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weighted companion cube cake is not a lie

filed under: geek art & craft | video games

Weighted Companion Cube Cake by mandrake88

If you’re like me, you probably killed more than a few weekends back in the Fall playing Portal. As you probably know by now, the cake promised as the reward for completing all the puzzles was a big fat lie…

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March 17th, 2008 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

weighted companion cube pc: where have you been? [casemod]

filed under: computing | hacks-mods | video games

Portal Weighted Companion Cube PC Casemod

I’ve been keeping my eye on this Portal-inspired casemod project for a while now, watching and waiting for the builder to eventually finish his creation. And just like the cake, I guess that case was a lie. Then, out of the blue, I was checking out Gizmodo this morning when I came across this Weighted Companion Cube PC casemod that’s just so much better…

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January 21st, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

knitted companion cube sure ain’t weighted

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Knit Weighted Companion Cube

Here’s another fun Portal-inspired craft goody — it’s a plush, knit version of the game’s Weighted Companion Cube. Now you may ask, how can something so soft and fuzzy qualify as “weighted”?

I guess we just have to allow some artistic license to the creator of this handstitched wool cube…

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January 3rd, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

portal companion cube accompanies you anywhere

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Portal Companion Cube Pendant

Know someone who’s addicted to Portal? Here’s the perfect holiday gift for the obsessive fan of The Orange Box’s mindbending first-person puzzler.

Inspired by the game’s handy Weighted Companion Cube, this pendant will accompany you through the test chamber of life. Please take care of it…

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November 22nd, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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