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Have you seen everything Aperture Science has to offer?


Harold Goldberg's book is filled with game development anecdotes worth sharing


Get your first glimpse of SC's newest hero as well as its old nightmare


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In the office


 Above: A new arcade opened in San Francisco and we had to go there immediately


Above: Chris was having lots of fun with his new 3DS



In the community


Above: Mooshon celebrates the non-existent episode 151


Above: Things got a little personal when joking with Tyler and Ampatent recreated that tense moment


Above: Frankie understands our feelings for Thor


Above: Graboids understands how Monday recordings make Brett feel


Above: This came from the mysterious MG


Above: Batman5273 makes Chris’ Sega fantasy come alive


Above: Robotmand answered Chris’ request from Tuesday


Above: And lastly, Cleanser247 answered Brett’s plea for Hitler’s reaction to Tuesday’s TalkRadar


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Henry Gilbert
Henry Gilbert

Henry Gilbert is a former GamesRadar+ Editor, having spent seven years at the site helping to navigate our readers through the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation. Henry is now following another passion of his besides video games, working as the producer and podcast cohost of the popular Talking Simpsons and What a Cartoon podcasts. 

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