Portal's plot is revealed to the player via audio messages from GLaDOS and side rooms found in the later levels. The development of GLaDOS, an artificially intelligent research assistant and disk-operating system, began in 1986 in response to Black Mesa's work on similar portal technology, causing bitter rivalies against Apeture Science and Black Messa. However, when the investigative committee heard of the success of the third tier, a man-sized ad-hoc quantum tunnel through physical space with possible applications as a shower curtain, it recessed permanently and gave Aperture Science an open-ended contract to continue its research. The first two tiers, the Counter-Heimlich Maneuver (a maneuver designed to ensure choking) and the Take-A-Wish Foundation (a program to give the wishes of dying children to unrelated, entirely healthy adults), were commercial failures and led to an investigation of the company by the U.S. However, after becoming mentally unstable from mercury poisoning in 1978, Johnson created a three-tier research and development plan to make his organization successful. According to the Aperture Science Web site, Cave Johnson founded the company in 1953 for the sole purpose of making shower curtains for the U.S. Information about the company, developed by Valve for creating the setting of the game, is revealed during the game and via the real-world Web site. which is the research corporation responsible for the creation of the portal gun. Portal takes place in the Enrichment Center for Aperture Laboratories-also known as Aperture Science The only background information presented about Chell is given by GLaDOS the credibility of these facts, such as Chell being adopted, an orphan, and having no friends, is questionable at best, as GLaDOS is a liar by her own admission. In the English-language version, GLaDOS is voiced by Ellen McLain, though her voice has been altered to sound more mechanical. System), a computer artificial intelligence that monitors and directs the player.
The game features two characters: the player-controlled silent protagonist named Chell and GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating
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