Portal 2 trailer reveals the magic of Chell's 'Long Fall Boots'
by Griffin McElroy 
on Apr 12th 2011 1:07PM
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Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:08PM HybridPara said
I also learned about crest
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 4:51PM The Blank Mage Returns said
@HybridPara
I learned about Force Flex garbage bag technology which prevents leaks and tears.
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I learned about Force Flex garbage bag technology which prevents leaks and tears.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 5:18PM DarkNightRJ said
@The Blank Mage Returns
I learned that when you're hungry you should eat candy...I always had actual food.
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I learned that when you're hungry you should eat candy...I always had actual food.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 6:15PM aughscreennames said
I learned that the little x on the ads in Joystiq videos opens the ad in a new window.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2011 7:20PM alucard3000 said
@HybridPara I learned that Gabe Newell wants you to make your checks out to cash,oh wait that was Gabe Johnson or was it Cave Johnson?
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Posted: Apr 12th 2011 9:22PM Emperor Monkey said
@HybridPara I learned that you can make bank by putting both commercials and pop-up ads onto other advertisements.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:11PM My Prerogative said
Absolutely agree. Humans can be found at your local $0.99 store. Portal guns are a little more difficult to find.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:11PM KiDPANDA said
where can i order a pair? do they come in mens?
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:11PM economypear said
I want J.K. Simmons to be the voice-over for my life.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:11PM GeneralStobo said
Cave Johnson, we're done here..
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 6:51PM Marco le Polo said
@GeneralStobo
"Cave Johnson here: Quit your yappin' and get back to work."
(This has been a pre-recorded message.)
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"Cave Johnson here: Quit your yappin' and get back to work."
(This has been a pre-recorded message.)
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 9:33PM Naru now in 3D said
@Marco le Polo
I miss the good ol' days when Cave Johnson didn't have a voice actor yet and he was supposed to have a southern drawl. :(
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I miss the good ol' days when Cave Johnson didn't have a voice actor yet and he was supposed to have a southern drawl. :(
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:12PM gamerso1990 said
And now my hype for this game has increased more than ever.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:12PM singlservinjack said
haha every portal trailer makes me laugh, good job guys!
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:16PM gath875 said
Holy crap I want this game. This potato ARG is reeeally not helping, either.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:21PM zero2dash said
"We're between banks now, just make those checks out to CASH."
PURE AWESOME
PURE AWESOME
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:26PM BigE4284 said
We're between banks right now so just make those checks out to cash.
Love this campaign.
Love this campaign.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:32PM copa said
Also, the rest of the Portal comic is posted over at http://www.thinkwithportals.com/comic/. It's well done.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 3:30PM monkeyontherun4 said
@copa
yea thanks it gives a nice little background on the whole thing.
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yea thanks it gives a nice little background on the whole thing.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 3:58PM Poifection said
@copa Holy crap! Thanks for posting this link. Very well done comic.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:33PM WillPG1212 said
the ads for this game are awesome ;)
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:36PM MLS said
Wow, Valve is just the best when it comes to creating a video game world and filling it in so subtly and almost crack free.
I'm playing through Portal for my third time right now, and Chell indeed is wearing those boots in the first game. I always wondered what those were supposed to be.
Even though it's my third time, where in the game do you find out her name? I've never spotted it.
I'm playing through Portal for my third time right now, and Chell indeed is wearing those boots in the first game. I always wondered what those were supposed to be.
Even though it's my third time, where in the game do you find out her name? I've never spotted it.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:56PM Drakkenfyre said
Actually, she's not.
She's wearing spring heels. They are attached to her calves, and coil around her heels. She's barefoot. The one seen in the video is the same design, but built into a pair of boots.
Also, Valve is known for putting things into videos to be revealed later (Look at ANY TF2 video. There are ALWAYS hidden items that will be released later. As soon as they started doing unlocks, they start putting hints to them in the videos. The Pyro Flaregun was shown in a video months before it was announced. Hats have been hidden thru several videos) so I see a vest she is wearing. I wonder what it does.
