The Darker SECRET Experiments of Aperture | Test Shaft 09 | FULL Portal Lore

[@Skyrionn]

Do we need a Portal 3?

[@Blakethecaptain67]

Yes well not really

[@UserX-02]

They need to milk the series dry I want at least 12 more games

[@NotMythicWaffle]

To be honest, it's not needed. I feel Chell's story ended well. There should be spinoffs.

[@barneycalhoundotcom]

No, we need to get Gordon that beer I owe him.

[@The_Gun-2006]

Yessir

[@ledderfayes]

Aperture Science in 1950 when they discover that pouring 3 tons of cement down a man's throat kills him: ☝️ 🤓

[@jamesshelby2356]

This is the one

[@Gregoriah-c5b]

Ureka!!!!!!!!1!1!1!1

[@thefancydoge8668]

Well someone needs to find out

[@spider-spectre]

Ironically, a lot more realistic to historical experiments of different nations than we'd hope.

[@clockmaster300]

Offering $60 in the 1970's would be equivalent to offering $500 today when adjusted for inflation. Hard to turn down if you're struggling

[@Skyrionn]

A good amount

[@ledderfayes]

"just realized $60 is an unprecedented windfall for most of you, so dont go spending it all on... Caroline, what do these people buy? Tattered hats? Beard... dirt?"

[@TimSlee1]

Not worth dying for

[@andyghkfilm2287]

@@TimSlee1 might be to someone starving

[@TimSlee1]

@@andyghkfilm2287 Starving VS Dying from having your blood turned to peanut butter

[@RelativelyBest]

Note: The repulsion gel isn't slightly non-toxic. It's "slightly _less_ non-toxic" than fiberglass insulation.

[@danprentice7073]

I do love how old aperture looks , really gives off a foreboding scary vibe but without anything active threat or monster it's just empty which I think is much scarier.

[@Skyrionn]

The whole style is amazing.

[@Meme_man..]

Neurotoxin go brrr

[@blessedbow720]

its also how modern aperture looks as well when you get outside the panel arms and pre-panel rooms its just a huge open room filled with stuff that can moved at any second and everyone is one button away from falling multiple floors but yeah there is something about just always seeing the emptiness of the room and not have it covered up

[@Jesusesfanboy]

The idea that aperture can just go: “I don’t like you your blood is gasoline now” is beyond terrifying to me

[@ChocoRainbowCorn]

Or peanut butter :)

[@Jesusesfanboy]

@@ChocoRainbowCorn “you’ve yeed your last haw.” *turns you into a mantis man abomination to nature*

[@Tiltigo]

To me there's something so eerie and creepy about a compound being so impossibly gigantic that you'd need thousands upon thousands of people not just to build, but to employ. And then there's the extra layer of it being abandoned. Probably one of my favorite things about Portal and HL1.

[@ricardomartinez8430]

That what I found the charm in portal that everything that sounds ridiculous is cranked up to 1000 when you find old aperture and just the implication they just built on top of everything and just how much work went into building 1950’s to the 70’s till the 80’s

[@sparkie1j]

Something i dont understand is why the 1950s is at the bottom. Why the fuck did they dig that deep to start with? Youd think itd be actually the newest stuff at the bottom

[@danfletcher3255]

​@@sparkie1j they never dug the cave, yes they probably expanded them but never actually dug them out. Cave bought them because they were abandoned salt mines up for grabs, and were perfect for use

[@MorMorGanGan]

Such things exist today, mines for example. Especially in China.

[@panicpowerhouse8158]

I have a "when life gives you lemons" aperture poster on my desk in office. One fine day someone came and put up an aperture logo desk magnet on top of it. Best surprise of my life. Still don't know who did that.

[@Skyrionn]

Love to hear it.

[@Lydia-l7m]

It was Doug.

[@panicpowerhouse8158]

@@Lydia-l7m He told me he'd get me home made cake, but never did. It was a lie. Maybe he wanted to make up for that.

