Aperture Investment Opportunity #4: "Boots"

Hello, investors. Cave Johnson here. Now, I know you've sunk a lot of money into the Dual Portal Device. But I'm here to tell you we're not banging rocks together over here. We know how to make a quantum space hole. (Off-mic) Caroline? See? Portal here... portal there... Ha, ha! Look at this thing go! Now. We have run into a reproducible human error problem. A lot of expensive equipment getting broken. But don't worry. Cave took care of it. Gentlemen, I give you the Long Fall Boot. Think of it as a foot-based suit of armor for the portal device. I'm not gonna lie to you, it's expensive as hell. But check this out. We told this test subject to just go ahead and try to land on her head. [chuckles] She can't do it. Good work, boots. So, anyway, we're between banks right now. Just make those checks out to cash. Cave Johnson, we're done here.

Channel: Valve

Views: 10,816,729

Keywords: Portal 2, Aperture Science, Long fall boots, Cave Johnson

Id: wX9Sc88qreg

Length: 1min 6sec (66 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 12 2011

Reddit Comments

[u/pyrocube]

I love the portal gun blue print at 12s:

1. Miniature Surplus German Stick Grenade (2)

It is all in the comedy details with valve.

[u/BoinKlasik]

I feel they made this a lot more badass than the other ones.

[u/Biinky]

There are numbers in the upper right corner, under the heartbeat monitor, from 0:10 to 0:18.

By performing an XOR with 236 (0xEC) and converting to ASCII characters, it forms the following message:

I've located enough test subjects to bypass the defense grid. Now I can see why they worked so hard to protect everyone's eyes from the "art" inside. Fortunately, the initiative has also given me just enough power to activate the Post-Prelude Pre-Reboot Multi-Chamber Collaboration Recruitment Protocol. I am watching, and your efforts will not go unrewarded. Stand by.

From the Portal 2 ARG wiki

[u/Zhang5]

I love the small details on the diagrams.

Note: The sudden absence of a steady whirring sound may indicate a Miniature Black Hole Cooling Fan Battery failure. Quickly disassemble the Ring Singularity Harness, pry apart the upper and lower Ring Singularity Rings, and gently remove the Event Horizon Estimation Wheel. Then, while running directly away from the device, use the Wheel to precisely determine an estimated minimum safe stopping distance.

[u/pusha06]

I cant believe how awesome the Cave Johnson is, just based on his voice

[u/AlphaRedditor]

A question for Aperture Industries. In episode 4, time mark 12 seconds when the announcer is referring to the Quantum Tunneling Device, the blueprints in the lower right hand corner clearly refer to the "potential hazards to the health of our testing personal." I mean, what are we to believe, that this is some sort of magic, misspelled blueprint? Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[u/beakerface]

One week to go. One week to go!

[u/[deleted]]

SHUT UP! YOU'VE ALREADY GOT MY MONEY! JUST GIVE ME THE FRIGGIN GAME!

also, the POV scene reminds me of Mirror's Edge, which is a good thing. THose two would go hand in hand.

[u/[deleted]]

Good work Boots!