GLaDOS: Still Alive (Portal credits)

Enkele jaren gele­den zag ik in de medi­awinkel een oran­je doos met enkele spel­let­jes liggen voor een paar euro’s. Ik heb die toen niet gekocht, maar The Orange Box van Valve Soft­ware is achter­af een enorm suc­ces gebleken. Een van de games in die box was Por­tal, met orig­inele game­play als sterk­ste punt. ((Een sim­pele ver­sie van het spel is online speel­baar. Zoek maar eens naar “play por­tal online”.))

Aan het einde van het spel kri­jg je GLaDOS te zien, de robot-tegen­stander die je door­tocht in Black Mesa aller­minst een­voudig maakt. Bij aftitel­ing speelt er “Still Alive”, een catchy num­mer Jonathan Coul­ton, gezon­gen door Ellen McLain.

Video’s

Offi­ciële cred­its van Por­tal.

Mooie typografis­che ver­sie.

Songtekst

This was a tri­umph.
I’m mak­ing a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.
It’s hard to over­state my sat­is­fac­tion.

Aper­ture Sci­ence
We do what we must
because we can.
For the good of all of us.
Except the ones who are dead.

But there’s no sense cry­ing over every mis­take.
You just keep on try­ing till you run out of cake.
And the Sci­ence gets done.
And you make a neat gun.
For the peo­ple who are still alive.

I’m not even angry.
I’m being so sin­cere right now.
Even though you broke my heart.
And killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a fire.
As they burned it hurt because I was so hap­py for you!

Now these points of data make a beau­ti­ful line.
And we’re out of beta.
We’re releas­ing on time.
So I’m GLaD. I got burned.
Think of all the things we learned
for the peo­ple who are still alive.

Go ahead and leave me.
I think I pre­fer to stay inside.
Maybe you’ll find some­one else to help you.
Maybe Black Mesa
THAT WAS A JOKE.
HAHA. FAT CHANCE.
Any­way, this cake is great.
It’s so deli­cious and moist.

Look at me still talk­ing
when there’s Sci­ence to do.
When I look out there, it makes me GLaD I’m not you.
I’ve exper­i­ments to run.
There is research to be done.
On the peo­ple who are still alive.

And believe me I am still alive.
I’m doing Sci­ence and I’m still alive.
I feel FANTASTIC and I’m still alive.
While you’re dying I’ll be still alive.
And when you’re dead I will be still alive.

Still alive
Still alive

The cake is a lie… #