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Aperture Desk Job is a short playable game for Valve’s new Steam Deck featuring the one and only Cave Johnson. Not Portal 3?
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[@risdio51]

Mad respect for J.K. Simmons for coming back 10 years later to voice the same character in a 30 minute game

[@_TSC_46]

I JUST BARELY REALIZED IT OMG THATS SO COOL!!!

[@IzukuMidorya859]

Lemon rant boi

[@Bushmills21]

Well he needs a paycheck, even 10 years later.

[@me-ry9ee]

@@Bushmills21 tbh he has done voices in so many shows and movies, i really doubt he needs to look for work, he just does whatever seems fun and diverse to him

[@emperorskulls]

He also came back to play Cave Johnson again as a Dota 2 announcer.

[@TurkeyTueky]

a toilet accidentally filled with ammunition sounds like the most aperature way to invent the turret, and I love it.

[@janamachackova1714]

Toilet where you use it like normal turret but you have guns

[@Moondust7]

It's a pretty effective way to keep people from stealing toilets

[@Querez8504]

Oh wow I didn't even think about how it could've been the precursor to turrets

[@rizkidary837]

Also i love others also try to put guns on washing machine

[@chef_dude]

turret kinda sounds like toilet

[@mf6610]

Out of all the possible forms they could have chosen for AI Cave Johnson, they chose a fucking giant metal head in the shape of his pretending to be a stone statue. That is perfect

[@webbycroissant5692]

🗿

[@magma90]

Cave “The Rock” Johnson

[@zeusthefox1585]

@@magma90 🤣👍

[@valhatan3907]

Those engineers just so comically incompetent

[@samiamtheman7379]

Well, he did say the only reason they made it so huge was because they had to make it larger in order to fit his mind in there.

[@cal_ibri4236]

I love the idea of Aperture departments having a sort of lethal prank war, sabotaging each other with makeshift turrets and such.

[@BeaverChainsaw]

More like infighting lol!

[@billybob884]

i... think it was more likely revenge for stealing/sabotaging their equipment

[@sonicmastersword8080]

That explains why they went bankrupt.

[@suchitapathak6960]

FRIENDLY FIRE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED

[@omniscientbarebones]

“Oh no, you’re made of metal, sir.” “So shoot the metal?” Valve comedy.

[@enclavehere.7995]

The delivery of that line was freakin perfect. Only JK Simmons could do it so well, man.

[@FamilySyndicate]

only thumbs upped to make it 666...

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

Aperture scientists were ahead of their time, that thing is impressively good at redirecting any physical force directed at it. Dunno why they decided to encase Cave's head in stone.

[@enclavehere.7995]

@@ultmateragnarok8376 because they were Aperture scientists. Where as Black Mesa takes their jobs seriously yet result in disastrous consequences, Aperture kinda just bumbles around and surprisingly, even the dumb ideas work.

[@mattrug730]

"So shoot the medal?" "You mean medal?"

[@cherrypawz678]

"That's the appliance I stole from housewares... OH MY GOD ITS GOT A GUN-" Best quote

[@aperturescienceguy2737]

gub

[@deloreandmc88]

appliances in Texas be like:

[@BirdsInDerpVille]

I find it hilarious that the "machine learning" room at 0:25 is just a room with robots looking at captchas

[@lucianogastonbuetdelgado7670]

@@BackroomsNerd573 portal guns amd turrets

[@AV.Creative]

Toatally missed that 😂

[@spamtonneo3513]

THAT'S TOO FUNNY A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕A̷͙ͭͫ̕

[@Victor0176_]

LOL😊

[@somedouchemcbag987]

My favorite part is when, after completing the game, you realize that the red light that keeps blinking in a seemingly random pattern is actually Cave trying to get someones attention to find him and end his misery

[@remade3616]

morse code????

[@gh-kf3rb]

@@remade3616 maybe

[@Tigerkaya]

Hank: it’s off Dean: It’s on Hank: It’s off Dean: It’s on

[@Chuckler127]

@@Tigerkaya That's blinking

[@psyenz8946]

I realized it said soon as he said it, but I also tried getting his attention by ringing the desk bell a bunch.

[@casssm]

“you’re made of metal sir 😕” “so shoot the metal 🤨”

[@liamc9998]

It’s very self explanatory.

[@coolnationusa786]

@@liamc9998 Indeed it is

[@enchilordo8562]

I thought it was hilarious how fast he brushed that off. You could hear the “I don’t see the problem” in his voice

[@dennis905]

Think soyjak!

[@cappunocci9211]

At the end, I REALLY love the flawless cut of Johnson going "Hey hey HEY! I can't talk over the sound of you shooting me!" Then he recounts what he spoke about, and flawlessly continues...

[@calameows754]

this system was actually developed and put in place for half life 2 lost coast, glad to see they made more use of it here once again.

[@gamescape7900]

i remember hearing that that type of code was being developed by valve while developing hl2 but it had come out too soon and they couldn't implement it, but they could add it into hl: lost coast, when you shoot a seagull the fisherman will berate you for killing it, then go back to what he was saying. EDIT: example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWW3dGuoZ7N6frM

[@MusicandGame23]

Feel little laugh at last word song 😅

[@Villager6883]

I don’t know. I think this is the end of Valve?