[@bikerman911]

​@@panicpowerhouse8158 What the poster looks like? :)

[@redwiltshire1816]

I live that by that speech anytime someone tells me to “suck it up” I tell them “I’m gonna blow life’s house up”

[@summerlovesyou7586]

Not a single person-streamer, KZbinr, nor forum has ever made mention of the bizarreness and absurdity of the Borealis dry dock being UNDERGROUND. They just mention it being underground like it’s a normal place people build ships! Or that the Borealis is at roughly the same depth as the Titanic… I get that a dry dock 3800 meters into the Earth’s crust (far far away from the Arctic Ocean I should add) is not really high on the list of “Oddities in the HL/Portal Universe,” but it’s even more odd to me that nobody ever acknowledges that there’s a fucking dry dock for a ship UNDERGROUND.

[@KertaDrake]

It's Cave Johnson... He probably put it there because he wasn't going to let some fancy-pants shipwreck outdo him on below-sea-level boating.

[@kuva]

> far far away from the Arctic Ocean last i checked the facility was in the UP of michigan, probably near the shores of a great lake. Perfectly reasonable to have a dry dock there. just not that far underground.

[@Condor4R]

The borealis is a teleporting ship. They wanted it secret.

[@PALMA06]

They had a ship sized portal gun :)

[@legogeneralgreivous8651]

Cave Johnson: “you ain’t from michigan if you ain’t ever done this before” *commits horrific crimes against humanity in the name of science*

[@КейВольт]

Kinda based of him ngl

[@Funrollercoaster606]

sounds like Michigan

[@Cmd.G45K3T]

As a michigan native I can confirm.

[@zannyrt]

I watch your Portal 2 lores on loop everytime I eat my dinner, or clean my apartment. A week ago, I was telling the story of Portal 2 to my girlfriend so that she falls asleep (she likes me to recite something I love so that she is able to sleep) and I was telling her about the reign of Cave Johnson and about Test Chamber 9. And tonight I will have a chance to tell her more through this video

[@Skyrionn]

I love this.

[@devlincarnate7809]

You’re a lucky man. Hold her close my friend. Never let go.

[@redwiltshire1816]

You just gave me a new type, someone to read lore to me so I can sleep

[@panicpowerhouse8158]

@@zannyrt don't turn her into an AI

[@RelativelyBest]

Crazy thing is, the lore for the first game was actually even more absurd: Aperture originally designed shower curtains until Cave Johnson decided to dedicate the company to scientific research. Their most successful projects were the "Take-A-Wish Foundation" (a method to deprive sick children of their wishes), the "Reverse Heimlich Maneuver" (a way to ensure choking) and a technology to generate wormhole portals through space-time which Cave apparently wasn't sure would be as useful as the other two, but thought might have potential applications as a sort of shower curtain.

[@bullcheese2236]

It's hilarious to think that Eli and Dr. Kleiner might remember some of Aperture's products, to think that such wacky things existed in Half Life's bleak universe.

[@tricursor2481]

And the entire time, for decades before Black Mesa achieved teleportation with giant machines and using Xen as a "slingshot", Aperture had perfected portal technology using a handheld gun, but due to Cave's obsession with testing and perfection it never saw the light of day (yet another cheeky reference to Valve themselves).

[@justan324]

I wonder what Eli and kleiner would say if they found out about that portal gun

[@ChocoRainbowCorn]

@@justan324 Same. Maybe we might see it in Half-Life 3? I mean, I doubt it and I don't genuinely believe that we would, but you know. Maybe some pictures or references to it at least would be nice and have characters go "What the hell is that?! ..Wait.. It can make teleporting holes in the wall too?! Magnusson, get here, quick! This is AMAZING! It's far beyond anything we have ever achieved or even dreamed of achieving! The Zero-point Energy Field Manipulator IS a toy compared to THIS!" - Just my small idea of how that could go, best as I can speak in-character for the NPCs we know from the game.

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

That opening quote PERFECTLY defines Aperture's style of genius unbound by wisdom. Their creativity is unparalleled because they refuse to work within the bounds of convention, but this ALSO means nothing they do is EVER practical. They're basically outsider artists, but for science.

[@socialaccount0000]

$60 in 1960 is worth roughly $639 dollars today. Sounds generous, until you realize what you're getting yourself into..

[@TimSlee1]

Yeah, and that money will last a homeless person maybe a month or two.

