Footnote for those who don't recognize this phrase:
Portal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game)) is a video game released in 2007. The main character awakens from a stasis bed within a deserted laboratory facility. An AI, GLADoS, guides the character through test chambers, promising "cake and grief counseling" as the reward for completing all test chambers. GLADoS's motives may not include the best interests of the player. In later stages of the game, the character can access "backstage" areas which are far less pristine. These areas contain graffiti messages including the statement the cake is a lie. This statement has become a meme (http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/video_games/the_cake_is_a_lie.html). The usual literal interpretation is "your promised reward is fictitious"; it's used in a slightly more metaphorical sense here.
Also, there are a couple of really eerie (to me) parallels between the game Portal and SGA.
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Portal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(video_game)) is a video game released in 2007. The main character awakens from a stasis bed within a deserted laboratory facility. An AI, GLADoS, guides the character through test chambers, promising "cake and grief counseling" as the reward for completing all test chambers. GLADoS's motives may not include the best interests of the player. In later stages of the game, the character can access "backstage" areas which are far less pristine. These areas contain graffiti messages including the statement the cake is a lie. This statement has become a meme (http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/video_games/the_cake_is_a_lie.html). The usual literal interpretation is "your promised reward is fictitious"; it's used in a slightly more metaphorical sense here.
Also, there are a couple of really eerie (to me) parallels between the game Portal and SGA.