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    Portal Gets Played On an iPhone, Sort Of

    Image Cache: GlaDOS and HAL9000 Are Separated At Birth, Or Lovers?

    The Portal Gun Build Process, Documented in 113 Photos

    GLaDOS GPS Voice Might Make You Think the Directions are a Lie

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    07/16/09

    In reply to Portal Gets Played On an iPhone, Sort Of
    I have a solution to that painful control scheme:

    1) Duct tape iPhone to your face
    2) Sync camera movement to your head/body movements

    So, it's like you are in the virtual world. Ta da!
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    07/16/09

    In reply to Portal Gets Played On an iPhone, Sort Of
    I've tried several of the iPhone FPS, and the dang shooting control requiring getting your fingers on the screen so that it blocks the action just sucks the joy out of the game. The other options of using a directional toggle at the bottom of the screen to move and the "tilt" control to aim (or vice versa) is equally lame (i.e. Wolfenstein).



    Bummer, cuz I have a 3GS and want to frag, damn it.
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    07/16/09

    In reply to Portal Gets Played On an iPhone, Sort Of
    Is Portal that game that has a cake or something?
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    07/16/09

    @GitEmSteveDave:
    Yes. Yes, it is.




    Also, I agree with this statement:



    In any case, I imagine trying to play Portal using touch controls would ruin the entire experience anyways. Just stick to playing it on at PC/console.




    The game would probably suck up all energy in no-time as well.
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    07/16/09

    @GitEmSteveDave: Yep, and it's a Triumph that they got it working on the iPhone. What a huge success this will be.



    But, I'm not sure why they put portal on a phone. I guess they do what they must, because... Well they can.
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    07/16/09

    @Lite: is on a boat.: Some times that's the only reason to do a lot of cool things. Kinda like those guys getting Crysis to run on a netbook.
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    07/16/09

    @Xeno: I think I need to do an animated Gif of Malcom's speech from Jurassic Park now. "Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. "
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    07/16/09

    @SexWaxin'_GitEmSteveDave: Technically, no it isn't. The cake is a lie!
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    07/16/09


    @Gein07: No it's not! Now the Twinkie.....
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    07/16/09

    In reply to Portal Gets Played On an iPhone, Sort Of
    This Was A Triumph

    I'm Making A Note Here:

    HUGE SUCCESS
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    07/16/09

    In reply to Portal Gets Played On an iPhone, Sort Of
    Ha, that looks pretty cool. I'm confused how all the controls work but it's nifty all the same.
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    05/19/09

    In reply to Image Cache: GlaDOS and HAL9000 Are Separated At Birth, Or Lovers?
    Just don't let them breed.


    Ever.

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    05/19/09

    In reply to Image Cache: GlaDOS and HAL9000 Are Separated At Birth, Or Lovers?
    what about this guy?


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    05/19/09

    @nutbastard: AUTO only tried to kill WALL-E, but had no intention of harming the humans aboard the Axiom.
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    05/19/09

    @nutbastard: I've just had the following revelation...


    HAL, GlaDOS, the autopilot (did he have a name?), and Terminator all have glowing red lights. Is this because HAL made them popular? Or perhaps is there a more sinister plot brewing here?...


    Hrmmmm...

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    05/19/09

    @benztech55amg: The Decepticons also have red optics. Number 5, along with the other Nova robots, had their eyes turn red when in battle mode.
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    05/19/09

    @benztech55amg: AUTO's design was a clear tribute to HAL. But HAL was pretty much the progenitor of the design.
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    05/19/09

    @nutbastard: what the?
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    05/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:


    dont forget the cylons.

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    @Whydoesthisalwayshappentome:


    have you NOT seen Wall-E???

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    05/19/09

    In reply to Image Cache: GlaDOS and HAL9000 Are Separated At Birth, Or Lovers?
    What about the computer from Electric Dreams?
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    @Ragan Parkerson: Edgar.
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    05/19/09

    In reply to Image Cache: GlaDOS and HAL9000 Are Separated At Birth, Or Lovers?
    Glados wants to turn you into a cake by burning you and I've never heard of hal9000so i am going to go with Glados and i will hopefully get some cake
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    @John Nahajski: Go to your local library and take out a copy of 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke. Then, buy the DVD and watch it. Then, watch the DVD again.


    Both HAL and 2001: A Space Odyssey are considered to be landmark achievements of both science fiction and cinema in general.


    You are not an idiot but you are not well-versed in sci-fi - not if you haven't read or seen 2001.


    The story is ultimately about evolution. Dave Bowman, the protagonist at the end, is a man nearly devoid of emotion. HAL is a computer which ends up afflicted with paranoia.


    Go read 2001.

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    @OMG! Ponies!: i would read the book but words that close together scare me, and i would go go to my local libary but they moved it and i don't know where to, so love film will do.
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    05/19/09

    @John Nahajski: OH MY GOD YOUR POST IS FULL OF STARS!


    Arthur C Clarke is basically the father of many inventions we have today. He basically predicted the coming of Geostationary Satellites. His work is some of the best Science Fiction out there. Kubrick only directed the movie. Clarke wrote it.


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    And this was back in the 40's when Space travel didn't exist and rocket technology was in its infancy!

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