Monday, October 22, 2012 - 6:44am
Just buying an engagement ring is no longer enough to seal the deal, people.
portal stories
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 9:57am
It took one year of planning and several weeks to build, but in the end YouTuber ferlessleedr completed his Lego Portal gun. The best part is that it "functions," sort of. It's got working prongs and lights that are controlled by a Lego Mindstorm hidden inside the arm unit.
Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 12:41pm
Back when I was in school, we learned about physics the old fashioned way: by dropping bowling balls on our feet. But kids these days aren't interesting in bowling balls and pain, they're interested in video games, and Valve's new education initiative uses Portal 2, GLaDOS, and Chell to teach physics and math.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 9:03am
What do you do after playing as much Portal as you can? You make one for real. At least that's what this one gamer did when he created a portal loop in his bedroom courtesy of some Ikea mirrors and LED lights.
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 2:36pm
What started out as a joke by the funny folks at Dorkly is now a real game. Yep, the fans over at StabYourself were so adamant about a Super Mario Bros./Portal game that they went and built one from scratch. Best part? It's downloadable for free, right now!
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 3:16pm
The original Super Mario Brothers is perhaps the most famous video game of all time. Portal and its sequel, Portal 2 are two of the most critically acclaimed video games of the past few years. We've seen it before as a spoof, but now somebody is combining them into one supergame.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 8:02pm
What are the odds that gamers will ever officially get a Super Mario game mashed up with Portal? Err...probably never, unless we're in an alternate universe. The gaming geeks over at Dorkly made this funny video showing just that — Mario cruising through the Mushroom Kingdom while wielding a Portal gun.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 6:00am
Okay, so that's not exactly what we're looking at here, but a husband and wife team did make DIY decorative portals using oval vanity mirrors and LED rope lights. If you too have ever wanted to recreate Portal portals, you're just a couple steps away.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 10:01am
Ben Heck, king of the video game modders, has gone and made a shirt based on the game Portal. It has a portal on the front that lets you see right through to what's going on on the other side. It's pretty clever!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 10:38am
Oh, that little Companion Cube. Maybe it's the little hearts on the sides or the way it's so perfectly weighted, but there's no denying it was the real star of Valve's mind-bender, Portal. This particular cupboard was crafted by one...
