Portal (was Re: A videogame that will make William happy)

[Rceeberger]

On 6/6/2008 1:29:45 PM, Jim Sharkey (templar569 at excite.com) wrote:
> Dave Land wrote:
> >I just finished Portal with my son:
> it's a fun, short puzzle game,
> >kind of a first-person-shooter where you don't
> shoot anything
> >living.
> I'm sure that would ruin it for Call of Duty or GTA fans.
>
> The Orange Box was the best game purchase I have made in at least
> five years, and that's
> in large part due to the sheer awesome of
> Portal, which I consider to be easily the best game of 2007 (although
> to be fair, my graphics card is poo so I never got to play Bioshock).
> Excellent puzzles, just the right length, and a wonky, dark sense
> of humor made it a truly excellent experience.
>
> The other part of its awesome is TF2, which as I once mentioned in
> my LJ is just about the most fun you can have at your computer while
> still wearing pants.  :-)
>
I've been having fun on the achievement servers, at least the ones that are 
not under constant attack by purist trolls.
BTW Jim.....what servers do you play?
I may try to meet up with you to play a bit.


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