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Portal
Portal may refer to: Arts and entertainment Gaming * ''Portal'' (series), a series of video games developed by Valve ** ''Portal'' (video game), a 2007 video game, the first in the series ** '' Portal 2'', the 2011 sequel ** '' Portal Stories: Mel'', a mod for ''Portal 2'' ** '' Portal Revolution'', a mod for ''Portal 2'' ** '' Portal Reloaded'', a mod for ''Portal 2'' ** '' Aperture Tag'', a mod for ''Portal 2'' * ''Portal'' (1986 video game), a 1986 computer game by Activision * Portal (''Magic: The Gathering''), a set in the ''Magic: The Gathering'' card game * Portal (video game element), an element in video game design Music * Portal (band), an Australian extreme metal band * ''Portal'' (album), a 1994 album by Wendy & Carl * "Portal", a 2014 song by Lights '' Little Machines'' * ''Portals'' (Arsonists Get All the Girls album), 2009 * ''Portals'' (Sub Focus and Wilkinson album), 2020 * "Portals", by Alan Silvestri, from the soundtrack for the film '' Avengers: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portal 2
''Portal 2'' is a 2011 puzzle-platform game developed by Valve for Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The digital PC versions are distributed online by Valve's Steam service, while all retail editions are distributed by Electronic Arts. A port for the Nintendo Switch was released as part of the ''Portal: Companion Collection'' in June 2022. Like the original '' Portal'' (2007), players solve puzzles by placing portals and teleporting between them. ''Portal 2'' adds features including tractor beams, lasers, light bridges, and paint-like gels that alter player movement or allow portals to be placed on any surface. In the single-player campaign, players control Chell, who navigates the dilapidated Aperture Science Enrichment Center during its reconstruction by the supercomputer GLaDOS (Ellen McLain); new characters include robot Wheatley (Stephen Merchant) and Aperture founder Cave Johnson ( J. K. Simmons). In the new cooperative mode, players solve puzzles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portal (series)
''Portal'' is a series of First-person (video games), first-person puzzle-platform video games developed by Valve Corporation, Valve. Set in the ''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'' universe, the two main games in the series, ''Portal (video game), Portal'' (2007) and ''Portal 2'' (2011), center on a woman, Chell (Portal), Chell, forced to undergo a series of tests within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center by a malicious artificial intelligence, GLaDOS, that controls the facility. Most of the tests involve using the "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device" – nicknamed the portal gun – that creates a human-sized wormhole-like connection between two flat surfaces. The player-character or objects in the game world may move through portals while conserving their momentum. This allows complex "flinging" maneuvers to be used to cross wide gaps or perform other feats to reach the exit for each test chamber. A number of other mechanics, such as lasers, light bridges, high energy p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portal (video Game)
''Portal'' is a 2007 Platformer#Puzzle-platformer, puzzle-platform game developed and published by Valve Corporation, Valve. It was originally released in a Video game compilation, bundle, ''The Orange Box,'' for Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and has been since ported to other systems, including Mac OS X, Linux, Android (operating system), Android (via Nvidia Shield), and Nintendo Switch. ''Portal'' consists primarily of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player's character and simple objects using the "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device", also referred to as the "portal gun", a device that can create intra-dimensional portals between two flat planes. The player-character, Chell (Portal), Chell, is challenged and taunted by an artificial intelligence construct named GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) to complete each puzzle in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center using the portal gun with the promise of receiving cake when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Portal
Meta Portal (also known as Portal) is a discontinued brand of smart displays and videophones released in 2018 by Meta. The product line consists of four models: Portal, Portal+, Portal TV, and Portal Go. These models provide video chat via Messenger and WhatsApp, augmented by a camera that can automatically zoom and track people's movements. The devices are integrated with Amazon's voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant service Alexa. Reviewers rated the Portal line's video and audio handling capabilities positively, but criticized Facebook's privacy practices for commercial use of data that Portal devices captured. Meta uses some data collected from Portal devices for targeted advertising, which reviewers cited as a privacy drawback. History On October 8, 2018, Facebook, Inc. announced the sale and shipment of the Portal and the Portal Plus. The second generation of Portal devices was announced on September 18, 2019; the second-generation Portal and Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portal Reloaded
''Portal Reloaded'' is a 2021 mod for the 2011 puzzle-platform game ''Portal 2'', developed and published by Jannis Brinkmann. As in the official ''Portal'' series, gameplay involves solving puzzles by manipulating portals, which allow the player to move through chambers. The mod also allows the player to shoot a third "time portal", allowing traversal across two versions of the puzzle chamber in different time periods. The player assumes control of a test subject who has to complete puzzles inside the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and destroy a "rogue test subject". The development of ''Portal Reloaded'' began in 2014, initially envisioned as a smaller project. ''Portal Reloaded'' was released on Steam for free on April 29, 2021, as a full-scale mod featuring a custom soundtrack and story. A 2023 update introduced a co-op mode to the game. ''Portal Reloaded'' received largely positive reception from reviewers, who praised its puzzle designs and humor. Gameplay Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portal Revolution
