Me, SE51 or System Error 51, clearing the entirety of the most awesome Portal mod there is, in just under 30 minutes. From waking up in the relaxation chamber until I put the Morality Core on GLaDOS, the time is exactly 29m 43s. For an INBOUNDS speedrun, this is the current world record. This assumption …
Monthly Archive: July 2011
Jul
22
The Eagle has landed, permanently: Space Shuttle era ends
A moving photo of the last ever touchdown of a Space Shuttle, in human history.
Jul
16
The All Too Distant Utopia: Shangri-La
In a future not too far from now, the global warming and the climate change have become far more serious than they are right now in the real world. As such, the international committee decided to forcefully reduce CO^2 emission levels in order to combat the crisis effectively and decisively (Australia now has a carbon …
Jul
16
Apps within an app…
79 cents for 100 apps is not bad though – some are actually pretty awesome!
Jul
14
Jul
13
Blind Playthrough: Portal – Gamma Energy
So here we are again… it’s always such a pleasure! Here I am yet again, picking up a customized Portal gun, and trying not to die in over 30 fan-made Test Chambers. While the mod is nothing short of epic, after 9 hours and 42 minutes total playtime I called it quits as it got …
Jul
11
Australia unveils Carbon Tax
In a pretty bold move, Australia takes a rather upfront stand against Climate Change, and is the first one of the developed world to introduce such a scheme. In short, from July next year, there’s a tax of $A23 (£15) per ton of greenhouse gas. Good on ya mates! However, some fear that this might …
Jul
04
StarCraft II: Initial Play
So I got my hands on Blizzard’s latest and greatest, StarCraft II. This is me attempting the first three missions.
Jul
04
FAIL #43
Two FAILs for the price of one! You could have made any game. Any. Game. And what do you throw out there? The title of the game speaks a thousand volumes on its own, but I’m not sure I’d hurl out 70 goddamn Euro for that!!
Jul
04
Portals 2.0: The Disconcerting Magnitude Gate
Hello investors, Cave Johnson here! We took our award-winning portal technology to the next level. Unfortunately the next level caused brain damage in test subject’s brains. Very informative! This mechanism was used only once, in Wheatley’s Test Chamber 75, in Chapter 9. It is a special entity that can link to points together, much like …
