Portal Dalek. Just because.

[Cutter John]

Didn't see any recent threads where this would fit, so I just dumped it here.

http://kotaku.com/5904212/portal-daleks-would-be-great-at-exterminating

GLaDOS for Emperor!

 

[Venardhi]

D'aww. That is adorable.

 

[Starkers]

I have very little idea what Portal is all about but I do like the look of that.

 

[Psion]

I have very little idea what Portal is all about but I do like the look of that.

You have a gun. But it doesn't shoot bullets. It shoots ... "portals". Shoot one wall and you get a portal with a blue ring around it. Shoot the opposite wall and you get a portal with an orange ring around it. If you stand in front of the blue portal, you might see your own back through the orange portal. Now step through and you step out of the orange portal. If you now shoot the ceiling, you'll get a blue portal on the ceiling. Step back through the orange portal and you'll fall out of the blue portal onto the floor.

Now you're thinking with portals.

You're also trapped in the Aperture Science laboratory complex. A laboratory complex controlled by a computer. A laboratory complex controlled by an insane computer. A laboratory complex controlled by an insane computer with a jealous crush on you.

The insane computer with a jealous crush on you is named GLaDOS and she wants to "test" you. Partly out of revenge and partly because she loves you. Did I mention GLaDOS is insane?

Anyway, from such simple elements one of the most enjoyable games you'll ever play emerges.

 

[Cutter John]

Its quite a fun puzzle game that gets quite difficult toward the end. A lot of dark humor as well.

A quick peek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98P4k-y61YQ

 

[captcalhoun]

just looks like a Dalek with a claw and a camera instead of an eye-stalk and stumpy lights to me.

 

[The Lensman]

just looks like a Dalek with a claw and a camera instead of an eye-stalk and stumpy lights to me.

And it's exactly the kind of re-design they should've done when they restarted the show in 2005. The slavish adherence to some of the hokey elements may play well to the traditionalists, but that's about it.

Seriously, the toilet plunger should've been the first thing to go. It's only there out of some misguided sense of tradition. No, it doesn't matter how they try to make the toilet plunger "dangerous" it's still a toilet plunger.

The long eyestalk is equally ridiculous and tactically unsound. A shorter one has always made more sense.

 

[Sindatur]

just looks like a Dalek with a claw and a camera instead of an eye-stalk and stumpy lights to me.

And it's exactly the kind of re-design they should've done when they restarted the show in 2005. The slavish adherence to some of the hokey elements may play well to the traditionalists, but that's about it.

Seriously, the toilet plunger should've been the first thing to go. It's only there out of some misguided sense of tradition. No, it doesn't matter how they try to make the toilet plunger "dangerous" it's still a toilet plunger.

The long eyestalk is equally ridiculous and tactically unsound. A shorter one has always made more sense.

The plunger may look ridiculous, but, it's used for an interface, so, at least it has a story purpose. I always laugh at the hand mixing beater, myself

 

[Cutter John]

The suction cup never bothered me that much. I thought the 7th Doctor story (where it was a R2D2 type computer interface instea dof a suction cup) and NuWho have made good use of the thing.

Can't really blame the designers though. It was a lot easier and cheaper solution than trying to engineer and film some sort of mechanical arm.
Though it would have been nice if we'd seen them use interchangeable attachments more often.

 

[Redfern]

If you want clawed Daleks and some other variations of design, then check out MechMasters Cinema4D modeled and rendered comic "Second Empire".

http://www.mechmaster.co.uk/cg-lair/daleks/secemp-index.htm

You'll see more claws and design mods than you can count. Plus, he offers sevewral of his meshes for download. (Don't let the Poser format scare you away. Each zip file contains a separate .OBJ file that one can import in a variety of rendering suites.)

Sincerely,

Bill