Portal's Lost Website | Aperturescience.com | FULL Portal ARG & Lore

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After the release of Portal, fans discovered that the fictional company, Aperture Science, had a very real website in our world. Back then, Valve communicated with their fanbase and created ARG's to immerse them in their next big project.
Unfortunately, we cannot access this website any more but there are still ways to use the system. In this video, I explore aperturescience.com and look at the goldmine of information it gave the player.
Working Command Line
valvearchive.com/web_archive/...
Application Form Questions
half-life.fandom.com/wiki/Enr...
Website
www.aperturescience.com
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Portal
02:03 aperturescience.com
07:32 The Aperture Science Application Form
11:11 CJohnson
13:57 Holiday 2010
16:26 The Lost Website
18:22 Closing Thoughts
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Standard Sources
Game Manuals
Half-Life Series Playthrough Research
Portal Series Playthrough Research
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
Half-Life: Alyx Playthrough
Portal/ Half-Life Fandom
Old Valve Forums
Marc Laidlaw's Twitter
Breengrub Twitter
Reddit AMA (w/ HL: Alyx Developers)
AUDIO USED
Portal 2 OST: There She Is
Half-Life 2 OST: Triage at Dawn
#Portal #Lore #ARG

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  • @Skyrionn
    @Skyrionn Жыл бұрын

    What is your favourite Portal game?

  • @GodlyGaming96

    @GodlyGaming96

    Жыл бұрын

    Portal

  • @GodlyGaming96

    @GodlyGaming96

    Жыл бұрын

    2

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I would say Portal. It's the first and has that creepy feeling. If I could replay it for the first time and slowly learn about what had happened to Aperture, I would.

  • @hl2betafan

    @hl2betafan

    Жыл бұрын

    portal 2

  • @elijahbaley5556

    @elijahbaley5556

    Жыл бұрын

    2. The story and characters offer a whole lot more. Wheatley is amazing and I love learning about the history of Aperture throughout the decades from everyone's favorite lemon-grenade-throwing madman.

  • @philo23
    @philo23 Жыл бұрын

    The message you talk about at 16:11 is what appeared on the site right after the potato sack ARG had been "solved" but before it swapped to the GLaDOS@Home one, where all the collected potatoes contributed to "rebooting" GLaDOS. I definitely remember seeing that message after completing the potato sack ARG myself. The "I know its arriving later than expected" is because everyone was speculating that solving the ARG would end with Valve releasing Portal 2 immediately/days early, but in the end it only sped up the release time by about 10-15 minutes or something. Either way it was something really cool to be a part of, and very memorable (and as a bonus I now get all of Valve's games free for life on my steam account!)

  • @KiraSlith

    @KiraSlith

    Жыл бұрын

    Did they keep that promise with HL: Alex?

  • @philo23

    @philo23

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KiraSlith yup, HLA just appeared in my account for free when preloading was available. Also got Artifact (and the early beta) but that was uh… less impressive

  • @ids.

    @ids.

    Жыл бұрын

    did other people get valves games for free for life when they completed it? or were you the lucky person who did it first

  • @UD503J
    @UD503J Жыл бұрын

    While I remember the ARG, I never played around with either of these sites. Really cool that they are archived for posterity since so many ARG sites are lost in time when the company just pulls them offline.

  • @skaapippai
    @skaapippai Жыл бұрын

    you’re my favorite valve lore channel. thanks for the content

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you :D There's so much more to cover!

  • @User-zh7jh
    @User-zh7jh Жыл бұрын

    Portland 2 fans when they see a black hole:

  • @templarianthefirst9022

    @templarianthefirst9022

    Жыл бұрын

    bro I think it’s portal 💀

  • @elijahbaley5556

    @elijahbaley5556

    Жыл бұрын

    @@templarianthefirst9022 No it's Portugal

  • @RevenantMain1

    @RevenantMain1

    Жыл бұрын

    Portable 3 leaks be like:

  • @uncertaintytoworldpeace3650

    @uncertaintytoworldpeace3650

    Жыл бұрын

    @@elijahbaley5556 portugal. The first human society to invent portal travel.

