Cave Johnson is back in Aperture Desk Job. Basically Portal 3, not really but I would love it to be Pre-order my movie: tv.apple.com/us/movie/how-did... Edited by: / pixl_pit
Unfortunately not live forever. He isn't dead as of this comment, but if legends like Stan Lee can be taken out of this mortal realm, unfortunately so can J.K.
29:31 it takes place in an entirely different timeline. When Portal 2’s Perpetual Testing Initiative launched, we got a bunch of new voice lines from Cave Johnson introducing us to the multiverse. One of the different universes/timelines revealed was one where Cave had lived long enough to be put into a computer.
@@rockycuro7737 I think it is, because remember one of Cave's lines was and I'm totally paraphrasing here "If I don't live long enough to be put in a computer I want Caroline to take my place" And GlaDos is Caroline, technically
I love the mantis civilization. It's a nod to Portal 2, where Cave Johnson mentions that the volunteers are going to be injected with mantis DNA, and then immediately after says they will be armed to help put down a mantis man uprising. Looks like after that experiment failed, they decided to try injecting human DNA into mantises. I love it.
“When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!” - cave johnson
*"Those of you who volunteered to be injected with praying mantis DNA, I've got some good news and some bad news."* -Cave Johnson during Portal 2 I think the praying mantis were actually test subjects. Love the easter eggs. Kinda cool how they built there own society :D.
I do agree with you there but if you look at the state of tf2 then they dont give a rat's ass about it, and they've stopped communicating with the community which sucks but yeah. When valve feels like it they put an immense amount of effort in
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
Seán: I dunno why [Cave Johnson] would like a toilet that shoots. Me: The man created spatial portal technology by failing to make a *shower curtain,* I'd say he's partial to this idea.
@@smokedcaramel3818 Well he says in his recording in portal 2 to pour his mind into a computer, and to do it with Caroline if he dies before they manage to do it. We know that GLaDOS contains or at least contained the mind and memories of Caroline, so it's pretty safe to say that Cave is dead, at least in the universe where portal 2 takes place.
I love how they tied the main plot and the mantis civilisation gag together by making Cave land next to their infinite energy source after wanting to die, so clever and dark
I could see them making portal 3 for chell or maybe the co op robots figuring out Cave Johnson was “alive” the whole time and either try to put him back in charge or end his misery
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
something dark that some people don’t realize is that the beeping shown at the beginning (and technically the end when you’re sent to the menu) is literally cave johnson trying to alert people outside of the office, but the waiting room had been abandoned and lost by then. spooky and definitely foreshadowing. LOVE TO SEE IT!!
It looks like it's doing morse code for S-O-S too. Edit: A couple people have pointed out that it doesn't really look like morse code for S-O-S. After a closer watch, I am inclined to agree with them. What it would actually be, I'm not sure. Heck, it might not be morse code at all!
This game to me embodies Valve. They're always testing, trying to innovate but they hardly ever release whatever they're finishing, even if what they're completing is awesome like a toilet turret
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
Does that mean in the extended portal universe cave Johnson is still alive? Man I wish Valve made more games in their universe. The writing is always generally really tight
I dream of a crossover between Portal and Half-Life, with a sequence where you play as Dog...with a Cave Johnson sphere mounted on his back, operating a turret. :D
yup, he's just existing in an extremely advanced computer, now somewhere deep in the facility. Since that was basically the main point of desk jobs I'm assuming it'll come into play in Portal 3 (assuming it ever releases lol)
That's a good one, especially considering how the captcha is kinda stupid anyway since some machines can actually solve it. But I guess that's why they did that as a joke.
"What if it was a skeleton hand? Like what is he trying to say? Is he human inside? Is there a skeleton trapped in him???" 16:45 **Matpat's Companion Cube Theory Intensifies**
Caroline and Her Turrets: *_*sings a beautiful italian opera song about a mother's love for her child as you're leaving Aperture Science forever*_* Cave Johnson and His Turrets: 28:10 _"AaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAa~"_
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
Aperture desk job is proof enough that valve knows how to write characters still, half life alyx was very fun and clearly showed off that valve knows how to make games still. Hopefully they get back to making new games again soon because I really miss these
Hey, Jack, just a heads up In portal 2 there was mention of people being turned into mantises as a result of experiments. Those, I am assuming are the mantises shown in between the segments.
@@bighsigh3586 Hmm, I think after that Cave said that a new test was to fight mutant mantises or smth like that, but you could be right lol. Been a while since I last played Portal 2
@@foor Im doing alk this from memory too so im not saying im right but from what i remember there was an experiemnt mentioned first about mixing human and mantis DNA. Then a while later we hear people get paid for killing human mantis crosbreeds. So i assumed that was like, meant to mean that the first experiment didnt pan out well lol
It's tiny stuff like this that gives me hope of Valve coming back into the game development industry in full. They clearly still have the talent and passion, but it feels like they're reclusive and secretive/
A cute little detail, the microphones, vents headphone jack and volume buttons on the desk also line up with the steamdeck perfectly, something i never noticed till I held it
Grady is in a 30 minute game but has so much character and iconic moments that the duo cores with GLaDOS and Wheatley has in my opinion become a trilogy with Grady being in a rightful place
The voice acting, theme, graphics and the gameplay are just something new and interesting Valve really focuses on everything they make and put their heart and soul into it
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
It’s interesting to see that even though this isn’t a portal game, it still drags out the lore like how it seems that cave johnson has been alive the whole time, as a metal thing and the turrets came the idea of a toilet with a tank of bullets. The silly ness makes it make sense too.
its the rotation motion. your brain puts the two togheter when somebody turns their head slightly then closes an eye. it does not matter if the face has only one eye
This game fits in with the multiverse system that was established when the Portal Level Creator for Portal 2 was released. As a way to cut costs, during the time before his illness stuck, Cave Johnson (Cave Prime, the one that died and was replaced with GladOS) had his scientists open rifts to the multiverse, each with their own Caves and Aperture Sciences in order to steal test chambers they designed but got built in alternate universes with alternate universe resources. It's not a farfetched theory that Cave Prime sent the faulty toilet to Desk Job Aperture or had one sabotaged so that one thing could lead to another and that they could eventually steal the turret we know and love today.
