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Portal teaser site News

PC Xbox 360 PlayStation 3
News by Tom Bramwell

7 September, 2006

Speaking of Half-Life 2: Episode Two (I just was, you see), some of those Internet men - at 1UP - have uncovered a cryptic teaser site for Portal.

It's lurking at www.aperturescience.com, and takes the form of a sort of DOS interface. You type LOGIN, then a name, then PORTAL as the password, and then you can cruise around. HELP advises you of what you can do, and APPLY seems to be the main thing that's available to run.

As Kristan points out, it's a bit like being interviewed by Thom Yorke. For the rest of you, it's a neat means to try and eke a bit more out about Portal, which is looking massively splendid in trailers, and suggests that the DigiPen graduates Valve hired for their work on Narbacular Drop were a good investment.

If you find anything good on the Aperture Science website, let us know eh?

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Carlo
07/09/06 @ 10:03
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Ooo.... Portal!
Carlo
07/09/06 @ 10:14
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Stupid bloody thing
speedjack
07/09/06 @ 10:19
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try :-

'Dir'

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'Apply'

...have fun
neilka
07/09/06 @ 10:22
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It's hilarious! How many questions are there? I'm up to the Large Egret one...
Darkedge
07/09/06 @ 10:26
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the favorite letter shuff is mad
thehat
07/09/06 @ 10:27
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bloody impossible to get the id number before it changes :(
neilka
07/09/06 @ 10:28
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WARNING: Contains subliminal cake.

That was brilliant, it looks like hiring the Old Man Murray guys has paid off.

Has anyone correctly memorised their UIN(+L)?
sport
07/09/06 @ 10:34
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NB!!! you must memorize it before starting or else....
Scrumhalf
07/09/06 @ 10:39
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the UIN(+L) actually changes if you watch it - tried to ALT+PrintScreen it and it changes quite often!
bionutz
07/09/06 @ 10:43
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Although I entered the right code, it didn't work... there seems to be a problem with the website "warning: mysql_fetch_object(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /valve/www/http://www.aperturescience.com/index.php "
neilka
07/09/06 @ 10:43
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Once you complete the test and go back to the site it just gives you the prompt and only "HELP" seems to work...
bionutz
07/09/06 @ 10:43
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yes, I also used ALT+PrntScr
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07/09/06 @ 10:43
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Nah.

Annoying viral marketing attempt.

I hate them.

So you marketing geeks want to have some fun?

Buy a large spade, dig a hole. Then bury yourselves.



Sorry, that was a bit aggressive.
Kurgan
07/09/06 @ 10:51
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You can also type: -

ls

to bring up a list of what's on the drive and then type:

apply

for those of you not entirely inured to Microsoft. ;-)
sharpfish
07/09/06 @ 11:09
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Try typing "VALVE" .. you will hear a "goodbye" sample and get redirected to your stored homepage in the browser...

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the_dudefather
07/09/06 @ 11:13
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50 damn questions

"complete this sentence," is my favorite :P
Bezzy
07/09/06 @ 11:18
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Anyone catch what the subliminal images were? One looked like G-Man, i think. And another looked like a tub of spunk.
SharkVLion
07/09/06 @ 11:21
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I hate stuff like this cos I'm convinced there's sommat worth finding and there prolly aint :(

In some of the questions theres a subtly pulsing letter... I went through and tried to discover the secrets :D and came up with .. wait for it...

HECAKEISALIE

Now I may have missed the odd letter by being distracted with the blipverts (anyone tell what they were?) So it may be supposed to be..

'The Cake is a Lie' :D the last question being about cake.. perhaps one of those cakes... IS A LIE!!!! and that choosing said cake will allow access to restricted areas ;)

Or perhaps the whole thing is a crock of irritating and time consuming shite.. Cant decide :P
d0bbo
07/09/06 @ 11:23
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yep, it was definately a tub of spunk.
Kostabi
07/09/06 @ 11:26
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/waits patiently for Crisis Team to arrive
eurisko2k
07/09/06 @ 11:30
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well it helped me waste some time at work :-)
PeterM
07/09/06 @ 11:36
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Once you log in (VALVE, PORTAL or PORTAL, PORTAL), don't type APPLY, but instead type THECAKEISALIE at the prompt.

You get a bit more info.

Thanks SharkVLion for finding the words.
zoidberg
07/09/06 @ 13:16
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sucks
patriot
07/09/06 @ 13:34
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After you beat the game, type in USER if you are having trouble getting in again.
SharkVLion
07/09/06 @ 15:58
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Once you are out of the lab and in the corridor open the vent on the left side of the potted plant; grab the wrench and be really careful when you exit the other side.
Nobuo
07/09/06 @ 16:51
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Loved the VisiCalc Easter Egg.
prettyboytim
07/09/06 @ 19:32
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Doesn't bloody work for me. Pah.
Metalfish
07/09/06 @ 20:39
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I've actually found something more obessed with cake than myself. It seems completely pointless, however.
Dirtie
07/09/06 @ 22:21
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Lol. "I did find out a few things, like these terminals don't have to tap out characters one at a time." >_
manlord
07/09/06 @ 22:47
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SharkVLion
07-Sep-06 16:58:45 Once you are out of the lab and in the corridor open the vent on the left side of the potted plant; grab the wrench and be really careful when you exit the other side.
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What do you mean? have you beaten the game? I doesn't come longer than thecakeisalie and the camera feed page after that.
getinthereson
08/09/06 @ 08:39
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Was bored at work yesterday so i decompiled the flash file. Isn't much interesting except "THECAKEISALIE" bit.
SharkVLion
08/09/06 @ 11:15
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Awww shit, sorry ManLord.. I got carried away and just fabricated that last bit :P

However, I for one think the cake is actually NOT a lie!!

I think Valve are messing with us on that one.. If we are being rational here and think this thing through with all of the evidence we've collectively accumulated then It stands to reason that the cake is actually THE TRUTH.. especially if it's battenberg.

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