Rate your childhood against this kid's Portal-themed bedroom

by Jessica Conditt on Nov 27th 2011 7:30PM

After ruminating on the things we're thankful for, spending days acting courteous and compassionate with family and friends, we're about due for some good, old-fashioned envy. Little Vector Farr has possibly the coolest bedroom a kid could ask for -- It's Portal-themed, complete with companion-cube plushies, propulsion gel on his mat, portal panels and a GLaDOS camera above his bed.

But why stop there? We're not only envious of this kid's stuff, we covet his inclusion in a family that is obviously way radder than our own, and a father who is teaching him the truly important things in life, such as physics and how to treat our future robot overlords. His name is Vector. We want that too.

And if all that jealousy weren't enough, Vector has a Portal-themed bathroom as well, attached directly to his Portal-themed room. Yeah. Happy holidays, everyone.

Via: Destructoid
Source: jamesfarr

Tags: envy, James-Farr, microsoft, pc, playstation, portal-2, Portal-bedroom, ps3, Vector-Farr, xbox

Reader Comments (49)

This kid loves his life

I lost...

-1

I feel sorry for this kid. He'll never get cake for his birthday.

@Tommy758 Lol. But his parents will keep telling him there will eventually be cake...

@Hoops

I think we all know that's a lie.

@Tommy758

It was an obvious joke, but you still win a lot of Internet points through that comment.

The video of the kid's bedroom was about 2 minutes too long.

@ArtificeDrake formerly known as
Looks like somebody doesn't know how to appreciate a child's joy.

@ArtificeDrake formerly known as

And your reply was about four words too long.

"This video was about 2 minutes too long."

Snark.

@Punchdrunkbrian

As a matter of fact, I am sustained by children's despair

@ArtificeDrake formerly known as
Did your dad not give you a hug this morning?

@ArtificeDrake formerly known as I too am sustained by the tears of children.

Have you guys seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdBy_Q00F9w

This family is awesome.

@The Nasty Nick I don't think people realize you're being serious. He's being serious guys, same family.

@Special Agent Steve
That was me rating my childhood in comparison.

@Special Agent Steve
Screw you commenting system.

This kid already has one-up on my childhood just for having a bedroom.

@RyoHazuki
Same. I didn't have a room of my own until my senior year of high school, and even then it had a triangular-shaped restroom in it, so I could barely move around after my bunk beds and computer desk were crammed in there.

This kid's digs are pretty cool, though if I had a choice I'd go for a Starcraft themed room. That would have been sweet.

Awesome. I'm nearly 30 and I wish my room was that cool... Or tidy for that matter. Congrats to him for having cool parents.

I usually don't go for that cute kid stuff, but this brought joy to my heart. Portal's a pretty good game for child development too.

1:36
He's been contacted by the Dark Brotherhood! o.o

Just try and get close to that child. Hah! Cave Johnson, we're done here.

Well, let's see here. My childhood had N64. So... I think I faired pretty well.

@Fuzunga I see your N64 and raise you the SNES and Batman the Animated Series.

I win. The universe.

I had actual real good tv shows and games to play as a kid.

That's what I call a real family man...whose name is Vector...VECTOR MAN!!!?!!!?

You all think its great but Glados keeps reminding him that they did this because he was adopted.

All this room needs now is one of those Cave Johnson portraits that Think Geek is coming out with.

Now my desire to have panels in my bedroom is revived. Curse you cool parents!

Well...it's pretty plain. So plain you'd think Bethesda designed it or something. (in reference to the plain bedrooms of Fallout and ES)

now make a chell costume for him

I'd rate my kids bedroom safer. Lava lamps around kids. Let me think, heat, glass. Why don't we just put orange and blue colored needles, scissors, and knives all over the place. That would round that bedroom out nicely.

@(Unverified)

... you know that lava lamps aren't actually made out of lava, right?

@A Sandwich

You know that they still get extremely hot, right? Very easy for a kid to injure himself on it. Aside from the potential minor burns, should it shatter / explode from being left on too long (which is known to happen for Lava Lamps) it could have some long term / permanent scarring...

Considering the way this kid flings himself around, I wouldn't consider it out of the question he might just make it fall on himself somehow either.

@Xoonaka

Lava Lamps do not get to the temperature to burn you unless you are holding the base near the bulb. Even then it's not too hot on a standard Lava Lamp. The operational temperature of a Lava Lamp is not to the point where the glass will burn you. Removing a globe, and placing your fingers on the bulb WOULD burn you, but I would hope your child is at the age where they wouldn't do that.

Lava Lamps do not shatter or bust for being left on too long. The one that was shown on Mythbusters that shattered was from placing it on a stove eye and heating it up to temperatures beyond it's normal operation.

Lava Lamps are left on for 20 hours+ in some stores. Lava Lamps can suffer damage from being left on for too long, but they do not explode simply for being so.

The particular models in this kid's room use lower watt bulbs than normal Lava Lamps use. The base on those are plastic. If the bulb was hot to the point of seriously burning you, it would melt the base. Plastic also doesn't transmit heat as well as metal, which are what normal Lava Lamp bases are made of.

Now, yes, this kid seems a bit active, but I would hope he has been taught or knows better to knock them around.

Haha it's cute. But that room was totally more for Dad than the kid. You can tell he barely knows what Portal is save for jumping through holes.

@PlagueDoctor357
My thoughts exactly. I was just wondering if that kid had played through both Portal games, because if he did, my feeling of accomplishment for making it through them would be diminished...

This room was triumph

sorry but i don't see what the big whoop is. a couple pillows, a red circular rug and some signs? meh... my regular room with the clown painting (like the one on brady bunch) was just fine.

I'm on board except for the lava lamps. Sort of wasteful and don't those things get kind of hot?

Portal jokes were never funny, so my childhood against this is 10/10

@uncolober For not appreciating this, I think you didn't actually have a childhood.

@uncolober
you know 10/10 is the same ratio as 1:1 or 50/50 rite?

Portal (to the future). Making plushy pillows with pink hearts acceptable for boys' rooms.
I guess?

@JonahStein
oh no! boys cannot own or see things that have certain hues or it could seriously harm them! SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

I agree, his dad seems more of a nerd than he does. But still, pretty sweet bedroom.
My childhood seems pretty ok when compared to his: I had an Amiga 500 and a dad who copied ALL the games for me :)

i wouldnt put a lava lamp next to my bed. or anywhere near children. to put it near young children is just criminal.

Nobody tells you that the best part of being a Dad is being able to buy your kids toys and play with them yourself. Last month I bought "my daughter" the first season of pokemon on DVD. Now we are watching it together.

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