Portal: A Day in the Life of a Turret
Description:
If a turret bitches about its job and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound? You bet it does. “A Day in the Life of a Turret” catches two turrets on the job during a typical day at the Aperture Science Enrichment Center, and the monotony that lies within.
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January 18th, 2008 at 12:01 pm » Quote
Could’ve done without the cursing. It ruined the child-like innocence of the way the turrets sound while they’re trying to kill you. Other than that it had a few funny moments.
January 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm » Quote
It got really good at the end…
Good work guys.. looking forward to more stuff..
January 18th, 2008 at 4:30 pm » Quote
Nice Work
January 18th, 2008 at 4:30 pm » Quote
Rofl
“shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit”
January 18th, 2008 at 4:31 pm » Quote
Funny stuff, posted a link over to you guys.
Thanks for the laughs.
January 18th, 2008 at 4:33 pm » Quote
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January 18th, 2008 at 4:50 pm » Quote
that was awful
leech off the popularity why not
January 18th, 2008 at 4:56 pm » Quote
sigh.. you guys know that its not said PWNED its said Owned.. the p us used by mistake in most rts cuz u dont really have time to correct your typo.. its still said Owned.. noobs
January 18th, 2008 at 5:05 pm » Quote
Thanks Dran, we’ll keep you in mind next time we need help in the “things we already know” catagory.
January 18th, 2008 at 5:05 pm » Quote
Haha, well clearly, the companion cube is the noob then. He was kind of a jerk, too.
January 18th, 2008 at 5:19 pm » Quote
That made my week worthwhile. Great stuff.
January 18th, 2008 at 5:37 pm » Quote
I’m with RAF2. Not only is cursing a cheap laugh (that is typically enjoyed most by the immature), but it just doesn’t fit the character of the turrets or the game at all.
January 18th, 2008 at 5:46 pm » Quote
DranCoin, actually, you are incorrect. Has nothing to do with a typo. PWNED is just the cooler way of saying OWNED.
Get it right or don’t type.
And GREAT video! Keep it up!
January 18th, 2008 at 7:33 pm » Quote
great video but please sort the downloads out they never work properly for me
-Sean
January 18th, 2008 at 7:41 pm » Quote
I thought it was funny. And that’s pretty much what our office sounds like all day
The only thing I would change is when they hum the theme is to either make the humming in the same key as the background music, or fade the background music out somehow, it’s in a different key so it sounds distracting (to me anyway).
January 18th, 2008 at 7:47 pm » Quote
So. Totally. Funny! Make more!
Turret #1 and #2 could become a regular comedic feature.
January 19th, 2008 at 2:19 am » Quote
I laughed, then displayed this on my projector screen at work… lots of other people laughed as well. GOOD comedic timing guys! Hope to see more
January 19th, 2008 at 6:51 am » Quote
No, actually it did originate from a typo. See how P is right next to O? It’s easy to hit it by accident, especially in the heat of the moment (Though why he thought it originated in RTS’s is beyond me.)
However, arguing about how to pronounce a typo is just silly. Anyone who uses it is being a bit silly in the first place (And hopefully everyone that says it knows it. Tongue in cheek is always nice, but some people are just dumb.), so they don’t take it too seriously.
It’s like arguing “HEY THAT CARTOON DRAGON SHOULDN’T BE PINK BECAUSE DRAGONS ARE ACTUALLY GREEN OR OLIVE DRAB!”.
So Dran, Dirtbag, you’re both wrong.
January 19th, 2008 at 11:29 pm » Quote
This video made me find this site. And all i can say is….Genius
January 19th, 2008 at 11:35 pm » Quote
It’s PWNT, not PWND.
You philistines…
January 20th, 2008 at 6:14 am » Quote
This is hilarious! Also, this page got added to StumbleUpon.
January 20th, 2008 at 7:10 am » Quote
I love the stupid look frozen on the face of the test subject.
January 20th, 2008 at 7:12 am » Quote
Any chance of the music from that video guys? Found myself humming it all day
January 20th, 2008 at 7:55 am » Quote
Actually your quite the noob, Pwnd comes from PAWNS like those little useless pieces in a chess game? You know all about useless im sure.
January 20th, 2008 at 8:44 am » Quote
Actually, you’re ALL WRONG. Pwnd originates in the dark jungles of Sweden, and is a shortened form of “pwndxyzgkhfyprtyxzktsklmnxszxgyt”, which means “He who has lost all honor because he was slapped in the face by a short, red-headed woman on the last Tuesday of the second month.”
January 20th, 2008 at 9:21 am » Quote
Woa, that was great guys! I really do wonder….will there be cake? And all the people who did like this video, go bitch about it somewhere else.
