Aperture Science Weighted Storage Cube

"The Enrichment Center reminds you that the Weighted Companion Cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the Weighted Companion Cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice."

- GLaDOS

The Aperture Science Weighted Storage Cube, or Aperture Science Weighted Companion Cube, is a testing element used in several Test Chambers of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center.

Overview

 * The Weighted Storage Cube is a device used for solving puzzles in the various Test Chambers found throughout the Aperture Laboratories. In almost all cases, the Cube is to be placed on a 1500 Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button to allow the player to advance.


 * Weighted Storage Cubes appear either via a Aperture Science Vital Apparatus Vent or are already in a test chamber.


 * It can be picked up by using the "use" key and can also be taken through portals.


 * The Weighted Storage Cube can also be used as a makeshift weapon against an Aperture Science Sentry Gun by dropping it on the Sentry Gun from a Portal.


 * Like all objects, the Weighted Storage Cube will disintegrate upon touching a Aperture Science Material Emancipation Grid.


 * A special type of Storage Cube, the Weighted Companion Cube, appears in Test Chamber 17. It is identical to the regular Weighted Storage Cube, except that it has a heart where the Aperture Science logo would be. At the end of the test chamber, the player is forced to put it into an Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator.

Behind the scenes

 * The Weighted Companion Cube was added to the game because playtesters often failed to realize that the puzzle required you to take the cube with you, so they made it unique and more noticeable.


 * A plush Weighted Companion Cube is available to purchase online at Valve online.


 * It appears that the cake and the Weighted Storage Cube will not be as present in Portal 2 than they were in Portal. Primary Portal series' writer Erik Wolpaw stated he is sick of the old Portal memes and has had enough cake jokes, and that try and resurrect a three-year-old meme would be "sad" and "not a good idea". He adds that, as a direct sequel, Portal 2 will revisit many elements of the original game, including GLaDoS, but that the team has been careful not to retread too much of the same ground, preferring to explore new gameplay and an interesting new story, as the surprise spawned by the first game is long gone.

List of appearances

 * ApertureScience.com
 * Portal
 * Portal ARG
 * Portal 2