I guess but this game takes place in the same one as Portal and Portal 2 The cave Johnson being in a head is a previously scrapped idea from the cancelled game F-Stop where cave was supposed to be found at the bottom of aparature in a cube
Ugh I love the Portal games so much. I agree with Sean, I really hope we get another one in the future but I know that's unlikely. But even just this little demo game is making me want to go back and play the games for the, what... eighth or ninth time? They both just have so much replay value and it's been nearly 11 years since Portal 2 was released.
"Why would Cave Johnson need a toilet that shoots?" This IS Aperture Science, boss. I'm pretty sure a toilet with a mounted division isn't anywhere near their most bizarre creations they have.
I absolutely love that J.K. Simmons came back to reprise his role as Cave Johnson. Also, toilet turret is kind of genius. Think of it, when are you at your most vulnerable aside from when you're asleep? When you're on the shitter.
@@Instabruh.User.. this is why god demoted you to a twitter or Instagram user , and he refused to open the doors for you only because you have one video and think one video is very good you might retire in 1 day then, start working the next day
I like the Morse code in the background of the title screen. Just a constant SOS. I wonder if the implication is that Cave has just been sending the signal for four years and no one bothered to check after he killed a bunch of people.
I know they say it ain't a Portal 3, but I like that they went the extra mile and gave us another look at Cave Johnson and add more lore to the Half Life Universe. There's no telling how long Cave's been in a computer stuck in a giant head but it's honestly pretty chilling, hilarious, and sweet in a way since we finally get to finish his story and he's hyped to move on. He's definitely NOT a genius, but you can appreciate his enthusiasm
@@oblongdude5312 yeah, he’s pretty much stuck there till either his computer goes caput, or GlaDos finds him. Heck, if she does find him, maybe she can give him a robot body.
@@enjel1147 Sure Your content is below average low quality and I have only seen your channel right here in this comment section Maybe you should review what you say online before it is proven wrong immediately.
As soon as I heard Nate Bargatze one of my favorite comedians voices I knew this was gonna be a good game. Though it’s a Valve game so it’s always gonna be good.
The toilets singing at the end reminds me of the end of Portal 2 when all the turrets sing their song, and it makes me wonder: Was that Cave Johnson singing to Chell? Was that him controlling those turrets as she leaves?
@@bluelfsuma It is kinda canon. You see, this was one of the universes from the multiverse in portal 2. I think that its fully canon in other universe but not in our portal 1/2 universe.
One thing I appreciate about this game is that it gave Cave Johnson a proper ending. Unlike in Portal 2 where it's ambiguously implied that maybe he died or something, it's nice to see what actually happened to him. A big-headed guy who got turned into a big head, lol.
That little robot guy has such a good voice. The little southern twang that comes in is so awesome. Turns out he's from Nashville so my ears are pretty good at telling regional accents in the south.
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
As per usual, Aperture's sound design is top-notch. You could create a playlist of nothing but their sfx files and I would listen to it over and over again and try to match it up with the source.
This isn't actually portal 3, it's basically a prequel except it doesn't have portal-like gameplay Another funny thing is that I believe it has a disclaimer in the description saying something along the lines of "this is not portal 3" I could be a little off
I love how different this is from the Aperture we see in the mainline Portal games. Instead of Cave dying, Caroline becoming GLaDOS and Chell destroying the place not once but twice after being taunted with cake, we have Cave surviving (becoming the Computer Executive Officer instead of GLaDOS), the company never rebranding from its 80’s aesthetic, the company still being in business (seeing as both “Charlie” and the Warden appear to be there of their free will), Grady (who speaks with a Southern accent like the one Wheatley was “beyond [GLaDOS’] range of hearing”) being the creator of the Turrets, and we’re taunted with a pudding. The folks at Valve have some serious attention to detail.
or... get this... the game takes place in the 80s!! :O I know it's very hard to believe, but if you stretch your imagination hard enough, you just might be able to realise that games made in the present can take place in the past
@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan I say that only because Cave says it’s been years since anybody’s come upstairs and Grady claims it’s been years since anyone’s seen Cave. Cool your jets champ.
@@juno1752 fr lmao I really do think this is an alternate universe, it may be based on a scrapped idea for the main games but it contradicts the main game's story/timeline. Btw isn't the orange logo the one from the 70s? I think this Aperture may have invented Personality Cores earlier than the main universe Aperture, and Charlie and Grady actually live in the past. Personally if Portal 3 ever comes out I'd want some closure for my boy Wheatley but if they decide to make it take place in a universe that is different from the first two games that'd also be fun.
@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan there’s literal proof that these games do not take place in the 80s lmfao maybe you’re the one that needs to “stretch your imagination” a bit.
