| “ | Sharp-eared music fans will have already found the haunting track "Exile Vilify" by The National in Portal 2. Clearly Rat Man is a big fan of of the song, based on some of the art decorating the walls of his dens. But as any museum fan can tell you, there's nothing a fancypants painting can say that a YouTube video can't say a hundred times better.
— Portal 2 Official Blog
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The Portal 2 Music Video Contest was an event hosted by Valve, inviting fans to create a music video for the song "Exile Vilify" by The National. Announced on June 15, 2011, through a blog post, the contest accepted submissions until July 15, 2011. The winners were revealed on August 9, 2011.
Rules
In order for submissions to be considered for the contest, videos had to be uploaded to YouTube and tagged with PORTAL2NATIONALEXILE. The Portal 2 Team revealed that they started with 320 entries and narrowed them down to three within seven days. Five days later, they were down to the final two. With the help of The National, they decided to award the prize package to both finalists, but only one received the guitar, while the other received the Aperture Science messenger bag signed by the Portal 2 Team.
Prizes
The winners of the contest received the following:
- An Eastwood guitar, signed by The National1
- An Aperture Science messenger bag2
- A box of schwag from Valve.
- Shirts (including bonus shirts from Jinx)
- Posters
- "other stuff we’ll be grabbing off co-workers desks when they’re not looking."
1 Only for the 1st place
2 Only for the 1.00000000001th place
Winners
1st place |
1.00000000001th place |
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Notable submissions
The contest also received several submissions that didn't qualify for a win but were still highlighted by the Portal 2 Team.
Gallery
Contest page.
