Filed under news that'll make Portal fans squeal with joy, Rock Band's hmxsean just confirmed that the Portal hit "Still Alive" by GLaDOS will be releasing as Rock Band DLC in the near future. And that deserves a w00tacular! The news was revealed last night at Harmonix's GDC party where the man behind "Still Alive", Jonathan Coulton took the stage to make the announcement and play through the song with a few Harmonix developers. We guess this time the cake ended up not being a lie. Sweet.
[Via Joystiq]
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 9:25PM brokenmonkey said
So does this mean that that supposedly cracked list of upcoming Rock Band songs is legit? Still Alive was on it, you know.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:10PM (Unverified) said
singing will be fun with that... haha. if i have to make that voice, so help me.
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:11PM Magic Whiskey said
This is a triumph. I'm making a note here..
Huge success.
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Huge success.
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:15PM Magic Whiskey said
The honest geek in me has to confess: I will rock at singing this song, being that I probably know it better than most contemporary music..
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:17PM Magic Whiskey said
Oh..and this makes up entirely for not having the Halo 3 theme music. It's okay, GH3...we're cool now.
But I own Rock Band.. :)
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But I own Rock Band.. :)
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:31PM Magic Whiskey said
So all things considered, there were two stellar bits of news from GDC 08: XNA Studios releasing Community Games and GLaDOS' "Still Alive" as Rock Band DLC.
Most of us expected some Gears of War 2 news, and yeah it's killer sweet stuff to read and see (that Unreal tech demo had me excited), as well of course news that Ninja Gaiden will be coming to shelves before too long, but the best news was the few surprises..and they were big ones!
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Most of us expected some Gears of War 2 news, and yeah it's killer sweet stuff to read and see (that Unreal tech demo had me excited), as well of course news that Ninja Gaiden will be coming to shelves before too long, but the best news was the few surprises..and they were big ones!
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:36PM Magic Whiskey said
Hey yo, Dustin..not to slam ya but a few times in the past your posts haven't been...accurate? Are you 100% sure about this, bud? We all love ya..
(IGN hasn't broken this news yet so it had me wondering, is all.)
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(IGN hasn't broken this news yet so it had me wondering, is all.)
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:43PM Magic Whiskey said
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:42PM Jakey777 said
Could we all just stop with Portal? I for once consider Portal EXTREMELY OVERHYPED. It was a great game indeed, but could we just all forget about this game now?
I love to see those CoD4 fanboys bashing Halo 3 for being overhyped and yet praising Portal.
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I love to see those CoD4 fanboys bashing Halo 3 for being overhyped and yet praising Portal.
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 7:47PM Magic Whiskey said
I think one reason people can't get enough Portal is because the big name games...Halo 3, Cod4, etc, are always the ones showcased the most. Portal was a 'behind the back' type sneaky gem most of us didn't expect to be as good as it was. That's why it's such a big deal.
I for one think the community should always praise games and developers that pour passion into their releases regardless if it's a 'sure thing' or not. After playing Portal and hearing those developer commentaries, you can tell it was a product of passion and not just made for the money.
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I for one think the community should always praise games and developers that pour passion into their releases regardless if it's a 'sure thing' or not. After playing Portal and hearing those developer commentaries, you can tell it was a product of passion and not just made for the money.
Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 1:08AM (Unverified) said
You can't compare this to bashing Halo. Portal was actually a good game that was worth the hype. ;)
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Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 9:57AM Jakey777 said
[+1] To Whiskey.
It's all true but as you already said,it was meant to be a "sneaky gem" but now it became a MEGA-OVERHYPED-MEME. I would rather have it suffer Psychonauts Syndrome.A sophisticated gaming experience that failed to reach the public.
This is what ruined the fucking game!
http://images.google.com/images?q=Companion+Cube&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B2GGFB_enGB252&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1B2GGFB_enGB252&q=The+Cake+is+a+lie&btnG=Search+Images
Yahtzee's Backspace says it all.
http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=282411
In two years time, we'll have thousands of retards chanting "The cake is a lie" while hugging their Companion Cubes, yet no-one will remember the actual game.
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It's all true but as you already said,it was meant to be a "sneaky gem" but now it became a MEGA-OVERHYPED-MEME. I would rather have it suffer Psychonauts Syndrome.A sophisticated gaming experience that failed to reach the public.
This is what ruined the fucking game!
http://images.google.com/images?q=Companion+Cube&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B2GGFB_enGB252&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1B2GGFB_enGB252&q=The+Cake+is+a+lie&btnG=Search+Images
Yahtzee's Backspace says it all.
http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=282411
In two years time, we'll have thousands of retards chanting "The cake is a lie" while hugging their Companion Cubes, yet no-one will remember the actual game.
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 8:04PM (Unverified) said
Let's run this thing straight into the ground. Portal 2 will be a video of zany songs and dark jokes.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2008 5:06PM (Unverified) said
i made sweeet stepfile for stepmania on this song
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 8:04PM (Unverified) said
This almost makes it worth buying Rock Band... except I have no friends to play it with :(
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Posted: Feb 21st 2008 8:16PM (Unverified) said
I saw this in a steam news update:
Sheet Music for Portal's Still Alive
http://www.steamgames.com/v/img/whatsnew/StillAlive.pdf
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Sheet Music for Portal's Still Alive
http://www.steamgames.com/v/img/whatsnew/StillAlive.pdf
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 8:31PM (Unverified) said
Great news, but Rock Band still isn't out in the UK.
God damn it, i want to buy it, me and my friend have both put some money aside to buy it as soon as it comes out. Any news on a release date yet?
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God damn it, i want to buy it, me and my friend have both put some money aside to buy it as soon as it comes out. Any news on a release date yet?
Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 6:29AM (Unverified) said
Same here (eagerly waiting RB).
Any news on a UK/Euro release date? Please?
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Any news on a UK/Euro release date? Please?
Posted: Feb 21st 2008 11:50PM Softserve said
I loved the game and surely wished there was more, but it's gotten to the point where I can't even mention that I like cake without someone referencing this game. I wish it would just end. It's fun, we get it... people need to come up with new jokes.
That said, I would enjoy playing this.
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That said, I would enjoy playing this.
Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 4:29AM (Unverified) said
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Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 10:00AM (Unverified) said
Having just finished Portal this definitely get's me excited. Now I have to go and by Rock Band.
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Posted: Feb 22nd 2008 2:30PM (Unverified) said
Suhweeet! I love this song, everyone else in the house is going to think Im crazy but Im going to get it, they can keep their Freezepop! But theres really no guitar or drums in the song sooo, I dont get it how will it play out. its alll keyboard and synth.
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