Portal's GLaDOS Shows New Blue Screen of Death
GLaDOS... Still Alive.
Valve Software co-founder Gabe Newell was on stage at the Game Developers Choice Awards, where he accepted the Pioneer Award. During his time on stage, the computer-driven projection suddenly displayed what appeared to be a Blue Screen of Death.
Upon closer inspection, however, this was not caused by any Windows XP error; it was a warning from GLaDOS, the friendly computer from Portal.
At first inspection, it seems to just be a usual error message, but the a Penny Arcade forum member, as noted by Kotaku, converted some of that message from hex to EBCDIC to produce this:
GLaDOS
A fatal exception (S) has occurred at (U)(S) : (P)(E)(N)(D) in (U)(N )(T)((I)) *
(L)(E)(E)(E). The current application will be terminated.
* Press any key to flood the facility with deadly neurotoxins.
* Press CTRL+ALT+DEL again to reinstate testing. You will lose any
Non-vital personnel and their progress through the current test.
Press any key to continue _
Seems like further details on Portal 2 will be pending until E3.
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Orange Box 2 please?
HMMM, where is my crowbar? I know it's around here somewhere!
As much as I will love portal 2....I want Half Life Episode 3 already. Its been way to long for "Episodic content"
Hopefully Episode 3 will be made with Orange box 2...
Or better yet, make a HL3.
Suspend until EEE? We have to wait until E3, I guess.
is it me or did they spend all their time porting games over to mac rather than working on episode 3?
when will the portal/half life story finally mesh together in one game? if you look carefully in half life 2, their are clear references to portal.
is it me or did they spend all their time porting source over to mac rather than working on episode 3?
I lost interest in HL when they introduced episodes... I love HL and Fanfare, but the episodes thing seems like its killed its popularity...
the cake is a lie...
the cake is a lie...
the cake is a lie...
to be honest with you... i don't mind ^_^
knowing that there might be a cake and a party kept me going...
Just remember: Gordon must get aboard the Borealis and then find a way for the Advisors to meet his pointy crowbar in a very painful way. On the other hand, our eccentric lady from Portal got out for GlaDOS's claws, but there's still some cake out there, eve if it's a lie. She could "actually" join forces with Gordon. Now THAT would make one hell of a plot twist. Can you imagine using the Portal gun to eliminate Combine's soldiers? (drooling)
They should make an orange box 2 with HL2, EP1, EP2, EP3, Portal 1 and Portal 2. That would be a killer value at $50.
HMMM, where is my crowbar? I know it's around here somewhere!
Just ask Barney, he always has some spares. But don't be to careless about loosing those crowbars, Barney doesn't have many left!
I was reading through some interviews and I found one saying Chell(portal chick) would become a more involved character in the half-life universe...soon.
Wait a minute... she had a name?!?
Looks like I need to break it out and play it again! :-) Shows you how much I like Portal when I'm going onto my 3rd play through and I almost never play a game twice if I beat it.
Hah, that's pretty funny ^_^
You will be baked and there will be cake
3 years worth of dev for EP3. Its all in hopes that it does come as a second announcement for E3 but if it was really to be out, I doubt EP3 would take a second seat to Portal 2.
This is a triumph
wow i thought that screen came back with win 7 ....
Wait a minute... she had a name?!?Looks like I need to break it out and play it again! :-) Shows you how much I like Portal when I'm going onto my 3rd play through and I almost never play a game twice if I beat it.
You can see the name in the last scene in the game after the big explosion.
Pending until E3. I guess we'll find out more then
GAHHH!!! i want EP3
God, I love Valve. I can't wait for another Portal.
"Upon closer inspection, however, this was not caused by any Windows XP error"
And it did look like an XP error in the first place?
This was a triumph...
I'm making note here--
HUGE SUCCESS!
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
How about a Blue Screen of Death that actually tells the village idiot how to fix the problem rather than some jargon very few people understand?
They should make an orange box 2 with HL2, EP1, EP2, EP3, Portal 1 and Portal 2. That would be a killer value at $50.
And CS:Source!
i think he just was saying in general BSoD is hard to understand what went wrong. But im not a mind reader... could be wrong
Now included in my "MyPictures" screensaver with a perfect measurement of 1280x1024 (for this PC, my other is 1680x1050). Thanks Toms!
I'm lost here. Was it supposed to be a joke? Part of the game? Genuine BSOD!