Last note: When it came to the credits song "Still Alive". I didn't know what Glados meant by saying:

"Maybe you'll find someone else to help you
Maybe Black Mesa
That was a joke; ha-ha, fat chance"

Since I've never played Half Life and didn't know that was a reference.

I'll also add, it was always weird to me how the big meme was about the cake. Meanwhile you have Glados saying stuff like "You think you're doing some damage? Two plus two is... ten. IN BASE FOUR! I'M FINE!" that somehow didn't catch on🤷‍♂️.

On top of also using achievements for comedy or having extra dialogue if the player does something wrong on purpose. There's so much dialogue that you can be tempted to risk a Game Over just to hear it all.

I've rarely seen people think her taunting in the finale is annoying, but at that point she's actively trying to distract the player. I feel like Glados being this smack talking & sassy AI, greatly comedically juxtaposes Chell being a silent protagonist who feels more robotic by comparison.

I'm not sure about Portal 1. Portal 2 (2011) I still see get quoted to this day though. The comedic direction definitely helps it especially when juxtapose to the more quiet and sterile facility look. The fact the players unironically get attached to the Companion Cube.

Me: Wait, I thought Arise was the best selling Tales of entry? It only got to that point last year!? I know sales number doesn't mean quality. But sales number was the only thing Arise had to boast itself after it stripped away so much. And it took years + an expansion DLC?😑

Me: (Read sarcastically) You telling me games trying to "age up with their audience' doesn't always work? Look at well Tales Of Arise and Final Fantasy XVI that got MATURE AND EDGY did!😎

Brother: It's like how some Persona fans keep wanting a series that revolves around teenagers to "grow up". Just go play Catherine already, these people are more like Vincent than they would like to believe.

Brother: It's like how people want series to "grow up with them". Which usually translates to "make it edgy, like me" and stop catering to the actual demographic the series targets.

It's such a goofy thing, but it's a "controversy" I never forgot because of how small scale it was. Even funnier with the journalist thinking Sony made the game and saying they're "passing the blame" to Valve XD.

If you add an image to a post, you can mark it for a content warning on the bottom left under "Labels". Using "Suggestive" has it hidden for people so they would need to actively unhide it to see it. Making it a good way to hide spoilers.

THE POST HAS SPOILERS FOR PORTAL 2. PEOPLE READING THIS HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Also here's a link to the new story:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lnW...

Whenever you get around to Portal 2 (if you get around to Portal 2). I need to remember to mention one of the goofiest "video game controversies" that involved Portal 2. It was small scale, nonsensical and very goofy. But I love mentioning it because people tend to not know it.

All I will say is, the 2nd game has 2 campaigns. The single player campaign that continues off of what you did with Chell. And a co-op campaign with different characters, needing think around using 4 portals to solve test chambers.

Congrats!

2 things:

1. The ending was changed in an update to better flow into Portal 2. Since the original ending did not include the "party position" bit.

2. It was originally a student project that was turned into a full game after Valve hired the students.