WRUP: A portal to Tuesday?

by Alexander Sliwinski on Apr 15th 2011 11:15PM

It would appear that if the Portal-desperate biomass does its job, at some point this weekend Portal 2 will be available early (and legally) on PC. For all those who're getting the game on consoles: if you're put out by this, try to spend as much time as you can away from gaming with your PC friends. Remember, the less of them there are playing towards the unlock, the more you'll feel better about that long wait until Tuesday.

What's everyone playing?

Alexander Sliwinski (@XanderSliwinski): If the biomass does what they are supposed to then Portal 2. Until then: Dragon Age: The Kirkwall Chronicles.
Ben Gilbert (@BigBossBgilbert): Heading to "Brooklyn <3 Japan" to see Wyatt Cenac and Kristen Schaal tonight (join me!), and spending the rest of the weekend with Virtua Tennis 4 (really!) and Dead Space 2. If I get lucky, I'll spend some quality time with Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes HD.
Christopher Grant (@ChrisGrant): I'm away for the weekend and, in an unusual show of bravery, I've brought only a single book and my iPad. No PSP, no DS, not even the 3DS. I've got the Kindle app, Sword & Sworcery, World of Goo and Death Rally.
David Hinkle (@DaveHinkle): I'm looking to wrap up Crysis 2 and get that sent back to Gamefly. I'm also gonna download Dead Space for iPad at some point.
Griffin McElroy (@griffinmcelroy): No games for me -- just kicking it in Chicago with some family, friends and podcasters (who might also be family and friends) for my birthday.
James Ransom-Wiley: [...]
JC Fletcher (@jcfletcher): I've got a really busy weekend ahead of me, but I'm really hoping I'll be able to sneak some 999 time.
Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy): [...]
Ludwig Kietzmann (@LudwigK): [...]
Mike Schramm (@MikeSchramm): Catching up on Killzone 3 and BioShock 2, and playing Death Rally (where I'm trying to get an achievement for blowing my own cameo up) and You Don't Know Jack on iOS.
Randy Nelson (@DangerPenguin): Shifting gears from Shift 2 Unleashed to play through MotorStorm Apocalypse. I'd also love to get as much Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes HD in as possible. That game is just great.
Richard Mitchell (@SenseiRAM) Reviewing Section 8: Prejudice, playing more Dead Space 2 and maybe working up the courage to try the Portal 2 content in Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

Tags: microsoft, pc, playstation, portal-2, ps3, what-are-you-playing, WRUP, xbox

Reader Comments (78)

Because of the slow and inevitable death of the Wii this gen, I'm playing through most of the Wii games I got (finished No More Heroes this week and going back to Super Paper Mario & Zelda: Twilight Princess as well). Also, with Portal 2 coming out on Tuesday, I decided to play the original Portal from The Orange Box on 360 as well.

I'm late to the party on everything :(

@andrewpoe Super Paper Mario was my favorite Wii game, I might re-buy it.

Writing in that game was actually pretty magical, cragbrah

No time to game this weekend. Damn this having to make a living thing, it's cutting into my gaming time.

@captcarl lol I know the feeling, but I'm gonna look the beast in the eye and play some Battlefield BC 2 .Vietnam! I am desperate for some more Joystiq friends, sso if u guys wanna join me my GT is :Dalek Prime. ;)

@The Wicker Man
You have been identified as Vietcong! EXTERMINATE!

@captcarl

Funny how I posted something like this a month or so ago and I got someone yelling at me.

Now that I'm done my university exams I have a ton of free time. So I've been doing a marathon of the four Metal Gear Solid video games. Its been taking a lot out of me. Currently on Metal Gear Solid 3

@The Wicker Man I'm looking for people to play with as well!
Add me up, trickybuz93

If those meters on GLaDOS@Home are any indication, it doesn't look like anyone will be playing Portal 2 early.

Just finished Dragon Age II today; I must say that the last hour or two really re-earned some goodwill for that game. I'll probably just play some random stuff until P2 on Tuesday. Probably mess around with the Potato Sack games some more. Blur and YDKJ are sitting on my TV stand right now, and I just got Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection in the mail today.

Yeah. I've got pinball fever. Deal with it.

@Mr Esc is the namesarcasm is my

Well I'm doing my part, are you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihMMw0rnKz4

@Mr Esc is the namesarcasm is my
it's actaully picked up alot...now it looks like it might be out by mid sunday...

