GLaDOS is the name of the AI computer system who spends the entirety of Valve's brilliant Portal taunting the player about their progress, as well as promising cake at the conclusion of the trials. The robotic drone of her voice, and the annoying yet hilarious put-downs she delivers to Chell as she tries to lead her to her death made her an enemy players couldn't wait to get their hands on. The final battle involves meeting GLaDOS' physical mechanisms, and using portals to incinerate the various components that keep her operational. Systematically, players get to destroy GLaDOS a personality core at a time, first burning her morality core (with hilarious results), then getting rid of her curiosity, and so on until there's nothing left. After being made to traipse around countless rooms solving puzzles, it was a great delight to put the boots to this sassy advanced AI once and for all (at least until the sequel). And then we got cake.
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