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DIY Portal turret has motion detection and laser eye

, May 10th 2011 Discuss [5]

I like geeky DIY projects as much as anyone else does. I especially like them when the builder takes something cool from a video game and brings it into the real world. If you are a fan of Portal, you will recognize this DIY project right away as one of the turrets from the game. This cool project has a geek building a life-size version of that turret and equipping it with motion detection and a laser eye. Read The Full Story

Portal 2 Craziness Around the Web

, Apr 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you were not aware, aka perhaps you were still hiding under a rock somewhere, Portal 2 launched today. Yes, Portal 2, with both the original single-player mode and the co-op mode where you’re controlling two robots for the greater good of trans-dimensional cruising. There has been just a little bit of excitement leading up to the launch, and all kinds of craziness popping up around the web regarding the game. Legos, aliens, and disappointments. Pity the poor college students who couldn't afford to buy the game. See our favorites after the cut. Read The Full Story

Portal 2 on sale today! [Video]

, Apr 19th 2011 Discuss [4]

You may as well call in sick to work right now: Portal 2 has arrived, and it owns your week. The much-anticipated title is available today for Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Mac, offering a much-boosted single player mode complete with fresh challenges, new characters and more devious test levels, while there’s also an innovative two-player cooperative mode.

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Portal 2: Potato Sack – Help Release It Early

, Apr 15th 2011 Discuss [5]

Portal is the best game. Released alongside Half-Life 2, it surprised the world with it's combination of black humor and innovative gameplay. With Portal 2 about to be released, the folks over at Valve are teasing us with a lot of craziness. What kind of craziness you ask? Read more to find out. GLaDOS needs your help! Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: April 11, 2011

, Apr 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

Behold, the day has come when the great one, mister Steve Jobs himself, will be releasing an official biography of his whole entire life. This book will be called "iSteve: The Book of Jobs," and will be blasting out on shelves (we're assuming it'll be printed on paper too,) inside 2012. Between that and Photoshop integration famous art software into the iPad, I think we're pretty much set for news today. Oh you'd like a whole lot more? Well let's take a look then - perhaps there's more deeper in the bag. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: April 8th, 2011

, Apr 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

A few very important things happened today, and you've gotta know all of them in order to go forth from this point. Seriously, you've gotta know if you plan on knowing what's going on in the world from this point forward. The first of them, for example, is the fact that Andy Rubin has been promoted to one of the 7 new Senior Vice President spots on Google's board of heads. Rubin is the fellow who you might know better as the originator of Android - now he's one spot away from the top of Google. Power! Read The Full Story

Portal 2 is Almost Here!

, Apr 8th 2011 Discuss [8]

Remember that game called Portal, the one developed by Valve Corporation, the one with the amazing physics magic and fabulous gameplay unlike essentially anything else you've probably ever seen!? Portal! The only things you really had to watch out for in the first one were murderous turrets and some falling spikes - and you were only one jamming portals into the environment. Now it's a whole 'nother game going on - co-op mode - Portal 2! This game comes out April 19th 2011 - that's 11 days from now! Read The Full Story

Portal 2 for PS3 to Come with Free Mac and PC Version

, Jan 18th 2011 Discuss [4]

We're not sure about the Xbox 360 version yet, and it doesn't appear that the PC version will come with any extra functionality to it, but the Playstation 3 version of one of the most cult-classic-great games we've ever played will be coming with both Mac and PC versions attached. This PS3 version of the game comes with full Steam integration which will allow you to continue the game wherever you left of no matter which platform you decide to bring your Portal 2 Blu-Ray disk to. Read The Full Story
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