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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:37PM Saint43 said

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Cree-peee.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:38PM (Unverified) said

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I really can't wait for Portal 2. Like, that burning "Jesus christ, I need this game" kind of wait.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 11:17PM Digital Viking said

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And knowing it's Valve, you don't know what they will do.
Does it come in 3 years? Or in 2 months? WHO KNOWS?! Nose-knows. I love words?

Gum. Gum. Gum
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 10:29AM PlatinumSkeet said

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I rather have seen a Portal sequel back instead of L4D2. I love L4D2 but, Portal has a way more original concept...
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:38PM EGOvoruhk said

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"Thank you for assuming the party escort submission position"

Took me like a hundred plays to get it, haha
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:12PM Ashkental said

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Thank you for that dear strange-guy
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 12:38AM cavemailman said

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Thanks for that, I was trying but couldn't understand.
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 11:16AM Machismo said

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"Thank you for assuming part-- eckerts mission."

I don't think it is party escort (I definitely don't here 'scort' sound).
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 10:04AM whylekat said

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I still don't get it. =/
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 11:46AM Saxonius said

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EGOvoruhk is correct. It's a reference back to what GLaDOS asked you to do once you avoided being baked into a cake -- lying down on the ground with your hands behind your back.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:40PM DarkSan00 said

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need real info... nao! >:(!
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:56PM EvoHelix said

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I bet they make an official announcement on April 1st just to screw with people.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:42PM ZGiSH said

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Valve is INCREDIBLY clever with their advertisement and the way they interact with their player-base.

Sets a great example for other companies. What better way to hint at a sequel then updating the ORIGINAL game with new hints?
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 10:48AM Petebot330 said

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@Jerry: Get your shooter out of my puzzle game.
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 11:49AM mrhumble1 said

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Unfortunately, they are also slower than Christmas. Portal 2 should have come out already.

Hop to it, Valve.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:50PM DeeZeee said

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This is great and all but where's Half Life 2 Ep. 3?
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:14PM sonofman said

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*dons his Charlton Heston attire....

Half Life 2 Episode 3 is made of PORTAL!!!!!
HALF LIFE 2 EPISODE 3 IS MADE OF PORTAL!!!!
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 9:04AM bamb0ostick said

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If anything, Portal 2 should provide more hints on Episode 3. Hell, maybe you'll portal INTO episode 3 at the end of this. That would blow my mind.
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 9:17AM Maulok said

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Maybe they will be packed together as Orange Box 2!!!

:-0
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 11:57AM omnomnomnom said

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What about Half-Life 2: Opposing Force? Any chance of that happening?
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 8:01PM ihateemo said

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@EGOvoruhk

Actually he's in the beginning of the game as you head to the resonance chamber - he lets you through the door once you've got your hazmat suit. If you interface with him he says something like "hit me up later, I'll buy you a beer".

That's why he says in Half-Life 2, "Now about that beer I owe you..." when he takes off the Combine uniform mask.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:50PM Pigs said

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I was hoping for Portal 2 they would bring back Adrian Shepard from Opposing Force and explain what happened to him. In opposing force at the end it just says he was detained, I was hoping he would have ended up as guinea pig in Portal 2 and be rescued or something like that.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:00PM Drakkenfyre said

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Opposing Force wasn't done by them.

Don't expect to see Adrian Shepard's storyline resolved.

As for the new ending, the original ending meant Chell was free. This new, altered ending obviously means something came and got her.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:08PM Pigs said

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Yeah either was Blue Shift but Barney Calhoun is still around.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:26PM Drakkenfyre said

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Barney was an original character by Valve. He was in the first Half-Life

Adrian Shepard was not.

Opposing Force was done by Gearbox. I don't think Valve ever plans on following up on them. Especially considering the head of Gearbox has been giving Valve and Steam shit lately.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:32PM Colin said

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I dunno if I'd count Barney's hundreds of mentally deficient clones in Half Life as his first appearance.

