Broken Reality

It’s been an age since i updated my blog, sorry about that but i’ve been busy with Uni. I’ve spent a while writing this theory based on the recent Portal Update which saw the continuation of Valve drip feeding information about Portal 2 to the community. Thought i might as well post it here.

11th March can be the only reveal we’re getting from all of this. It just makes sense, in order to build the hype and get people to keep digging.

Yes, Gabe is getting an award then but Valve as a business are also at the GDC as an exhibitor, so they obviously have something to show. Yes they’re probably going to be showing the L4D2 DLC off again; maybe even this is when they’ll drop information about the Engineer update.

However, the GDC runs 9th through to the 13th of March, the 11th being the start of the actual ‘expo’ part of the event. When better than to drop the bomb of Portal 2 for their 2010 Holiday Release?

Although it saddens me I don’t think we’re gonna see Episode 3 here, there isn’t enough information for that – this has to be and only can be Portal 2.

After all it certainly seems Valve only turn out one major release of their own making in a year. Let’s face it that’s a good thing, they churn out heaps of DLC after-all!

Left 4 Dead 2’s release was Valve in 2009 and since it’s been DLC all the way since then, the core development team must be up to something. ‘Still Alive’ being on a jukebox in L4D2 an easter egg? To me that was Valve telling you what they were developing next and the actual beginning of this information drip teaser.

Based on the giant image montage of the BBS outputs GLaDOS 3.11 is pretty much the last piece of information we get, i.e. the reveal date, with the exception of information from C Johnson, former Aperture Science CEO. So where does he fit in?

GLaDOS was destroyed, she’s Still Alive and was obviously somewhere after the explosion at the main Aperture Facility in a very basic, logic driven program. In order to restore herself properly she must have had to access various systems, one of which being where the AI created from Cave Johnson’s mind and memories was stored.

Cave Johnson was cast months and months ago based on information relating to the casting call and was identified in that as being ‘a side kick and eventually the main antagonist’ due to an increasing level of psychosis. This is bound to be caused by his furthered mental capacity via machinery and computing and not being able to cope with it. After all he was denied his Olympia by the humans who fought to save his mind, that’s obviously your fault in the end!

Now perhaps due to GLaDOS’s weakened state and the removal of her emotional components in the last game (Morality, Curiosity, Emotion, Cake) they are now both the same, the foundation of GLaDOS is in Portal 2 but the various previously manufactured personality traits (from the cores) are all down to Cave’s stored consciousness.

From the casting call script samples, it appears that things will be very much the same, a ‘test subject’ having to complete a series of trials, guided by the AI in control of the facility. ‘CaveDOS’ is obviously doing this now as the basic, core functionality of the programming instructs ‘him’ to do so.

It’ll be the rest of his discovery and pondering of his memories followed by his logic driven realisations that cause him to turn sour as you progress, resulting in him being much like GLaDOS and out to get you.

This is just GLaDOS again. With a new mind.

And that is awesome.

Happy New Year.

That’s it for this year, nothing more to see here.

Finally after 5 years of being a Mr, my bank have finally realised i am no longer 15.

A Famous Mr.

As is the norm when i was a wee lad i was always known as Master Carrick on all corrospondance from my bank and pretty much everyone else. At the age of 16 my account was upgraded to a proper persons bank account and i got my hands on the delight of a Debit Card. Hurrah.

I was still Master Carrick.

Over the year i got the use out of my new card and with being young and care free managed to crack it after about 24 months, the Master thing hadn’t bothered me but i guessed the bank would realise when i popped in to order a new card, after a week my new card arrived.

I was still Master Carrick.

This card served me well although it still carried the Master title at the age of 18 but sadly this time around i managed to pop the chip out of it, it would seem bank cards don’t last very long under my care, as ontop of that the signature strip had all but disolved. I popped to the bank and ordered a new card, asking the lady who served me to update my details, as being being 18 i was deffinetly a Mr by now, she confirmed the update and told me my card would be with me within 7 days. It was here in 5.

I was still Master Carrick.

I was abit miffed at that one as i had even asked and was told my account details had been amended and yet here i am, being old school and sounding like i should have a man named Alfred wandering around my house bringing me cocktails for all occasions.

Finally last week the new split in my debit card got to the point where the chip was once again threatening to fall out and the signature strip was again unreadable. So off to the bank i popped to order another new card, yes 4 cards in 5 years, not the best of times really. I asked to update my details, again this was confirmed to me. I left.

I got my new card today.

I am no longer Master Carrick.

When did this happen?

I set my blog page as my homepage many moons ago in an attempt to cause activity and instead it just caused me to visit other websites far sooner.

Since last time i’ve turned 21, which was an interesting experience and has thus far been pretty cool. Granted it seems that my hangovers have increased in magnitude by around 137% which is damn annoying. It’s either that or i can now drink far more alcohol in a shorter time. The latter seems possible due to summer based fun times consumption but i hope not.

At the end of July I left a year working in the IT industry behind me, i had been working in the public sector carrying out IT related jobs for the good of the land. I learned a lot, granted not all of it was related to my degree but I’m sure it will all come in handy one day. I had a great year, got to know a bunch of great people, made some great new friends and got to experience the 5 day, 9-5 grind of the real world. That’s the one element i am thankful to leave behind, at least for a little while.

While having a blast at  my Birthday celebrations i picked me up a lady friend who i’ve missed dearly over the last couple of weeks as she’s been off indulging her nerdy core in the US but i get to see her again soon!

During the Summer i have continued to graft my arse off for the good of my employment which i still enjoy rather alot. Which seems to scare people sometimes. I have also squeezed in a fair bit of gaming during this time too, finally elevating myself above the 10,000 gamerscore level and quite rapidly above it’s older cousin. 11,000. This pleases me. However my grafting as many hours i am able to get my grubby mits on, while still actually finding time to play some video games, is soon to come to an end.

This is because it is September. That month in the year which delivers the gloom of the dark, cold nights of Winter and also a return to educational establishments for people everywhere. I am going back to University.

This prospect haunts my very soul.

Almost a year ago i got all excited and giddy over the concept of Wireless Power and how magical and fantastic it would be in the realms of fantasy and science fiction as at the time the idea seemed to be way off in terms of actually, you know, happening.

It would appear atleast that last part was utter bollocks.

Wireless power is much, much closer to actually making it’s way into our homes and i’m really rather excited by that, after the jump we have a Gent from a new company called - funnily enough - WiTricity Corp. telling us all about our futures.

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