@Boring K

I love all 3 of the games on your to-do list. The Williams pinball especially. I need to get mine back from my brother in law. The ball moves just like a real table. Damn you Gorgar!

@Alphapug Gorgar was the first table I got all the basic goals on! I bought the game on impulse because I heard Retronauts talking about Taxi, realized it was the table I remembered as a kid that had Gorbachev on it, and found out it was on the disc.

So glad i ordered my ps3 version two days ago... can't wait to see all the spoilers..

@Friv0lous

The rake is the truth!

@Friv0lous
spoilers...
erm...
GLaDOS is trying to kill you
and there is lots of potato stuff
like...don't know...a potato gun
and its revealed that the aperture lab is powered by a big ass potato battery
and GLaDOS is turning you into a potato, becomes a potato herself by accident, the other AI guy then takes over the lab, gets hungry and tries to process you both into fries. BUT THEN THERE IS COMPANION CUBE....and saves the day.
Oh and there is a song at the end, but no cake

still steeped in Oblivion! also picked up the Dragon Knight Saga. so two deep RPGs to keep me entertained. and just waiting for Portal 2!

Borderlands! i been addicted for the past 2 weeks, finally something to get me out of Minecraft for a while. The game is great and it runs surprisingly well on my MacBook. The best part is that i can use my PS3 controller via USB cable and the game will recognize it. As much as PC gamers love their precious keyboard and mouse lay up, i find it better to kick back with a controller in my hand. Also sorry for double post but im gonna reply to myself about a server of Minecraft i want YOU to join.

@PR0F3TA

MC players, join us at ArtsnCrafts Server. We are a small (10 players) group but have a huge city under development. We would like to start inviting more people now that its grown, we have all the usual plug ins like iConomy, Towny, LWC and so on. Don't think we play this game super cereal because we don't and we tend to joke and fool around alot. Join us!

server ip: rlyshw.doesntexist.org

(and yes thats the real server IP)

The whole "play to unlock Portal 2 early" thing is marketing.

They did the same thing with the Golden Wrenches for TF2. They were supposed to be random drops from crafting. And every 25 Golden Wrenches found, more info on the Engineer Update would be released. Turns out, they were on an hour timer. Each person who crafted first after the timer was up, got a Golden Wrench.

End result was the Golden Wrenches were found at a steady rate, and the info was unlocked in it's normal time.

They gave a purposely misleading launch date for Portal 2, then brought out this announcement. The game is going to launch on it's "early" date reguardless, but by playing the games not only are you getting the impression you are helping, you are giving more sales to those companies.

Now, I have nothing against the indie companies making more money, but this entire thing is marketing.

From: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1837491

THE MAIN BAR IS AN AVERAGE OF ALL OTHER BARS.
ALSO, THE RATE AT WHICH COMPUTATIONS ARE COMPLETED IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE TOTAL POTATO COUNT.

@Drakkenfyre

I don't think anyone is under impression the entire thing isn't marketing. Brilliant marketing in fact from many angles.

But you're wrong about the locked process thing, the metres are changing in accordance to whatever the community is focusing on. Valve may still give it out a bit early if we fail, as they did apparently with the golden wrench, but if there's enough people doing the time in these things it will make a difference.

I can say that of my 50+ member friends list, I am the only one trying to contribute towards the unlock. One reason why people can sit around and say that the progress is too slow to be worth it is because most people are sitting around saying that the progress is too slow to be worth it.

A Catch 22 of sorts.

I am not saying the BARS aren't measuring progress. But whatever happened, whether or not people played to an imaginary number, they would unlock the game on the same day, reguardless.

@Drakkenfyre Ill be looking forward to your expose on how video game companies lie... as if. Take it as you will.

Know Valve as long as I have.

You know how they work, and how they do things. And the fact that they have done things like this before.

"More crafting = More Golden Wrenches Found = More info on the Engineer Update released = Quicker reveal."

Until it turned out the Golden Wrench giveaways were on a timer, and the information released was at the SAME length as every other update.

Not saying Valve is a bad company, far from it. But it's easy to see a mile away what they are doing here. You are getting a chance to "feel good" because you helped unlock the game, and the developers of the indie games get more sales.

@Drakkenfyre
I have no problem with this being used to help sell indie games, but I do have a problem with the fact Wonderful End of the World was the first game to max out it's 'computations.'

