Portal is just another reason to believe that the kind folks over at Valve have not lost their touch in creating new and unique video games.

Enter Aperture, a company trying to get government funding. The player is a test subject, used to try out a new device, a portal gun. This is Aperture’s way to get funding away from the infamous Black Mesa of Half-Life fame, as they are bitter rivals for government contracts.

As a test subject of the ’safe and healthy’ work environment of Aperture, there is a series of tests and puzzles to solve using the portal gun. A few are safe, and have no danger whatsoever, but these do not last long. Soon, there are very life threatening challenges, up until realization that the promise of cake at the end of the course (a constant inspiration, or at least it is supposed to be) is a lie as well.

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