I like how in the initial elevator sequence downward you see a kid's playground area, and immediately underneath it, weapon's storage. Nice touch, Valve.
also of note but a lot more subtle is the repulsion gel pipe directly above the exit of a slide in the daycare, with the fencing on that part of the wall being bent out of shape, implying a kid slid down, bounced on the gel, and flew into it or over it lol
Apparently Aperture Desk Job is an alternate timeline where Cave Johnson lived long enough to have his conscience put into a computer, unlike the Portal games where he died and Caroline took his place.
It's not an alternative timeline though, it's cannon The idea is from the cancelled portal game called F-Stop where cave was supposed to have been found at the bottom of Aperture with his consciousness in a cube I wouldn't be surprised if this is hinting somewhat to a new portal, I mean you can see at the end how there is still a light on caves head, he is clearly still alive and being powered by that power source made by the Mantises
I love how in the description of the game on the Steam page, it says in bold " *NOT PORTAL 3!* " They know that we really want Portal 3 damn it (also Half-Life 3 but I'm not really a Half-Life guy.. sorry for betraying y'all like this, I just really love Portal lmao)
Anyone else notice what seems like Morse code on Cave Johnsons portrait at 30:33? I think its o-h-t-t after looking up a more code guide but I could be wrong (also got no clue what ohtt is)
to be fair valve did manage to make a well written good graphics and good vr game run beautiful and good games on a portable device, that is not limited to its companies products
29:33 I am quite positive the ending is after Glados was put in charge, but before the events of Portal 1. Also yes, this means even during the events of Half Life 2 Ep 1 & 2 and even up to Half Life Alyx’s ending so far, Cave Johnson is “alive”.
Actually, this is most likely an alternate timeline or universe, since in the original Glados lacks emotion, while in this Cave Johnson just has his normal one. She would have to go in first if his technology is more advanced.
@@alveloss7880 Not necessarily. He had her go first and they couldn’t fit all of her personality into one piece, resulting in the cores attached to her. He demanded one computer and got it. But what I mean is I also believe her whole “going mad and flooding the enrichment center” occurs later on in the timeline. That the toilet turret gets it drastically needed redesign, things start looking up for Aperture, and then she snaps.
@@alveloss7880 it's not though It's in the canon timeline It's taken from the cancelled portal f-stop where Cave was going to be found in a cube at the bottom of Aperture He's most likely still down there in portal 2
@@alveloss7880 I think the scientists learned *not* to make GLaDOS fully aware of herself and emotionally numb her so Caroline *wouldnt* start killing people. Until they realised they needed more cores, pretty sure the Rattman comic has him put his hand into one of those cores themselves. So it still can check out.
I really liked this, it adds a TON to portal lore, but it being such a short experience, it does wonders to show what the steam deck can do. It's a fantastic tutorial game, and is just as charming as the other games.
Now we know that Aperture had some actual products mass-produced, Cave might have been digitized in secret long before GLaDOS, and turrets could have been inspired by a broken toilet.
Between Bowser's Fury and Aperture Desk Job, these tech demos are crazy. I'm so excited to see the direction Valve goes with this, hopefully more Portal stuff!
That whole monologue Sean had at the beginning was really close to home even though it was supposed to be a joke cause I legit had a small breakdown on WTF I'm doing with my work life and how I don't wanna waste away in a job I hate.
Wait hang on, that literally means that every time that red light turns on, that’s Cave trying to get someone’s attention. That’s great attention to detail. Imagine there’s a portal 2 update that makes that light buzz every so often now…
OMG this is the coolest, funniest game ever.The voices were absolutely amazing and hilarious.I have to watch the other ones!Great job Jack!It was the best!
On one hand, I think that Cave still being alive cheapens the overall impact of his death, but on the other, it opens up the possibility of GLaDOS finding out about and meeting him.
That's hardly being "Alive". Plus he was begging for death by the time the player meets him, so it's an even more pathetic end than dying from moon dust.
@@KittyKatty999 I disagree, because the main tragedy of Cave's death is that it ends with Caroline being forced into GLaDOS against her will. I do, however, recognise that Desk Job takes place in an alternate Aperture.
Portal 1 ending: I live b*tch
Portal 2 ending: leave please just leave
aperture desk job ending:
🗿🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽🚽
OMG I didn't think this was going to be this funny XD
OMG I didn't think this was going to be this funny XD
OMG I didn't think this was going to be this funny XD
@Your Local Rat Some cheese for you king🧀
OMG I didn't think this was going to be this funny XD
Fun Fact: J.K Simmons is a trained Baritone, so that ending song (titled “Requiem Ad Immortali”) was entirely sung by him. What can that man not do.
Unfortunately not live forever. He isn't dead as of this comment, but if legends like Stan Lee can be taken out of this mortal realm, unfortunately so can J.K.
Conduct jazz
He also plays a giant pig baby in Infinity Train Book 4
@@crynosinso8324 that was sweet and very saddening out of no where
Well, he can't get pictures of Spider-Man
29:31 it takes place in an entirely different timeline.
When Portal 2’s Perpetual Testing Initiative launched, we got a bunch of new voice lines from Cave Johnson introducing us to the multiverse. One of the different universes/timelines revealed was one where Cave had lived long enough to be put into a computer.
I don't think it's the same thing here. Nothing implies this is a different universe
@@rockycuro7737 I think it is, because remember one of Cave's lines was and I'm totally paraphrasing here "If I don't live long enough to be put in a computer I want Caroline to take my place" And GlaDos is Caroline, technically
I disagree, in the petl that cave mentions a "stadium sized computer", but in the game it's a relativity big head that can fit in a room
@@rockycuro7737 Just because nothing is implied, doesn't mean it's not.