[@MusicandGame23]

@@Villager6883 nope it's just a beginning of Portal

[@ANGGELAful]

7:07 amazing voice acting. You can actually hear the forced smile, much like a real person would do.

[@liondyi]

230 likes? No replies? I gotchu

[@AG-ld6rv]

Yes... that's what they're paid to do. We generally only notice when it's bad.

[@jt589comedy]

@@AG-ld6rvit’s amazing because this is Nate Bargatze, a stand up comedian who I think hasn’t ever done acting before

[@musicaman8683]

I love how we as the player keep failing at everything, even failing at killing Cave. Also the praying mantis society was hilarious and awesome and now I wanna know what that glowy green thing is

[@ChristianJackson47]

The praying mantis worship Cave Johnson and foresaw his death by toilet in the prophecies so they built that back up power source that is the thing of glowing green.

[@garpogods8323]

The mantis society figured out electricity from the light bulb. They created a perpetual power source for thier society. That Cave destroyed. Cave is trapped, living forever at the bottom of a hole, with a turret choir.

[@Xploshi]

The praying mantis society is a nice touch

[@involvedhail1788]

Praying mantis society, must be the work of the G-man manipulating the timelines

[@theunknownsoda4602]

You should take that idea, and run with it

[@lemoneer7474]

@@involvedhail1788 Well there was that one time in Portal 2 where Cave Johnson said he would have some people injected with mantis DNA.

[@Pixxeell___]

It’s the Praying Mantis DnA joke from p2 Edit: why do I have so many likes??? I just explained something. Edit 2: shut the hell up old me, if they like the fact I told them common knowledge let them be.

[@morganjack18]

The army of mantis men has invented electricity!

[@on10n64]

I love how this core throws you under the bus immediately but seems like he actually likes doing stuff with you and views you as an actual partner in making the turret

[@abloodcorpse3318]

Throws you under the bus then trains for 18 months to become your parole officer.

[@zaucethesaucebauce527]

It's probably because if you fail and get fired you can go home. But if he fucks up he'll probably get recycled or shut down.

[@galacticgamer6635]

While getting a meeting with the owner of the company and making the mark 3

[@AmazinEarth]

And that’s a good thing?

[@on10n64]

@@AmazinEarth I mean… in real life, no? But with the context of it being a game, then yeah, it’s funny.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

The part with Johnson telling you to kill him sounds a lot like the Portal 2 cut content where you find Johnson in a cube. I really like how they’re making things like that still canon in a way.

[@henrynelson9301]

If you see this as canon, you just forgot the story of Portal 2. It’s either non canonical, or in an alternate universe.

[@definetelynotnight7725]

@@henrynelson9301 The lead writer of portal 2 said that for the time being, this is not canon, and considering the man mantis and the mantis man, this is probably Cave Prime

[@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487]

"I turned myself into a cube Caroline, I'm Cube Johnson."

[@breakafreak]

@@definetelynotnight7725 it aint cave prime because prime was never put into a giant head

[@ablosch2452]

@@henrynelson9301 Yeah, given how they did make a smaller than brain-sized one for Caroline, and how you appear to see some humans still in the lab.

[@scoobysnacks1342]

love gradys country accent! really nice to know they’re sticking to voice peculiarities in the cores. he almost has a similar charm to wheatley

[@somebonehead]

I winced every time Grady said "Tolet".

[@MM80536]

I didn't even notice the accent he sounded like a regular guy until you pointed it out

[@neilcicieregamybel0ved]

yea, he reminded a lot of him for some reason

[@pokocrow]

I miss Wheatley

[@mothballmouth]

He's better than whetely imo

[@shodan1451]

It's almost like Valve has captured the most hilarious writers, gifted programmers, brilliant musicians that ever made games....and have them trapped, working in a salt mine somewhere, only letting them use time to make a game on their coffee break.

[@ShuTheIdiot]

Pretty much lmao

[@shepthedep5862]

Valve: the lore

[@ElBantosClips]

This is a pretty sus comment. Do you need rescuing?

[@barrag3463]

more like the Writers, Musicians, Programmers and Artists are allowed to do whatever, and if it doesn't result in a product, that's fine, they can just move on to the next thing. It's why they "don't make games anymore;" they do but there doesn't seem to be much pressure to actually put a product out. Add in the fact that valve never releases things unless it's "finished" (if you don't believe me consider the fact that they have a habit of throwing things out and starting over- HL, HL2, Portal 2, TF2) and you can see why they don't really release much to the public these days.

[@BioClone]

some says, "perfection is easier to get noticed on simplicity, your brain is not that good dealing with complexicity"

[@infimus9559]

The thought that Cave Johnson is just burried at the bottom of the whole facility destined to live forever and the only form of entertainment is singing with turret toilets is chilling. (Hope it will be somehow in the next portal game)

[@cheeseuscrast6562]

Ironically he was ment to be found in Old apature of the 2 game, but as a companion cube instead and without the turrets/toilet turrets

[@ObsidianHunter99]

Why do I get the feeling he's going to end up being the end boss of the next portal thing that comes out?

