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Within Portal 2, both in-game and in the trailers, are multiple '''references'''. There are a variety of references, mostly including games or parts of games. | Within Portal 2, both in-game and in the trailers, are multiple '''references'''. There are a variety of references, mostly including games or parts of games. | ||
==General References== | == General References == | ||
* The achievement, '''Schrodinger's Catch''' is a reference to ''Schrodinger's Cat'', in which Schrodinger exposed radiation to a cat inside a sealed box. His theory dictates that the cat is both alive and dead while the box is sealed. | * The achievement, '''Schrodinger's Catch''' is a reference to ''Schrodinger's Cat'', in which Schrodinger exposed radiation to a cat inside a sealed box. His theory dictates that the cat is both alive and dead while the box is sealed. | ||
==Games== | == Games == | ||
==== Left 4 Dead series ==== | |||
====Left 4 Dead series==== | |||
* During one of the pre-release trailers, Atlas can be seen wielding the frying pan, a weapon used by the survivors in ''L4D2''. | * During one of the pre-release trailers, Atlas can be seen wielding the frying pan, a weapon used by the survivors in ''L4D2''. | ||
====Smash TV==== | ==== Smash TV ==== | ||
* One of the achievements labeled '''Smash TV''' is a reference to an early 90's arcade game called ''Smash TV'', where two contestants are pitted in a brutal game show in which they're forced to fight for their lives for cash prizes. | * One of the achievements labeled '''Smash TV''' is a reference to an early 90's arcade game called ''Smash TV'', where two contestants are pitted in a brutal game show in which they're forced to fight for their lives for cash prizes. | ||
==Movies== | == Movies == | ||
* The achievement '''Stranger Than Friction''' is a reference to ''Stranger Than Fiction'', in which a man finds out his life is being narrated like a novel. | * The achievement '''Stranger Than Friction''' is a reference to ''Stranger Than Fiction'', in which a man finds out his life is being narrated like a novel. | ||
== Music == | |||
=== Song === | |||
* The Portal 2's Achievement '''Bridge Over Troubling Water''' is a reference to Simon & Garfunkel's song ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''. | |||
Revision as of 18:56, 25 April 2011
Within Portal 2, both in-game and in the trailers, are multiple references. There are a variety of references, mostly including games or parts of games.
General References
- The achievement, Schrodinger's Catch is a reference to Schrodinger's Cat, in which Schrodinger exposed radiation to a cat inside a sealed box. His theory dictates that the cat is both alive and dead while the box is sealed.
Games
Left 4 Dead series
- During one of the pre-release trailers, Atlas can be seen wielding the frying pan, a weapon used by the survivors in L4D2.
Smash TV
- One of the achievements labeled Smash TV is a reference to an early 90's arcade game called Smash TV, where two contestants are pitted in a brutal game show in which they're forced to fight for their lives for cash prizes.
Movies
- The achievement Stranger Than Friction is a reference to Stranger Than Fiction, in which a man finds out his life is being narrated like a novel.
Music
Song
- The Portal 2's Achievement Bridge Over Troubling Water is a reference to Simon & Garfunkel's song Bridge Over Troubled Water.