  • @ljb0685

    @ljb0685

    Жыл бұрын

    pornal 2 💀💀💀

  • @1alexwel
    @1alexwel Жыл бұрын

    17:20 there's also text on the website, but it's black on a black background. If you select it, you can read: Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Also some details i saw on the application form, it sometimes has flashing letters, which would make the sentece: cake is a lie It also flashed a ASCII picture of a cake once for me

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll have to look into that!

  • @gtbkts

    @gtbkts

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn Any luck?

  • @charredeggroll1967
    @charredeggroll1967 Жыл бұрын

    I mean recently the creators of Portal have talked about wanting to make a third game and even a movie, they just need to get a team together so there's still hope. Correct me if I'm wrong but most of Valve's games were made for mainly the purpose of trying out new technology. I mean Portal 2 was made for improved graphics, Half-Life: Alyx was made for VR and now we have the Steam Deck so possibly we could get a full-on Portal 3 for the console~

  • @theredpanda00

    @theredpanda00

    Жыл бұрын

    Though we already did get Aperture Desk Job for the Steam Deck, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's all we get (but I am going to hope and wish for something more).

  • @electrobob992

    @electrobob992

    Жыл бұрын

    I always thought a good idea for a sequel would involve GLaDoS needing chell to assist her... Like say she gets a virus, and needs chell to do her thing, and kill it. How? By using a special headset to enter her code itself, testing in a NEW environment making use of a different KIND of portal. Thus no worry about nausea or anything. Start in an dilapidated home, where chell does the initial movement/usage tutorial, etc. Ends up attacked by some robots trying to bring her back, she fights them off, etc. Gets a recorded message from her, uses the provided device to end up back.. Turrets are deployed accidentally but they are obviously glitchy, broken speech, erratic movement, etc. Proving to chell that she really DID need her help, not to worry though after Wheatley's occurence she made modifications to make the reactors self sustaining to prevent ANY potential meltdown while chell is in the code. Chell goes in, destroys some errored code, malicious code, etc. Then finds the cause of her glitches... From a source unexpected... INSIDE aperture itself. A person who found themselves in a similar situation as caroline, but in an older body. Lost to time. Cave Johnson who the scientist decided to give him what he wanted... But NOT the facility, leaving him abandoned forever alive in old aperture. This drove him to try to HACK back into control, inadvertently causing the whole Glados murder event, etc. Defeating him in the mainframe results in glados shutting down and rebooting to finalize the changes after chell exits the code in a sleep state. *The mental strain was strong due to it being an experimental gadget* When chell wakes up, she is not greeted by a robot... But a human, a bunch of them. They say hello, tell her SHE is waiting for you in her chamber. You would then enter the room, and find a new robot walking around.. Who would then approach you with a familiar voice saying their thanks and saying how it seems that annoyance actually caused her to want to harm people and not just for science. Her new goal is to actually bring Aperture BACK, humans and robots working in peace to bring about advancements.

  • @lovelost28

    @lovelost28

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope one day we get to try out their newest tech the Portable Quantum Tunneling Device too!

  • @Project_1143M

    @Project_1143M

    Жыл бұрын

    with Source 2 stop being a buggy mess Portal 3 or anything will 3 really will probably get developed

  • @daveynorton

    @daveynorton

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean omg

  • @bigb0ss282
    @bigb0ss282 Жыл бұрын

    I used to dig quite a lot that website. I managed to backup one of the first flash files from the site for the community. Man it's been YEARS. Even the most complete videos on YT still miss quite a few stuff. KEEP DIGGING. IT'S NOT OVER.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    There's more? Hit me up on Twitter! @skyrionn

  • @bigb0ss282

    @bigb0ss282

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn I'm currently searching for the older versions with the parking lot/aperture entrance building loading page

  • @angrychompski
    @angrychompski Жыл бұрын

    3:31 Gnome Chompski is Officially part of the Portal Lore!!!!!!!!!!! 4:14 Gnome Chompski is acting like Gman. Always watching the player!! NEW THEORY!!! The "G" in "Gman" stands for "Gnome" man and gnome chompski is in the briefcase of the gman and in half life 3 gman will open the briefcase and reveal that gnome chompski was in it and gman disappears and chompski starts to talk and it will be the best scene in gaming history