[@Gekk-rx7nv]

I mean is he really alive? His lights do go out right at the end

[@Moth-man]

I really hope if portal 3 ever comes out the final boss is just an amalgamation of toilets shaped like a body with cave Johnson on top

[@deltoid77-nick]

That's the cherry on top

[@sumbuddy4088]

20:05 “there might be a lot of jars” There’s two different fluids that immediately come to mind.

[@CodeeXD]

Oh god

[@user-ut6we5sg3w]

Pee and blood is what I think of

[@WOODENCHAIR64]

Well I think of *that* and the stuff you preserve bodies in.

[@pokocrow]

And I think of the other thing y’know what

[@ps_prague6441]

Water and soda

[@astepbehind982]

I swear the intro is the first and probably last time we'll see life In an Aperture facility

[@Red_Ryry]

You mean human life. We’ve seen plant and animal life in portal 2 before.

[@rubyy.7374]

@@Red_Ryry Yes, because when we imagine an office, we imagine the little houseplants they have by the water cooler.

[@Red_Ryry]

@@rubyy.7374 no I mean the overgrown facility with the birds and also the deer that may or may not have actually been real but still used as a trap

[@AxolinaAxolotl]

@@Red_Ryry don’t forget the boyband who aren’t picky when it comes to women, the parents of chell, loads of other boys, ponies, there’s a pony farm too… all down there in the pit. Definitely not a lie.

[@ghostcoffee1099]

I’m so glad they got J.K. Simmons back to voice Cave! I could listen to him for hours.

[@MusicandGame23]

That voice is so lit , believe me , no one can be changed to another

[@bigweld1947]

I was expecting his VA to be replaced but when I booted the game up I realised it couldn’t be anyone else’s voice

[@terradaktill1179]

Are you being sarcastic or am I dumb I thought it was Nate Bargetze

[@terradaktill1179]

Wait it is Nate

[@MusicandGame23]

@@terradaktill1179 Yes,it is

[@thewarden9284]

Game: * Wants you to use your real life voice * Bolloxed: *SWEATING PROFUSEDLY*

[@nicolasnunez7346]

Well he actually followed the "no commentary" rule and didnt do the mission. LOL

[@Tower_Swagman]

@GrantKP bolloxed: draws a PAINIS

[@aziztcf]

I just clonked the toilet to a sick beat.

[@SlaughterhouseDb]

Should have said "Uh, Clem"

[@X-SPONGED]

25:21 I love how -Grady- Gary got that robot arm tattoo he was talking about while we were testing The Turret Mk 0.3, This is why I want Valve back, man. They pay so much attention to detail that all other developer studios wouldn't even care about. *I WANT MY HALF LIFE 3, VALVE !!!*

[@pendragonxt3674]

I love Grady. He’s so talkative and supportive. You end up in a not so bad place after your little adventure with him.

[@bionic-tale4313]

So the Turrets basically started out as a defective model of a Aperture Science toilet seat, accidentally filled it with Bullets by a loose pipe filled with ammunition.

[@QberBear]

The funniest part is that they still load the bullets the same way: just dumping them inside the body

[@aracelygonzalez3739]

PLUS, WE FIRE THE HOLE BULLET. THAT'S 65% MORE BULLET PER BULLET

[@7_bitjudah384]

Actually, I hate to bring up Portal stories :Mel, but technically they already had Turrets before in the timeline, since Portal stories Mel was during the beginning of aperture innovators, and is canon I believe

[@PHoMi126]

@@7_bitjudah384 it not made by Valve so I dont think that canon Its more like multiverses thing

[@sail6961]

@@7_bitjudah384 PSM isn't canon to the Portal universe, its like a fan game.

[@charliematthews2056]

Absolutely nuts how we finally found out what happened to Cave Johnson in what is basically a tech demo for the Steam Deck

[@catsndogs98]

Well...if it worked for Steam and VR....

[@RedmondtJacks]

This can be actually semi canon. You see somewhere in development of portal 2 there was a concept that Cave Jonson’s mind was placed into a cube and was left in the lowest point in salt mines plugged in and we killed him.

[@bartsussygaming487]

It's also (kind of) a tech demo of Source 2. I know we already got that in Alyx, but this one is the complete package in everything. Lighting, physics in small details, water etc.

[@noodlebro6983]

Well ya know Valve doesn’t care about canon so you can believe whatever you want honestly

[@xavierdaniel4608]

Now forever powered by vort energy... idk, what's that green stuff?

[@binglemccringle705]

i love how all aperture tech seems to be musically inclined? either good, or just more likely to enjoy doing musical things (i knows its just valve having fun but still, its super cool either way, in game or irl)

[@jonth9200]

i think its cause theyre getting closer and closer to a human level of consciousness, and what act is more human than making music?

[@leonprowse5806]

7:10 The robot sounds like it trying to talk while smiling. But its just a robot. This game is genius.

[@Nickanthem]

Voiced by comedian Nate Bargatze :D

[@wetube6513]

Man has no idea that he doesn't have a mouth-

[@wetube6513]

@@Nickanthem Who?

