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GLaDOSAS
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[2012-08-18 12:14:53 +0000 UTC]
"Off to do some Testing..."
(United Kingdom)
# Statistics
Favourites: 67; Deviations: 9; Watchers: 46
Watching: 12; Pageviews: 5909; Comments Made: 708; Friends: 12
# About me
GLaDOS, short for Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, is a fictional artificially intelligent computer system in Valve Software's Half-Life video game series and the main antagonist in the video game Portal and remains a main character in Portal 2. She was created by Erik Wolpaw and Kim Swift and is voiced by Ellen McLain. She is responsible for testing and maintenance in Aperture Science research facility in both video games. While she initially appears to simply be a voice to guide and aid the player, her words and actions become increasingly malicious until she makes her intentions clear. The game reveals that she is corrupted and used a neurotoxin to kill the scientists in the lab before the events of Portal. She is destroyed at the end of the first title by the player-character Chell but is revealed to have survived in the credits song "Still Alive". She appeared in the sequel, Portal 2, which takes place many years after the events of Portal and follows the exploits of GLaDOS, Chell, and other characters.
The inspiration for her creation extends from Wolpaw's use of a text-to-speech program while writing lines for the video game Psychonauts. Other Psychonauts designers were finding the lines funnier as a result of the text-to-speech voice. GLaDOS was originally intended to be used in the first area of Portal; she was well-received by other designers and her role was expanded as a result. Play testers were motivated to complete tests in the game due to her guidance. While the game was originally designed to have other characters, they later decided to remove them and leave GLaDOS as the only character players encounter. The physical appearance of GLaDOS went through several designs, one which featured a large disk below her. McLain imitated dialog written in a text-to-speech program with her own voice, which was later processed to sound more robotic. She also sang the lyrics for "Still Alive", written by Jonathan Coulton, which played during the credits of Portal. The song became hugely successful; it appeared in the Rock Band series and has been a popular song for YouTube users to cover.
GLaDOS has been well-received by critics and gamers, some of whom called her a narcissist, passive-aggressive, sinister, and witty. She is considered one of the greatest video game characters, particularly among those created between 2000 to 2009. She was universally praised for her contributions to the quality of Portal's narrative and was awarded multiple awards for best new character in 2007 from GameSpy, GamePro, and X-Play. A number of websites and magazines listed her as one of the greatest video game villains, including IGN, which ranked her first all-time. She has been the subject of significant analysis from both journalists and video game developers, who have compared her to other villainous computer systems in fiction, including HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey and SHODAN from System Shock.
# Comments
Comments: 661
Hey did you know Glady rhymes with fatty!
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"Well, ANOTHER glados.
Just how many there are out there?"
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Not only the humans. Your Aperture equipment is, too. Your ASHPD finds you really erotic. Oh GLaDOS, you are dayum sexy >:3
lulz
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.....I would incinerate you now.
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XD oh GLaDOS, haven't you forgotten that you made this particular ASHPD to be completely and wholly indestructible?
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I did not make the Aperture Science Hand-held Portal Device.
The scientists did.
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You made THIS particular ASHPD :3
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GLaDOS, you didn't mention that you were gonna be in Pacific Rim!! ((I did get to see the movie and I heard her 13 times in the movie! I kid you not!! ELLEN MCLAIN WAS IN THERE DUDE!!!!))
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She also was in one of the four Jaegers that got taken down by the Kaiju attack where Gypsy Danger wasn't allowed to go out at the time. I think. It sounded and looked like her.
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no way!! That's so awesome!
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I think so. Not sure. But her voice was so distinct. I should rip the voice from the film and GLaDOSify it. I know how to do that XD
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...I erm..
...THATWASNOTME.
That was er.. my twin sister!
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Yea right.
You lie when you're nervous, and you don't have a twin.
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Busted! xD *glomps*
Here is my proof: www.youtube.com/watch?v=impqqm...
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Sorry
I guess I got a little carried away.
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Sallienne was messing with some chambers..
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No,she's not a test subject.
She's a ghost.
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A....ghost.....
For some reason, I can't see how Aperture could be haunted.
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Well,it might be though..
But Sallienne just drops by to either mess with the chambers,sing 'something',lament,scare Blue and Orange,watch test subjects,or just creep me out.
That is why I get interrupted sometimes..
But she's still useful for making Blue and Orange complete the tests easily..
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Scaring Atlas and P-body? That's just mean.
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Mean? I think it's impressive..
Atlas is the courageous one in the Aperture,It was quite funny when he gets scared for the first time by a ghost.
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Like how you're scared of birds? x)
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Shut up..
I USED to be scared of birds,but not anymore.
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Let me guess, you "mothering" the baby birds, right?
Those are ravens I hope you know.
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Yes.
Ravens? I thought they were crows..
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X)
Ravens have a bit of a lighter volor on their feathers then crows.
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Yes...
Just that..she's flying over me..again..
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Really?
...You're afraid of one ghost xD
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No..
I'm nervous because she's able to do things that ghosts can't do much..
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