  • @flamingoliker2024

    @flamingoliker2024

    Жыл бұрын

    The G in GMAN stands for Gordon

  • @BOBOS_SILLYSTUFF

    @BOBOS_SILLYSTUFF

    10 ай бұрын

    It truly Will be awesome chompski, it truly will

  • @BLASTKITTY
    @BLASTKITTY Жыл бұрын

    9:00 "if you dissapeared tommorow would anybody miss you" the fact i saw skyrionn put "2" in but delete it quickly was purely mood 😭

  • @josh6or7
    @josh6or7 Жыл бұрын

    You are my favorite lore channel! your content and lore breakdowns are amazing, and not jumbled up to confuse me at any point. Your content Helped me overcome my Insomnia and getting through nights that I felt no hope. Keep up the masterpieces!

  • @calebbowen6406
    @calebbowen6406 Жыл бұрын

    this is the best lore channel ive ever watched, keep up the good work

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Caleb.

  • @phyllotaxis
    @phyllotaxis Жыл бұрын

    Oh wow this brings me back, used to mess around on this site in highschool (literally half my life ago, god I'm old). Love the video, thanks for showing all this!

  • @springogamer356
    @springogamer35611 ай бұрын

    I have discovered this channel last week and i literally fall in love with your contact Keep doing more ❤ And also please make a video about the potato sack arg i REALLY want to hear it from you

  • @UndercoverAnims
    @UndercoverAnims Жыл бұрын

    Bro these videos are so underrated

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    That's kind of you to say! Thank you

  • @Ted4321
    @Ted4321 Жыл бұрын

    I don't know how you manage to post long high quality videos THIS fast one after another but keep at it king :)

  • @zackhicks5320

    @zackhicks5320

    Жыл бұрын

    You mean weekly? It’s pretty simple, it’s like KZreadrs have been doing this for years…?😂

  • @Ted4321

    @Ted4321

    Жыл бұрын

    @Zack Hicks just leaving a compliment my man..

  • @zackhicks5320

    @zackhicks5320

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ted4321 and I’m making a comment on what you said. Thanks for establishing obvious things that were said here😂

  • @iamalsoaduckhead

    @iamalsoaduckhead

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zackhicks5320 >"its pretty simple" >refuse to elaborate

  • @zackhicks5320

    @zackhicks5320

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iamalsoaduckhead I didn’t refuse to elaborate. He never once said “please elaborate on what you mean”. Are you unable to read and comprehend what you’re reading?😂

  • @asecretone
    @asecretone Жыл бұрын

    We need more Half-Life Narrative Universe (HLNU) games on Steam/Console *and* more well planned/executed ARGs in general. AWESOME stuff.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I 100%. I fear this form of interaction between developer and gamer has disappeared. We need to bring this back.

  • @rolux4853

    @rolux4853

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn unfortunately gaming isn’t about developers having a unique dream and the desire to create an amazing new gaming experience, but about big corporates making the most money with the least investment: Online Multiplayer, loot boxes, microtransactions and DLCs. It’s so sad that there was no groundbreaking, focus story based game in a long time.. The last really good thing in my opinion was bioshock infinite. (Of course there are amazing indie games and mods still, but I’m talking about AAA here)

  • @Ubreakable-lr2dk

    @Ubreakable-lr2dk

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rolux4853 that isnt true half life alyx elden ring to some extent Doom

  • @rolux4853

    @rolux4853

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ubreakable-lr2dk half life: Alyx is really amazing, I just love the whole half life/portal lore and alyx also was very good! Unfortunately it was to push their VR sales which are going down rapidly, because somehow PCVR isn’t catching on, even if it’s amazing technology. It’s very sad in my opinion because VR truly is the future and people spend 1000$ on a computer monitor and even more on TVs but think it’s unreasonable for a VR headset to cost that? The experience with VR is so much better and absolutely unique, so the price is definitely acceptable for a high end VR Headset. I don’t know about elden ring, as a traditional rpg player I highly dislike it. Super weird huge weapons. Super weird huge bosses. A world that never looks pretty and always weirdly dark and the story is very bad. Every western rpg is much better than elden ring, maybe Japanese people like this stuff and because manga/anime is all the rage now for kiddies out there they think it’s cool if rpgs are like that. I’m hoping for the elder scrolls 6 as the next big amazing rpg! The Witcher was great, but it also was a bit to much action for my taste. My favorite single player rpgs are still the elder scrolls series and the gothic series. It would be amazing if gothic came back, it was one of the best fantasy rpg franchises!