Am I alone in my undying hatred of what is clearly and blatantly a Katamari ripoff? And not only a ripoff, but a bland, uninspired one that sucks all charm from the game? Stock sounds, evironments that wouldn't even pass muster for the very first game, horrendous music, and loading screens that are more eye rape than charming like Katamari had. Sure, maybe I'm just being a fangirl for once, but how is nobody else this annoyed at this steaming pile of thievery?

@Jennacide

It was only maxed out first because everyone was idling in it together, they then focussed on 1...2...3...KICK IT. They're going through each of the most unpopular games first because they require less to fill the bar.

Killzone 3 and Blood Stone 007 which I picked up at Gamestop for 20 bucks, and u know what 007 is pretty good.

@rambo8

Plus, Blood Stone is the last Bizarre Creations game. Pour a 40

@rambo8 Have you tried blur? A pretty great racing experience.

"I am crying tears, PC gaming is dominate!"

Mass Effect 2, Twisted Metal 2, Killzone 3, Stacking, MLB 10 The Show

Portal 2 looks cool (never played the first), but I'll get it much farther down the road if I do get it. Unless my GF gets it instead....

I'm finishing Portal up now. I also plan to playthrough Alien Breed 2: Assault and The Conduit this weekend, though I probably won't be able to finish the latter.

Playing an old favorite, Dragon Warrior Monsters for the original Game Boy, haven't played it in at least 7 years.

The Waiting Game as I wait for my birthday this weekend.

I'm going to get 3DS + Samurai Warriors Chronicle

Crysis 2, BulletStorm, League of Legends and Heroes of Might and Magic. Maybe some Rift and a replay of Portal if I have time.

@(Unverified)

Yes and I'll be gaming with them all weekend.

Luckily we all had better things to do on a Friday night then get wasted alone and troll WRUP on Joystiq... Get out much?

More Pokemon as i ponder getting enough of the right berries to reset all the EVs and try some EV training, and also as i ponder whether or not i get Conduit 2 (though signs point to yes)

@Mr Khan
I hope you don't mean BW, because it's impossible to get EV reducing berries outside of hacking/AR.
Shitsux

it's playing Ar tonelico Qoga almost at the end of my first playthrough than goona fire up my Hyperdimension Neptunia and between them is Yakuza 4 and Gran Turismo 5

i'm gonna try to finish gears of war 1, and i would like to start timeshift or gears of war 2.

Just finished Dragon Age 2 this afternoon. I understand the complaints but, man, Bioware sure knows what they're doing when it comes to storytelling. Great, great game and I'm excited to see where they go with the third one after that ending. Started Enslaved immediately afterward and thought the opening sequence was pretty amazing. About 45 minutes in right now. Probably try to get through Portal again and keep on Enslaved. Lunch breaks will go to Ghost Recon 3DS and maybe Golden Sun 3. Never played the other two but I've heard good things and it was on sale. Also, green stars in Galaxy 2 and Reach. Always Reach.

@A Sandwich

"Probably try to get through Portal again and keep on Enslaved."

As in play Portal again or try to get through it this time?

Hm right I need something to hold me over till Tuesday

any games i have from the potato sack to help out with effort as well as ridge racer, ssfiv and (ugh) splinter cell 3d. that last one is like a tragic kick to the balls, it's so damn ugly, but since i spent good money on it i'll at least complete it before i trade it in. possibly the sly trilogy if i'm feeling saucy

I wasn't going to do it. I know it'll be on sale at Christmas for like ten bucks. I know it'll be free in three years or so. I could probably even just get one of my friend's PS3 codes on the cheap. I have a huge back catalogue, and I should work my way through that before buying more.

Despite all that, Portal 2 is now preloaded comfortably on my hard drive and I'm desperately gathering potatoes in 1 2 3 Kick It and Aaaaa! Sigh.

L4D and L4D2 have NEVER been $10, in their two years, nor free.

Your friend cannot give you his code, because the code requires you to register or create a Steam account on the PS3, and it checks to see if it's the same account. If not, you don't get the free game.

So you are safe in that you didn't screw yourself over.

@Drakkenfyre

Left 4 Dead 2 was like 7.50 or something not long ago. Valve has been pushing that shitty game so desparately with deep sales every few months.

@Drakkenfyre

Uh, yeah, I bought both L4D games for $7.50 total. Believe me, Portal 2 will eventually get down to that price.

Since my friends are all on LIVE I'll be getting Portal 2 on Xbox come Tuesday. I'll probably be playing a lot of Minecraft and Reach. I just bought Minecraft a few days back, and I just got back into Reach after finally sealing the never-ending chapter of Warrant Officer.

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