So anyone who goes to F7 knows that I got to go to Dragoncon in Atlanta this past weekend. What I didn't expect was to run into the guy who made that orgasmic Portalgun prop from way back earlier in the year, and his finance toting it around in her excellent Aperture test subject costume.

Sadly I only got a couple of photos of it because I was too busy nerding out over props with Volpin (the creator), and I was too much of a wimp to ask to hold it myself. Anyway, here's the couple of photos I took of it.

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A-two

Volpin also wore his Guy Manuel of Daft Punk helmet/costume and probably the most elite Big Daddy from Bioshock costume I've ever seen. Sadly I missed that though, but there's plenty of photos and Youtubes of the spinning drill over on his blog.

His blog: Volpin Props

So it looks like someone really knows how to hit a right note here, and has posted instructions on how to create a Portal Gun prop using semi-ordinary materials. Judging from the list of materials, this should run you only about $20 if you have some of the pieces laying around the garage.

Totally awesome for a 1 year anniversary Portal Halloween. Kudos!

Source: http://granades.com/2008/10/28/how-to-create-a-portal-gun-in-many-easy-steps/

Happy birthday to the site, ThinkingWithPortals.com turns 1 year old today. I'm really proud at how far the community has come, and I can't wait to see what the future will hold for us here.

If you're new, why don't you take a look at some of the Best Of TWP content from the past year's releases and contests. Let's not forget the upcoming release of Portal: Still Alive as well as Portal: Prelude, and the rumbling rumors of the ThinkingWithPortals Community Project.

Looks like someone over at Etsy.com is selling some Portal Hazard Sign and Achievement buttons:

Get them now before Valve shuts them down!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?li ... d=15450862

There are also some TF2 Achievement buttons too.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?li ... d=15430120

One of our members has passed this along to us. Check this out, this looks awesome!

Quote:
Here's a list of media you can use to build a news :
[]The body message here (if needed) : http://www.portalprelude.com/2008/09/what-hell-is-this-all-about.php
[]The trailer : http://www.portalprelude.com/videos.php
[]Vimeo : http://www.vimeo.com/1739740
[]Dailymotion : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ro9g_portal-prelude-official-trailer_videogames
[*]Youtube : http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=X2XExZ1FFoU

Others :
[]Screenshots : http://www.portalprelude.com/screenshots.php
[]The soundtrack : http://www.portalprelude.com/soundtrack.php
[]The team : http://www.portalprelude.com/team.php
[]The forums : http://www.portalprelude.com/forum/

According to them, it is set to be released somewhere around the end of September or the beginning of October.

Good luck guys!