[@jackdaniels5071]

​@@TimSlee1 a dude's gotta eat

[@FiddaDraws]

It’s so weird how much the game changes in other languages The whole “when life gives you lemons” joke being replaced with “Bad weather, Good face” and he told the scientists to make a fuel made from isobars

[@nolhanpeltier6459]

In the french dub, he makes analogies based off the Three Little Piggies ("I'll come to your houses and blow them down to pieces" type shit).

[@thomasthejesusfromwish5341]

After playing other Valve games, the creepiest thought was what if Chel wasn't the only thing living down there

[@BillZBubb]

Maybe not what you had in mind for other living things, but if you ever complete the co-op game of Portal 2 you learn there are many more survivors sheltered away from Glados. I think they’re being kept in some form of stasis. She sends the robots on a series of trials that ultimately gives her access to the protected area and the dozens or hundreds of additional test subjects. The science must continue!

[@WillowPresceskyLuna]

There was also at least one bird /lh

[@GrooveBot766]

I guess ratman was there, kinda creepy

[@caroline1724]

2014 Portal: The cutest turrets opera 🥰 2024 Portal: Chell has terminal asbestosis 💀

[@MostlyPennyCat]

That's good!.. That's bad...

[@suicidalbanananana]

3:29 - I wonder how many people pick up on the secondary meaning of this kind of description of Aperture while just playing through the games, hearing you describe it this way it's hard not to draw a parallel between Aperture and Valve (in some alternate universe blabla), extremely high standards and vigorous testing is exactly how Valve got their many successes 🤔

[@creeper6530]

But Cave doesn't hesitate to try anything, while Valve constantly perfects. One of theories why we have no HL3 is because Valve was never happy with what they had and wanted yet another unprecedented leap

[@h-leath6339]

This was by far my most favorite area in any game I've ever played. I've been gaming since the 80s. It's just such a creepy abandoned science horror level that raises more questions than it answers and really captures the "can not should" attitude of science from the 50s through the 90s. I just really wish I had a cutting torch. I would be everywhere off-rail. I'd be playing it again now if HL2 v.29 super-extra directors release hadn't already beaten it to my to-play list first. And yes, we do need P3. Glados is... still alive.

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

_People always say hundreds or thousands of years passed between Portal 1 and 2, but that's EASILY disproven by looking at plant growth and water damage._ Aperture famously used the cheapest possible building materials for their testing tracks to offset other expenses. More than this, testing chambers were specifically built using modular parts to be maintained by GLaDOS. Knowing this, the level of decay and contamination we see within the surface-level chambers couldn't have taken more than 20-30 years AT MOST. Yes, there's some cut dialogue that says it's been thousands of years, but there's a REASON why that was CUT. Even accounting for sci-fi tech, the facility's doors, elevators, and buttons would've rusted well beyond usability after 30-40 years. We even see this beginning to occur in-game, with some doors being broken or unable to fully open.

[@DoggosGames]

So, Portal 2 takes place at about the same time the lambda resistance is destroying the Combine?

[@LostGameDev102]

Ah! but aperture does have nanobots as mentioned by Wheatley, perhaps even with GLaDOS offline they were able to effectively keep the building from collapsing? i dont know its a bit of a stretch but it could explain why aperture isnt a pile of dust after thousands of years

[@battlesheep2552]

Aperture Science was built inside an abandoned salt mine, and salt mines have been known to create a dry environment that can preserve stuff almost indefinitely. You could also say the surface level chambers aren't actually surface level, just the places where the water and plant life have finally worked their way down.

[@Werty715_25]

@@DoggosGames It depends on if the Resistance is done fighting by 2030.

[@FloofMother]

@@battlesheep2552they are surface level. Before Glados wakes up, it’s in the same place as the first game, which took place near the surface

[@SUB-IN-SUPER]

Bro is talking about lore I never knew existed, and makes it in the best way possible. Love the content man.

[@varundattoo9512]

Dark you say, I think that's an understatement. The radioactive isotope in a chair is absolutely terrifying, if put into context of actual radioactive disasters and accidents. The amount of lore that can be dredged up is so amazing, that a Portal 3 would be rather easy to follow through with; if they didn't want to touch the HL3 name anytime soon.