@@duhrealeyethree Remember computers back in the day filled whole rooms and were only just as powerful as your phone.
"I thought you were just two lunatics who dragged a toilet up here" fucking killed me
Killed him too.
For a while, at least.
I love the mantis civilization. It's a nod to Portal 2, where Cave Johnson mentions that the volunteers are going to be injected with mantis DNA, and then immediately after says they will be armed to help put down a mantis man uprising. Looks like after that experiment failed, they decided to try injecting human DNA into mantises. I love it.
sounds like something they'll do
I like how a company called MANTIS CO is shown.meaning there is a RED&BLU team in the mantis civilization
Yeah I figured that out the second time the mantis civilisation, i remembered what Cave said
No jinx or anything but I’m happy to see a genuine comment with real replies
@@tajkoreddeninthearctic194 glad I could help make your day a little better.
That blinking light found on Cave’s portrait is actually morse code for, “You’re fired.”
Oh my god, what a legend.
I think it’s also the light that we see it in the end that he says he’s been calling for help
Lmao. I came to the comments to see if anyone noticed. 😂👏👏👏👏
Heh
Thank you! I was wondering!
“When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!”
- cave johnson
Hell yeah baby
He says what we're all thinking!
Burn life’s house down!
One of my favorite quotes from portal 2
"yeah! YEAH!! B-...BURN THEIR HOUSE WITH LEMONS oo I like this guy"
-GLaDOs
I love how the mantis society wasn’t just comic relief but actually ended up becoming part of the story as their power source powers cave
*"Those of you who volunteered to be injected with praying mantis DNA, I've got some good news and some bad news."* -Cave Johnson during Portal 2
I think the praying mantis were actually test subjects. Love the easter eggs. Kinda cool how they built there own society :D.
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@@enjel1147 no bitches?
AYO great callback
Just gonna echo what many have said before: It says a lot when Valve puts more heart into a 30-minute tech demo than most AAA games have these days.
Its not in the heart its because they work from fucking home
F🤬CK OFF BOTS!!!
I do agree with you there but if you look at the state of tf2 then they dont give a rat's ass about it, and they've stopped communicating with the community which sucks but yeah. When valve feels like it they put an immense amount of effort in
Jack, the bots are here if you want to ban them
@@thephony1651 did you just try to notify jack in a reply section
grady’s voice is so satisfying to listen to, his voice actor is incredible
He has podcast called nateland, its amazing :D
yeah I found the podcast because of this game. Been loving it so far, I'm now a fan!
nate bargatze is an incredible comedian
I’m attracted to his voice
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
2:19 the robots doing the "which of these has a stoplight" test in the machine learning room is so damn funny.
Fitting because of how ridiculous the captcha test is these days.
Seán: I dunno why [Cave Johnson] would like a toilet that shoots.
Me: The man created spatial portal technology by failing to make a *shower curtain,* I'd say he's partial to this idea.
Wat
@@MilTheBee i think he was making a theory on if Cave is the one making the Turrets sing, when Chell leaves
@@silverstone9836 dounbt it, he's already very dead by the time the first game happens
@@deadlifeseries4161 Valve doesn't know if it's cannon or not cannon so... eh?
@@smokedcaramel3818 Well he says in his recording in portal 2 to pour his mind into a computer, and to do it with Caroline if he dies before they manage to do it. We know that GLaDOS contains or at least contained the mind and memories of Caroline, so it's pretty safe to say that Cave is dead, at least in the universe where portal 2 takes place.
I love how Grady has this "18 year old fast-food restaurant manager" voice.
He's adorable
It’s comedian Nate Bargatze
Oh I guess it says in the video lol
I love the voice
@Miles Doyle ligma balls
I love how they tied the main plot and the mantis civilisation gag together by making Cave land next to their infinite energy source after wanting to die, so clever and dark
The comedy in portal games never fails to make me laugh i so desperately want a 3rd one but if this is all we’ll get i think i’ll be ok with that
There is portal stories Mel
@@DestielShipper132 it’s not made by valve tho, it’s fan-made
I could see them making portal 3 for chell or maybe the co op robots figuring out Cave Johnson was “alive” the whole time and either try to put him back in charge or end his misery
@@BrainFreeze4a very well made fan game.
Anyway it’s the thought that counts
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
something dark that some people don’t realize is that the beeping shown at the beginning (and technically the end when you’re sent to the menu) is literally cave johnson trying to alert people outside of the office, but the waiting room had been abandoned and lost by then. spooky and definitely foreshadowing. LOVE TO SEE IT!!
Went to the comments to see if anyone else noticed that
It looks like it's doing morse code for S-O-S too.
Edit: A couple people have pointed out that it doesn't really look like morse code for S-O-S. After a closer watch, I am inclined to agree with them. What it would actually be, I'm not sure. Heck, it might not be morse code at all!
@@enjel1147 - Touch grass.
@@enjel1147 you literally said in another vid about the bots, are here you are.
@@enjel1147 ah yes insulting another person's dead father will definitely make people wanna watch your content, pathetic
J. K. Simmons is just an absolute legend, from J. Jonah Jameson
, Omni Man to Cave Johnson
@@enjel1147 Scientists are trying hard to find out who asked
Edit: and they are failing miserably
Nice fact (ugh to the fucking bots). I need to keep it in mind
Actually, its Jameson THEN Cave Johnson THEN Omni-Man. Portal 2 came before Invincible.