  • @brothers_of_nod
    @brothers_of_nod Жыл бұрын

    I absolutely loved seeing all the lore I ever could for both Portal and Half Life.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    There's so much to cover still too. Still around!

  • @thewitchiebunny
    @thewitchiebunny Жыл бұрын

    Happy holidays and thank you for the content. You are awesome.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! I appreciate you being here!

  • @pyropulseIXXI
    @pyropulseIXXI Жыл бұрын

    I remember this. Cannot believe portal came out in 2007, so long ago. And I remember getting the orange box; ancient times of days long past

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    It's crazy to think it was sooo long ago. I used to love the Orange Box. I must say that my most played game was TF2

  • @Ubreakable-lr2dk

    @Ubreakable-lr2dk

    Жыл бұрын

    I still have the box here lol

  • @wedonteditvideosaroundhere1435
    @wedonteditvideosaroundhere1435 Жыл бұрын

    You are my favourite Valve (especially half-life) lore channel. Even the tone of your voice matchs the mostly sad nature of Valve games.

  • @gluesniffer6
    @gluesniffer6 Жыл бұрын

    Impecable work as usual my man

  • @Polaris_Babylon
    @Polaris_Babylon Жыл бұрын

    That Holiday version of the Companion Cube is so cute

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    It really is.

  • @ZazaMoench
    @ZazaMoench Жыл бұрын

    loved the video👍 Even after a decade there are new things to discover about this game.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm happy to dig them up and let you know about them!

  • @MatthewBester
    @MatthewBester Жыл бұрын

    I remember that Christmas CCTV website but I never gave it much thought. Don't think I even noticed the command line.

  • @AngelofGrace96
    @AngelofGrace96 Жыл бұрын

    It's such a shame it was lost! But still, thank you for doing your part to archive and spread awareness of what the website was about

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    It's another internet treasure. I love stuff like this. Thanks for watching!

  • @loy1618

    @loy1618

    Жыл бұрын

    If you manage to find a copy of the .swf file and a flash emulator you can actually run it locally on your PC.

  • @BassBoostedDuck

    @BassBoostedDuck

    Жыл бұрын

    its not lost, if the website is still up we can get an old web browser and access the page again, ill see what i can put together and see if the comunity likes it, maybe if we do more digging we can find out more about it.

  • @warriorm.o.w2855
    @warriorm.o.w2855 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoying your vids! Keep it up.

  • @-chip-3651
    @-chip-3651 Жыл бұрын

    Love your videos happy holidays !!

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy Holidays! Thanks for the support!

  • @JossRickard
    @JossRickard Жыл бұрын

    Man, I remember discovering this back then and working through it. The excitement I got when I saw the login on the second playthrough and went immediately back to the site. I did all the questions and got to the end where it asked for the ID and went and redid it all, screencapping and hand writing down the User ID, not knowing it didn't actually work. It was such a cool thing to discover.

  • @codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7
    @codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7 Жыл бұрын

    This is going to be good, look forward to it! Merry Christmas by the way !

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Cody for the support all year! Merry Christmas. I hope it's great!

  • @codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7

    @codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the year of great content. Look forward to another year! Have a great one!

  • @newcastleman86
    @newcastleman86 Жыл бұрын

    I did not know about any of this. One of the many reasons why value knew how to communicate with their fans. Thanks for the video John. Merry Christmas 🎁🎄

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas! I'm glad I could introduce something to you that you did not know! I'm hoping one day we will get something similar if Valve ever follow up on Half-Life: Alyx.

  • @newcastleman86

    @newcastleman86

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn agreed! Someday I’ll get VR to play Alyx. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

  • @SQUIDMAN69420
    @SQUIDMAN69420 Жыл бұрын

    Your vids are so good . Keep up the good work

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, will do!