And Valve did hint at Adrian in Portal with the keyboard Easter Egg. Go look at any keyboard in Portal and write down the keys that are highlighted. You can get Shepard's name that way. I don't think they're done with him.
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 12:29AM EGOvoruhk said

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@Colin

Those clones weren't Barney. Barney is only seen on the beginning tram ride, out on a platform knocking on a door. He's never seen again in the first game
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 8:03PM ihateemo said

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@EGOvoruhk

Actually he's in the beginning of the game as you head to the resonance chamber - he lets you through the door once you've got your hazmat suit. If you interface with him he says something like "hit me up later, I'll buy you a beer".

That's why he says in Half-Life 2, "Now about that beer I owe you..." when he takes off the Combine uniform mask.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:51PM Punkrawk Bbob said

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"While you can go through another Portal adventure by accessing the update on Steam, we'd like to provide you an easier solution. You can watch both the original and extended endings after the break."

Why the hell would I be opposed to playing through Portal again? That's one of those games you don't NEED a reason to play through again. Give me one and I'm on it like shit on a stick.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:12PM Berzerk said

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I just played the whole thing in 45 minutes because my saves were wiped in The Great HardDrive Deletion of '09. Makes it that much more worth it! :D
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 9:00PM falcomadol said

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Some of us didn't play it on PC.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 9:17PM Punkrawk Bbob said

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Yes - I understand that. Read within context, sir. Also pay attention that this patch was PC, and this article is flagged PC.

Joystiq says: "While you can go through and play... we give you easier solution."
This means "instead of playing it again on Steam (PC ONLY) - Just watch the video"
My reply: "That's ludicrous! Why would I ignore another reason to play it again?"

In short - I get the video for 360 users, but you should understand the context here is talking to / about PC users.

"English motha fukka! Do you speak it?!"
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 11:27PM MarkHawk said

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I think what he is saying is Why can't valve patch for the Xbox? Tons of other developers do it.
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 9:11AM ashleydb said

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@MarkHawk: Because it costs money to patch on 360. PC is basically free for them.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:52PM JordTheJedi said

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Damn... so Chell doesn't escape
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:52PM QuePasa87 said

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Hmm, I'm completely stumped lol.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:54PM DBuckEye said

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This is one ending I could watch over and over and over again.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:55PM TRONdll said

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It's DOG.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:57PM iofthestorm said

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That's what I would say, but I only got up to Ravenholme in HL2 so I don't know whether DoG ever actually talks.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:58PM ipsum said

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I approve of this theory.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:08PM ch3burashka said

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If so, why is DOG walking all funny and slow? I doubt this theory, and all others that imply any kind of canonical cross-over between the two franchises. I want it to happen too, but I don't think Valve does.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:11PM TheDarkWayne said

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I'm pretty sure valve does because the culmination of Episode 2's plot revolved around Aperture science
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:13PM TheDarkWayne said

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also no way it's DOG, dog was built up from scrap by alyx and eli over years, why would DOG be programmed with an Aperture science "Party Position" command?
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:13PM Berzerk said

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Unfortunately DOG doesn't speak, doesn't know about "the Party Escort Submission Postion" and is likely no where near Chell.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:17PM Colin said

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@CH3BURASHKA

Did you even play HL Episode 2? There's no way Half Life and Portal DON'T take place in the same universe.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 8:42PM ch3burashka said

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@Colin
I didn't say they didn't exist in the same universe (unless that's what I meant by cross-over); I'm saying I'm opposed to Chell and Gordon crossing paths.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 9:28PM Colin said

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Ah, I see.

I dunno if Chell and Gordon are going to actually meet (I mean, come on, is Chell a very compelling character?) but there will definitely be some more blatant crossovers between the two, judging from the ending of Episode 2 and the stuff we're digging up in the ARG.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 11:13PM TRONdll said

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The ARG is very clever if I must say so myself.

However, not so much was my choice to follow both it and the TRON one at the same time.

My head hurts.

And I want my cake.
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Posted: Mar 4th 2010 6:38AM Volkodlak said

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@CH3BURASHKA: The ending to Episode 2... you know, with the ship with the giant-ass Aperture Science logo on the side seems pretty canonical to me.
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Posted: Mar 3rd 2010 7:56PM bigE said

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This just makes me want to play HL2 and Portal again... which means I won't be finishing any new games anytime soon.
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