January 20th, 2008 at 2:15 pm » Quote
OMFG! Wish it was longer! =’( Keep up the awsomeness!! =D
January 20th, 2008 at 2:44 pm » Quote
Acccctually, from what I heared, PWNED is a combination of OWNED but using just a Pistol(usually the least powerful weapon in any good FPS). Killing someone with just a pistol is apparently the most vindictive move in an online FPS. Meaning the pistol bearer is l33t and the victim just got PWNED.
So, to sum up, that spiel explains being Pistol-OWNED, or POWNED. PWNED for short.
That is all.
January 20th, 2008 at 3:06 pm » Quote
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January 20th, 2008 at 3:22 pm » Quote
Come Out Bitch! Epic Lulz
January 20th, 2008 at 3:37 pm » Quote
Nice video. I lol’ed.
Anywhere we could download the video besides Youtube? Flash quality ftl.
January 20th, 2008 at 4:01 pm » Quote
Yeah, it should hopefully be back up later today for download.
January 20th, 2008 at 4:07 pm » Quote
I really enjoyed this video. The one thing that I loved above all was the reference to Wargames “how about a nice game of chess”… I’m saddened that no one caught that before me. Tis a shame.
January 20th, 2008 at 4:30 pm » Quote
Better qual
http://www.steamfriends.com/other/p2_articleid/1161
January 20th, 2008 at 4:46 pm » Quote
wold’ve been nice without the cussing … Still F*cking awesome though!
January 20th, 2008 at 5:11 pm » Quote
People arguing about the word “pwnd” and it’s many spellings makes me feel so much better about myself. That being said, very funny video, got The Orange Box a few days ago and just played through Portal, great stuff!
January 20th, 2008 at 6:18 pm » Quote
Turreto systuemo ne…? the video is actually very funny, actually made some of the female employees an orgasm… ahaha
January 20th, 2008 at 6:51 pm » Quote
rofl, superb
January 20th, 2008 at 7:59 pm » Quote
Really good :D, some more would be great.
Ohh and the useless online debating on the semantics of the word pwn are quiet funny too.
January 20th, 2008 at 8:02 pm » Quote
Halo is Call of duty 4’s bitch… LOL… i must agree i got cod4 and jsut cant get enough of it
January 20th, 2008 at 8:38 pm » Quote
I concur, any chance of the music being offered for download?
January 20th, 2008 at 10:25 pm » Quote
V-Nice.
Keep it up guys.
January 20th, 2008 at 11:46 pm » Quote
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January 21st, 2008 at 10:38 am » Quote
I have no idea what you other guys are talking about, I thought that was halarious ^^
I found the fact that the turrets cursed very funny, I LIKE how the childishness of them was removed. And I seriously doubt all of you dont swear at work
Thanks for the laughs Smooth Few Films
January 21st, 2008 at 10:41 am » Quote
Also: “Ill see you in hell cube!” BEST LINE EVER!
January 21st, 2008 at 2:00 pm » Quote
LOL!!
It’s awsome! I can’t stop laughing!
I hope you’ll do more stuff!
January 21st, 2008 at 2:19 pm » Quote
Awesome!
Last semester, some wrote on my desk, “There is no cake!”
It’s cool when you come across shit like that in RL.
January 21st, 2008 at 4:26 pm » Quote
wiikkkkkid
January 21st, 2008 at 4:45 pm » Quote
That was good but, i like the css parodys better
January 21st, 2008 at 5:55 pm » Quote
Pwned DID NOT originate from a typo you idiots, it was created during a game of quake, the guy combined two words Perfect and Owned thus making Pwned, he used it cause he got a perfect shot on someone, learn your gaming history nubcakes.
January 21st, 2008 at 6:38 pm » Quote
Can we please make this the last comment discussing the etymology of “pwned”? It’s kind of ridiculous, guys.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:11 pm » Quote
Who said so? b14tch.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:24 pm » Quote
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January 22nd, 2008 at 3:13 pm » Quote
LAWL, and argument on the etymology of a slang PWN
BTW, greeat vid, made my day.
I recently read an article BY Blizzard claiming that PWN was a typo created by one of their pvp map designers for Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (yes Warcraft I) when creating an endgame message of ” OWNS ” there was a typo, that slipped all the way to production.
There was much documented use of the word OWN prior to this point, but their theory stands plausible, IMO. If I find a link, I’ll post it for your argumentative pleasure.
Pronunciation, I say poned, just because I know it should be owned. Kind of like I say roffle and DoubleyouTeeEff
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:50 pm » Quote
Awesome video. I love it, especially all the in game references.
