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Portal 2 Easter egg guide: 30 secrets and references you may have missed

Have you seen everything Aperture Science has to offer?

Words: on May 12, 2011
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  • ashtonwatson - May 12, 2011 4:47 a.m.

    A yo this was kinda Epic... while reading Chell therotical orgin section I felt this wonderful sensation in my spine... man that was a good read!! thanks Charlie

  • Joshkdmw - May 12, 2011 4:36 a.m.

    @Charlie Barratt Not a problem! And you made my day by acknowledging me.

  • clubsandwich - May 12, 2011 4:27 a.m.

    Gordan Freeman is Caroline and Cave's son. Hence his "accident" or "attack" at black mesa in HL1. boom.

  • bamtan - May 12, 2011 4:22 a.m.

    Those links to Greek mythology blew my mind. I'm a big fan of ancient history and myths and it's so cool that Valve would basically re-tell these stories in game form. Those brilliant bastards...

  • GamesRadarCharlieBarratt - May 12, 2011 4:15 a.m.

    @Joshkdmw Thanks for the info - I don't mind being corrected by a "that guy" who knows what he's talking about.

  • DrIntrigue - May 12, 2011 3:51 a.m.

    I found 'Exile Vilify' in the game but kinda glossed over it. So, thanks for the link, I now think I love that song. And the background image on their site is perfect.

  • Joshkdmw - May 12, 2011 3:49 a.m.

    Don't wanna be "that guy", but on Page 3, the article states that Aeschylus wrote 'Prometheus Unbound'. This is inaccurate. Aeschylus wrote 'Prometheus Bound'. It was Percy Shelley who wrote 'Prometheus Unbound', wich is a very different story than Aeschylus' work. Source: English degree, studied Greek Mythology.

  • Xtapolapopotamus - May 12, 2011 3:40 a.m.

    Great list! I missed out on quite a few of these. The Caroline/Chell stuff is great, and I really think they did a great job expanding on GLaDOS as a character. Also, Nolan North voicing the defective turrets and cores was amazing. The guy deserves far more money and recognition than he gets.

  • ThatGuyFromTV - May 12, 2011 3:32 a.m.

    The "Caroline means free man" thing has got me thinking, since Cave and Caroline had a kid (who was Chell) and when they had a kid it was a while back, like maybe 1960's to the 1980's... and Gordon Freeman also got pulled into science as a theoretical physicist at Black Mesa who accidentally sparked the potential end of humanity, and also got pulled into the future about 20 years or so if i remember correctly... what if Gordon Freeman also wound up being Cave and Caroline's child? What if he's Chell's brother??

  • GamesRadarCharlieBarratt - May 12, 2011 3:31 a.m.

    @aegodbold You're forgetting that Chell was adopted. Both GLaDOS and Wheatley mention this multiple times - yes, they lie about stuff like her weight, but the orphan thing is brought up way too many times to be completely fabricated. I can't explain the gap of time between Cave dying (presumably in the late '70s) and "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day" (2000-2009), but I bet with a bit more information, Valve could. Chell might have been conceived after Cave's death (a man who would try to upload his brain to a computer so he could live forever would almost certainly leave behind some frozen chromosomes) or Chell might have been held in stasis for awhile (she didn't age at all during her 999,999,999 days in the hotel room). The Reddit thread I linked to contains a ton more theories on how Cave could be Chell's father, but I wouldn't be surprised or disappointed if he wasn't. It's the Caroline-Chell relationship that I really want to be true.

  • DarkSynopsis - May 12, 2011 3:08 a.m.

    Knew most of these just about to check out the Turret song translated but Nolan North is just awesome! Just listened to the Space Orb did not hear most of these playing the game kept a smile on my face the whole 3mins 49 seconds the sound clip lasts! ON TO THE OTHER ORBS!

  • BoltActionRevolver - May 12, 2011 3:06 a.m.

    My mind is blown apart... then some how you blew it apart again and a gain. It happen at least once a page. Curse you Valve! Curse you with my LOVE!

  • awsomemaster - May 12, 2011 2:58 a.m.

    - Combined might of internets is terrifying truer words were never spoken

  • JayBeat - May 12, 2011 2:57 a.m.

    Such an interesting read.

  • aegodbold - May 12, 2011 2:37 a.m.

    Chell can’t be Cave Johnson and Caroline’s daughter. Here’s why: Since Caroline was in GLaDOS, that means Cave Johnson had to have died before Caroline. This is based on his request to put her in the computer, if he could not be. Caroline, to be in GLaDOS, had to also be dead by “Bring your daughter to work day.” Since GLaDOS released the neurotoxin on this day. Chell was someone’s daughter on “Bring your daughter to work day.” To bring your daughter to work, you need to be alive (not dead and in GLaDOS). It is determined that Chell was brought to “Bring your daughter to work day” by the potato experiment. Plus, “Bring you daughter to work day” was suggested as being many decades after the Cave Johnson reign, by the various dates in the game. He could not father a child young enough to make the potato experiment if he had been dead that long.

  • FunnyNameHere - May 12, 2011 2:12 a.m.

    Now I have to so see all of this for myself.

  • vintagetech - May 12, 2011 2:12 a.m.

    One of my favorite articles

  • batman5273 - May 12, 2011 2:11 a.m.

    Wow, what a complete mind blow! Valve is truly a brilliant company!

  • Pocotron - May 12, 2011 1:47 a.m.

    What if, ok you with me guys? What if, in Team Fortress 2, Red v. Blu is Black Mesa v. Aperture?! I wouldn't think so, given the comics...

  • zer0hvk - May 12, 2011 1:42 a.m.

    Awesome stuff, very in-depth, you guys make the coolest articles. Thanks Charlie!

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