HIGH Some of the most clever puzzle design I’ve seen
LOW The timed puzzles
WTF Broken Cameras
Tag: Portal
Q.U.B.E. 2 Review
Standing In Valve’s Shadow
HIGH Creative puzzles and striking visual design.
LOW Why does the framerate stutter in an empty room containing nothing but moving blocks?
WTF How come space scientists keep getting abandoned on planets full of puzzles?
Bridge Constructor Portal Review
Insert ‘Still Alive’ Joke Here
HIGH An excellent introduction to an entire genre.
LOW YUP. WE GET IT. CAKES.
WTF I still can’t believe this is a thing.
Chromagun (Switch) Review
Is There Cake?
HIGH Intelligent puzzle design.
LOW Spotty save points.
WTF Does paint really hurt these droids?
Anomaly 1729 Review
Like finding your way out of a Portal-o-Potty
HIGH It’s not hard to learn.
LOW It IS hard to stay interested.
WTF I haven’t seen this much blue since CNN projected the 2016 Presidential Election.
Video: Aperture: Lab Ratt
This fan film is called Aperture: Lab Ratt and made by Synthetic PictureHaus. It is based on the Valve comic called Lab Rat. Lab Rat told the story of an Aperture scientist named Doug Rattman, who apparently was one of the only survivors after GLaDOS's take over. Rattman was responsible for placing Chell (heroine of Portal) at the top of the list of test subject candidates that GLaDOS was to use and he also provided clues and warnings "behind the walls" of the Test Chambers for Chell to follow. Truly an important man whose story had to be told.
Replica Portal Gun will make all of your friends jealous
Ok, so it doesn't actually work—it only lights up—and it will be expensive even at the expected $120 price point. But, we all know that something like will only improve a bedroom or gameroom full of helmets from Halo 3 Legendary Edition and night-vision goggles from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition.
Portal 2 Third Opinion
There Better be Some Cheese at the End of this Maze
HIGH Sabotaging a turret assembly line for hilarious results.
LOW A series of giant test rooms where the challenge stems from spotting the portal-able wall.
WTF How do you "freshen up" carbon dioxide, GLaDOS?
Video: Portal: No Escape short film
The world of Portal seems to be as compelling a place for movie makers to lose themselves in as it is for gamers. This is the second Portal short film I've seen this year that could only be described as a jaw-dropping accomplishment. The other seems a bit more light-hearted, but both capture Portal superbly. This particular short film is even more extraordinary when you consider how it was made.
Video: Short film of Portal’s Chell “Outside Aperture”
Was the ending to Portal not very satisfying? Did it leave more questions than it answered? Need to see more of Chell? If you answered yes to these questioned, then maybe you will enjoy this short film by Eeisen Feuer and starring Nicole Leigh as Chell.
Who are we kidding? Even if you answered no to these questions, this is such a well-made short film that anyone, Portal fan or not, should give a look-see.
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