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Two Valve developers commissioned a song by Coulton, a fan of Valve's Half-Life series, which is set in the same universe as Portal. The song was released on The Orange Box Soundtrack on December 21, 2007, along with an exclusive vocal mix not heard in the game. [1] The song plays after GLaDOS is defeated by protagonist Chell. Its lyrics, which ...
Of 320 videos submitted, Valve ultimately awarded two videos first prize. One video featured a sock puppet that "had nothing to do with Portal" but "managed to beautifully capture the spirit of the song", while the other provided an animated retelling of the Lab Rat comic.
Valve's first game was Half-Life, a first-person shooter released in 1998. [2] It sold over nine million retail copies. [3] [4] Alongside Half-Life ' s launch, Valve released development tools to enable the player community to create content and mods. [5] The company then proceeded to hire the creators of popular mods such as Counter-Strike. [1]
Portal fans rejoice — or rather, bask in the mixed feelings of getting a new game set in their beloved franchise's universe that isn't at all what they've been clamoring for over the past decade ...
The original context of "The cake is a lie" was to convey the message that a reward is being used to motivate Chell, the player character of Portal, without any intent of delivering. Early use of the phrase among Portal fans indicated a wry state of knowing; it represented a shared experience, and a way to flag down false sources of motivation. [1]
Aperture Desk Job is a 2022 action game developed and published by Valve.Set in the Portal universe, the player controls a character that inspects products while in front of a desk with a monitor that resembles the Steam Deck console, and while being aided by an artificial intelligence (AI) core.
Cave Johnson's only full appearance to date is in the 2011 video game Portal 2, having been referenced in an Easter Egg in the first Portal game in 2007. Johnson's voice actor, J.K. Simmons, spoke original lines for various trailers for Portal 2, including at the PAX East exposition in 2011.
Mike Morasky (born June 14, 1964) is an American composer, visual effects artist, director and programmer. He composed the scores for the Valve games Team Fortress 2, the Left 4 Dead series, Portal 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Half-Life: Alyx and Counter-Strike 2.