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Steam Machine Companion Cube

SteamyBoi
35 points
6 comments

Mood

excited

Sentiment

positive

Category

culture

Key topics

gaming

merchandise

nostalgia

Debate intensity20/100

A company is selling a 'Companion Cube' inspired by the Portal video game series, sparking interest among gamers and fans.

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Discussion Activity

Moderate engagement

First comment

2m

Peak period

6

Day 1

Avg / period

6

Comment distribution6 data points

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  1. 01Story posted

    11/14/2025, 1:41:55 AM

    5d ago

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  2. 02First comment

    11/14/2025, 1:44:02 AM

    2m after posting

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  3. 03Peak activity

    6 comments in Day 1

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  4. 04Latest activity

    11/15/2025, 1:19:44 AM

    4d ago

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Discussion (6 comments)
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polyterative
4d ago
1 reply
gosh their marketing is good. They won't even release it probably
Mr_Bees69
4d ago
1 reply
nah, they've done dumber. (real leather phone skins)
snypher
4d ago
>Real Black Leather

>Full-grain Black Leather. Cows died for this.

I remember the edgy kid in high school.

SteamyBoi
5d ago
"The Enrichment Center would like to emphasize that there is indeed cake. Please disregard anything your Weighted Companion Cube should say on the subject."
CursedSilicon
5d ago
I do hope they do a "GabeCube" version, for how delightfully tongue-in-cheek that would be

Heck. Gabe himself has been "online" long enough he might even get a chuckle out of it

samtheDamned
5d ago
This is pretty cute, I could see myself picking one of these up if I get a steam machine.
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