  • @jussomdude8506
    @jussomdude8506 Жыл бұрын

    this has likely been said already but its likely that the clip from david copperfields tornado of fire was of his magic trick called Portal where he pulled a member of his audience and teleported them to a pre-selected location such as hoover dam, hawaii, or australia

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    That makes perfect sense. Thanks for filling that in for me :D

  • @fernandom.varela1109
    @fernandom.varela1109 Жыл бұрын

    It's good to see you're covering this site, since adobe flash is dead, I couldn't find anything about how it was

  • @GenericGamerDude
    @GenericGamerDude Жыл бұрын

    bruh you becomed my favorite lore chanell in like 1 day

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    That's super kind of you to say!

  • @sivrios
    @sivrios11 ай бұрын

    8:44 The 58th cake is "Vanilla Crazy Cake" which may be a reference to a removed GLaDOS voiceline, which is basically an extended version of the intelligence core dialogue. GLaDOS would repeat "Vanilla crazy cake" multiple times before moving on with a bizarre cake recipe.

  • @JakubKobik
    @JakubKobik Жыл бұрын

    It is incredible. I love this puzzles and I love your videos.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you like them! Thanks for watching! I appreciate it!

  • @unnameddelta38
    @unnameddelta38 Жыл бұрын

    We do technically have a new game with Aperture Desk Job, I have it in my library but I have been so focused playing other games on the deck but I should really see if there is any lore in the game but thought you might take a look first.

  • @SadKris

    @SadKris

    Жыл бұрын

    It doesn't really have anything lore related, you just meet Cave Johnson

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, there's nothing really lore wise. It just gives a small amount of lore for an alternate universe.

  • @unnameddelta38

    @unnameddelta38

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn thank you both for the info :)

  • @d1d7
    @d1d7 Жыл бұрын

    Btw, there exists an extension called ruffle that emulates flash so you can probably view the website.

  • @KaleKnight300

    @KaleKnight300

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah it works

  • @eggsforme
    @eggsforme Жыл бұрын

    Portal content that released 6 days ago? I'm so happy

  • @DrLelek
    @DrLelek Жыл бұрын

    I stumbled upon your channel in the begining of the year and I'm Glad I did. You do a truly quality content, I wonder if you would do videos about the Team Fortress 2 universe too. Anyways I wish you Happy and Relaxed Holdiays, see you next year.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Team Fortress 2 will be coming in the new year :D Thanks for the support! Happy Holidays to you too!

  • @Madobe-Nanami
    @Madobe-Nanami Жыл бұрын

    Just a tip, custom browsers made for stuff such as old flash games do exist, and could probably be used to view the website in its last form if you ever revisit this!

  • @AJThePotato
    @AJThePotato Жыл бұрын

    Before I watched this, so I didn’t know it was down, I opened the page and gave me the gladOS message

  • @earthblox3766
    @earthblox3766 Жыл бұрын

    I dont know if he mentioned it but on the archive website there was a question about light and a prisim I started noticing flashing letters along the test could this mean a new arg

  • @1alexwel

    @1alexwel

    Жыл бұрын

    it does it at multiple questions, makes a sentence if you put them all together, either 'cake is a lie' or 'the cake is a lie'

  • @earthblox3766

    @earthblox3766

    Жыл бұрын

    @@1alexwel oh alright

  • @therealevilmudbug
    @therealevilmudbug Жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas!

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas!

  • @clottedscream
    @clottedscream9 ай бұрын

    the reason you can't enter your uin at the end of the application is because the uin is case sensitive and the terminal only accepts upper case inputs

  • @Thiesi
    @Thiesi Жыл бұрын

    Leaving a comment for the algorithm. Merry Christmas!

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas! Thanks for the support.

  • @Mcsteveberry
    @Mcsteveberry Жыл бұрын

    wow this channel is a diamond in the haystack

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    That's super kind. Thank you!

  • @Cloud67TR
    @Cloud67TR Жыл бұрын

    you can open the website with old version of portable browser

  • @progaming5555
    @progaming5555 Жыл бұрын

    amazing video

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you think so!

  • @Sceptre1-1
    @Sceptre1-1 Жыл бұрын

    You could try use the wayback machine to help lost stuff

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I tried that and got an error message.

  • @Leeeiif
    @Leeeiif Жыл бұрын

    Im happily waiting for the next portal video

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    There will be more next year!

