"The cake is a lie."

I'm usually all about the shooting games. You shoot a thing and then you move to shoot more things. Very straightforward. So not the case with Portal. You actually have to think about stuff to move on. Totally not my thing, but boy, this game is addictive.

It's a completely non-violent game. The only thing you do destroy is the computer running everything and that takes more thinking than brute force. I learned right away that you can't rush through each level; you really gotta think things through and be patient. I think that's why Portal is so addictive. You feel so smart after figuring out the puzzle and you're left thinking, "Yeah, I'm awesome and I can be even more awesome when I figure out the next level." :-D It's not the longest game in the world though; you can probably finish it in one sitting if you're that dedicated. I managed it in two, but my left elbow is killing me now. This is worst than the time I played Chaos Bleeds for an entire week and ended up with sore fingers.

But the best thing about Portal is the plot. While there's not much to it - you're Chell, a volunteer in a science facility who's testing out the portal gun for a reward of cake at the end - the truth behind everything is kind of creepy. As you can see by my icon, the cake is actually a lie concocted by GLaDOS, the computer running the test. GLaDOS, who celebrates her evil triumphs through song. Seriously, "Still Alive", best video game song ever. None of this "One Winged Angel" nonsense.

I think I need to ice my elbow now...