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:43 am » Quote
Found this from DubiousQuality (yes, I’m a few days behind on Stumbling/Digging/etc). Almost stopped it, as the first 30-45 seconds wasn’t that interesting. But man, it gets so much better. It really picks up at the tic-tac-toe game, and just improves from there to the end.
Especially love when the companion cube shows up, albeit so briefly.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:15 pm » Quote
I liked this clip. I am only posting a comment to the turd who whined about there being cursing. Grow up dude it wouldn’t have even been funny without them. Go watch sesame street if you don’t want curse words.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 pm » Quote
Dude, the cursing is half the reason why this video is funny.
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:07 pm » Quote
Great vid! Watched it like 5 times and it’s still so funny.
Make more with number 1 and 2 please!
And btw, I always thought ‘pwned’ came from ‘power’ + ‘owned’ making it ‘pwned. For like when you’re on a winning streak or something, you just say ‘pwnage’
January 24th, 2008 at 2:53 am » Quote
No matter how many times I watch this, I laugh out loud every time.
January 24th, 2008 at 6:36 am » Quote
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January 24th, 2008 at 4:11 pm » Quote
yea i agree with you
January 24th, 2008 at 4:21 pm » Quote
lol? the cursing makes it even more funny because they sound so immature and yet they’re cursing the heck out of everything. its hilarous. “Come out bitch” Epic lulz indeed XD plus the cursing makes it even more funny when they’re talking in a monotone. “what the shit, balls. shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit”. and for the people arguing about OWNED or PWNED what he actually said was POWNED ok? he added a p to it. no biggie. a pwned DID NOT COME FROM ANYTHING SPECIAL. IT IS SIMPLY A CUTER/COOLER WAY TO SAY OWNED. the same way people don’t always say ROFL. they say ROFLMAO or ROFLCOPTER or ROFLCAKES and the same way people say FTW~ as well as WTF. the whole argument about it is pretty stupid lmao
January 25th, 2008 at 6:42 am » Quote
I love this. Between this and Gordon Freeman on talkback, this has made my week. I keep watching it. I want a ring tone of the two turrets singing Still Alive. Cheers guys!
January 25th, 2008 at 6:36 pm » Quote
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January 26th, 2008 at 1:35 pm » Quote
You’re a retard if…
1) You use words like pwned, w00t, or l33t
2) You say acronyms like ROFL or LOL out loud
3) You don’t know the difference between there, their, and they’re
4) You type ftw or gg after every sentence
5) You argue on the internet
6) You argue over the etymology of nerd words like pwned or w00t
January 27th, 2008 at 3:49 am » Quote
7) If you make lists for the sole reason of making yourself look e-cool on comment boards.
Great vid, guys
January 28th, 2008 at 7:00 am » Quote
I have a feeling you’ll get over it.
FUCKING hilarious movie, by the way.
January 28th, 2008 at 9:46 am » Quote
PWNED was a typo that dates almost exclusively back to 1997, Quake2. Do some research, planetquake.com had an article about it back in 1997 about it. It came from having to quickly type “owned” when playing, because there was no voice over.
The p was hit with the right hand ring finger from hastily typing.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:26 pm » Quote
I want to insert my floppy into her disk drives lol
January 31st, 2008 at 12:59 am » Quote
Yep, “See you in hell cube” is the line that kept me laughing for hours. And I think the cursing actually adds something. Annoying coworker + dry turkey + being beaten up all day = cursing. And anyone who says otherwise has never gone through any of those things lol
January 31st, 2008 at 4:00 pm » Quote
Laaaaaame. I want my 4 minutes back.
January 31st, 2008 at 4:42 pm » Quote
I want to insert my floppy into her disk drives.
February 1st, 2008 at 7:53 am » Quote
February 1st, 2008 at 8:20 am » Quote
I dunno why u all argue about the pwn thing…..because its already like that so…let it be…..if u all dunt like it…just say own…..i dun understand why this thing can be a big arguements i think i spelled wrong but well who cares anyways
THIS IS A FUNNY VIDEO,EVEN TURRETS GOT A LIFE HAHA
February 1st, 2008 at 10:12 am » Quote
Great shit ass site… woot woot woot .. hell yeah………
oooo Swear
February 1st, 2008 at 5:40 pm » Quote
That was like cake to my senses.
February 1st, 2008 at 9:16 pm » Quote
Man did I laugh at this! Great work, even though I’ve never played Portal, I crack up every time I watch it.
February 2nd, 2008 at 1:37 am » Quote
ok the cube says “owned bitches dominated…..yeah you guys like getting cube on the face pwned” ok he says both stop arguing and noone really knows who cam up with pwn first it could have been a typo or a mispelling in warcraft and the diffrence is pwn is totally dominating like the other played didnt do any or little damage and owned just means bassicly the same thing but not as epic
and the vid was great laughed my ass off the first time I saw it hoping for more with turret 1 and 2
February 2nd, 2008 at 11:04 am » Quote
i fought pwned came from http://www.purepwnage.com...