I knew he sounded like j jonah jameson
Agree.
This game feels like a 3D ride that you would go on at like Universal or Disney.
omg the amount of money I would pay for a portal themed ride like this
PORTAL THEME PARK
J.K Simmons has such a distinctive voice that even as simply a voice actor role, you know its him from one sentence!
Wait you're right... I actually sit in my desk more than most desk jobs
Bruh the amount of bots is just sad
F🤬CK OFF BOTS!!!
When's youtube actually gonna do something about these bots?
@@globe7640 never because CZcams doesn’t care
lmao
This game to me embodies Valve. They're always testing, trying to innovate but they hardly ever release whatever they're finishing, even if what they're completing is awesome like a toilet turret
Also they keep telling each other to "bring your desk".
Honestly its kinda both the Tragedy and Beauty of Valve.
true
The hand physics I think are worth the effort in the demos
Portal3
In space
With Gordon Freeman
And Wheatley (again)
E.
OMG I know the guy who voices Grady!! He's a standup comedian, and I LOVE his humor and delivery. So glad he got to be part of something like this!
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
I want a spin-off game purely about the mantises
I know, right? I was way more invested in the mantis society than anything else.
They’re gonna have a bigger role if portal 3 comes out
it wont valve cant count to 3@@thatonerotom8999
Does that mean in the extended portal universe cave Johnson is still alive? Man I wish Valve made more games in their universe. The writing is always generally really tight
I dream of a crossover between Portal and Half-Life, with a sequence where you play as Dog...with a Cave Johnson sphere mounted on his back, operating a turret. :D
I honestly wonder if that was foreshadowing to Animal King..
@@forcesinbalance5685 That would be awesome.
yup, he's just existing in an extremely advanced computer, now somewhere deep in the facility. Since that was basically the main point of desk jobs I'm assuming it'll come into play in Portal 3 (assuming it ever releases lol)
I actually think that at the end of the song with the turrets, the Cave head powered down, so I think he's actually dead.
I love how the machine learning section at 2:18 is about solving 'I am not robot' captcha
That's a good one, especially considering how the captcha is kinda stupid anyway since some machines can actually solve it.
But I guess that's why they did that as a joke.
I love how fast Sean starts vibing with Grady. Such a sociable fella
"What if it was a skeleton hand? Like what is he trying to say? Is he human inside? Is there a skeleton trapped in him???" 16:45
**Matpat's Companion Cube Theory Intensifies**
oh my god i didn't even think of that haha! clever
Giving me made in abyss vibes with humans in boxes shit.
I was literally about to comment that
"I can't talk over the sound of you shooting me." Cave always has the best lines
@@Instabruh.User.. no it’s not.
@@coldnslick its a bot. When you see them, don't reply, just report them
True. Cave Johnson is our inner voice. I always channel him
Caroline and Her Turrets: *_*sings a beautiful italian opera song about a mother's love for her child as you're leaving Aperture Science forever*_*
Cave Johnson and His Turrets: 28:10
_"AaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAa~"_
My life be AaAAAaaaAAAA
Cave's turrets are clearly primitive and would likely be the basis for Caroline's
Didn't Caroline get deleted at the end of portal 2 tho? That was all glados I think
@@timhughes4634She faked deleting Caroline
I’ve never heard this before. How do you know?
I unironically love this core. I'm okay with getting into trouble, I just want to build turrets with this dude.
Whatever you like, *Charlie*
@@alial3437😂
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
@@mashhoudsheikh4208 I had no idea! Thank you!
Aperture desk job is proof enough that valve knows how to write characters still, half life alyx was very fun and clearly showed off that valve knows how to make games still. Hopefully they get back to making new games again soon because I really miss these
Same, especially after that huge cliffhanger in Half Life Alyx. I sincerely hope Valve goes back to their roots soon.
"The important thing is to have fun... on your own time, before you come in."
I've known this character for less than a minute but what a legend. D:
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Even if you dont play portal 2, gotta look up his lines
@@rowdeemunkee he's not talking about Cave Johnson, he's talking about Grady
@@Instabruh.User.. what the fuck?
Hey, Jack, just a heads up
In portal 2 there was mention of people being turned into mantises as a result of experiments. Those, I am assuming are the mantises shown in between the segments.
That's funny that value did that
Wasnt it something ablut mixing human and mantis DNA? i was thinking these might be some mantises that escaped that experiment!
@@Heavyflamer66 yeah, I love Valve for the attention to detail, and the fact that everything connects so perfectly between the games
@@bighsigh3586 Hmm, I think after that Cave said that a new test was to fight mutant mantises or smth like that, but you could be right lol. Been a while since I last played Portal 2
@@foor Im doing alk this from memory too so im not saying im right but from what i remember there was an experiemnt mentioned first about mixing human and mantis DNA. Then a while later we hear people get paid for killing human mantis crosbreeds. So i assumed that was like, meant to mean that the first experiment didnt pan out well lol
It's tiny stuff like this that gives me hope of Valve coming back into the game development industry in full. They clearly still have the talent and passion, but it feels like they're reclusive and secretive/
A cute little detail, the microphones, vents headphone jack and volume buttons on the desk also line up with the steamdeck perfectly, something i never noticed till I held it
Grady is in a 30 minute game but has so much character and iconic moments that the duo cores with GLaDOS and Wheatley has in my opinion become a trilogy with Grady being in a rightful place
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The voice is done by Nate Bargatze. Great comedian!