  • @elroneantefavorito8314
    @elroneantefavorito8314 Жыл бұрын

    love your vids

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching :D

  • @quote6013
    @quote6013 Жыл бұрын

    So, something really interesting i found while bored one night, in the modern AS website, if you Google the url, and check images, there's these strange, almost Aztec looking squares, going to the page for that reveals, i believe, 20 of these squares aligned on a grid in a black page, the squares don't do anything, there's nothing else to see as far as I can tell, i made a reddit post almost a year ago but no one had any clue what it could be

  • @squidiskool

    @squidiskool

    Жыл бұрын

    Blue yo-yo yeah yo-yo yeah

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna have to look in to this.

  • @quote6013

    @quote6013

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn yeah it's strange, i can link you to my post if youd like

  • @MisterWiza
    @MisterWiza Жыл бұрын

    The flashing letters on the application would be one of the ways to get the "thecakeisalie" prompt

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    good eye

  • @inbo7057
    @inbo7057 Жыл бұрын

    Can you do a video covering the Black Mesa Pizza ARG? Its hard to find the whole story online and it seems like a pretty big part of games community so id love to see the full story.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I could actually look into that. I've seen the pizza's when exploring the maps but never looked into it.

  • @Quasarx2006
    @Quasarx200610 ай бұрын

    8:30 the letter is H, in the text of the question the leter H is flashing.

  • @JotaroKujo811
    @JotaroKujo811 Жыл бұрын

    Portal 2 is best but this link just reveal my appetite for more lore I can finally know more of the portal universe and what seems to be Aperture Science

  • @Casonplayz
    @Casonplayz Жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas!

  • @BassBoostedDuck
    @BassBoostedDuck Жыл бұрын

    the website is still up, if we use an old version of a web browser we can get the matching version of flash and then access the webpage again.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I tried a bunch of different ways but couldn't get it running! Let me know if you find a way.

  • @jackalopemiscarriage
    @jackalopemiscarriage Жыл бұрын

    I don’t know if you do like speculative theories but I remember when before JJ Abram’s movie Super 8 came out, there was an interactive feature in the game of portal 2 I guess in like the extras menu? It was years ago so my memory might be hazy but I remember it involved the train crash from the movie and the alien that broke free. I was wondering what your thoughts were on it?

  • @alixcozmo
    @alixcozmo Жыл бұрын

    You could always use an older browser that still has flash to access the site

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I gave that a go but it didn't work sadly.

  • @abandonedchannel1010

    @abandonedchannel1010

    Жыл бұрын

    or use ruffle (flash emulator for browsers)

  • @Leeeiif
    @Leeeiif Жыл бұрын

    i just love these videos

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching them!

  • @SASTSimon
    @SASTSimon Жыл бұрын

    You can probably see the videos on the website using a program that still has flash. Like flash browser

  • @plantplayer303
    @plantplayer303 Жыл бұрын

    9:05 better evil Aperture than apocalypse causing Black Mesa

  • @21thep82
    @21thep82 Жыл бұрын

    Btw,Have you tried to used the waybackmachine on the website?I remember a video shown another user and password :D

  • @mossybee
    @mossybee Жыл бұрын

    on page 24, the k in know fades in and out when the rest doesnt, same goes for the e in example on page 30, and more

  • @Projekt_Nightmare
    @Projekt_Nightmare Жыл бұрын

    at 15:55 who ever said that was galdos it might be a differnt bot considering that galdos is dead in between portal 1 and portal 2 and it wouldn't be wheatly or a core but an ai like galdos who is simulating the world of portal and half-life

  • @videogameplayer5232
    @videogameplayer5232 Жыл бұрын

    I did find the video that was leading you to when you would say, "PLAY PORTAL"/

  • @Env_Cat
    @Env_Cat Жыл бұрын

    I went through the website while watching this video, to notice an image that I barely caught popping up on page 16

