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Aperture Science was founded by Cave Johnson (voiced by J.K. Simmons) and originally sought to make shower curtains for the military. Its research happened upon the discovery of portal technology, and soon became a direct competitor with Black Mesa Research Facility (from the Half-Life series) for government funding. Johnson acquired the rights to a disused salt mine in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where they started building a labyrinthine set of offices, laboratories, facilities, and test chambers.

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Set in a mysterious scientific facility, Portal introduced players to new ways of moving through the gameworld that challenged their perspective and flexed their spatial awareness. The pitch-perfect voice-over soon became stuff of Internet legend, and the song that played during the end credits was so popular that it has since been released as a downloadable track for Rock Band. Recently released as a stand-alone retail product, Portal remains a unique gem of a game that packs a huge amount of appeal into a small package. Another example of physics as a gameplay element in Portal is the bouncing energy balls that player encounters in many of the game’s puzzles.

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GLaDOS’ actions and speech suggest insincerity and callous disregard for the safety and well-being of the test subjects. The test chambers become increasingly dangerous and difficult throughout the game as Chell proceeds. GLaDOS also directs Chell through a live-fire course she claims is designed for military androids as a result of “mandatory scheduled maintenance” in the regular test chamber (though as noted before, GLaDOS may not necessarily be truthful in anything she says). In another chamber, GLaDOS boasts about the Weighted Companion Cube, a waist-high crate with a single large pink heart on each face, for helping Chell to complete the chamber.

Eventually, Chell enters a chamber, where a large computer AI system is hanging from the ceiling, and it is revealed that GLaDOS was in fact a computer all along. The morality core breaks and falls away from GLaDOS, who explains it was installed after she flooded the facility with a poisonous gas killing everyone and now she can do the same. A countdown timer starts, indicating how long until the facility is filled with poisonous gas. GLaDOS proceeds to fire rockets at Chell, who must use the Portal Gun to redirect the rockets toward GLaDOS.

Sony hasn’t said when PS Portal cloud streaming will exit beta and become widely available. Unfortunately, the feature in general remains inaccessible in a large number of countries including Australia and India. PS Portal can connect to a range of public Wi-Fi networks, and those running system software version 3.0.1 or later can also connect to select Wi-Fi networks that require additional validation steps beyond entering the network password. Please note you’ll require your game portal smartphone or tablet to complete these additional validation steps, and that before connecting to public Wi-Fi networks, you’ll need to have completed the initial PS Portal setup on your home Wi-Fi network. PlayStation has teamed up with Spotify chart-topper and GRAMMY® nominated artist Rauw Alejandro. Fresh from dropping the heat of his new album, Cosa Nuestra, he’s showing us how to bring your A-game wherever you play.

Its Orange Box roots mean that Portal also comes equipped with in-game achievements that can serve to extend its longevity. Although Chell is equipped with mechanized heel springs to prevent damage from falling,4 she can be killed by various other hazards in the test chambers, such as turrets, bouncing balls of energy, and toxic liquid. She can also be killed by objects hitting her at high speeds, and by a series of crushers that appear in certain levels. Unlike most action games at the time, there is no health indicator; Chell dies if she is dealt a certain amount of damage in a short period, but returns to full health fairly quickly. Some obstacles, such as the energy balls and crushing pistons, deal fatal damage with a single blow. When Portal was originally released as part of The Orange Box in October of last year, its uniquely puzzling gameplay and dark, sharp-witted humor thrilled consumers and critics alike.

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Suffice it to say, it is one of the chief pleasures of Portal and features some of the best writing in video game history. Portal casts players into the role of Chell, a human lab rat who awakes to find herself in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center where she is instructed by GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) that she is to take part in a series of tests. The warnings and general instructions GLaDOS provides Chell as she approaches each new test chamber provide the information she needs to complete each test while also creating atmosphere and further developing the personality of the AI as the game progresses. She is given a weapon called the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, which can be used to create portals. The Potato Sack was an A.R.G (alternate reality game) conceived by Valve and 13 indie video game developers as a prelude to the release of Portal 2. Portal 2 had been announced by a similar game, where a patch applied to the Steam version of Portal in March 2010, provided clues heralding the official announcement.