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This one’s a bit of a stretch… but then, what am I talking about? It’s never a stretch when it comes to Valve.
During the creator’s commentary in Portal 2, Valve animator Richard Lord called the eye portion of loveable personality sphere Wheatley’s design a physical impossibility. Cosplayer Furin’s talking Wheatley puppet seems to have done well enough.
Let’s face facts – Portal 2′s Wheatley never seemed like the world’s greatest lady killer, but this video confirms it. It’s also absolute genius. Be warned though, for those with sensitive ears, it is a little unsafe for work!
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Today Valve releases the first in a series of videos covering the E3 demo for Portal 2. In the first portion we meet Wheatley, the personality sphere that’s cuddlier than a companion cube, if that’s even possible.