They’re also, as evidenced by that framegrab at 0:24, agnostic in the gamer bar argument of which is the baddest-arsed AI, SHODAN from System Shock or GLaDOS from Portal.
Merci beaucoup to reader Chris M. in Switzerland for spotting and sending along.
brendan
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 10:22 AMNever saw GLaDOS genetically engineer hordes of horrific mutants through immensely painful virii or attempt to wipe out the planet with a mining laser – I’m just saying.
Grandmaster B-Funk
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 12:13 PMshe did gas an entire facility, and she did it on the “bring your daughter to work” day, i think thats pretty twisted. also she kept thousands of live people just to put them through a test, then kill them at the end…
and don’t make me even mention what she made me do to my companion cube…
xWisp
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 2:13 PMlol that said Chell is totally Caroline and Cave’s daughter
shodannet
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 12:46 PMSHODAN all the way. She reckons shes a goddess and manipulates everything to get her deluded way, INCLUDING SPACE/TIME ITSELF
StudiodeKadent
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 1:25 PMAgreed. SHODAN is far scarier.
GLaDOS is more of an exercise in dark, sadistic comedy. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Just that SHODAN doesn’t come with built-in comic relief.
Anonymous
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 3:23 PM@StudiodeKadent im sure theres a patch for that somewhere…….
SHODANPatch_humor_v1_1.exe… FOUND IT!
El Phantasmogoro
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 10:29 AMSHODAN <3 forever.
Call me an insect again, baby.