[@Clodinator]

Fun fact: Aperture tried making shower curtains but ended up making the first portal gun, so a toilet turret is totally in character for them

[@lichtumbra4944]

Nah Aperture made shower curtains for the military, cave became millionare, cave invebted aperture science innovators, created a portal gun, turrets, gels and a lot of weird stuff, tested with the stuff waiting for the money to come without selling anything, cave almost ran out of money, cave boughts a lot of moon rocks and discovered they are poisonous and a really good portal conductor, he died of poisoning and was put into a giant head

[@lordaldo3273]

@@lichtumbra4944 Ok and

[@lichtumbra4944]

@@lordaldo3273 ñ

[@AnimatedTerror]

@@lichtumbra4944 actually the head thing is not part of the main continuity. In the infinite testing initiative a cage who survived mentioned the existence of multiverses. I assume desk job takes place in a universe where cave survives but loses his body and mind to science. The main continuity has signs that cave almost survived (the abandoned chassis in the multiplayer ending) but he most certainly didn’t. Otherwise you’re right on the money.

[@ryguythesci-figuy81]

@@AnimatedTerror I think it could technically be possible, as we only hear of his death. I know Caroline is put into GLaDOS and not cave, though Cave could have been uploaded into the head during some top secret project or something. It is stated he was abandoned. Just someone who forgot a small chunk of portal lore adding his take though.

[@lumoneko299]

I really just want to shout out the phenomenal animators at Valve, Grady's hand is excellent.

[@Tristoo]

animations I felt were the worst part about this. very clunky and not snappy at all. not comparable at all to other portal games

[@BM-yy8db]

Also the fact that they managed to make a one-eyed robot recognizably wink

[@soy6707]

@@BM-yy8db I don't know how in the living fuck they made something with one eye *wink* at you. How? How did they manage to sell a wink???

[@nineephe]

@@soy6707 Which one was the wink? Can you give me the timestamp? :)

[@soy6707]

@@nineephe 25:26, friend! It's the second right after, you'll notice it is a wink immediately :)

[@raine6813]

its actually pretty impressive that valve chose to bring back j.k. simmons to play cave johnson again in a 30 minute long tech demo for their steam deck. gotta love their respect for the franchise still going strong

[@rexjolles]

It's so nice at 0:48 to finally see other people in a portal game. Back in the 70's before things went to shit. Even if they're just in the background Edit: at 26:26 you can see he fell into the sealed off 1950's lab, evidenced by the sign in the background

[@wetube6513]

I hate this game.

[@Victor0176_]

​@@wetube6513why

[@bizzarosteve8499]

this experience was unique, but wonderful, so sad that it ended so fast

[@decriper1097]

that's what she said

[@Dr_Dan_]

@@decriper1097 GOD DEYM

[@changsiah2]

this Tech demo for the steam deck

[@Adam0Null]

@@decriper1097 *in Steve Carell's voice*

[@alekssandrz7694]

@@decriper1097 virgin joke

[@shepthedep5862]

It’s nice seeing actual people, albeit mainly silhouettes of people, in the Aperture facility. I love the being alone in a abandoned salt mine with nothing but AIs feel of the other two portal games but this, with warmer lighting too, is a welcoming change :) I also, like every other AI introduced in portal, really like Grady. Love his no fucks given tone of speech

[@Jone_V]

I love Grady too

[@shepthedep5862]

@@Jone_V yeaaah

[@Gevs]

@@Jone_V Grady Gang

[@joshuahilliker2364]

“No fucks given” really summarizes every fictional corporation Valve has puts in their games.

[@shepthedep5862]

@@joshuahilliker2364 “We’re throwing science at a wall here and seeing what sticks”

[@elfertrn]

i really hope the reception of this small demo can prove that portal is worth continuing, they have the talent and a fanbase who loves what they do, this honestly feels like a proof of concept for a portal 3 game with the main villain being cave johnson: the founder of portal so much potential man

[@dimitar4y]

unfortunately gaben would rape any employee who dares release anything. idk why but they have internal assholes who fire anyone who tries to get anything done.

[@wetube6513]

@@dimitar4y Just like Cave Johnson...

[@wetube6513]

All because of the lgbtqblahblahblah+ community trying to make everything "nonbinary".

[@MysticMermaidVA]

YES!

[@Chriisanthemum]

this game makes me realize how phenomenal a new portal, half life, or team fortress game would probably look

[@SentientIrisu]

I'd love a TF game.

[@thomasparsons4871]

I really want to believe that cave’s giant head later becomes the animal king turret. Only cave could be so confident as to become a giant leopard print robot with an army of worshipers.

[@DrawinskyMoon]

This

[@lazylass2309]

I think I can agree on this and choose to make this a headcanon

[@davisdf3064]

@@lazylass2309 HAH! GOT IT?! HEAD CANON! -i know i ain't funny, i am sorry-

[@lazylass2309]

@@davisdf3064 Hey, puns are the best. You got me to giggle

[@eMpTy12189]

@@davisdf3064 badum tss

[@noclick]

Cave Johnson asking you to kill him is definitely inspired by Epistle 3, where Dr. Breen asks you to kill him to end his suffering edit: also holy crap just realized the ending confirmed Cave Johnson is basically.. still alive

[@AmBush2048]

Actually, killing cave johnson is a cut concept taken from portal 2, even the dialogue is similiar to that scene

[@Po0PYBLOX]

20:34 um I think he’s already dead because of the illness he has that case him to die and they just builded a statue of him ho made the first IOS device on earth .plus where did they god the head part of the statue from ??? I mean that looks to be the head of the statue but wait am I hearing a recording device thing coming from his office ???

