[Vyse]

Valve has announced Aperture Desk Job, a free playable short made for Steam Deck (but also playable on PC with a controller) set in the Portal universe. It will launch via Steam on March 1.

About

Aperture Desk Job reimagines the been-there-done-that genre of walking simulators and puts them in the lightning-spanked, endorphin-gorged world of sitting still behind things.

You play as an entry-level nobody on their first day at work—your heart full of hope and your legs full of dreams, eager to climb that corporate ladder. But life's got other plans, and they all involve chairs.

Designed as a free playable short for Valve's new Steam Deck, Desk Job walks you through the handheld's controls and features, while not being nearly as boring as that sounds.

Not Portal 3!

Lower your expectations: This is not a sequel to Portal. Now get ready to raise them slightly, because it is in the expanded universe of those games. Desk Job puts you squarely in the driver's seat at Aperture Science. Then quickly removes the driving part and adds a desk in front of the seat.

Steam Deck: A Desk For Your Hands

Up until now, real life mostly involved sitting, and video games were the virtual fantasy world you could escape to. With the portable Steam Deck, we flipped that, freeing your body to run marathons and jump out of planes while your brain and hands simulate all the sitting you used to do.

It's F-R-E-E (Free)!

Put that wallet away, gaming fan! Your money's no good here. For this particular product. If your money stops working while trying to buy groceries, though, you should contact your bank immediately, because the cashier just stole your entire identity? You'd better go talk to her again, because what do you mean she never worked here?! Now you'll have to go undercover as a dark web hacker to track her down! Only to find out it was a different timeline you?!! From the future?!?! And also if anyone from Hollywood is reading this bullet point, take your wallet back out, because this great idea is not free (but is for sale at [email protected]).

https://www.gematsu.com/2022/02/fre...erse-short-aperture-desk-lab-announced-for-pc

 

[Snes nes]

Aperture Desk Job reimagines the been-there-done-that genre of walking simulators and puts them in the lightning-spanked, endorphin-gorged world of sitting still behind things.

.............................................................................................uh what?

 

[Snes nes]

people who are interested in this game must really be lonely.

 

[Soodanim]

people who are interested in this game must really be lonely.

You can edit your post and add more to it, saves double posting

That's a very cynical take, and also misses the point. The reason it exists is in the post, right there in the About section. It's not designed to be a world beating game, it's little thing to get to grips with their new handheld in a less boring way. What's also there is the fact that it's free. Who gives a shit if it doesn't have much value as a game?

 

[Snes nes]

You can edit your post and add more to it, saves double posting

That's a very cynical take, and also misses the point. The reason it exists is in the post, right there in the About section. It's not designed to be a world beating game, it's little thing to get to grips with their new handheld in a less boring way. What's also there is the fact that it's free. Who gives a shit if it doesn't have much value as a game?

its okay your secrets safe with me i won't tell anyone

 

[WesternBlood]

I want to like this, mainly because of the promise of acerbic, sardonic dry humor that the original writers of Portal would include in this walking simulator. HOWEVER, Eric Wolpaw is gone and Valve exists in a Nintendoesque compartment of using their software talents to push new hardware. Which is fine, because they are still very good at software, however it doesn't engage the wider audience and fans looking to get a fleshed out well built game.

I have accepted that Valve is essentially dead with regards to the original IP's I enjoyed, and I still enjoy those games, they are real gems. Glad that this is a free game for their Steam Deck, but at some point you have to consider they are merely giving you bottom shelf, plastic bottle liquor as a burnt out alcoholic would consume just to take the edge off for a few hours.