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GLaDOS gijinka cosplay

February 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Photographer John Jiao did a great job with this snap. The cosplayer is Lainey Cat, who sells prints via Etsy, and has captured a perfect human-style GLaDOS. Isn’t that exactly the sort of smile that you shouldn’t trust?

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, for science you monster, glados, portal

Portal Turrets sing “Game of Thrones”

July 12, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As it turned out there was some interest in the Ska version of Game of Thrones‘ iconic opening theme. So; could it get any stranger? There’s Game of Turrets. The vocals here are by the video’s creator Harry Callaghan and if you’re a true fan you can download the tune at Bandcamp. If you’re musically […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: for science you monster, game of thrones, portal

Want You Gone ft. Peter Hollens and Joe Penna

October 10, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Joe Penna, aka Mystery Guitar Man invited Peter Hollens over to his YouTube channel to cover the ending track from Portal 2. The result is a mashup of Hollens’ vocals, Penna’s guitar and some Portal gun effects mucking around with the grid screen video you tend to get with cappellas.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: for science you monster, portal, portal 2

Steampunk turret lamp

September 27, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Portal turret meets steampunk? Bedtime reading meets awesome? A lamp that can run away from you? Rob, who runs Artype, calls this fantastic creation a steampunk robot lamp and has it up for sale on his Etsy page. There’s a collection of equally unique steampunky items at the store but this oddly cute robot lamp […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: for science you monster, lights, portal, steampunk

Steampunk Portal Gun

February 23, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Duncan Shirah is a talented sculptor. His creations are normally somewhere in between art and invention however the device above should be familiar. It’s a portal gun. Outside of work Duncan runs public demonstrations of iron casting which is pretty cool – and, perhaps, for science.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: for science you monster, portal, steampunk

The Turret Anthem is a little freaky

January 27, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The quirky animations of BioWare’s Zachariah Scott have been featured here before. There’s a collection of cute but creep Portal Turret videos to keep anyone entertained for a while on the site already. Scott, who’s worked on Mass Effect, has added to his collection with a longer than usual Turret anthem. A must for all […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: bioware, for science you monster, portal

GLADoS and Aperture Labs wish you seasonal obedience

December 12, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Some fantastic art by Syntheticph. Cake is a lie… but seasonal joy? Shopping season? The stressful time at the end of the year? That’s all real.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: christmas, for science you monster, portal

Portal Turrets: Cute, creepy and dangerous

September 18, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Zachariah Scott is a badass and grandstander. It says so in his YouTube account. He works at BioWare as a cinematic designer and has worked on Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. He went through a spell of creating Portal Turret video. They’re rather cute but also rather creepy. They’re funny and sad at […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, bioware, for science you monster, portal

WizKids release new Portal 2 Turrets

July 6, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You can collect Portal 2 Sentry Turrets. NECA/WizKids are showing off their new line of Portal 2 collectable figures. They’re 3″ tall and feature Open and Closed versions of 10 unique designs. These designs… there’s camouflage, animal prints and even Hot Rod. Even more “interesting” designs are also possible but fans will have to vote […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: for science you monster, models, portal 2, valve, wizkids

A Doug Rattmann movie – Aperture: Lab Ratt

April 1, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Doug Rattmann, aka Ratman, is an interesting character from Portal mythos. He helped save Chell. Rattmann was a scientist for Aperture and worked on the project – although it’s believed he never worked directly on GLADoS and, in fact, argued against trusting her. He is the one responsible for “The cake is a lie” warning. […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: for science you monster, glados, portal, portal 2, valve

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