You know, that's a good point. I actually haven't read the Aperture Science backstory very closely in a while. So yeah, the dates in Portal 2 pretty clearly show they were developing the ASHPD and related things for a lot longer than claimed. Moon dust causes respiratory problems... Which is what it sounded like his problem was, admittedly, moreso than insanity... hmm. But yes, it has been known that he died in 1986.
Man, all these years I figured that written history of Aperture Science was true, but it blatantly contradicts what we see in-game. You have blown my mind. :) I'm not sure why the wiki hasn't been updated to reflect this... Now I'm just all confused.
I think GLaDOS' intent is to test with the robots, at least for a while...? I haven't finished the co-op mode so I don't know if there's more to that but that will at least partially be what happens, especially because they can be rebuilt and are generally much better test subjects than humans. But the human test subjects, those that survived the whole ordeal anyway, well, she'll probably come up with a use for them, too. It would be a shame to just have them sit there when they could be doing science!, after all.
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Date: 2011-04-27 00:17 (UTC)Man, all these years I figured that written history of Aperture Science was true, but it blatantly contradicts what we see in-game. You have blown my mind. :) I'm not sure why the wiki hasn't been updated to reflect this... Now I'm just all confused.
I think GLaDOS' intent is to test with the robots, at least for a while...? I haven't finished the co-op mode so I don't know if there's more to that but that will at least partially be what happens, especially because they can be rebuilt and are generally much better test subjects than humans. But the human test subjects, those that survived the whole ordeal anyway, well, she'll probably come up with a use for them, too. It would be a shame to just have them sit there when they could be doing science!, after all.