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[Update]: Professor Cancels Class On Portal 2 Launch Day
[Update]: Since this story got a lot of traction, Pado has come clean that he faked the whole thing. What Pado says started off as a joke to mess with a friend turned into a saga with the university that was about to get the professor in trouble – which is when Pado felt it was time to tell the truth.
[Original Story]: We have to give Geoff Pado's professor credit for connecting the dots when most of his students called in sick for class the day before Portal 2 released.
After all, most grown-ups would probably assume that some kind of virus is sweeping through the dorms. My guess is the prof wanted to take the day off to play Portal 2 him or herself.
Pado tweeted the following email from the professor: 
[Via Neatorama. Thanks to Jalen Bell for the tip!]
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