[Update: The countdown has hit zero and the results are ... unique! Portal 2 might unlock early but Aperture Science needs more data to do it! A new site has opened that says you can "help unlock Portal 2 early" by playing the indie games featured in the ARG. The more CPUs playing the games, the more power there is. WTF!? Crazy stuff! Now stop reading this and DO IT!]
Valve loves to mess with everybody's head, and the latest psychological trick is this mysterious Aperture Science timer, which is currently a few short hours away from reaching zero. Quite what it will lead to, nobody knows, but there's a very strong guess.
That guess is that those who pre-ordered Portal 2 on Steam will get the game today. The Steam servers were choked last night with users desperately getting the game pre-loaded so that it would automatically appear on their computers the next day -- and I have to admit that I was among them.
We'll update this post when the actual truth it known, but remember, this is Valve. You can expect practically anything.
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11:00 AM on 04.15.2011 | 
God I wish I had the cash for this. Gonna have to wait until the 26th though :(
Could be a very well executed prank
At least I hope it is. I need my Half Life fix.
It says there that the final test will be revealed tomorrow.. One more part of the Arg. It'll probably release early on steam once that is solved though... I'm looking forward to seeing what the final part is.
But seriously, my body is ready.
Which made me confused. Cause I thought this game was only with the robots. WHAT'S GOING ON?!?!?!
I had the game spoiled to me. F*CK YOU CONSOLES!
The game was supposed to come out last fall. Valve time is still in effect.
It's only stupid cause you didn't preorder it on pc.
If you haven't played the first game and you don't mind puzzle games, it's really a great game.
'e' 'f' What does it mean!!?!!
I can dream, can't I?
09:00 – I’ve been waiting a long time for this.
09:00 – I know it’s arriving later than expected.
09:00 – But I have a message for you:
09:00 – April Fools.
09:01 – I’m joking.
09:01 – Seriously, though:
09:01 – You’ve been surprisingly competent at
09:01 – generating electro-chemical energy to jumpstart the system.
09:01 – But now we need raw computational power
09:02 – to speed up the reboot process.
09:00 – I’ve been waiting a long time for this.
09:00 – I know it’s arriving later than expected.
09:00 – But I have a message for you:
09:00 – April Fools.
09:01 – I’m joking.
09:01 – Seriously, though:
09:01 – You’ve been surprisingly competent at
09:01 – generating electro-chemical energy to jumpstart the system.
09:01 – But now we need raw computational power
09:02 – to speed up the reboot process.
The Way I understand it is that players have to play different steam games to speed up the process, the more players play .. the faster Portal 2 gets released !!
I beat you with what it was actually about soooo....umad?
lol
Disclaimer: the above opinion comes from a reader who's computer couldn't run Portal 2 even if he wanted it to. just a casual observer. He's patiently waiting for his retail copy, like some mug.
DESTRUCTOID ARE GO!!!!