@@hazmatape9959 yes!! I had to look it up to make sure. It was the first thing I noticed. Dude, I love Nate Bargatze. He's fkn hilarious!
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That's Valve for you. They make you love EVERYTHING.
Jack - “Picture your young”
Me - “okay, so around 15 got it”
Jack - “and your tired of working a 9 to 5”
Me - “oh I’m 20”
@@enjel1147 what
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tbh tired of 9 to 5 sounds like late 20s to me lol, a few years after college
Thanks captain obvious
@@kellisuzuki8889 I work a 2:30pm-11pm lol at 18 😂
The voice acting, theme, graphics and the gameplay are just something new and interesting
Valve really focuses on everything they make and put their heart and soul into it
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
It’s interesting to see that even though this isn’t a portal game, it still drags out the lore like how it seems that cave johnson has been alive the whole time, as a metal thing and the turrets came the idea of a toilet with a tank of bullets. The silly ness makes it make sense too.
God, that moment at 27:12 is so good? Valve managed to make a one-eyed robot recognizably WINK. That's a feat.
It really is, glad someone else noticed that 'cause that's insane.
bruh, valve can do like anything
I was about to comment that, it’s great 🤌
I'm so glad someone else noticed
its the rotation motion. your brain puts the two togheter when somebody turns their head slightly then closes an eye. it does not matter if the face has only one eye
This game fits in with the multiverse system that was established when the Portal Level Creator for Portal 2 was released. As a way to cut costs, during the time before his illness stuck, Cave Johnson (Cave Prime, the one that died and was replaced with GladOS) had his scientists open rifts to the multiverse, each with their own Caves and Aperture Sciences in order to steal test chambers they designed but got built in alternate universes with alternate universe resources.
It's not a farfetched theory that Cave Prime sent the faulty toilet to Desk Job Aperture or had one sabotaged so that one thing could lead to another and that they could eventually steal the turret we know and love today.
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neat!
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I guess but this game takes place in the same one as Portal and Portal 2
The cave Johnson being in a head is a previously scrapped idea from the cancelled game F-Stop where cave was supposed to be found at the bottom of aparature in a cube
So it's basically Rick and Morty
Ugh I love the Portal games so much. I agree with Sean, I really hope we get another one in the future but I know that's unlikely. But even just this little demo game is making me want to go back and play the games for the, what... eighth or ninth time? They both just have so much replay value and it's been nearly 11 years since Portal 2 was released.
22:07 they could’ve trolled us so badly by making it look like GLaDOS when the lights were off
"Why would Cave Johnson need a toilet that shoots?"
This IS Aperture Science, boss. I'm pretty sure a toilet with a mounted division isn't anywhere near their most bizarre creations they have.
Science isn’t about “Why” it’s about “Why not”!
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Aperture Science, we do what we must, because we can
@@guilhermeknak9687 that’s exactly what I was thinking in my head while reading this lol
"Those of you who volunteered to be injected with praying mantis DNA, I've got some good news and some bad news." -Cave during Portal 2
Really enjoyed jacks other portal playthroughs so it’s nice to see him play this one!
What are these replies lol
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20:00 “ AAAAAA I’m being shot by washing machines and toasters” jacksepticeye 2022
The micro or mini stories that surround this one facility and like 3 time periods. Brilliant.
Lore is nice and not too vast. Just tightly weaved.
I absolutely love that J.K. Simmons came back to reprise his role as Cave Johnson.
Also, toilet turret is kind of genius. Think of it, when are you at your most vulnerable aside from when you're asleep? When you're on the shitter.
And that is also the reason why dogs look at us when we take them out. They’re vulnerable (just like us when we are pinching a loaf)
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"Why would Cave Johnson need a toilet that shoots?"
Well, he's the man who made exploding lemons...
Correction wanted to make them
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@@somerandompenguin192 Exactly!
And somehow made a sarcastic AI with suspected depression
I like the Morse code in the background of the title screen. Just a constant SOS. I wonder if the implication is that Cave has just been sending the signal for four years and no one bothered to check after he killed a bunch of people.
The mantis joke is easily my favorite bit in the whole portal series
I know they say it ain't a Portal 3, but I like that they went the extra mile and gave us another look at Cave Johnson and add more lore to the Half Life Universe. There's no telling how long Cave's been in a computer stuck in a giant head but it's honestly pretty chilling, hilarious, and sweet in a way since we finally get to finish his story and he's hyped to move on.
He's definitely NOT a genius, but you can appreciate his enthusiasm
actually there is telling - he said he got put in there 4 years ago himself
@@shirufox yeah but I think they mean in the pit as a giant head
@@oblongdude5312 yeah, he’s pretty much stuck there till either his computer goes caput, or GlaDos finds him.
Heck, if she does find him, maybe she can give him a robot body.
@@Dr.Meme-Man I swear if in portal 3 cave I'm going to lose it if he becomes a giant robot that you have to fight
@@Dr.Meme-Man personal headcanon: cave Johnson = animal king turret......
Jack: "You can't get shot by what's not alive"
All the appliances: "Observe"
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As soon as I heard Nate Bargatze one of my favorite comedians voices I knew this was gonna be a good game. Though it’s a Valve game so it’s always gonna be good.
its so fitting that portal has always been used as a testing ground for valve.
The toilets singing at the end reminds me of the end of Portal 2 when all the turrets sing their song, and it makes me wonder: Was that Cave Johnson singing to Chell? Was that him controlling those turrets as she leaves?
