portal-cake-tracker v1.0

Has Linus eaten the Portal Cake yet?

NO

(as of )

Time until WAN Show - Friday, June 26, 2026 - 5:00 PM PT
02days
20hours
34min
57sec
01

The Bet

Valve announced the Steam Machine 2, and Linus Sebastian put his mouth on the line. He predicted the price at around $700.

Valve revealed the actual price: $1,049. That is a $349 miss. The bet terms required accuracy within $60.

Per the terms of the wager, Linus is legally (morally, spiritually) obligated to consume a real Black Forest cake styled after the Portal Cake - live, on the WAN Show, this Friday, June 26.

$700Predicted
$1,049Actual
±$349Error
02

The Cake

In Portal, GLaDOS promises you cake as a reward. She is not to be trusted. The cake is a lie.

In this case, the cake is not a lie. It is a real Black Forest cake. Linus must eat it. This is the deal. The deal is real. Unlike the cake. Except the cake is also real. You get it.

"The cake is a lie."
- GLaDOS, Portal (2007)

"I was off by, you know, a little bit."
- Linus, probably

03

The Evidence

LTT - Steam Machine 2 reveal - the moment the bet was lost

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