[@zerotwo6903]

something ive always wanted is a mod that takes place during the like 40s-60s+ era of aperture

[@lucafinnland]

There is one planned called "Aperture Salt Mines" on steam however i dont know when it will release :/

[@zerotwo6903]

@ i saw that one but it takes place in the 90s era

[@JamesScholesUK]

Have you played Portal Stories: Mel?

[@glitzen05dood]

@@zerotwo6903 that would be the modern era for Aperture until the facility was gassed.

[@TooRudeProductions]

I swear to God, if this franchise doesn't conclude before my demise, I'm gonna haunt Gabe Newell and his family for all time

[@Skyrionn]

We know how Valve roll

[@Lydia-l7m]

It's honestly INSANE how this community is Still Alive.

[@-Axtsilversurf-]

But this franchise has already concluded

[@absolutrnormality]

@@Lydia-l7mstill alive?

[@zenith-the-protogen]

@@Lydia-l7m nice pun

[@TAKV_gaming]

I think it’s so interesting that they built from down to up. I wonder what the thought process for that was.

[@reeceemms1643]

It actually me wonder what other experiments were going down in the other eight test tubes. I wonder if one of them were used to make those explosives lemons.

[@KertaDrake]

Bet there's a civilization of mantis men in at least one of them!

[@AngelofGrace96]

I'm also a huge portal fan, mostly for all that's hinted at that is just all left to speculation, like the other 8 test shafts. It's such a well written series!

[@marcusbardstown505]

These deep dives into the lore of HL/Portal are absolutely fascinating.... exceptional work. Please keep it up, I really enjoy going down these rabbit holes and your story telling style keeps it interesting.

[@Ayahuasca98]

It’s a good time to be a valve fan these days

[@Skyrionn]

It is

[@Gulag_Edits]

Portal series: done, possible spin offs. Half-life series: *NEED HL3!*

[@Skyrionn]

I just think we need more of both

[@Lydia-l7m]

AGREEEED

[@Omega-jg4oq]

Portal story ended with Portal 2, I don't know where you can go from that.. Chell has escaped Aperture and GLados is back on charge of the facility, meanwhile Gordon and Alyx were supposed to go to borealis using the helicopter but Eli died.. and now Alyx is gone to be G-man's puppet and Eli is alive and they need to save her from Gman

[@Ivan.ko88]

​@@Omega-jg4oq They can make a prequel about old Aperture

[@Omega-jg4oq]

@@Ivan.ko88 that's cool.. but I think we already have the Portal Stories Mell for that or is it just the game before portal 2 starts, I love these fan made mods. I still have them on steam

[@BillZBubb]

I love that the test subjects sent in to combat the mantis hybrids were not told when the test would begin, but that they would know when it does. 😂

[@TuckerRiley-ko8rm]

I used to watch you way back when you did: ‘The Lore Behind’ videos for the Portal games. I’ve recently gotten back into Portal and hearing your voice again jogged tons of memories. Thanks for all the good times!

[@sparkie1j]

The mantis man bit has always intrigued me. I wanna see em

[@denifnaf5874]

We getting shafted with this one!🔥🔥🔥

[@normalperson8338]

Man, you have no idea of how your vídeos are giving me such inspiration and vibes to writte a new version of half life story, with new characters, a new ending, a new chain of events etc, like, really, your videos are awesome and don't stop making them EVER ❤.

[@SomeOrdinaryJanitor]

i would LOVE for just a walkthrough type game or maybe an extremely large map that is the ENTIRETY of the Aperature Science Labs. it would be so cool to just go around and explore the facility.

[@ChocoRainbowCorn]

It's your lore videos like this on Aperture Science and Portal games in general that makes me incredibly sad when I see people _still_ bashing Portal 2 just because it dared to have good humor that covered up a lot of the dark elements - And all that, after over a decade since the game has released. Not only the story itself was dark and messed up, as in, the storyline that we, as the player play through in Portal 2, but so was the lore - Arguably, even moreso than the story of Chell, Wheatley and GLaDOS going through what they did together. A woman forced into an computer against her will, these kinds of horrible human experiments. And you tell me that the first Portal game is darker and Portal 2 is worse when it comes to that, just because humor?

[@stickmirror]

the dark and mysterious vibe of the video while he talks about stuff like mantis-men is really funny to me

[@CallMeTimmy]

There's always more to explore, with Portal lore. ;)

[@Skyrionn]

There's always more!

