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Portal's supercomputer was reduced to a potato

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The most brilliant and terrifying supercomputer ever constructed is incredibly easy to humble. After a violent corporate takeover, the sprawling omnipotent machine is forcibly condensed into a small root vegetable and attached to a handheld gravity device.

Portal's supercomputer was reduced to a potato
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