Valve played it cute at tonight’s Game Developers Choice Awards, rigging up a fake Blue Screen Of Death during boss Gabe Newell’s time on stage. Course, it wasn’t just a BSOD. It also contained some cryptic Portal 2 marketing.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); https://kotaku.com/live-at-the-game-developers-choice-awards-5491589 A poster over on Penny Arcade has cracked the code contained u31.com เข้าสู่ระบบ within the message (pictured above), a short statement from Valve (or GlaDOS!) buried beneath the jokes lying on the surface. Always pays to have someone able to translate hex u31 ทางเข้า to EBCDIC around at a time u31 เข้าสู่ระบบ like this. Their translation reads: GLaDOS A fatal exception (S) has occurred at (U)(S) : (P)(E)(N)(D) in (U)(N )(T)((I)) * (L)(E)(E)(E). The current application will be terminated. * Press any key to flood the facility with deadly neurotoxins. * Press CTRL+ALT+DEL again to reinstate testing. You will lose any Non-vital personnel and their progress through the current test. Press any key to continue _ Looks like we’re on hold until E3, so all you kids neck-deep in Valve’s clever marketing for the game, take a breather, we’ll reconvene in June. https://kotaku.com/valves-portal-puzzle-so-far-the-files-recovered-from-a-5484157 [Photo credit: Justin Kaminski and Chris Roberts] [Penny Arcade]