Jason: Can I use the computer to play Portal?
Paige: No. Go away.
Jason: I should warn you, letting me play on the computer is much safer.
Paige: Why do you have that cardboard tube on your arm?
“Spectacular. You appear to understand how a portal affects forward momentum, or to be more precise, how it does not. Momentum, a function of mass and velocity, is conserved between portals. In layman’s terms: speedy Paige goes in, speedy Paige comes out.” :)
@buggerlugs and @doc whiteI think it’s GlaDOS, the main enemy.@truecanadianliberal and @ledzepplinpro“The game primarily comprises a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player’s character and simple objects using the “the handheld portal device”, a device that can create inter-spatial portals between two flat planes."My first reaction upon seeing this was “Ooh! Noob Saibot’s babality!” D’oh.
@ledzepplin – It’s a physics-based puzzle game with fairly minimal violence. The game was originally released in a compilation called The Orange Box with little known about it (to the masses anyway) other than its T rating and the fact that it was a puzzle game. It’s more rewarding to play it without knowing much about it, but in essence, the objective is to move through puzzle/test chambers using only your Portal gun, abusing momentum conserved while you pass through the Portals.
…adding to the plethora of zoom options… On Windows machines running Win2000 or later, there is an “Magnifier” function in the Start/Accessories/Ease Of Access menu that acts just like a hand held magnifying glass. Very helpful for temporary magnification needs.
…adding to the plethora of zoom solutions…If you’re on a machine running Windows 2000 or later, there is a “Magnifier” function in the Start/Accessories/Ease Of Access menu that acts just like a hand held magnifying glass. Great for temporary magnification without having to re-set your settings.
this is one disfuctional family eveyone has. Roger: is too soft to swing a golf club and too clueless to do anything els;Andy: can’t cook and if you look closely has no sense of humorand is too spineless to stop her kids from destroying the house;Peter: does all the chores for the whole family but besides making him do it no one cares; Paig; is forever being tormented by her family; and Jason: is an evil genius.
garfield246 over 13 years ago
Poor deluded Jason.
abatheguy over 13 years ago
“Spectacular. You appear to understand how a portal affects forward momentum, or to be more precise, how it does not. Momentum, a function of mass and velocity, is conserved between portals. In layman’s terms: speedy Paige goes in, speedy Paige comes out.” :)
Flyingcar28 over 13 years ago
That was greAt
bkybl Premium Member over 13 years ago
Most of the Sunday strips don’t have it. It’s too bad, because a few of them desperately need it (think Tank McNamara).
kab2rb over 13 years ago
If you want to see better use your control button and wheel on your mouse to make bigger or smaller. Also View has text size resize.
craigthom over 13 years ago
Wouldn’t he want to play Portal 2, even though he’s probably finished it already?
And he’d get bonus points for having a potato stuck on his gun.
Destiny23 over 13 years ago
Apparently they replaced their toy iFruit sometime between Classic and Modern! New computer, same old Jason…
runar over 13 years ago
What does it say on that cardboard tube?
interceptor over 13 years ago
Aperture Laboratories
UMaDOS over 13 years ago
He should burn her with combustible lemons!
rgcviper over 13 years ago
Thanks for the tip on zooming with the mouse wheel, Kab. I never knew you could do that!
Buggerlugs over 13 years ago
What is that white thing on the floor?
doc white over 13 years ago
its a doggie,by a nose ?
tsandl over 13 years ago
Carpet doesn’t usually make a good portal surface. Theirs must be made of moon rocks.
Stephen Gilberg over 13 years ago
If that gun actually worked, he’d have little reason to play a mere simulation.
joylion over 13 years ago
LOL! if Jason did have that kind of weapon…… Paige and peter would be goners! Especially Paige.
emeryb over 13 years ago
portals a fun game
chaosandcake over 13 years ago
Your carpet isn’t made of moon rocks?
jewelia13 over 13 years ago
@buggerlugs and @doc whiteI think it’s GlaDOS, the main enemy.@truecanadianliberal and @ledzepplinpro“The game primarily comprises a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player’s character and simple objects using the “the handheld portal device”, a device that can create inter-spatial portals between two flat planes."My first reaction upon seeing this was “Ooh! Noob Saibot’s babality!” D’oh.
runar over 13 years ago
Life is a game; gaming is life.
ZetaZeta over 13 years ago
@ledzepplin – It’s a physics-based puzzle game with fairly minimal violence. The game was originally released in a compilation called The Orange Box with little known about it (to the masses anyway) other than its T rating and the fact that it was a puzzle game. It’s more rewarding to play it without knowing much about it, but in essence, the objective is to move through puzzle/test chambers using only your Portal gun, abusing momentum conserved while you pass through the Portals.
mytly4 over 13 years ago
Portal? Shouldn’t it be Portal 2? Or is Jason really behind the times?
treBsdrawkcaB over 13 years ago
…adding to the plethora of zoom options… On Windows machines running Win2000 or later, there is an “Magnifier” function in the Start/Accessories/Ease Of Access menu that acts just like a hand held magnifying glass. Very helpful for temporary magnification needs.
treBsdrawkcaB over 13 years ago
…adding to the plethora of zoom solutions…If you’re on a machine running Windows 2000 or later, there is a “Magnifier” function in the Start/Accessories/Ease Of Access menu that acts just like a hand held magnifying glass. Great for temporary magnification without having to re-set your settings.
DerkinsVanPelt218 over 13 years ago
I wonder if there will be any cake.
Jdude96 over 13 years ago
=)
stramming over 13 years ago
I’m making a note here, huge success!
fmasroor over 13 years ago
Feel his wrath, Paige.
jakspigot over 13 years ago
if it were real, i know i’d buy one.
justinedwardnavin over 13 years ago
haha metroid kid.
bluemoon03 over 13 years ago
let him get on the computer woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keith Kunz over 13 years ago
this is one disfuctional family eveyone has. Roger: is too soft to swing a golf club and too clueless to do anything els;Andy: can’t cook and if you look closely has no sense of humorand is too spineless to stop her kids from destroying the house;Peter: does all the chores for the whole family but besides making him do it no one cares; Paig; is forever being tormented by her family; and Jason: is an evil genius.
MelChamp1 over 13 years ago
@buggerlugs @doc white I think that’s Jason’s Portal arm, & we’re seeing the comic from his POV.
iaashadow over 13 years ago
love portal and wish I could do that
awesomesheikah over 13 years ago
Wait a minute, Jason’s playing Portal? Wouldn’t that conflict with this? http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrotclassics/2009/08/13
alg123 over 13 years ago
“MMMMOOOMMMMMMM JASONS BRINGING OUT A PORTAL 2 SENTRY TURRET!”
Big Nate over 13 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L-rrkyvApU
vaspen14 over 13 years ago
I love Portal! GLaDOS is awesome!!!!
iFerrarifan over 13 years ago
Cake is a lie sucker!
sonicmario2 almost 13 years ago
I wanted cake… But NO… glados just had to drown me in the mysterious death liquid .
sonicmario2 almost 13 years ago
I feel fantastic and I’m still alive. And even better,I’m gonna play portal 2
Stan the Building over 5 years ago
Paige: I have been falling for 30 minutes!
TINA ! about 5 years ago
Jason is so smart I’m sure it works.
Nate Arbuckle, Quincy and Hobbes. over 3 years ago
Why don’t they play it together unless you can only play two players in portal 2, and they are playing portal (1).
1800 over 3 years ago
Has Jason never ewondered who the main character looked like?