''Portal: Revolution'' is a 2024 puzzle-platform modification for ''Portal 2'' developed and published by Second Face Software. Set in the ''Portal'' universe prior to the events of ''Portal 2'', the game has the player control an unnamed test subject as she attempts to gain control of a device that will restore the Aperture Science test chambers to full condition. The player traverses the puzzle chambers using the portal gun. In addition to the standard mechanics of ''Portal'' games, the mod also introduces a gel cleansing shower, paired cubes that transport laser beams, and Pneumatic Diversity Vents that transport items. Development of the mod began in 2016; the mod uses a custom version of the Source engine that introduces features that are "impossible in ''Portal 2''" according to the mod developer. It was released on Steam for free on January 6, 2024, after being delayed due to approval difficulties. The mod's gameplay, graphics, and voice acting were positively rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portals (Melanie Martinez Album)
''Portals'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez. The album was released on March 31, 2023, through Atlantic Records. It is Martinez's first album after she took her usual three-and-a-half-year hiatus from releasing music. After she returned from her hiatus, she rebranded her public persona of usual light pastel colors from her previous albums and EPs, adopting prosthetic makeup and elaborate costumes to resemble a fantasy creature with darker colors with themes of nature. In support of the album, Martinez embarked on the Portals Tour in May 2023. The album had three singles: "Death", " Void", and "Evil"; the first two marked her first original appearances on the chart, respectively reaching numbers 95 and 61 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The album debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 142,000 units, becoming her highest-charting album there. Background and release In 2019, Martinez released her second s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aperture Tag
''Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative'' is a 2014 puzzle-platform game developed and published by the Aperture Tag Team for Windows and OS X. Unlike the Portal (series), official ''Portal'' series, the gameplay revolves around a paint gun rather than a portal gun, that fires two kinds of gel, one of which gives the player a jump boost and the other a speed boost. It also introduces other new mechanisms such as the paint fizzler and Pneumatic Diversity Vents that transport the player. The game takes place after ''Portal 2'' and the player is guided by a List of Portal characters#Personality Cores 2, personality core Nigel to complete puzzles in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. The game also features new characters, voice acting, along with a co-op mode that includes a level editor. The game's development began in March 2013, passed through the Steam Greenlight system in February 2014, and was launched on Steam (service), Steam on July 15, 2014. ''Aperture Tag'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portals (initiative)
Portals is a global public art initiative that connects people around the globe through real-time video audiovisual technology housed inside a gold-painted, converted shipping container or other structure. Individuals and groups enter local Portals and engage with individuals or groups in distant Portals through live, full-body video conferencing. The experience has been described as "breathing the same air." Portals are placed in public spaces such as public squares, museums, university campuses, high-level summits, and refugee camps. Participation is free, and the spaces are maintained by staff called Portal_Curators. History The project was started in 2014 by artist Amar Bakshi, and initially connected the cities of New York and Tehran. According to Bakshi, he started the project "to connect people who wouldn't otherwise meet.” He had the idea to start the project after his days as a foreign journalist, where he launched How the World Sees America for The Washington Post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portal (band)
Portal is an Australian extreme metal band whose style is an unorthodox fusion of death metal, black metal, dark ambient and experimental music. The band's hybrid musical style is characterised by heavily distorted guitar riffs, down-tuned rhythms, and vocals ranging from "menacing, echoing" sound effects to death grunts. Writing for ''Popmatters'', Adrien Begrand noted that "death metal always pretends to be scary, but ..it's all rather harmless. That said, however, I make no mistake in saying that the death metal peddled by Australia's Portal is truly friggin' terrifying". Lead guitarist Horror Illogium has described Portal's intent as "to capture a cinematic horror scope". They have released seven full-length albums to date, as well as a number of EPs and split releases. Their most recent albums, ''Avow'' and ''Hagbulbia'', were released in 2021 on Profound Lore Records. Musical style Portal's main musical influences were Morbid Angel, Beherit, and Immolation. Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York–Dublin Portal
The ''New York–Dublin Portal'' (also simply known as ''The Portal'') is an interactive installation created by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys to allow people in New York City and Dublin to interact with each other using two 24-hour live streaming video screens (without audio). The second series of installations in Gylys' '' Portal'' series, the ''New York–Dublin Portal'' has been compared to Paul St George's past art installation named the Telectroscope, which connected New York to London in 2008. The portal first opened on Wednesday, 8 May 2024 and closed on Monday, 2 September 2024 due to inappopriate behaviour and nudity. History The Portal sculpture concept was created by Benediktas Gylys. The first of these to be unveiled was the portal linking Vilnius, Lithuania to Lublin, Poland on May 26, 2021. Following its success, it was confirmed in March 2024 that by spring, Dublin and New York would be the next cities to receive them. On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portal (comics)
Karen Page Pagon Paibok Doctor Paine Dr. Thaddeus Paine is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Len Kaminski, first appeared in ''Morbius the Living Vampire'' #4 (December 1994). He is a sadist who was unable to feel pain and has prosthesic hands equipped with surgical tools. Doctor Paine is a silent partner of Dr. David Langford which got threatened, resulting in the deaths of Martine Bancroft and his business partner. Doctor Paine then experiments on Morbius the Living Vampire much like his inhumane medical experiments on the homeless, resulting in the Living Vampire vengefully destroying his facility while the Doctor escaped. Doctor Paine next tortured Eddie Brock and experimented on the Venom symbiote, resulting in both individuals as Venom getting revenge by imbalancing his brain. Doctor Paine in other media A female incarnation named Teddy Paine appears in '' Venom: The Last Dance'', portray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
