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Portal and Portal 2 co-writer Erik Wolpaw reckons Valve has “gotta start Portal 3” before it’s too late.  As Wolpaw said on a recent episode of the Kiwi Talkz (opens in new tab) podcast (transcribed by VGC (opens in new tab)), his message “to whoever” is simple: “We’ve gotta start …

The Portal movie adaption seems to be very much alive and is in development by Warner Bros, according to J.J. Abrams. IGN reports (opens in new tab) that during a press day event for the home release of Super 8’s 4K blu-ray with J.J. Abrams in attendance, it was announced …

The studio behind Half-Life and Portal doesn’t talk to the outside world much. So when Valve co-founder Gabe Newell went public with an “Ask Me Anything” thread (opens in new tab) on Reddit last night, people had plenty of queries. Questions ranged from niceties to obvious spots like what the …

A healthy dose of severe dislike Hatred is a weird emotion to grapple with. On the one hand, it’s a totally normal (and evolutionary necessary) human condition. On the other hand, it’s the root cause of things like atomic wedgies and genocide. Considering the terrible atrocities hatred can produce, it’s …

Everyone knows Portal 2 toys are delightful (opens in new tab) – but as those of us who sometimes open our wallets to see a little cartoon moth fly out can attest, living under the constant protection of futuristic security-bots can be a bit pricey. Thankfully, our continued monitoring of …

This article is part three of a three-part series of awards. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2. Our sixth annual Platinum Chalice Awards are now in their final stretch. With the rest of this celebration of gaming behind us, there’s just one thing left to do: declare a …

Crap! Back whenI retrofitted GLaDOS to stand in for famous robots/disembodied characters (opens in new tab), I never thought to have her read something from painfully unfunny fatpuss, Garfield. GAH! Curse my stupid face! Above: To find Garfield, simply hit thePAWS button! lol ( Luckily, the writers of Portal 2 …

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Where the first game was a test-run of a risky idea, Portal 2 is the confident full-blown feature. Bigger, more complex and exponentially fleshed out from Portal’s original snapshot, it’s going to let us see and do more than the original ever hinted at. And according toa new, epic interview …