[@malahay_31]

@Nam Gge ye cave trying to take back control from glados would be good

[@fede_233]

it's not inspired by epistle 3. it's a cut joke from the original portal 2.

[@hazelsal]

That is if this is cannon

[@anastasiszaro]

You just got to love the writing in this, "Remember, the important thing is to have fun, otherwise it's just an add-on, it's been a really bad year" Clearly written by devs who are are little too self conscious about software development (and hardware development come to think of it)

[@gianttacogod]

Pretty sure he says “Remember, the important thing is to have fun… on your own time. It’s, it’s reallly bad here”

[@coreforce9872]

No. It’s: “Remember, the most important thing is to have fun. On your own time before you come in, otherwise-uh-it’s just- it’s real bad here..”

[@drakeboutte1466]

23:00 “Oh no you’re made of metal sir!” “So shoot the metal” God I fucking can’t with this humor LMAO

[@doifhg]

lol, the best part is the piping for bullets for all those turrets, can't imagine what kind of pump or compressor they use in that system

[@motive-li1do]

my server was droning over what the ammunition pipe could ever be for since the trailer lol

[@Kids_Scissors]

Uses.. *Air suppressure*

[@labrat_09]

Ah yes, the turret originated for a toilet

[@CyberLights0]

Probably accelerators

[@Snowwasteland]

A question does the combine know about the gman before half life Alyx like during half life 2 and the two episodes?

[@dudded2]

Grady:"This witness protection program is great!" WITNESS PROTECTION FOR WHA-

[@dr.cheeze5382]

GRADY WAS NEVER IN WITNESS PROTECTION!!!

[@user-fq2mz4ho9f]

In the story Grady commit a crime of being a part of killing his boss

[@yeehmm1893]

nobody was convicted of anything!

[@bigprojects2560]

He turned over evidence to convict loan sharks, I'm guessing he used money from them to be able to afford building the toilet turret as he says he was gonna use the money from cave to pay it back or he'd be in trouble

[@Mathenaut]

Cave Johnson's head powered by an overplugged surge protector is just precious.

[@lavatacoburrito9410]

I love the small detail of the buzzer on Cave Johnson's portraits constantly blinking 'cause Cave is trying to get his employees' attention, but no one wants to go up there.

[@Pixelcraftian]

What an experience. Like seriously, what an experience. I can't believe a simple showcase of the Steam Deck's controls let us in on what happened with Cave _(not to mention, he's probably in a cave now)_ Johnson. It might not be Portal 3, but DAMN is it the closest it's ever felt in years. I hope we get more from the Portal series, but knowing Valve, yeah.

[@potatoenugget]

hopefully VALVe will make more games based on all the logos of aperture science from portal 2

[@waylonwalllace9268]

Agreed man. Just agreed.

[@goofedman]

I have to believe them making this is a sign of things to come. They know what the number 3 can do for them

[@Igrium]

@@akjackhd5804 I'm pretty sure this takes place in one of the many alternate universes we see in the PTI. It just doesn't line up well with the events of Portal 2, with minor details being wrong.

[@akjackhd5804]

@@Igrium it literally said it was extended lore.... (prob another universe)

[@commodore7331]

grady may have lied and pinned all the blame on us for completely fucking destroying a massive underground warehouse that may have been one of the largest on earth, but actually going through real training just to be our parole officer was really cool of him. edit: i miss him

[@proctifer9833]

Haven't you heard, Grady died in a freak toilet accident. Gary is the new guy now.

[@SlebanDogux]

Rest in peace, Grady. He was such a good soul.

[@commodore7331]

@@proctifer9833 :(

[@rottengrapes8605]

hes loveable in the same way wheatly is. the whole tattoo thing is so cute

[@lextavactchi]

@@rottengrapes8605 He’s the Wheatley who doesn’t betray

[@MysticMermaidVA]

The fact that Grady is voiced by Nate Bargatze just makes it 100000x better, because he didn’t do a special voice for the game, it’s literally just Nate being done with life/being funny but as a robot

[@GeodMapping]

I just love how the bugs in the vents found technology and became a intelligent species

[@ceptor36]

They are this close to making a full new game, boys. Sit tight - They are incredibly close.

[@kingkaydengaming2786]

what i want is for them to FUCKING UPDATE TF2AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Broken_TilesMAIN]

@@kingkaydengaming2786 I would have portal over tf2 any day

[@kingkaydengaming2786]

@@Broken_TilesMAIN yeah im not saying portals bad but its been like 4 years man we tf2 fans are starved and we cant die

[@mrradio4586]

@@kingkaydengaming2786 and its been 11 years since Portal 2 release.

