Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations
Those of you with Portal on Steam may have noticed that it patched itself today. The patch notes consisted of the cryptic note above.
Inside the game, if you pick up the radio from the room you start in, carry it around until you get to the first room and put it on the first button, it will start beeping in morse code. You will also get a new achievement: “Transmission Unlocked”
Then it gets complicated. Piecing together the sounds produced by the various radios in the game eventually produces a phone number. Calling the phone number connects to an old-style BBS apparently run by… Aperture Science.
Information that is being found is being collected here.
So… Is Portal 2 coming soon? And, maybe, HL2:E3?
CONFIDENTIAL
October 17th, 1976
Re: Human Enrichment & Testing Initiative, Resource Acquisitions
- “Low Risk” Human Resource Acquisitions
a. Hoboes and Tramps
Lives spent wandering aimlessly, cowering before authority, and drinking concussive amounts of home-distilled potato alcohol make hoboes the perfect Human Enrichment test subjects. The hobo questions nothing, will follow orders if fed, and, like all hoboes, has a restless, wandering heart. (Note: The wandering heart of the hobo should not be confused with Drifing Heart Syndrome, which several transients contracted during testing.)b. Child Orphans and Foundlings
Deep-rooted abandonment issues leave most orphans highly susceptible to shame-based psychology (for a complete list of opportune moments to obliterate the esteem of test subjects, please consulting Training Video #89-D, “You’d Perform This Test Better if You Had Parents”). Recent advances in the use of scorn, flattery used in an ironic context and naked contempt of motivational tools have yielded similarly profitable results.c. Psychiatric Patients
Past experiences shows these fellows are simply not shy at all about carrying on, disrupting tests and defecating just about anywhere that pleases them. Frankly, it’s off-putting, and small wonder why Apeture-brand mental institutions are being phased out in favor of more orphanages.MEMORANDUMS: Filed under CJohnson: 188454-G
88^5211762 json remind you that Apeture Science is built on three pillars. Pillar one: Science without results is just witchcraft. Pillar two: Get results or you’re fired. Pillar three: if you suspect a coworker of bein’ a witch, report them immediately. I cannot stress that enough. Witchcraft will not be tolerated.