[@harvestercommander3250]

I love how you made many of Cave’s messages sound more dark and sinister than how they were presented in the game.

[@JamesTDG]

I am quite excited to see what the planned timeline videos will be

[@gobbleygourdiscursed6782]

DANNO CAL DRAWINGS IS ONE OF YOUR PATREONS OR CHANNEL MEMBERS??? DUDE YOU GOT A POPULAR YTUBER SUPPORTING YA :0

[@joannanawrothenormie910]

Skyrionn, what is your favorite car prop/model from Half-Life 2 (like car005a?) Also we need more fallout lore.

[@Skyrionn]

I can't say I have a favourite one really - I do like the Breencast monitors

[@joannanawrothenormie910]

​@@Skyrionn did lungfish refuse to breathe air? It did not.

[@polarfarina2726]

I love how the way this is framed feels like a deep dive video essay into a real corporations wrongdoings, leading up to a "don't support this business if you can avoid it" disclaimer. I could be watching this from the portal/half life universe easily, it's immersive and fun

[@kilaiku]

Awesome ! I was waiting for Portal lore !! 😮

[@SomeOrdinaryJanitor]

you know it's good when the Employees are no safer than the actual test subjects.

[@seven_chords]

the old underground section of aperture was always my favourite section of portal 2

[@JordanJones-st2qq]

Someone needs to make a detailed render of the enrichment center of what it is thought to look like in its entirety. Portal 2 makes the map bigger in memory but I've never thought of its actual layout.

[@jamesbradshaw-smith8458]

I have never played portal or half life or doom but I just love your videos! Keep them coming please

[@RedCoatForever]

They should make a game based on all of the tests aperature did.

[@Che1seabluesdrogba11]

The facility is so massive 😵😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@Netsuko]

The environmental storytelling of Portal 2 is absolutely insane.

[@Menagerie_OS]

On a real note tho, if someone from the surface was ever able to go down and retrieve glados' lexicon of research knowledge. The actual amount of things they'd be able to progress in.

[@RetiredMemeLord]

"forced to shyt coal!" - Skyrionn 2024

[@Feezee223]

New portal lore video yayayayay!!!!

[@gaborfranko3673]

I can not imagine these test in portal 2. The game style not that scary nor brutal. These test fit better in games, like portal 1, portal prelude. Portal 2 is not serious enough. I always thought about these tests as jokes.

[@savvamorozoff9576]

I played Portal 2 only recently, having heard little miscellaneous bits and pieces of lore prior. And to be honest, I never really felt it was creepy or scary - the primary emotion I felt was sadness. It was just extremely sad to walk through the old Aperture and observe the ambition that was fused into it slowly die out as time progressed. Sure, Cave Johnson might not be the best person when it comes to safety, but I couldn't help but feel really sorry for him, especially when observing how his tone in the pre-recorded messages changed from an optimistic and confident to a bleak and disappointed one. Another thing that adds to that is the fact that I believe he wasn't harming the test subjects because he intended harm to them - rather, he might've just not been knowledgeable enough to realize the risks of the experiments and was simply excited about contributing to the progress for the sake of humanity's brighter future, kinda like how humans became fascinated by radiation in the early twentieth century while being completely unaware of the dangers it concealed (just a fun little reminder - radiation was considered a health benefit and radioactive substances were put in food and medication and sold as wonder drugs).

[@Chrislong6717]

I still go back and replay Portal 2 such a great day

[@pp3k07]

Is the music playing of someone talking? You can hear it under your own voice. That was so distracting? Either that or im going nuts. 6:20 onwards

[@Skyrionn]

Noted! It may have been Ghost of Rattmann. You can hear him in the background. I was hesitant to put it in the video for that reason. Won't do it again

[@thatorangeguy3646]

i really liked it, made the video so unsettling. perhaps have it slightly quieter, it feels like white noise thats just barely audible under your own voice and really makes you feel unsettled and like your going crazy.​@@Skyrionn

[@BAAPUBhendi-dv4ho]

Do war hammer lore next please Love your videos

[@emilycarey7667]

Ah, good ol’ Aperture Science. We do what we must because we can.

