Have you ever fantasized about working at Aperture Science, the home of the Portal Gun, whose fame and cool factor don't require any further introduction? I mean, who wouldn't? Aperture Science is known far and wide for its ethical and downright compassionate treatment of its employees, after all. Especially its Test Subjects! You'll be one of the company's favorites if you become one of those.
If that appeals to you, we have some real good news. You can apply to be one, using a totally legitimate and not fake at all application form that has been preserved in the cryogenic dimension of the WayBack Machine.
For those of you who didn't know, back around 2007 - when Portal was released - at the domain aperturescience.com there was a neat little function that let you follow through the typical application process a prospective Test Subject would complete before taking on the best most danger-free job they'd ever take on. Since then, though, that's been replaced by this weird infinitely-looping Happy Holidays segment, but via the WayBack Machine you can still access the original site and complete your application to work with the best company in history!
Just visit this address, then type "LOGIN,""LOGON," or "USER." Then use the following credentials (which can actually be seen amongst the fevered wall-scribblings of the infamous Rattmann at one point in the first game):
Username: CJOHNSON (which stands for Cave Johnson - founder of Aperture Science)
Password: TIER3
Then, next to ADMIN type "APPLY" to begin the registration process. Just follow the string of prompts, all of which are as hilarious as you might expect from anything to do with Portal. But of course all questions are highly relevant and to be taken very seriously, just in case your life depends on them or something.
Hint: maybe start thinking about which interrogation technique(s) would hypothetically work most effectively on you, which wild animal besides a large egret you would most like to domesticate, and what your gender is.
But perhaps before you launch the application process, you might like to peruse through some other cool content accessible via different commands on the site. Instead of typing "APPLY" at the ADMIN prompt stage, type "LIB" to get a list of commands that can be executed successfully, although not all of them very interestingly. Typing "NOTES" will get you to a timeline of some noteworthy events related to Aperture Science and Cave Johnson himself, so that's worth a read.
Otherwise, right at the beginning - (just refresh the WayBack Machine page to restart the whole thing) - try typing out the following:
- Instead of typing "LOGIN," type "HELP."
- After typing "LOGIN, type any username (anything with more than two characters will work), and either "PORTAL" or "PORTALS" as the password. Then you can type "THECAKEISALIE" for some more Easter Egg content.
- Typing "BYE,""LOGOUT,""LOGOFF,"or "VALVE" will send you back to your browser homepage or, if you don't have one, to the Steam homepage (of course).
But the best part is definitely the application form, which at this point we ought to clarify is entirely fake and in fact will not result in your being hired as a Test Subject with Aperture Science. We're obliged to tell you that by Aperture Science itself, probably because it doesn't actually exist.
Source: Leadhead