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Portal Update Hints At New Game

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-cake-talk dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It appears Valve has begun another ARG (Alternate Reality Game) similar to the one that led up to the release of the original Portal game. A recent Portal update unlocked a new achievement which has uncovered various hidden images and sounds containing references to the Portal and Half-Life universe. Many believe this to be part of the run-up to the announcement of Portal 2 and/or the next installment of the Half-Life series. A thread on the Steam forums has already reached over 1 million views as people piece together the information. Another thread summarizes the information found so far. Based on clues from the ARG, some are speculating an announcement at the 2010 Game Developers Conference where Valve's co-founder Gabe Newell is to receive this year's Pioneer Award."

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  1. About frakkin time by elrous0 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    A sequel to this masterpiece should have been already been out. Valve spends way too much effort developing the latest bit of overblown DLC for the 6-year-old title they've been milking to death (Half-Life 2) and it's only now that they're even ANNOUNCING a sequel to their best property by far? Portal is their best property, and they seem to treat it as an red-headed afterthought to Gordon Freeman's latest round of sewer running.

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  2. Re:really neat by Khyber · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    '"Telnet" to a BBS, indeed... Get off my lawn.'

    Moron alert!

    Just FYI I used to run Nucleus back in the 90s, when I was but a child (901-360-0236 was the number) - you're a complete moron and you know nothing of what you speak.

    And I still run multiple BBSes, and the majority are connected to using Telnet.

    Dipshit.

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  3. Re:really neat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Well, when *I* used BBS's back in the 80s, I connected using a modem and a terminal emulator. There was no "telnet". My machine didn't even have a TCP/IP stack.

    There were a *few* that were accessible via packet switched networks, including the Internet, but *most* were on dialup and hence *NOT* accessed by telnet.

    Unless you think "telnet" means "terminal emulator".

    Dipshit yourself.