Today's most vertigo-inducing video: Portal Lvl. 13 Time Challenge
by Kevin Kelly 
{ Oct 14th 2007 at 12:01AM }
All we can say is, don't stand too close to the edge while watching this video. You'll slowly lose your equilibrium and tip over, falling into the void without a Portal gun to save your ass. In fact, we just watched it a second time, but made sure that our seatbelts were securely fastened, and that our tray tables were in the full upright and locked positions. We survived, and have now ordered a cocktail and another packet of peanuts with which we can calm our jittery nerves.
Portal continues to stick out of every corner of The Orange Box as one of the coolest, and shortest, titles we've ever played. We'd love to see some new levels made available on a regular basis, as well as some FPS that will let us use the Portal gun on unsuspecting foes. Bring it on.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Tipsy @ Oct 14th 2007 12:59AM
The challenge maps add another 2-4 hours to the game.
Scott @ Oct 14th 2007 9:12AM
Youre saying you got gold in all challenge maps in 2-4 hours? Sure, link me to your steamid
Aaron @ Oct 14th 2007 1:27PM
It isn't even REMOTELY difficult to get gold on all the challenge maps in 4 hours. Not by a long shot.
JanJan @ Oct 14th 2007 12:17AM
Does he/she get cake for that?
Sam @ Oct 14th 2007 12:19AM
The cake is a lie!
Token White Guy @ Oct 14th 2007 5:03PM
I got cake. It was moist chocolate cake with vanilla icing.
Author X @ Oct 16th 2007 3:29AM
The cake is worse than a lie. It's a horrible, horrible truth.
IGLOO @ Oct 14th 2007 12:24AM
You must eat it regardless!
feffrey @ Oct 14th 2007 12:25AM
I need slow mo for that.
that is insane
btw I am guessing that in ep 3 you will have the portal gun or some variation of it.
matt @ Oct 14th 2007 12:28AM
slow. did it in 18
Kevlar @ Oct 14th 2007 1:40PM
18 for me too... It was that miss when shooting through the first door. It hit the frame and fizzled.
xerus @ Oct 15th 2007 12:03AM
You're all slow!
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7951/xeruslevel1316ks0.jpg
rokobungi @ Oct 14th 2007 12:30AM
someone will probably have a 17 second level 15 by tomorrow there's a few spots with sloppy portaling in there
Johnnie @ Oct 14th 2007 12:41AM
Can someone pleaseeeeeee post a vid or a walkthrough on how to beat the last advanced level i cant freakin figure it out lol its way too hard.
blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 14th 2007 12:44AM
is it this?
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=934386&topic=38865416
blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 14th 2007 12:45AM
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=934386&topic=38847832
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=934386&topic=38816459
LordMinogue @ Oct 14th 2007 12:34AM
She left companion cube behind!
capt_carl @ Oct 14th 2007 9:03AM
That wasn't the companion cube!
blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 14th 2007 12:42AM
wow that's a nice reskin of the grav gun, i wondered what it'd look like
and that guy played that level way too much
Carrie @ Oct 14th 2007 1:20AM
Definitely not just a reskin of the grav gun :P The portal gun can't throw stuff around, just pick things up.
Anticrawl @ Oct 14th 2007 3:35AM
Wow where have you been? You can most certainly throw stuff with the protal gun. Have you been hopping through with the objects? Fuck that, can get around much faster by tossing them through with the trigger.
oz @ Oct 14th 2007 6:21AM
So how do you throw objects?
Token White Guy @ Oct 14th 2007 5:03PM
Seriously, get out.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 14th 2007 12:46AM
Blah, I didn't get enough money for payday so I'll have to wait a bit more till I get my hands on Orange Box. But damn I wanna play me some portal.
Dio @ Oct 14th 2007 1:20AM
You can get Portal separately for $20.
Man, I want to play this game so badly but my computer doesn't even meet the minimum requirements :<
.
Shaun @ Oct 14th 2007 1:17AM
That guy has nothing on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72KU0_KsKew
Poisoned Al @ Oct 14th 2007 4:28AM
Yikes!
Noshino @ Oct 14th 2007 4:21PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHtz6Q_JwNg
I literally cried of pity...pitying myself that is....
sectionz @ Oct 14th 2007 2:07AM
The Cake IS A LIE!!!
Crono (NDF - French Taunting from Holy Grail Ring) @ Oct 15th 2007 8:55AM
Where the hell did this Meme come from? I know shagi said it in another thread, but I thought he was making it up, until now.
sectionz @ Oct 15th 2007 9:04AM
Standard testing protocol does not allow me to answer this query as it will violate the contract between [Test Subject Name Here] and [Aperture Legal Scapegoat Name Here].
Will @ Oct 14th 2007 2:03AM
Remember when I was going to murder you, and you were like "No way!"? Too bad no one showed up to your party, because you murdered your only friend, the companion cube.
Mr Slavio @ Oct 14th 2007 10:38PM
No one else wanted to come to your party because you are so unlikeable.
Will @ Oct 14th 2007 11:06PM
It says it right here in your file. Unliked. Liked by no one.
west @ Oct 14th 2007 4:43AM
I miss my companion cube. Why!? Why did I euthanasias it?! It only said nice things about me...
t_m @ Oct 14th 2007 7:47AM
Short games are the future!
Finally a game i can fit into my life without it taking so long that i get bored or forget what quest i'm supposed to be doing!
If only valve had worked out that episodic games should be really short before...
LaughingTarget @ Oct 14th 2007 10:24AM
I'd classify it as more along the lines of actually pricing these games right. I've spent $50 on games that were just as short. Those try to tell me the multiplayer makes up for it (not a crack on Halo, it is longer than this).
blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 14th 2007 10:33AM
yeah, godess of war was only 5 hours and didnt have any multiplayer. that's overpriced
Noshino @ Oct 14th 2007 4:27PM
blooh, If you have played the game and knew a little more background information about the game, you would know why it is short, yet completly worth it.
The developers made it clear that they didn't want to add stuff just to make it longer, they wanted it to feel fulfilling (which it achieved), the deepness of the game is great (not much of a button smasher as many other games even GoW)
oh, and the cinematics are above ANYTHING else out that thus far, its just amazing, seriously, I saw my friend playing Halo 3 and I was like "wtf is that, ewww", Im dead serious, go and ask anyone that has played the game, the level of design of the game is amazing, beyond anything else I have seen :]
blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 14th 2007 6:22PM
in after SDF
NATO_Duke @ Oct 15th 2007 2:23PM
Noshino, that came off as desperate. GG for the attack on Halo in order to defend your favorite 5 hour game.
Kamizar @ Oct 14th 2007 9:03AM
This was a triumph
I'm making a note here:
HUGE SUCCESS!
WiNG @ Oct 14th 2007 9:19AM
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
Aperture science: we do what we must because we can.
Neebs @ Oct 14th 2007 10:03AM
For the good of all of us.
Except the ones who are dead.
Carrie @ Oct 14th 2007 10:18AM
But there's no sense crying over every mistake
you just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake!
Kyouryuu @ Oct 14th 2007 12:07PM
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive.
Kevlar @ Oct 14th 2007 1:44PM
I'm not even angry.
I'm being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart and killed me.
Taco_Hell @ Oct 14th 2007 2:20PM
and tore me to pieces.
and threw every piece into a fire.
Sihylm @ Oct 14th 2007 3:16PM
As they burned it hurt because I was so happy for you.
Now these points of data make a beautiful line.
vism @ Oct 14th 2007 4:05PM
And we're out of beta. We're releasing on time.
So I'm GLaD. I got burned.
Think of all the things we learned for the people who are still alive.