[@noidTV]

This could literally set up portal 3. Cave Johnson tries to overthrow glados

[@minegabyyt]

Fun fact : The "Cave Johnson immortal computer" thing was supposed to be a scene in Portal 2 where you unplug the life out of Cave Johnson to go on in the level but it was removed because it was a bit dark.

[@sweetsucculentcontentnectar]

We weren't ready.

[@cyber_dragon_123]

he was also a cube

[@CleverGirlAAH]

@@cyber_dragon_123 Awww... Missed opportunity now...

[@RO8s]

But, I did that! I remember it. I remember doing it. So in my game it wasn't removed...

[@ZR3009]

But now we're ready for it. I'm ready for whatever Valve is throwing at us

[@Mabra51]

This is why we want another portal game. The humor is just *cheff's kiss*

[@devourer3006]

11:20 Nice signature man! 😎👍😂

[@marcoscubilla6169]

So, Cave Jhonson actually didn't die, he was just abandoned after killing his engineers when he got mad while his mind was transported to a supercomputer, just like Caroline and GlaDOS... except, he acutally KEEP his own mind and... was left behind, abandoned, suffering alone. And now, according to this game events, his mind is still trapped in the supercomputer (now powered up infinetly by a probably fusion core made by a praying mantis civilization) and has connected it to the "toilet turrets" and sings with them... for eternity, in some cave in some place down underground the old Aperture facilities. (Maybe he is the reason why the turrets sing in the first place??? thought in Portal normal turrets sings and talks in feminine voices, while this old turrets sing in manly deep voices. Maybe it's just a Caroline and Jhonson thing... to sing opera songs and has transmitted to the turrets in their control... that would actually be really wholesome) Yup, that's Portal Lore for you, and i love it.

[@professorhaystacks6606]

Pretty sure this is one of the Multiverse worlds mentioned in the Infinite Testing Initiative.

[@Schoko4craft]

I didnt even catch the praying mantis civilization with their energy source being visible in the end. Thats so awesome

[@No_Skill_Bear]

He probably drowned in acid

[@JohnMilkesBooth]

The real reason turrets sing is because they can protect baby's, so they were designed with a lullaby system. This is cannon.

[@Unknown-rw1im]

@@JohnMilkesBooth And this is gun.

[@user-jl7cz2pe6d]

So now we have 3 separate examples of Cave's last plan not working 1. Glados 2. CaveOS 3. Rock Head Cave

[@Red_Ryry]

And cave cube from a cut version of portal 2, and the cave core from lego dimensions that got sealed behind a wall, but those technically don’t count, and technically the cave head, cave cube, and cave core are all derived from the same exact scrapped concept

[@nameundef8076]

CaveOS sounds like CHAOS

[@cormanec210]

@@nameundef8076 more like chaOS

[@repkins]

@@cormanec210 ChadOS

[@abdelali9279]

0:26 Machine Learning is literally little orb bots in a classroom taking regular classes on how to solve those captcha puzzles, I'm dying! 😂

[@MasterTopHat]

I honestly wasn’t expecting something like this to ever happens it brought so much lore and a bomb end credits music

[@unusualusername8847]

Grady: *Replaces the toilet turret when it's destroyed* Also Grady a second later: "Aw man, that was the only one..."

[@DeadZombie38]

love the color pallete used in this game

[@PassTheSnails]

Yeah, blues and oranges. Wait…

[@sonicmastersword8080]

Its based on schemes that were very common in late 60s and early 70s America, especially in media.

[@cupcakeispie]

What broke my heart was to see Cave project his own sunlight since he could never leave.

[@Ruby-96]

I realized at the end after you & Grady get new identities he gets the skeleton tattoo he talked about so now you guys are tattoo brothers

[@catsndogs98]

The gameplay might not be ground breaking but the presentation is perfection.

[@VanquishSpeed]

It’s basically like a rail-shooter, but a very well made one.

[@missingtexturez]

the presentation of the final boss is groundbreaking though,literally

[@catsndogs98]

@@missingtexturez ayyyyyy

[@anarkxi]

well yeah it was more like a demonstration for source 2 outside of vr plus steam deck functions n shit

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

I love how the final encounter with Cave Johnson DIRECTLY references the unused Cave Cube encounter from Portal 2

[@SkullModder]

seeing how well the game is designed then seeing all those people in the credits and knowing this game is free regardless of if you bought their device or not is why valve will always be #1 for me. meanwhile companies like activison release the same game year after year using recycled assets and over priced microtransaction in a game that's broken at launch and filled with hackers yet still wanna charge full price years after the games launch.

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

Yeah man, some companies release the same games every year and others release no games or they release tech demos that either require you to buy a VR headset or are a nothing with no real reason to justify their existence. Valve is such a great company.

[@Fuchernaut]

I respect how humble Gabe Newell is by placing his name along his teammates who developed this film game.

[@Frost_the_polarian_fox]

I think Grady should have more appearences in future Portal related games, he's a sympathic guy!

[@Awfulfeature]

Or at least a cameo or sumn

[@Frost_the_polarian_fox]

@@Awfulfeature Yes that's a good idea!

[@buzzytrains9037]

very nice friend

[@Deadhead-kq4hr]

Portal 3 would be nice

[@regera6019]

After 11 years they made a new portal game, and it’s not even a proper portal game. I would not get your hopes up.

