1/22/2008

Let's do the Time-Warp Level Again

Well hello plebians. Today I bring you an offering in the shape of Portal, the latest sleeper hit from Valve Software.
Pictured above is the adorable Weighted Companion Cube, unofficial mascot for Portal. Portal features the innovative game mechanic of portals, doorways that allow a player to move from one point to another instantly. The beauty of the game is its simple and elegant design.

You can make two portals with a portal gun, one with the left mouse button, one with the right. One is blue, the other is orange. They stick to white walls, they don't stick to black walls. That's it, that's everything. The elegant and consistent visuals make the game so intuitive and automatic you can focus on understanding the peculiar concept of bending space and time.

Not to mention the gun turrets look like Mac products. Heh heh, iTurret.

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