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Asinine wrote: With the "Meet the classes" they did for TF2, it doesn't surprise me.
the meet the sniper one was the one that made me want to play tf2. and i don't usually like online fps games.
'i'm not a crazed gunman dad, i'm an assassin..... well, the difference being that one is a job and the other's mental sickness!'

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dvdwojnar wrote:A more ironic point: the game we now call Portal, constantly quote, and fawn over because of its awesomeness, was originally a game made by a batch of Digipen students Valve picked up and told them to port it to the Half Life universe to conserve on the budget of making new graphics and physics, etc. Not only that, but Valve was still mildly concerned about the game's potential (probably due to the low budget) and thus bundled it with another full game or two in the Orange Box, hence making it just about free. In effect: a unappreciated college brainchild gained a massive following and embedded itself in our culture. That's pretty amazing.
Glad to see someone else who appreciates the genius of the Digipen peeps! So many people I know who play Portal don't even realise where it came from...and that's kinda sad. But at least it's out there and people love it!

As to the future of Narbacular Drop/Portal, personally I want to see the return of Princess No-knees! :D
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There is a new mechanic in Portal 2 where surfaces covered in paint give new abilities depending on the colour, for example orange paint gives you a speed boost when walked on. This is similar to a game called Tag: The Power of Paint, which was also developed by a group of Digipen students. Valve have confirmed that they have been hired by them, but no-one knows if their work has been used by the company.
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Portal is my new favorite game. :D
know a beta tester for Portal 2, although he didn't tell any secrets.
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Turqoizyoshi wrote:Portal is my new favorite game. :D
know a beta tester for Portal 2, although he didn't tell any secrets.
Well of course it is! So, did you finish the game already? I don't remember how long my first play through took... I do still play the entire thing in a several hour sitting every once in a while, just to have the nostalgia of GlaDos rush back to me. In fact, that's what I did this last weekend. :D

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dvdwojnar wrote:
Turqoizyoshi wrote:Portal is my new favorite game. :D
know a beta tester for Portal 2, although he didn't tell any secrets.
Well of course it is! So, did you finish the game already? I don't remember how long my first play through took... I do still play the entire thing in a several hour sitting every once in a while, just to have the nostalgia of GlaDos rush back to me. In fact, that's what I did this last weekend. :D
Barely! My parents limit me to a 1h. Time limit a day for all my videogames. Split that between blogging, World of Goo, iPod, then portal, means that the game will last me a long time. XD
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