[@milliondollarmistake]

I've been wondering for a while now if Portal's lore fits with the rest of the Half-Life universe. The stuff Aperture does is so zany and wacky that it's almost TF levels of cartoonish. The regular Half Life games aren't super duper cereal by any means but still. It'd be like if during District 9 and Rick and Morty shared the same continuity. I still love Portal but I'm not sure how I feel about it being canon in HL.

[@fredanderson7728]

What I'm trying to figure out is how Aperture Sciences still had the money to construct these ridiculously cost-prohibitive experimental chambers even after they were bankrupt. Aperture definitely didn't find a way to duplicate money in all their experiments otherwise they wouldn't be cutting so many corners as time passed. My guess is among all the illegal things Aperture did, they decided to bribe someone in Congress so they could still take out loans and receive grants to conduct all these wacky experiments, which could also explain how Aperture was just barely able to stay open despite these unethical experiments costing so many lives.

[@johnsmith60]

It does it goes..Portal 1, Portal 2, Black Mesa, Half-Life 1, Half-Life 2

[@reesewilliamson3346]

​@@johnsmith60nope lol. Hl1, portal 1, hl2 and episodes, then portal 2.

[@Hyperion-5744]

Good video skyrionn.

[@briansvedin1788]

I am *dying* for a Valve game that explores the sealed test chambers

[@mycomputerthings]

22:27 noo chickenguy791 is gone 😢

[@evankimori]

I hope they're okay.

[@FayeHunter]

11:58 I have that sign in my kitchen! Ironically it is VERY sharp around the corners. -Faye⚓

[@serdag]

I love the architecture of the old aperture !

[@Skyrionn]

Same

[@Lambdaheze]

Yo Skyrionn, apparently you're my most watched gaming channel on KZbin this year, i've watched you 43 times more than your average viewer and when i've realized i actually never commented any of your videos, i felt kinda guilty, so here i am. Great video as always, Portal has such big potential for more chapters under a narrative point of view, even without considering its shared world setting with Half Life

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks for watching the videos. I really appreciate you. No need to feel guilty but I do like the interaction.

[@Iffy350]

Chell really needed her own HEV suit and helmet.

[@EmeraldArchive]

Hi hello, I wanted to ask if you think it's possible to make a stretched theory regarding Aperture as an origin point for the combine? I've made a loose theory on my own with the knowledge I've been able to gather, but was wondering if it'd be possible to link ideas better with the extended knowledge you have? I could write things out and get it more legible instead of fringe if you'd be interested in a small discussion

[@Skyrionn]

Aperture could potentially be an origin point, but personally I doubt it. Always love a good theory though!

[@spaceacepl4636]

for one thing, the energy ball or the turret almost certainly weren't made by aperture or stolen and repurposed by the combine, they just made it themselves - it's like people building pyramids all over the world: certain things look similar even though people didn't communicate with each other plus, the combine most likely didn't enter aperture, we would've seen signs of their presence my headcanon is that the facility is full of unseen scientific horrors, and we know that it had military grade androids and robots (sentry turret and its variants such as the primadonna or animal king, and rocket sentry being the main examples) and because the place was prepared for an apocalyptic event, some robots might've pushed back against the combine, which eventually gave up, because freeman was causing problems in and around city 17 who knows, maybe some metrocops were taken and forced to participate in tests before eventually dying and then freeman and the resistance defeated the combine, and eventually chell left the facility, unaware of the horrors the world went through she probably doesn't even know what year it is

[@dmd6227]

I think Chell left Aperture years after the events of HL. Also we have to make difference between Aperture and Borealis. In HL they were looking for Borealis, not Aperture.

[@idontknow-h1x]

science boys: how dangerous and horrendous do you want these experiments to be? Cave Johnson: Yes.

[@feller6766]

I hope you would also do coverage on the L4D universe when the other Valve games have been exhausted

[@frozarburst6350]

Hey I think I hear dialogue in the background in the middle of the video. It's atmospheric but admittedly distracting

[@Skyrionn]

Noted!

