ApertureScience.com

ApertureScience.com is a viral tie-in website launched in 2006 to promote Portal. Simply a DOS-like prompt with a blinking green square on the upper-left side, is mimics an Aperture Science employee interface that appears to be operated by GLaDOS.

Instructions

 * "HELP" will display a help text message.
 * In the rectangle prompt, the visitor can type "LOGIN", "LOGON" or "USER" to login.

Enrichment Center Test Subject Application

 * Any username with more than two characters will work. A password is then asked. It is either "PORTAL" or "PORTALS".


 * Then, "GLaDOS v1.07 (c) 1982 Aperture Science, Inc." appears.


 * Several commands can then be entered:


 * "APPLY" or "APPLY.EXE" will then start the "Enrichment Center Test Subject Application".


 * "CONTINUE" or "QUIT" can be chosen. "CONTINUE" proceeds to the next step.


 * The visitor's blinking UID is then given (it can be revealed earlier with the command "IP".


 * The proper tests then begins. Many questions related to Portal are asked. Many cake-related questions are also asked.


 * During the test, a picture of a cake flashes at random intervals.


 * At the end of the test, the so called UID given earlier is asked. It is however irrelevant: whatever the user types, a failure message will appear.

Current website
The current website features a looped video put on the website at Christmas 2007, with the song "Still Alive" sung by a Christmas choir in the background and named "07 - Holiday Vault". It is a security camera-like view, browsing from right to left, showing room with a fireplace with around it several elements from The Orange Box: the Weighted Companion Cube, a Sentry Turret, a Christas tree with presents at its feet, the cake, Supply Crates, the Garden Gnome on the mantelpiece, an Enrichment Center-like logo of Santa Claus falling from a chimney, and three socks hanged to the mantelpiece, each bearing a logo of each Orange Box game. At the end of the loop, "Happy " is displayed. Another version of the video, appearing randomly, shows the Garden Gnome right in front of the camera instead of the mantelpiece.

Trivia
The website's reverse DNS is "unknown.valvesoftware.com", the same as "steampowered.com", which belongs to Valve.
 * "ApertureLaboratories.com" and "ApertureLabratories.com" also link the the page.

Eternal links

 * ApertureScience.com