I think at the time that was Glados/Caroline, since they did drop the whole "Cave Johnson in a cube" scene concept entirely back then
Desk job isnt canon
@@allen46373 Really? :(
It was GLaDOS singing with the turrets at the end of Portal 2.
@@bluelfsuma It is kinda canon. You see, this was one of the universes from the multiverse in portal 2. I think that its fully canon in other universe but not in our portal 1/2 universe.
One thing I appreciate about this game is that it gave Cave Johnson a proper ending. Unlike in Portal 2 where it's ambiguously implied that maybe he died or something, it's nice to see what actually happened to him. A big-headed guy who got turned into a big head, lol.
i love how much this looks like a high effort indie game. Valve really nailed it.
29:41 it’s a different universe
13:14 it killed me when you could hear the recording back, 10/10 funniest shit since turning yourself into a pickle.
That little robot guy has such a good voice. The little southern twang that comes in is so awesome. Turns out he's from Nashville so my ears are pretty good at telling regional accents in the south.
His name is Nate Bargatze he is a hilarious comedian
@@truaxtravis yeah I'm going to go watch some of his work now :)
Grady?
the voice acting was so good in this!!! actually felt like they were talking to me rather than reading lines :)
Nate Bargatze, please watch his standup he is currently underrated af. He deserves so much more credit. Awesome stand up comedian as well. Look him up.
As per usual, Aperture's sound design is top-notch. You could create a playlist of nothing but their sfx files and I would listen to it over and over again and try to match it up with the source.
This is surprising, valve CAN count to three reliably. After an absurd amount of time of course
@SoundyFoodistMan 👑 What. The. Heck.
This isn't actually portal 3, it's basically a prequel except it doesn't have portal-like gameplay
Another funny thing is that I believe it has a disclaimer in the description saying something along the lines of "this is not portal 3" I could be a little off
@@TrueHey fair point
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I love how different this is from the Aperture we see in the mainline Portal games. Instead of Cave dying, Caroline becoming GLaDOS and Chell destroying the place not once but twice after being taunted with cake, we have Cave surviving (becoming the Computer Executive Officer instead of GLaDOS), the company never rebranding from its 80’s aesthetic, the company still being in business (seeing as both “Charlie” and the Warden appear to be there of their free will), Grady (who speaks with a Southern accent like the one Wheatley was “beyond [GLaDOS’] range of hearing”) being the creator of the Turrets, and we’re taunted with a pudding.
The folks at Valve have some serious attention to detail.
or... get this...
the game takes place in the 80s!! :O
I know it's very hard to believe, but if you stretch your imagination hard enough, you just might be able to realise that games made in the present can take place in the past
@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan I say that only because Cave says it’s been years since anybody’s come upstairs and Grady claims it’s been years since anyone’s seen Cave. Cool your jets champ.
@@juno1752 fr lmao
I really do think this is an alternate universe, it may be based on a scrapped idea for the main games but it contradicts the main game's story/timeline. Btw isn't the orange logo the one from the 70s? I think this Aperture may have invented Personality Cores earlier than the main universe Aperture, and Charlie and Grady actually live in the past.
Personally if Portal 3 ever comes out I'd want some closure for my boy Wheatley but if they decide to make it take place in a universe that is different from the first two games that'd also be fun.
@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan there’s literal proof that these games do not take place in the 80s lmfao maybe you’re the one that needs to “stretch your imagination” a bit.
@@radicallybean I was talking about this game.
I know Portal and Portal 2 take place after Half-Life, I'm not that much of an idiot
16:55 this is probably a reference to in the og portal glados kind of looked like a upside down body hanging from the celing.
That guy has the perfect southern accent. So subtle, it’s almost unrecognizable unless you’re from the south. I absolutely love it
I like how in the initial elevator sequence downward you see a kid's playground area, and immediately underneath it, weapon's storage. Nice touch, Valve.
Weapon storage that looks identical to the ones found in HL2
So it seems Aperture were the ones that supplied them originally
also of note but a lot more subtle is the repulsion gel pipe directly above the exit of a slide in the daycare, with the fencing on that part of the wall being bent out of shape, implying a kid slid down, bounced on the gel, and flew into it or over it lol
Apparently Aperture Desk Job is an alternate timeline where Cave Johnson lived long enough to have his conscience put into a computer, unlike the Portal games where he died and Caroline took his place.
Where did you see this?
Oh wait nvm there he is
@JackieJolie Did you not watch his video on bots? Just report them and move on
@@kaylawoodbury2308 I didn't
It's not an alternative timeline though, it's cannon
The idea is from the cancelled portal game called F-Stop where cave was supposed to have been found at the bottom of Aperture with his consciousness in a cube
I wouldn't be surprised if this is hinting somewhat to a new portal, I mean you can see at the end how there is still a light on caves head, he is clearly still alive and being powered by that power source made by the Mantises
13:19 Jack is now known as *”SQUANCH.”*
This takes place probably like 6 years after Cave's "death"
It's more of a alternate universe
I love how in the description of the game on the Steam page, it says in bold " *NOT PORTAL 3!* " They know that we really want Portal 3 damn it (also Half-Life 3 but I'm not really a Half-Life guy.. sorry for betraying y'all like this, I just really love Portal lmao)
Na, I'm with you there. Never really got into Half-Life.