[@apat4s]

love your vids ;)

[@Skyrionn]

I like your comment

[@polskiobywatel553]

7:40 - So Aperture turned test subjects into ONI hatches? Cool

[@critzcraig3901]

3:23 Is it just me or does Cave Johnson look like Rob Brydon

[@Tectonic4Real]

Plz do part 2 of this about the experiments after the 1900's

[@ruixxaa]

love that portal content is still being made despite there still not being a 3rd game

[@Skyrionn]

Timeless classic

[@rhsmn2334]

i wonder if playing The National - Exile Vilify instead of Triage at Dawn would have gotten you copyrighted. it's a song from one of the Ratmann dens close to the beginning of the game and imo one of the best songs mankind has ever produced. encapsulates the atmosphere of the game *perfectly*

[@filanfyretracker]

The Borealis is also a shoutout to a real world urban myth called the Philadelphia Experiment. Its also funny that their portal gun technology could probably have made them into a trillion dollar market cap operation. And they only used it for testing.

[@Mikaelvafflus-ux9uf]

Can we cover the lore of quantum science energy research facility?

[@briansvedin1788]

Do you add any clarification to the lore that the player doesn't figure out on their own just by playing the game? Is this entire video just a paraphrasing of Cave's recordings and the various signs around the facility?

[@MrAdam802]

Half Life 3 is coming....

[@Skyrionn]

We can only hope

[@dr.robotnik3684]

It's time to let go, brother 😥

[@StableRockStone]

Slowly reading off a script that sounds like a GPT written cutscene recap is annoying. "The details of XYZ have....been lost..." you speak like you eat glue and mislead with your thumbnail implying you actually know what happened in the sealed chambers. Nothing you said was new or different, I just wish you advertised the video as such, so I dont have to spend five minutes scrubbing for the promised content.

[@tankgaming1A2]

I'm surprised i got here before 1 hour lol

[@Skyrionn]

Welcome welcome

[@Lydia-l7m]

Yippeeee

[@devlincarnate7809]

As I’m watching this video, I’m walking downstairs, thinking about the episode of Rick and Morty when Rick infects everyone with mantis DNA. What do I see on the tv screen? That exact episode.

[@Un_revealing]

ME before: Borealis definately conting some better tools than portal gun ME after: I don't want to know whats in there (But I still want, *paradox*)

[@Frankyhorrigan]

Are you excited for the hl3 leaks?

[@Skyrionn]

I am but I need confirmation from Valve before I can allow myself to believe properly.

[@Frankyhorrigan]

@ nice

[@monolitwoods]

Someone could definitely do a horror film about Aperture science, just like Fortress films did with Tf2.

[@archae108]

NO WAY YOU GOT DANNO?!

[@nan12366]

Hmmm Skyrionn could you do vids with lore like this but with "ULTRAKILL"?

[@Skyrionn]

So many people have suggested that. Maybe one day!

[@nan12366]

@Skyrionn Alright!

[@acanadianderg4035]

7:15 why did that make me think of UltraKill?

[@NekoWolfy-Chan90UwU]

YIPPEEEE!!! MORE PORTAL!!! ^w^

[@joannanawrothenormie910]

Cursed name

[@NekoWolfy-Chan90UwU]

@joannanawrothenormie910 You Talking About My Name? :(

[@joannanawrothenormie910]

​@@NekoWolfy-Chan90UwU indeed

[@oogaboogaboi64]

I wonder if there’s a person out there who would make mods for the other test shafts instead of just 09, I’d freak out if someone did that

[@zefrankenmuttgaming7315]

Thinking like cave johnson: to catch a rat give them what they want become a test subject

[@littlek3000]

20:54 the doorways are what!? Till it creaks?

[@neves5083]

20:14 thousands of years?

[@kittycove]

Some people theorize that, due to the announcer’s dialogue when you wake up, and the decay in portal 2, portal 2 takes place thousands of years in the future after portal 1

[@tabcaps5819]

@@kittycoveSurprised there’s anything left of the old aperture facility, considering the amount of rust and water

[@rileygregory5986]

Best game ever portal 🎉

[@joannanawrothenormie910]

Kid who doesn't know how to comment

[@Skyrionn]

One of the best

[@henryattfield8979]

The microchip was the size of a postage stamp, not a card.

[@Skyrionn]

Whoops

[@slowpokedragon]

i actually didnt think abt how fucked up the lore is in-universe. i was like "wait, this just seems like the regular lore you learn naturally ingame?" and then i had the lightbulb moment