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Ten years ago this week, Valve released its compilation of games known as The Orange Box. While it continued the Half-Life saga and innovated the team-based shooter, the publisher decided to get ...

Cameron has been holding a controller for about as long as he can remember, developing a special love for The Elder Scrolls and Halo at a young age. When he isn't playing virtual games, he can most ...

Acting is a process, and it's often not one that comes easily. According to Ellen McLain – the voice of GLaDOS in Portal and one of the leads of the upcoming Twitch adaptation of Marsha Norman’s ...

Crossing rivers with suspension bridges or steel rebar is folksy and quaint, but those methods are too old fashioned for Aperture Science. And in the upcoming Bridge Constructor Portal, due out ...

Natalie (She/Her) is a writer and game design enthusiast hailing from way-too-sunny Los Angeles. She loves to dissect game narrative and analyze mechanics, but she doesn’t even want to think about how ...

Using video games to propose marriage is nothing new—in fact it is the natural extension of geekdom. They are still somewhat rare, but when done correctly they can quickly take on meme status and ...

After showing Klonoa coming to Nintendo Switch, the Nintendo Direct revealed an image of the Companion Cube falling through a blue portal with a punny tagline: “We’re so ‘GLaD’ you’re here!” Chell ...

Filmmakers Colin and Connor McGuire have recreated one of the most nerve-rattling scenes in Portal’s story — GLaDOS’ first heinous act against Aperture’s scientists. The film, posted above, is based ...