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How can anything that feels so good be wrong? Seven Deadly Sims

August 25, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not Seven Deadly Sins over at Humble Bundle, not yet. We’re only at the Seven Deadly Sims and they’re full of temptation.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: bundles, humble bundle, portal, sales

What if… computer games inspired trainer designs?

April 9, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Supplement Timing has crossed the line and come to the geek side with a simply remarkable collection of shoe designs.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animal crossing, BioShock, bioshock infinite, fashion, god of war, journey, portal, resident evil, World of Warcraft

Do you know which voice actors did which characters? [infographic]

June 9, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fivesquid.com looks to be a river to Fivver. In other words; people will do mini projects for you for £5. Who might use such services? Busy geeks, that’s who. What might geeks be interested in? How about a family tree mapping characters to the talent behind the voices? Let’s not be too cynical; let’s enjoy […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Futurama, green lantern, Metroid, Naruto Shippuden, portal, the simpsons

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

The steampunk inspired gentlemanly Companion Cube

May 17, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A clever idea from Lisa Rye. She calls this helpful fellow “The Gentlemanly Escort Cube” and notes how the Cube will hold down buttons for Victorian ladies as they proceed along their way.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: portal, steampunk

Portal version: Dumb Ways to Die

November 7, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve seen the original Dumb Ways to Die then you’ll recognise the song. You don’t need to have the award winning safety video that was ultimately trying to persuade people not to be stupid around trains to enjoy this remake. You just need to like Portal. At the time of writing nearly 2,500,000 people […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: humour, portal

The cutest battle manuals for deadly games

August 6, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Happy Little Gaming books by Joey Spiotto are an imaginary line with some great covers. Right now you can pop over to G1988 and check out his work and buy some of the new prints. The designs shown here are less exclusive on on sale from his Etsy Store. I think the Happy Little […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: BioShock, mass effect, Metroid, 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

Not a lie: Portal cake

April 3, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This Companion Cube wedding cake sends a good message. We’ll be together for ever and ever. Just like a companion cube and friend. It also reminds us that there will be cake. Via Geek Art Gallery.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cake, food, 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

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