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“Everything is Fine:” Portal 2’s ARG Is Taking Over Meatspace
A hidden frame from a trailer for the game Portal 2 containing clues to the ARG. Image: ValveARG.com A post from GeekTeen John, the Ceceri family resident gamer: Remember that scene in A Christmas...
View ArticleThe Coolest Kids’ Choir Around Sings “Still Alive”
I spent Tuesday afternoon listening to my kids shouting back and forth between their rooms and chortling. Turns out they had each downloaded Portal 2 to their respective computers and were comparing...
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Portal 2 Awesomeness: Three Turret Moon Short-Sleeve Tee
There you are. Let’s say you’ve finished Portal 2 and are not sure what to do next. The solution is simple. Buy this shirt and become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Inspired by the most...
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This Is a Triumph (GeekDad POTD)
Photo © Brandon Bannerman We’re making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. [Thanks to GeekDad Dave Banks for suggesting this as a POTD.] If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon.
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Portal 2 Co-Op: Are 2 Minds Better Than 1?
As Portal 2 passes three weeks since its release, now is the time to look back on cooperative play and see how it has held up. As a GeekDad who does not yet have children of video game-playing age, I...
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Valve’s Portal Takes Us to a Computer-Centric Future
Image: Valve Software The long journey begins with a single click — your thoughts gone awry — as you enter a new virtual world beyond imagination. You take your first few steps into this place. It...
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Why L.A. Noire Fails as a Game
Image © Rockstar Games Warning: This article contains spoilers for the video games L.A. Noire and Portal 2. It’s time that video game players stopped giving game makers a pass for playing tricks on...
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Why L.A. Noire Fails as a Game (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Image © Rockstar Games Warning: This article contains spoilers for the video games L.A. Noire and Portal 2. It’s time that video game players stopped giving game makers a pass for playing tricks on...
View ArticlePortal 2’s “Want You Gone”– A Great Fan-Made Music Video
If you’ve played Portal 2 solo mode all the way to the end, you’ve heard the excellent end-credits song “Want You Gone,” Jonathan Coulton’s follow-up to “Still Alive,” his justly famous song from the...
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Balancing Board Games and Babies, Part II
Image: Cathe Post My Pokemon mentor once said to me, “The family that games together, stays together.” He couldn’t be more correct. A few weeks ago I shared with you how my husband and I balance being...
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Through the Portal With ThinkGeek
For Christmas I was lucky enough to receive several gift cards for our buddies over at ThinkGeek.com. What did I buy, you ask? Portal paraphernalia! Thinkgeek.com has the largest selection of my and my...
View Article“This Is Aperture”: Portal Meets The Nightmare Before Christmas
There isn’t much I could add to this video, except to warn anyone who hasn’t played the Portal video games that there are spoilers for both in here — though the ones for Portal 2 go by quickly enough...
View ArticleStop Motion Lego Portal 2 Video
This is a hoot! And watch to the end for a little Black Mesa fun. If you value content from GeekDad, please support us via Patreon.
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Valentine’s Day for Creative Geeks: It’s All About the Box
From candy to cars, roses to Rolexes, advertisers have turned a holiday of love into a carnival of consumerism that would make even a third-century Roman saint want to punch a florist in the nose....
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This Was a Triumph! The Ultimate Portal Bedroom
Hello, and, again, welcome to the Aperture Science Computer-Aided Enrichment Center. We hope your brief detention in the relaxation vault has been a pleasant one. Your specimen has been processed, and...
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New ‘Portal’ Board Game Is a Huge Success
Hello, humans. Now that you’ve been awakened from your Covert Hibernation Vault™, it’s time to resume testing. To motivate the best results, you’ve been divided into divisions and assigned a jumpsuit...
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