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll have to look that up

  • @CheekyChan
    @CheekyChan Жыл бұрын

    Been binging these Valve game history/timeline videos and it really hit me just how great Valve used to be and how quiet they've been since Portal 2. I followed every leak about Portal 3 and Left 4 Dead 3, saw the pictures and screenshots of their work on L4D3 with Source 2, etc. I lost all hope when Marc Laidlaw left Valve but then I was finally excited when HL Alyx came out thinking they were finally gonna start working on games again and then AGAIN we were greeted with nothing but radio silence. Growing up with the HL universe and adoring it for being one of the most original IP's to exist and how everything is seemingly tied together by little hints and clues scattered through each game has kept me hooked and then it just stopped, I'm worried we'll never see a continuation or ending as all the original story writers and devs at Valve get older and older and start to retire. It's been over a decade since we had any real development in the story and HL Alyx was just one big retconn so it doesn't really count. And I keep hearing these stories about how so and so higher up dev at Valve wants to make a new L4D or new Portal or new Half Life but they're not being given the man power to start the project so it just makes me wonder what the heck is going on over there that's keeping everyone so busy that they can't actually make games anymore.

  • @imonke5303

    @imonke5303

    Жыл бұрын

    Atleast half life alyx actually came to fruition, it shouldn't have restored your faith tho, not with their track record lol, abolish those expectations because as you said yourself all the ogs are gone it'll just never be quite the same

  • @CheekyChan

    @CheekyChan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@imonke5303 Yeah my thought process when Alyx was announced was; New engine, new HL game. Maybe they'll actually start dropping new games again but nope. And don't get me wrong, I'm glad HLA at least pushed the story further but all we really got was a change in Episode 2's ending and like 3 extra seconds of actual story continuation. HLA proved they can still make a game and continue the story with who they have currently but they need to actually continue the games/story.

  • @imonke5303

    @imonke5303

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CheekyChan fair, guess it's a matter of them not being lazy now and actually trying to get manpower behind these games, guess only time will tell once again.

  • @tara7bara
    @tara7bara Жыл бұрын

    unexpecting interesting video

  • @qsenrodriguez7007
    @qsenrodriguez7007 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine if they made something between portal and half life

  • @jumbojoshfrombanban
    @jumbojoshfrombanban Жыл бұрын

    Is this recorded in GMOD? I can see the glitchy portal in the relaxation vault scene.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    The scene you're talking about was. The rest I think was in Portal.

  • @AnCapGamer
    @AnCapGamer Жыл бұрын

    I wonder, could the WAYBACK machine site be used to see that site as it was?!

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Sadly not!

  • @SuperBootsTheDog
    @SuperBootsTheDog10 ай бұрын

    The portal gun is cool, but I just want ANY game set in aperture. Like a prequel or something.

  • @TeslabladePlaysMC
    @TeslabladePlaysMC Жыл бұрын

    8:32 I think the answer is H. the H in "Dwayne has no preference" is fading in and out. Then again, a few of the letters were doing the same in other places, and I'm sure somebody's figured out every appearance and their meanings.

  • @TheZombersLMAO

    @TheZombersLMAO

    Жыл бұрын

    It spells out "The cake is a lie" and to secure that in. once the last letter is discovered, a cake is flashed on screen

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna have to look into it but it appears that people may have figured out it spells the cake is a lie

  • @TheZombersLMAO

    @TheZombersLMAO

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn de slice of caek on the last flashing letter

  • @tarlochanchanajones6012
    @tarlochanchanajones6012 Жыл бұрын

    Is it possible that you can play through the serious sam games and make a video on it (lore wise)

  • @RetroJack
    @RetroJack Жыл бұрын

    Favourite letter answer according to ChatGPT: To solve this problem, let's analyze the given information step by step: 1. We know that Sally, Dwayne, Anthony, David, and Franklin are exactly 10 years apart in age. 2. Let's assume the age of the youngest person, David, as "D" years. 3. Sally is two years older than David, so her age would be "D + 2" years. 4. Dwayne, Anthony, and Franklin's ages can be expressed as multiples of 10 years added to David's age: - Dwayne's age: "D + 10x" years - Anthony's age: "D + 10y" years - Franklin's age: "D + 10z" years Now, let's consider the favorite letters: 1. David's favorite letter is 'g'. 2. Anthony's favorite letter is also 'g'. 3. Dwayne insists that he likes all the letters equally except for 's'. 4. Sally's favorite letter is not mentioned explicitly. 5. Franklin's favorite letter is the missing piece of information we need to find. Since Dwayne likes all the letters except for 's', we can assume that his favorite letter is any letter other than 's'. Therefore, we can assign Dwayne the letter 'g' as well. Now, we have the following information: - David's favorite letter: 'g' - Dwayne's favorite letter: 'g' - Anthony's favorite letter: 'g' Given that three of the five people have their favorite letter as 'g', it would be reasonable to assume that Franklin's favorite letter is 'g' as well. Therefore, Franklin's favorite letter is 'g'.