[@acronym.4328]

Grady is perhaps my favorite Aperture robot ever since Wheatley came to exist in Portal 2. I hope to see more of this large handed robot-ball, eventually.

[@AxelPoggers]

yeah i love this guy lol

[@bbbbbbb51]

It's a nice change of pace to have a robot that doesn't want to fuck you over.

[@aMAZ1ng55]

his hand do be large tho, wonder what handholding with him is like 😳

[@Fact_core]

@@aMAZ1ng55 No handholding

[@KniGhTKrawLeR9]

Mine is Friendly Frank.

[@alienfrograbbit5310]

"I got the elevator working again." **traumatic elevator flashbacks**

[@TT-gm5yv]

They put your name in the credits. Charlie - BOLLOXED. What a nice touch.

[@IldenH]

I like that the playername is included in the credits as "Charlie" 27:51

[@deanthebean385]

That is an awesome detail, these little things make projects like this so awesome and full of personality

[@cpapuarmando2062]

0:48 The number of Easter Eggs in the intro is incredible and one that I instantly noticed was the giant chicken which comes from an old portal 2 prototype where I was planning a level where due to Aperture's experimentation with chickens, we would have to fight a giant chicken as the boss of that level

[@canducktor]

also the part where cave asks us to kill himself, it was an ending in f-stop

[@joshuahilliker2364]

Another less subtle Easter Egg is the crates from Half-Life 2 at 0:43 being filled haphazardly, so in typical Aperture fashion.

[@royliber3824]

The mantis army probably was the best easter egg. "You'll know when the test starts"

[@chee.rah.monurB]

Can you name them all? I only noticed the silhouette of people...

[@ausar6539]

Coolest thing for me that for the first time we can actually see PEOPLE. Not robots possessing minds or cyborgs. Actual Aperture workers. I wonder if we can use no clip to get a more detailed view on their models

[@abdelali9279]

25:35 _"Witness protection for what? No one was convicted of anything!"_ he said calmly.

[@gregalt3405]

I can imagine one of the scientists walking near the giant hole, hearing 🗿-Cave and his turrets singing, and start screaming "WHAT IS THIS SONG?"

[@jviper2004]

16:50 Gee, looks like Cave Johnson has a workspace civil war problem. No wonder why his company failed.

[@greenoomi43]

I just like how every time you are leaving a area the blue core says something along the lines of "carry your desk with you" and you do it every time

[@NoExplosionsMcgee]

The animation and physics in this demo is some high quality stuff.

[@jimmyjohnjoejr.9020]

wah

[@dickyarya8204]

I just love the joke and how fun the ai is

[@somerand0mpers0n]

wah

[@Ilandria.]

I didn't realize this was an official Valve game until the credits rolled! That makes sense, the quality was really high and I thought it was absurdly impressive for a Portal 2 mod. I love the "new" lore this adds to the universe.

[@fang_0000]

i love the mantises evolving, it’s so funny

[@justafinger7672]

I’m pretty sure the praying mantis’s were a reference to the “mantis men” line.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

That is correct. Tho... I imagined/thought they would be much larger than that.

[@DarkDutch007]

@@MrGermandeutsch They might be the praying mantis from which its DNA got put into human test subjects that turned into "mantis men".

[@ObsidianIsOk]

I love how they have their own mini storyline where they advance their technology and eventually have a whole city

[@barmaley8033]

Also, mantis co., I think, is reference to mann co.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@@barmaley8033 It quite literally is.

[@getredddy]

Cave being alive makes me so excited for the future of the Portal Universe of games. If there is a Portal 3 in development, I really hope that Cave could become a more prominent character.

[@speedm222]

actually it’s one of the parallel universes from the level creator dlc

[@ran631]

@@speedm222 how do we know that?

[@creativecipher]

@@ran631 Because actual portal 2 has cave dying before he was able to be put into a computer, this is a parallel universe where they suceeded

[@akeem2983]

@@creativecipher What if this story was made by Grady ore someone else just to escape the judgment. Also, the fact that Cave is a computer was unknown. Only persons who knew it was Grady, protagonist, Cave himself (who is in the cave) and several scientists (I think they are either dead or just too scared to tell anything about Aperture)

[@ran631]

@@creativecipher wait what line of dialouge in portal 2 implies this?

[@ferrarienzo564]

21:20 that’s cool that they made that interactive

[@prpapy07]

Nate bargatze. Doing the robot voice. He’s a good comic. Has the perfect tone for this game

[@andresbravo2003]

Well, this was very great how Valve Showcased with the Steam Deck because I freaking loved it! (And yeah, The Game runs on Source 2 Engine.)

[@Pixxeell___]

I still will always love source 1 (2011 build) Aka the one portal 2 runs on.

[@MusicandGame23]

Source 1 is in 2003 mate , build update on 2012 Source 2 is in 2011 , but Valve used it for another one in 2020

[@RyoneFuushiba]

The Lore implied by this game is staggering. If we take everything we know from Portal 1 + 2, it suddenly becomes extremely tragic. If we ever do get an official Portal 3, it's going to absolutely wreck fans of the series.

