GLaDOS



GLaDOS, known in full as the Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, is the computer system designed to control and oversee Aperture Laboratories, as well as the guide of the Aperture Science computer-aided Enrichment Center. She has the ability to shift and move the facilities and the chambers, making for seamless and almost infinite testing design.

Biography




Abilities and Traits
As the overseer and operator of the facility, GlaDOS is seemingly omnipotent, able to reconfigure rooms and carry out actions at her will. She monitors the facility and its test chambers through cameras mounted on walls.

GlaDOS' personality and emotions are controlled by personality cores.

Development and Acting
GLaDOS is voiced by.

Trivia

 * Ellen McLain, the actress that provides the voice of GLaDOS, also provides the voice for the Administrator in Team Fortress 2 and the Combine Overwatch in the Half-Life series. This makes Ellen McLain the only voice present in every game included in the The Orange Box.
 * During the development of Portal 2, playtesters complained that GLaDOS was "too mean", and it was concluded that some of her dialogue was too extreme. Due to this, elements of her dialogue were reworked, which resulted in the creation of a more amicable, passive-aggressive personality for GLaDOS.