  • @SendFoodz
    @SendFoodz Жыл бұрын

    the creative ways companies avoid saying Christmas

  • @tacticalsocialist8060
    @tacticalsocialist8060 Жыл бұрын

    Nice vid

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @chimmy883
    @chimmy883 Жыл бұрын

    Wow I had no idea

  • @jeremykylemoment
    @jeremykylemoment Жыл бұрын

    8:30 the 'h' in 'has' (in the sentence 'has no preference') is blinking.

  • @SASTSimon
    @SASTSimon Жыл бұрын

    15:36 the music sounded kinda weird there

  • @Dee5000playz
    @Dee5000playz9 ай бұрын

    and to this day we till dont know what franklins favorite letter is

  • @gameboytree3
    @gameboytree3 Жыл бұрын

    5:54 if you actually hit enter it'll take you to this log section, though i dont think its that important but just wanted to point that out

  • @Ubreakable-lr2dk
    @Ubreakable-lr2dk Жыл бұрын

    My very first computer game was half life its kinda bad to get Spoiler with such a masterpiece it was hard for me to meet the expectations in other games because it had such a high standart.

  • @Maxim13124
    @Maxim13124 Жыл бұрын

    You actually can access the Website, you need for that an Website Archive Site, there you can access to the old version of the Site.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Lemme know if you find one that works ☺

  • @BanjoTheBot
    @BanjoTheBot Жыл бұрын

    ValveArchive my beloved

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    A great resource.

  • @foozzys
    @foozzys Жыл бұрын

    I tried for hours to get this site working on 3rd party programs, however I was only able to get the site to load with the green square, and typing anything I think brought you to an error.

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for trying. For now, I guess we're limited but we do have the archive linked in the description for you to play around with :D

  • @foozzys

    @foozzys

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn Yes I see that, and thank you very much for that! I'm legit the slowpoke meme so sometimes I figure stuff out way after the fact lol. While I'm at it, happy holidays! :D

  • @coatedpikachu8816
    @coatedpikachu88166 ай бұрын

    hey just fyi the full website, also without the videos, is on the wayback machine too

  • @adaoncken5588
    @adaoncken5588 Жыл бұрын

    8:34 Did you notice that "S" is not part of the selectable options?

  • @quizking6674
    @quizking6674 Жыл бұрын

    Hey I don't think you ever make a video on half Life 2 them small creature in the water when you go out of bounds ?

  • @windowone
    @windowone Жыл бұрын

    New videooooo!!

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @aiakos3673
    @aiakos3673 Жыл бұрын

    in the wich is the favorit letter the answer is probably "s" because if you look closely s does not exist in the list and when you write logout you can hear glados speak in the background (it jumpscared me one time)

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna have to look at that. What if S was his favourite letter!? The goodbye scared me too!

  • @aiakos3673

    @aiakos3673

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Skyrionn its probably S since that's the only letter that he dont treat the same way as the other letters

  • @ericshepard2878
    @ericshepard2878 Жыл бұрын

    I hope the independent people making the 2 different versions of Half-Life 3 release this 2023. Both looked great but have been silent about updates for almost a year

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    *Begins research*

  • @GenericGamerDude
    @GenericGamerDude Жыл бұрын

    i remeber when i first played portal i heard that companion cubes can stab you and when i got to level with companion cube i was so scared

  • @Skyrionn

    @Skyrionn

    Жыл бұрын

    Luckily not haha! We love the companion cubes!

  • @func_e
    @func_e Жыл бұрын

    sad that this site is gone now

  • @aperturelabEMPLOYEE2518
    @aperturelabEMPLOYEE2518 Жыл бұрын

    "Greg! A hacker got in the site again!"

  • @robbierooroo1597
    @robbierooroo15973 ай бұрын

    You should release a lore video on apeil fools day soley focused on the neurotoxin generator.

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