Making a best games like Portal list is tricky. Despite their age, Portal and its follow-up Portal 2 are so intelligent, so intuitive, so enjoyable, and, crucially, so much fun that mirroring the formula is hardly an easy task. The blatant copies come nowhere close to their source material, whereas …
Read More »Left 4 Dead and Portal writer confirms new co-op first-person shooter
The studio made up of former Valve and Riot developers is working on a new game, Left 4 Dead and Portal writer Chet Faliszek has confirmed. Stray Bombay was co-founded by Faliszek, who says the new game will be a “first-person network shooter” with what sounds like a fairly innovative …
Read More »The JJ Abrams produced Portal and Half-life movies are definitely actually happening
There’s been mention of the JJ Abrams produced Portal and Half-life movies but now we’ve more word from the man himself. Slim word, admittedly but still, it’s something. Speaking to IGN (opens in new tab) Abrams was asked for an update on the two films and replied, “They’re in development, …
Read More »The most despicably evil video game corporations
What’re ya selling? Evil corporations are everywhere in games. Behind most virtual villains, there’s a sprawling business carrying out their dastardly schemes. These companies are pros at screwing up life for anyone who opposes them, or stands in the way of their own unique brand of “progress.” Progress that usually …
Read More »5 reasons to hate Portal
I’m sorry! It’s the Week of Hate, which means we have to brandish our high school debate team chops, hop on Con Air, and obliterhate everything we love and cherish. And we definitely love Portal. Not only did we call Portal 2 “a blazingly memorable experience,” we recently declared Portal …
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