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She's wearing spring heels. They are attached to her calves, and coil around her heels. She's barefoot. The one seen in the video is the same design, but built into a pair of boots.
Also, Valve is known for putting things into videos to be revealed later (Look at ANY TF2 video. There are ALWAYS hidden items that will be released later. As soon as they started doing unlocks, they start putting hints to them in the videos. The Pyro Flaregun was shown in a video months before it was announced. Hats have been hidden thru several videos) so I see a vest she is wearing. I wonder what it does.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 2:02PM Drakkenfyre said
Rewatching the video, when she flips around, it's just a tank top. But from the back looks like a vest.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:56PM (Unverified) said
The role of Chell will be played by Michelle Rodriguez in the upcoming film adaptation of Portal [citation needed]
Posted: Apr 13th 2011 12:43AM SuperWoody64 said
@(Unverified)
Portal: I'm listening.
Rodriguez: Not interested.
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Portal: I'm listening.
Rodriguez: Not interested.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 2:01PM Protege420 said
appearantly my whites are dingy and tide can help with that
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 2:02PM Protege420 said
we're not banging rocks together here
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 2:05PM Protege420 said
and we have run into a reproducable human error
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 2:38PM Revving Injuns said
@Protege420 Keep going. You might write something from what we just watched that we will up vote you on.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2011 7:27PM Darklink2009 said
@chocobox Dunno. The comments section on CNN gets pretty bad all of the time.
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Posted: Apr 12th 2011 2:53PM Mazrael said
So that's what those boots are about..
I like these Edutaining little vids.. it's good they staying light humoured rather than pushing for laughs
I like these Edutaining little vids.. it's good they staying light humoured rather than pushing for laughs
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 3:31PM monkeyontherun4 said
@kgoo867
i.e the perfect way to advertise a game
i.e the perfect way to advertise a game
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 3:32PM dscuber9000 said
This is why developers shouldn't outsource their ad campaigns. :)
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 4:49PM Jennacide said
Oh I do hope Cave Johnson is in Portal 2 itself, JK Simmons does such an awesome job with these commercials.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 4:53PM WildSeraph said
I see the new boots don't show Chell's feet. I remember when the first game came out, a few friends of mine went berserk over the fact that they did. Please tell me Valve just wanted the boots to look cooler, and they didn't actually get enough complaints to have to change something so trivial.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 5:02PM Triforceowner said
LOLS...
Quantum tunneling is like on a particle level... but maybe that's "how the gun works". Quantum tunneling shows that even if a particle doesn't have enough energy to move past a potential energy barrier, it still has a chance of doing so. This explains things like radiation and other impossible probabilities. I guess you could look at the portal gun as just a very improbable (but still slightly probable) positioning tool, so it just makes sure that the very small chance of you ending up on the other side of the room actually happens...
Quantum tunneling is like on a particle level... but maybe that's "how the gun works". Quantum tunneling shows that even if a particle doesn't have enough energy to move past a potential energy barrier, it still has a chance of doing so. This explains things like radiation and other impossible probabilities. I guess you could look at the portal gun as just a very improbable (but still slightly probable) positioning tool, so it just makes sure that the very small chance of you ending up on the other side of the room actually happens...
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 7:07PM Marco le Polo said
"Firstly, impossible? Really? This is a game about teleporting through holes in the fabric of space-time."
I don't like your sarcasm...(scrolls to the top of page)...Griffin.
I don't like your sarcasm...(scrolls to the top of page)...Griffin.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 7:26PM Darklink2009 said
@kgoo867 AKA, the opposite of Bioware's "Commander Shepard dies OMG you gotta get ME2" trailer approach. Gotta love it.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 9:02PM TonyJohnJones said
I'm so excited to play this game. :)
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 10:11PM benheckendorn said
JK Simmons + Portal = Major Epic Win of All Time.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 10:57PM PN04 said
Those are some serious high heels. *drool*
Posted: Apr 13th 2011 2:07AM asdfkeyboardman said
I don't get it. You already didn't take any falling damage in the first Portal. Isn't that what the spring heel things were for?
