress 2. The vid that probably best illustrates the game's nature:
Team Fortress 2

TF2 is part of the Orange Box (http://orange.half-life2.com/) game bundle from Steam. Portal and Peggle (though Peggle is mysteriously not listed on the above link) are 2 of the smaller 'side-games' included in the OB.

[SpongeBob]

Peggle is only yours to be had in the MOST FREAKIN' EXTREME EDITION!! if you order via Steam.

[Angry Kid]

Also, to help get you up-to-date (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2541-Zero-Punctuation-The-Orange-Box) . . .

[MAGZine]

Also, to help get you up-to-date (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2541-Zero-Punctuation-The-Orange-Box) . . .

That was great.

[MagiCanduBar]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2280-Zero-Punctuation-Peggle

ze peggle video

[Hsnopi]

ok i am getting old.

I jsut wanted to see some of the game. I watch that video and I still have no solid idea what the hell it was about. I have a clue as to why buit I don't give a crap about that. I want to see the game. Just give me a damned video fo the game. that is all. I am not ADSD theater man.

sigh....

[SpongeBob]

Just go to You Tube and search, there's hundreds of videos of Peggle, Portal, ET:QW, TF2, HLxxxx etc....

[Angry Kid]

Just go to You Tube and search, there's hundreds of videos of Peggle, Portal, ET:QW, TF2, HLxxxx etc....

Here are 2:

Portal

TF2

[Hsnopi]

yeah i playef tf2 last night. very amusing. i couldn;t connect to the vsf server though.

[SpongeBob]

yeah i playef tf2 last night. very amusing. i couldn;t connect to the vsf server though.

Give us some detail. Sucks alot to see that VSF peeps find themselves having to play on other servers.

[SpongeBob]

Yeah a patch came out around 8PM that updated the client. I was on our server for a bit, got off and 10 mins later I couldn't get back on becasue Steam had pushed out an update.. :(

Cecil made me aware of this update today, both servers have been updated.

Lots of fixes

Improved compatibility for direct sound

Deathcam screenshots now move the player id panel to the lower right, and hide other hud elements until the freezecam fades

Improved autobalance calculation code when determining who to switch

Improved networking compatibility for some routers

Fixed a crash during level init related to model loading

Fixed issues on Dustbowl and Hydro that could occur when a server emptied in the middle of a round

Fixed a bug in the clientside player avoidance code, and smoothed it a little more

Further crash fixes related to paged pool memory usage

Fixed scoreboard team scores label getting cut off

Engineer buildings now explode when the Engineer dies during sudden death

Fixed a spy backstab exploit where you could stab a player who was not facing away from you

Fixed flailing at the low end of the cloak meter when the player gets uncloaked automatically

Fixed texture detail level setting "Very high" not being preserved

Improved various error messages, and added links to steampowered support pages

Fixed scoring problem where destroying a buildable added a phantom point, not attributed to any scoring bucket but still included in total score

Fixed honeypot server problems

Fixed a rare crash caused by a medigun losing its owner

Fixed an exploit that allowed disconnected medics to continue ubercharging their target until they timed out

TeamMenu now disables the spectate button if mp_allowspectators is zero

Added a missing "cannot_be_spectator" localization string

Re-added class count numbers above class buttons for non-zero classes, in addition to the class images

Removed prefixes (tc_, ctf_, etc.) from map names in various places where they're printed

Fixed some edge cases where grenades could go through player or buildings

Fixed rocket/grenade explosions being able to impart damage through thin ceilings

The Engineer's "build X" commands will now behave properly when bound directly to keys

[MagiCanduBar]

how are them admin tools coming along?
Still not worth having them implemented yet?

[SpongeBob]

Tried one yesterday, young man. But then went to drin....err watch the baseball game. Make yourself available in a couple hours and we can try it out tonight!

[MagiCanduBar]

Tried one yesterday, young man.

I prefer clueless adult, but yeah sure.