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View Full Version : Portal 2 videos reveal Aperture Science’s Repulsion and Propulsion Gels (Portal 2)


TheNewsGuy
07-01-2010, 10:17 PM
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Today’s vids, part of Valve’s week of Portal 2 reveals (http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/portal-2/news/watch-portal-2s-clever-new-trailers-for-science/a-20100629132833183094/g-2010030812471136034), show off two new game mechanics, the Propulsion and Repulsion Gels. Apparently intended by Aperture Science to be used as weight loss aids, the two “largely non-toxic liquid forms of fiberglass insulation” were pulled from the shelves after testing revealed that people need to digest food before expelling it, and that trying to bounce food out of a dieter’s stomach is impractical.

The writers at Valve really deserve a video game Pulitzer, an award I just made up, for the clever Portal 2 dialogue and captions they've been creating. Oh wait, only bitter English majors desperate for artistic validation care about writing in video games... ...



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