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Restless Portal 2 Fans begin to send REAL potatoes to Valve HQ

In a display both comical and original, members of the steam forums have elected to use Amazon’s “fresh” service to send actual potatoes to Valve.

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TomInc4758d ago

The pack they want people to purchase from is called "The Potato Sack" - A pack of 13 indie games that are reduced when bought in the pack. Playing them brings portal closer to release.

The potatoes are being sent because of the potato sack that they want people to play for an early portal release. I just find it simple and amusing that people are now sending real potatoes.

Props to whoever thought to do it! Brilliant stuff.

fluffydelusions4758d ago (Edited 4758d ago )

Great stuff! Wonder what Valve will do with them all. Maybe hook them all up to help reboot GlaDOS like some crazy science experiment.

ugabugaz4758d ago

They're food...Are you not forgetting Gaben works at Valve? I think I'll leave it there.

jony_dols4758d ago

Put Gabe in a room for two days with all those potatoes. and he'll sort out Valve's problem

DarkSpawnClone4757d ago (Edited 4757d ago )

velve could make a huge load of delicious potato gnocchi,or lots of french fries looks like they wont need to buy lunch for a while :], speaking of gnocchi i could go for some about now.

TheIneffableBob4758d ago

Gabe Newell has a ridiculous knife collection. He's gonna make the entire office take a couple minutes off and help him peel the potatoes. :P

starcb264758d ago

I saw it on the last episode of Qore.

ugabugaz4758d ago (Edited 4758d ago )

I must investigate this.

Investigation Complete: Holy mother of how many knives and why does he have so many....The man has a lot of knives, yup.

jerethdagryphon4757d ago

its valve likllyhood thell be a potato party on release :)

BShea4757d ago (Edited 4757d ago )

I personally like this theory haha

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Burning_Finger4758d ago (Edited 4758d ago )

POTATO CAKE IS A LIE!!

Is the fan way of saying to valve that they can spud themselves. :)

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Steam's highest-rated game is now less than a dollar in the Spring Sale

Jack writes: "Yet again browsing the latest offers in the Steam Spring Sale has led us to track down the very best. In terms of price to quality, we don’t think that it gets much better than this. Portal 2 is now less than a dollar, and if you haven’t got it already, now is the time to pick it up."

TheEroica38d ago

Portal deserves to be one of steams highest rated games... It's almost tetris levels of perfect game design.

TheEnigma31338d ago

It's a great game, but highly overrated. But for $1, it's an amazon deal.

Friendlygamer38d ago

Valve should bring their games to ps5

Kados37d ago (Edited 37d ago )

Gotta love Steam. Just got Portal 2 for .97 cents CAD. Should have been $1.29, selected the bundle with Portal 1 and 2, which gets a 25% discount, already have Portal 1, so it removes the cost of that, and still applies the full 25% bundle discount to Portal 2. 90% + 25% discount.

Friendlygamer37d ago

That's sweet, I've been thinking about building a modest pc to play some oldies

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All the Essential Video Games Everyone Needs To Play At Least Once

Given the medium's wild diversity, this primer of the essential video games everyone should try is a good place to start.

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thorstein45d ago

.... from the 2000s (mostly).

shinoff218345d ago

I can't fk with this list. They missed on alot of games probably before the writers times. Also I know people loved some portal but I was never a fan.

Cacabunga45d ago

Tomb Raider 1
Driver 1
Abe’s Odyssey
FF6
King of Fighters 94
Mortal Kombat OG
LINK 2 the past
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 1

Inverno45d ago

Infinite but not the first two games? Witcher 3 but not the first two games?? GTA V but not literally any of the games before it??? Portal 2 but not the first? Also if you're going to play Shadow of The Colossus play the remaster and not the remake. Can't say I disagree with the list but my man it's all over the place.

Name Last Name45d ago

I mean some sequels are objectively better and you don’t need to play the whole series.

Inverno45d ago

But most of these games have a story to follow, sure you can catch up with a YouTube vid but where's the fun in that?

LucasRuinedChildhood45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

A list like this isn't telling you not to play the previous games if you want to. It's just giving you legendary games to play.

But tbh, you don't always have to force yourself to play every entry in a franchise to get to the better ones.

- The vast majority of Witcher 3 players never played the first 2 and had a great time. The first 2 games aren't in the same league.
- The GTA games are self-contained with the odd fun reference. You can easily jump into any of them.
- The Shadow Of The Colossus remake looks and controls better than the original (plus it has a 60fps option while the remaster is just 30fps). New players will enjoy it more.
- Portal 2 is a lot better than Portal 1 and takes the concept much further gameplay-wise. Storywise, Portal 1 is fairly light too. Not that you shouldn't play it but realistically ... you'd love Portal 2 whether you play it or not (at lot of Portal 2 players have never played 1).

Bioshock 1 is the only one I agree with you on simply because it's one the best games of all time and arguably better than Infinite. No other setting like Rapture.

Looking at the list, I'd recommend playing Uncharted 1 before 2 but no doubt, 2 is the legendary one you have to play.

Inverno45d ago

I get it, but that's just my opinion on his opinion. I just think that before you play a sequel you should still play what came before it. Maybe it's just me but i find it fascinating playing through the first game in a series and seeing how it has evolved through its sequels. Like I said I don't disagree with the list, other than SoTC which I strongly believe the remaster of the original should be played above the remake.

AuraAbjure45d ago

Awesome list! Hot take on Fear (and it's hard af expansion Persaus Mandate!) Bioshock Infinite is stellar, so is the Witcher 3 and you nailed it by having Ocarina of Time. So many fantastic games! Gotta play 'em all! Next one on my list is Prey after I beat Dead Space 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.

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The story behind Portal: Revolution — A fan-made prequel to Portal 2

Chris Brandrick, writing for overkill, speaks to Stefan Heinz, the lead developer on Portal: Revolution, a new fan-made campaign prequel to Portal 2.

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StalinSupremacy96d ago (Edited 96d ago )

valve suck so much at making games now, opting just to smaug on top of an enormous pile of money,
that fans got so desperate that they have to make their own games.
this industry is fucking over.