February 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm » Quote
A fine machinima. Thankyou.
But… surely the reason the turret couldn’t get onto Facebook was because of the clause in their terms of service that disallows robots?
/me gets coat.
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:24 pm » Quote
Nice DEFCON reference
February 4th, 2008 at 9:38 am » Quote
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February 4th, 2008 at 2:09 pm » Quote
Hey Hey,
How did you make your own words sounds like the robots from the game, could you be so kind and share this with me?
Need it for a project!
February 4th, 2008 at 8:10 pm » Quote
OMG R U F’ING CERIOUS?!~?!
mASTER OF THE oBVIOUS, YOU SIR ARE A F@#$ TARD …
February 4th, 2008 at 8:14 pm » Quote
The cussin’ was some of the funniest damn stuff … WTF are you too sensitive that your little delicate virgin ears can’t hear “dirty words”? You do know that the average workday conversation sounds pretty much like that, right? I mean unless you work in a friggin’ Bible factory or something.
February 4th, 2008 at 8:18 pm » Quote
ROFLCOPTERz … WiseAss FTW!!111~!~!!!!!
February 6th, 2008 at 4:51 pm » Quote
you guys a dumb…pwned stands for PLAYER OWNED…like when your playing a game…just like “pk” stands for PLAYER KILL
February 6th, 2008 at 6:18 pm » Quote
lol balls
February 6th, 2008 at 6:45 pm » Quote
Actually, if you escalate it even further into ownage, it’s pronounced “Qwned.”
The more you know…
February 6th, 2008 at 11:32 pm » Quote
funniest shit i’ve seen in a long time. great game too btw.
ya’ll should deffinitely make another one.
and for all you fucktards out there who gives a shit where pwned comes from? people say it cause they want to, it sounded good in the video and there doesn’t need to be a fucking argument about it. ya’ll all sound like complete twats…
and quit your bitching about cussing you fucking 2 year old.
Anyways.
Perfect video guys. =)
February 7th, 2008 at 2:46 am » Quote
lol soooooooooooooooo funnyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they gotta make a series of this soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny
February 8th, 2008 at 6:56 am » Quote
Hi guys,
good movie. But can anybody post the dialogues of the turrets, please.
Cause there are some sentences I couldn’t understand.
Would be nice. Thank you.
February 8th, 2008 at 12:24 pm » Quote
I love this vid man espically th part when there singing
February 9th, 2008 at 1:11 am » Quote
Totally unfunny. It’s ANTIfunny. So unfunny that anything I watch in the next hour will be made unfunny because of how unfunny this was.
February 9th, 2008 at 1:27 am » Quote
Hey figs,
Thanks for your constructive and well put together comment about our video. We will take the helpful and intelligent feedback and put it to good use in the production of our next endeavor. The words you have so thoughtfully put down on our site will ensure that our work becomes better. Thank you.
February 9th, 2008 at 6:34 am » Quote
You guys deserve cake for this.
February 9th, 2008 at 7:21 am » Quote
Great job, guys. Don’t be troubled by the lowest common denominator types who critique it for cursing of all things, or just say it isn’t funny without any constructive criticism. I re-read figs’ comment just to be sure, and nope, I don’t see a link to the superior work he’s done. He fails.
I can see you’re not really troubled by them, anyway. With your experience, you’re well aware that the signal-to-noise ratio of the internet is pretty high. Teh Intarwebz gives everyone a voice, even cretins and morons. You’re statistically bound to hear from them here.
What people don’t get (and what GOOD writers like you guys DO get) is that you were SUPPOSED to peel back the layer that we all see in-game to reveal the mundane, problem-fraught lives of the turrets we used to see as two-dimensional, predictable entities. They bicker, they curse their existence, and they dream of what else there might be. Total genius. I wish I had come up with it, myself.
I hope you’re considering what you’ve seen here in various forms– we want more turrets!
Ighnot
February 10th, 2008 at 11:16 am » Quote
Hi guys,
can anybody fill the gaps? These are the phrases I couldn’t catch.
“You know who I _______ last week?”
“Who?”
“The Companion Cube.”
“It scares the ______ people”
“______. Okay, I see you”
“Ask her if she’s still there”
Would be nice. thx
February 11th, 2008 at 1:42 pm » Quote
Hello again,
can anybody tell me the word betwenn these words please:
“It scares the ____ of poeple”
It scares what of the people?????
it’s important
February 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pm »