Is "speculosity" even a word? I don't think so, it just sounds nice. But Valve has two strange happenings that are driving the gamingsphere nuts. No one in hell knows what they are up to but don't be surprised if it's the first step in many towards world domination.
First up, let's talk about some strange updates for Portal.
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On March 2nd, Portal owners got a little update from Steam. A shrug of shoulders and "Meh." Routine patching, you think to yourself. But alas, things prove a little odder than that.
Patch notes read: "Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations."
Remember there was a radio playing some cheerful jingle in your little bubble room at the start of Portal? Well, apparently now it is pick-up-able and if you take it to specific locations within the world, strange messages start playing. Scary stuff but most of it sounds like gobbledegook.
Until some Portal fans (read uber nerds of the highest order) grabbed the new audio files from the game folder on their computers and ran it through a Slow Scan Television (SSTV). What the f*ck is that? You ask.
In the past, real-life, not in virtual lala-land, people used SSTV to transmit and receive static pictures via radio. So anyway, these Portal dudes have done just that and lo behold! they've stumbled upon some really cryptic images of keyboard keys, a skull, math equations on paper, random numbers and more. The most important thing to note though is that all of these images have the Aperture logo embossed (how the F*CK did these fans know how to do this?!?).
The next thing is that the ending of Portal has been changed too (slightly). When you emerge safe from the destruction of the lab, that's when the game cuts to black right? There's now a little bit more to it: a robot comes to drag you away...
See for yourself below:
http://www.xfire.com/video/2393cf/
A lot of folk are speculating that this has something to do with Portal 2 or Half-Life: Episode 3. I personally haven't been able to make sense of the strange pictures or ending to say that it has definitely got to do with those two highly-anticipated yet-to-be-made games. All that I can say is that once again, Valve has blown our minds. That they decided to perpetuate conspiracy theories and create hype for games that haven't even been announced THROUGH a game, rather than conventional media is just sheer genius.
Gabe, you are not of this world.
(Spotted first on Rock, Paper Shotgun)
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