[@shitlordflytrap1078]

This game isn't canon

[@mahzi_productions]

@@shitlordflytrap1078 source?

[@billybobjoephilcorncobtiptopge]

@@mahzi_productions no, this is made in source 2

[@fyodorshestakov6462]

@@mahzi_productions No source needed, it's obvious. It's just a joke game, techno-demo made for fun, come on

[@edenrav]

@@fyodorshestakov6462 Nah dude it could of been a joke game without explicitly telling us what happend to cave jonson or any of the lore implications. This game is basically the origin story of the turret.

[@HTSI]

I just realized that the the way that the ammo falls on the toilet is a reference to the aperture science investment opportunities for turrets

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

0:25 - I love the spheres being taught how to get past CAPTCHA! 🤣

[@aydengaming553]

Grady was probably my favorite part of the video. His dialog was hilarious and I feel like he would be a good dude at parties. He literally made a gun toilet and that alone is histarical

[@millicentwood549]

Right? It's amazing how expressive a ball with an eye can be. Props to the voice actor, too!

[@Ivan_Powrosnik]

Not to mention he sounds almost exactly like my social studies teacher from a few years ago

[@pokocrow]

He reminds me of Wheatley

[@hanginnik1377]

Turrets origin? Possibly Portal 3's plot? Origin of the cake? Mantis civilization? What is happening?

[@rikkisan1]

Don't forget, Cave Johnson is still alive!

[@hanginnik1377]

@@rikkisan1 That's what I meant by Portal 3 plot dude

[@netwicks1126]

Wait where is the origin of the cake

[@hanginnik1377]

@@netwicks1126 At the very end of the credits orchestra the record player serves a pink colored desert. Obviously looks more like a pudding, but it can be the origin of the idea nonetheless. Friends gathering around and having cake in the deepest and darkest place in Aperture.

[@iliakatster]

How come no one is talking about how the mantises just went through a massive technological advancement, creating some kind of infinite power source, the tragedy of the cave head crashing through their society, and the engine keeping him alive long enough to imprint sentience into the turrets.

[@RatLordOmega]

This is so cool, and yet I feel I'm gonna be crying in a corner repeatedly saying "We were this close Valve, please give us something." by December

[@EpicPixels654]

26:24 That ending really makes me hope portal 3 is on the way with cave as the antagonist and what is that green stuff?

[@cpapuarmando2062]

The green thing was that energy core the Mantis had created.

[@pablo2967]

green stuff will give us a 3rd portal like portal reloaded maybe?

[@proctifer9833]

@@cpapuarmando2062 it's also probably related to the vortessence, since it's a green glowing energy in the HL universe.

[@Santry_999_lol]

The mantis core

[@boofe7206]

@@proctifer9833 vortussy

[@Xtars]

Mantis timeline: They discovered light They created a Civilization They created a city They created a city with mantis core Mantis core helped cave as he just want to stop Edit: damn 1k likes, bruh this isnt supposed to be funny Edit 2: ok it stopped at 1.246 likes, thanks thats enough

[@AgainWhy]

The Mantis are Smarter then us wow

[@crippledanimator8197]

they are the combine now

[@Xtars]

@@crippledanimator8197 manticombine lol

[@imienazwisko6150]

@@crippledanimator8197 imagine this is the combine prequel. After their city was destroyed, they modified prototype portal gun to look for a safer world. Some time later, they decide to conquer earth. They are the highest in the chain, and will never see the earth again because of work, so they just destroy it for (REDACTED)

[@transitcombine9057]

@@imienazwisko6150 lo peor es que es probable...

[@1996eclipes]

There is no word in the dictionary that could describe how fantastic this is.

[@opticalreality2991]

Cave Johnson here, introducing the consumer version of our most popular product. 5:19 The toilet, how do we so many bullets in them like this. 4:09 plus we fire the whole bullet 7:36 that’s 65% more bullet per bullet.

[@SplatRina]

The turrets learned to sing from cave Johnson himself, that’s kinda adorable

[@burritocat6038]

They all praise the great singing head

[@matthewgoodman434]

I love that valve put the motion control aim right after the stick aim section so you can FEEL how much better it is.

[@keithaarongarcia4099]

11:32 cracked me

[@MACKLEONSINGMoe]

I don’t like him 😡

[@penguinbro1661]

i like how at the beginning you can see cave johnson's red light going off trying to signal someone to shut him down

[@malfolin]

I love that in Portal series they always end with choir.

[@GodittoC]

69 likes, make a wish!

[@malfolin]

@@GodittoC please bullshit in the world, stop yourself

[@malfolin]

@@GodittoC thx by the way

[@matynosburitos]

9:55 love the manntis co. the fact that they know about tf2 is great

[@skylovescars69420]

Wdym they know about tf2

[@matynosburitos]

@@skylovescars69420 nah i meant it like atleast they still acknowledge tf2’s existence

[@dinodude6992]

GLADOS: now what's this? Cave Johnson: hey there... could you please just kill me, I've been stuck here for like, thousands of years, it would be a pleasure to die GLADOS: ... I thought you were dead? Cave Johnson: I wish I was

[@wildman510]

This 100% sounds like an accurate origin for the turret