The popular game, Portal, has been made available via a free download for a limited time (May 24). Since I have never personally played it, I am getting the description of the game from Wikipedia’s page:
The game consists primarily of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player’s character and simple objects using the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device (ASHPD, also dubbed the portal gun), a unit that can create inter-spatial portals between flat planes. The player character is challenged by an AI named GLaDOS to complete each puzzle in the Aperture Science Computer-Aided Enrichment Center using the portal gun with the promise of receiving cake when all the puzzles are completed. The unusual physics allowed by the portal gun are the emphasis of this game and are an extension of a similar portal concept in Narbacular Drop;
Again, I have not personally played this game, but it seemed like something our readers might be interested in taking advantage of. Portal is available for both Windows and Mac users so if you are looking for a unique first person puzzle game, give it a try as you have nothing to lose.
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I have played it an its worth a try. Its not something though that you will come back to once you play it all the way through.
Portal is one of my favorite games of all time. The things GLaDOS says while you’re trying to progress through the levels are pretty funny. As mentioned, immediate replay value may not be real high, once you know how to solve each level, but I just started the game again after not having played it for a little over a year, and it’s just as fun as it was the first time. Great game.
Yes, I downloaded it last week(for some reason at 80Kbs/ so it took hours, then there’s the updating(oh! and you have to download “Steam” first), then more downloading, …but EVENTUALLY -yes, a cool(albiet short lived, as mentioned) game.
Make that “…for only Windows and *Intel* Mac users”.