What the hell is this?

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its the companion cube from portal

its a stuffed toy.. Play portal and you'll understand!

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/2012/companioncubepf9.jpg

Makes sense, kinda, ive never played portal.

then download it now and play it!

Yeah, top game. Highly recommend you play it.

It costs more than tf2

edit: Check the wikipedia article for this game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game)
It mentions the companion cube plush toy several times, and also mentions the cube from the game, but never explains what it is. Typical wikipedia assumes the person reading the article is already a fan of the topic at hand!



last edited by thermite at 21:07:04 10/Jan/09

get the orange box then.

its a great game with a fantastic storyline.

You're an idiot if you don't play Portal.

I was expecting something strange.

Instead it was an entirely reasonable item.








Go play Portal.

Whoa I just bought and finished portal - what an amazing game. They should advertise it on tv.

Yeah, a brilliant game. So much more than just puzzles.

There are a few add on mission stories / map packs that have been developed by various people. I think they were posted on qgl / ausgamers a while ago. Do a quick search. A warning though: some of them are crazy hard to finish.

Just checked my installs. One of the add-ons is called Prelude and here's another one: http://portalmaps.wecreatestuff.com/.

yeah, i only played portal for the first time two weeks ago. i could not believe i have never played it. now so many jokes and meme make sense.

Do any of the custom things have GlaDOS in them?

It's been a while so I can't recall exactly. I don't think so. Actually I don't think I finished Prelude so it may.

I played Portal for about 10 minutes and got bored :( I suck

anyone have a half life gift they want to get rid of?
wouldn't mind playing some portal

last edited by tequila at 12:36:35 14/Jan/09

trog, give it another chance. You won't regret it.

Do any of the custom things have GlaDOS in them?

i think prelude does at the end when she is activated.

I played Portal for about 10 minutes and got bored :( I suck

This should be used as a tutorial for posting on the internet. See people, this is how you claim something and provide supporting, undesputable evidence backing that statement up.

trog, what you've just said here is blasphemy. And you call yourself a gamer.

:)

I just don't like single player games, basically

They could so make a deathmatch/coop of this. Teleport around trying to f*** up other people's jumps over hazards, or teleport sentries and orbs over to their position, or drop cubes on their head... First to get to the end of the maze wins.

But seriously would love a sequel that goes into the plot further. It doesn't even have to have the portal gun.. lol

Im probably not going to play portal anytime soon, so what is the companion cube actually for. I dont think anyone explained it.

The cube can be stood upon to reach a higher spot, it can be placed on a button to keep it pressed down while you go and do something else, you can carry it infront of you like a shield, or as a bat to swat flying objects, you can drop it on sentries to disable them, etc.... So it's function is nothing - but it can help you solve the puzzles. You basically have a gravity gun thing to carry it around.

so they make a plush toy out of it? I assume for all the lonely gamers to cuddle up with. huh.

Again, if you played the game, you'd understand.

Yes there is a lot of emotional blackmail regarding one particular cube in the game (the one with the hearts on it). You are told all this s*** about how the cube loves you and you should take care of it, and that it will never threaten you. Then they make you throw it in the incinerator to get past this one bit, which seems normal at the time, but then you are continually reminded that you are a cube murderer, and that your hesitation to euthanise the cube was shorter than any other test subject and all this s*** that just makes you feel horrible about what you've done.

I cant be bothered explaining but they use humour in the game. Cube fits in here somewhere. Probably the funniest game I have ever played.

If you don't play portal or whatever I don't care - your loss as far as I am concerned but I am not fanboy enough to try and convince someone to like the same product/game as me.

One of the best SP games ever.

after not playing portal and hearing about it for so long and only first playing it two weeks ago, i regret not playing it sooner. everyone should play it for its awesomeness.

Euphoria's "Best games of all time" list:

Montezuma's Revenge
Calgames
Prince of Persia (the original)
Wolf 3D
Duke Nukem 3D
Starcraft
Half Life 1 + 2
Counter Strike (1.6 + Source)
Portal

Psychonauts <-- Honourable mention

*I reserve the right to change list at any time