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Plasma Bomber · #1 Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 12:12 pm

I had never played the video game Portal before this, but it's pretty awesome, and there are custom maps and mods and stuff so it can be expanded.

Anyway, Steam has released Portal for free, at least until May 24 - so act now. Why not? (Unless you already have the game, I guess)

So here it is. You'll have to register for a Steam account, and download Steam, both of which are also free.

If you do get the game, here is a good site to get some custom maps from, when you finish the actual game - the game itself is fairly short. Instructions to install maps are included with every one of the maps on that website. There are probably some other good sites out there for modding and custom maps.

If you're not convinced, I guess I'll try to explain what the game is. It's 3D, with a first person perspective. You play a character who can lift objects, mostly cubes, with some sort of telekinesis ability. And, of course, you get a Portal gun. When it's fully upgraded - which is very early in the game - you can shoot two portals, a blue one and a yellow one. A shot portal will open up on a wall (as long as the wall isn't metallic or something), and entering one portal will take you through the other portal, and vice versa. Portals can be opened on walls, floors, and even angled tiles, so you can imagine how crazy it gets.

Not to mention the toxic electric water, photon balls that have to be redirected to targets, innocent little robot sentries who want nothing more than to riddle you with bullets, and pistons that will... well, you can pretty much guess. There is some blood when you get shot but other than that there's no content advisory to be aware of.

So yeah. Portal. You should check it out.