Steam ARG and potatoes

orderoftheflame · 7 Apr 2011 at 12:43

Geckovich said:
I don't know if this has been posted before (I don't really follow these ARGs, just watch curiously from the sidelines) but I think potato sounds a bit like portal two. Also, POrTAl TwO.

I think it has to be Portal 2 related.

A campaign for Ep3 just weeks before Valve want us all giddy over P2's release doesn't make sense to me.

Substance · 7 Apr 2011 at 21:28

orderoftheflame said:
I think it has to be Portal 2 related.

A campaign for Ep3 just weeks before Valve want us all giddy over P2's release doesn't make sense to me.

It's definitely portal 2 related, did you see the aperture science login page they found?

This was discovered by hacking though and apparently skipped a large part of the ARG out so valve took the page down and replaced it with potatos

Antar Bolaeisk · 8 Apr 2011 at 12:18

Major updates across the web today, RockPaperShotgun have a nice collection.

I wonder does this mean we are getting Portal 2 early?!

Substance · 8 Apr 2011 at 12:54

Antar Bolaeisk said:
Major updates across the web today, RockPaperShotgun have a nice collection.

I wonder does this mean we are getting Portal 2 early?!

I found the super meat boy aperture science login screen last night and jumped on the IRC channel to announce it, I think I was the first to find a non hacked login screen

also I have the potato/portal two logo on my steam profile and the resurrection pin on TF2 (see screenshots)

http://steamcommunity.com/id/prankster182

Antar Bolaeisk · 8 Apr 2011 at 12:57

SuBsTaNcE said:
I found the super meat boy aperture science login screen last night and jumped on the IRC channel to announce it, I think I was the first to find a non hacked login screen

also I have the potato/portal two logo on my steam profile and the resurrection pin on TF2 (see screenshots)

http://steamcommunity.com/id/prankster182

Is that what you get for finding something?

Substance · 8 Apr 2011 at 12:58

Antar Bolaeisk said:
Is that what you get for finding something?

I thought so but now it seems that you get it for playing every game in the potato sack, I also have portal 2 pre-ordered so that might be a requisite but I'm not sure

Chubb · 8 Apr 2011 at 14:14

Just noticed they have put up a release date for Portal 2 on steam for the 19th April, not long now

Some good info on http://valvearg.com/wiki/Valve_ARG_Wiki if people want to follow whats going on with the ARG. Read somewhere they are releasing a short Portal based comic soon, so similar to what theyve done before in TF2.

Antar Bolaeisk · 9 Apr 2011 at 12:30

There's another tidbit in Defense Grid: The Awakening. Apparently someone on my friends list has the required credentials but unfortunately I do not.

Take a look here for more info.

Antar Bolaeisk · 10 Apr 2011 at 12:35

Sooo..... anyone know if there's a level skip cheat for Super Meat Boy, need to get myself another potato

orderoftheflame · 10 Apr 2011 at 14:43

Got my pin.

Naff if I'm going for all the potatoes though. Some of them look nightmarish to unlock. :eek:

Evilsod · 10 Apr 2011 at 15:56

Antar Bolaeisk said:
There's another tidbit in Defense Grid: The Awakening. Apparently someone on my friends list has the required credentials but unfortunately I do not.

Take a look here for more info.

*feels my brain leeking after trying to understand what was going on in that link*

ryryryan · 10 Apr 2011 at 18:47

got 12 potatoes

just waiting for 1,2,3 kick it now. hard to find this one.

EDIT: All are found! I have 13

QlimaxUK · 10 Apr 2011 at 19:58

yep, valve will do ANYTHING to make an extra buck

ryryryan · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:04

In fairness this is a pretty massive amount of effort thats been put into it. it really is impressive. lets just hope it results to something pretty awesome.

orderoftheflame · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:08

ryryryan said:
got 12 potatoes just waiting for 1,2,3 kick it now. hard to find this one.

EDIT: All are found! I have 13

You get anything more for having all 13?

ryryryan · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:43

Not that i know of. I still think theres a 3rd stage to this ARG, so more to come. So far all we have is tons of concept art for portal 2. and the word prelude is being thrown about atm (probably nothing to do with the mod).

Antar Bolaeisk · 10 Apr 2011 at 22:21

Evilsod said:
*feels my brain leeking after trying to understand what was going on in that link*

They found the real Bathysphere from that picture outside a warehouse. I don't know if they ever managed to get into the warehouse though.

bhavv · 10 Apr 2011 at 22:56

QlimaxUK said:
yep, valve will do ANYTHING to make an extra buck

By giving away bundles of games for cheap?

I didnt care about the potato thing, I didnt have any of the games already so I bought the potato sack.

Substance · 11 Apr 2011 at 01:24

*edit* ended up getting all 13 potatoes, My profile looks all spuddy , should probably go to bed now, I'm knackered

GothicCorpse · 11 Apr 2011 at 01:31

But i have 2 baked potatos!