Me neither
They are playing with our feelings
"How did they find out about our turret?"
hmmm, wow, it's not like you stole a bunch of their appliances and then shot them with the turret
Anyone else notice what seems like Morse code on Cave Johnsons portrait at 30:33? I think its o-h-t-t after looking up a more code guide but I could be wrong (also got no clue what ohtt is)
I love the fire with the blade runner at 18:08 music lol
So glad J.K. Simmons came back as Cave Johnson. No one but him could do that awesome character!
I love that the steam page literally has to specify “this is not portal 3”
Which I appreciate.
to be fair valve did manage to make a well written good graphics and good vr game
run beautiful and good games on a portable device, that is not limited to its companies products
Nate is one of my favorite comedians but somehow I couldn’t tell that was his voice.
Man, this reminded me just how much I miss portal. Portal 3 is my dream game, that reveal would genuinely give me a heart attack at this point.
And then you don't get to play it. Lol
I'd check out portal reloaded if I were you, on steam. It adds another mechanic to the game and gives you more chambers to complete.
@@graydavid5188 I'll make sure to survive lmao
@@bedrockanarchyrealm2762 I have!! It's fucking awesome
I never played Portal or Half Life but this video made me feel like maybe I should.
29:33 I am quite positive the ending is after Glados was put in charge, but before the events of Portal 1. Also yes, this means even during the events of Half Life 2 Ep 1 & 2 and even up to Half Life Alyx’s ending so far, Cave Johnson is “alive”.
Actually, this is most likely an alternate timeline or universe, since in the original Glados lacks emotion, while in this Cave Johnson just has his normal one. She would have to go in first if his technology is more advanced.
@@alveloss7880 Not necessarily. He had her go first and they couldn’t fit all of her personality into one piece, resulting in the cores attached to her. He demanded one computer and got it.
But what I mean is I also believe her whole “going mad and flooding the enrichment center” occurs later on in the timeline. That the toilet turret gets it drastically needed redesign, things start looking up for Aperture, and then she snaps.
@@alveloss7880 it's not though
It's in the canon timeline
It's taken from the cancelled portal f-stop where Cave was going to be found in a cube at the bottom of Aperture
He's most likely still down there in portal 2
@@BassBanj0 According to Erik Wolpaw, he sees these types of games and tech demos as non-canon projects
@@alveloss7880 I think the scientists learned *not* to make GLaDOS fully aware of herself and emotionally numb her so Caroline *wouldnt* start killing people. Until they realised they needed more cores, pretty sure the Rattman comic has him put his hand into one of those cores themselves. So it still can check out.
I thought this was actually portal 3 and we finally made it to the perfect timeline and I almost cried when I found out it wasnt
27:24 witness protection for what? nobody was convicted of anything!
You seem like someone who knows something about something and can tie their shoes.
Games with goofy commentary like this one (with Grady talking about the tattoo and stuff) will always be the best in my eyes
I really liked this, it adds a TON to portal lore, but it being such a short experience, it does wonders to show what the steam deck can do. It's a fantastic tutorial game, and is just as charming as the other games.
Sadly this doesn't take place in the Portal/Half-Life universe
@jerrbear unfortunate. It still is a great tech demo though
Now we know that Aperture had some actual products mass-produced, Cave might have been digitized in secret long before GLaDOS, and turrets could have been inspired by a broken toilet.
23:24 idk why but this gave me major glados vibes
maybe its because someone's mind was thrown into a robot that can just kill people
Between Bowser's Fury and Aperture Desk Job, these tech demos are crazy. I'm so excited to see the direction Valve goes with this, hopefully more Portal stuff!
That whole monologue Sean had at the beginning was really close to home even though it was supposed to be a joke cause I legit had a small breakdown on WTF I'm doing with my work life and how I don't wanna waste away in a job I hate.
When cave said "you're both fired" I felt that
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the lesson valve needs to learn is "don't let perfect be the enemy of getting it done"
The start of the turrets and why they sing, love it.
23:47 him getting their attention must be the lights that tell desk workers they're fired
Valve is too good
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Wait hang on, that literally means that every time that red light turns on, that’s Cave trying to get someone’s attention. That’s great attention to detail. Imagine there’s a portal 2 update that makes that light buzz every so often now…
It’s Morse code for “you’re fired”
@@cobalt_ink6114 it's Morse code for OHM or OHTT actually. Not "you're fired"
@@shartbearer it was a joke lol
theres so many cool easter eggs and references to past games in the demo and i love that so much
11:05 reminds me of that gif of the employee or customer or whoever knocking the shelves down by accident and it was a domino effect.
The Portal games are one of those games you'd wish you could experience all over again. It's sad that one day, people won't talk about it anymore.
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16:09
- Gyroscopic Controls
Greeks be like: Is this edible? I'm down for a gyro rn. 😌
OMG this is the coolest, funniest game ever.The voices were absolutely amazing and hilarious.I have to watch the other ones!Great job Jack!It was the best!
On one hand, I think that Cave still being alive cheapens the overall impact of his death, but on the other, it opens up the possibility of GLaDOS finding out about and meeting him.
That's hardly being "Alive". Plus he was begging for death by the time the player meets him, so it's an even more pathetic end than dying from moon dust.
@@KittyKatty999 I disagree, because the main tragedy of Cave's death is that it ends with Caroline being forced into GLaDOS against her will. I do, however, recognise that Desk Job takes place in an alternate Aperture.
It takes place in a parallel universe
@@Jackson-ub1uv Apparently it takes place in a separate universe.
@@TheAdvertisement they said that in the last sentence...