For those of you who have not been subscribing to my regular blog, The Adventures of Trevor, my most recent purchase has been a PS3 - specifically, the PS3 / Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle. I already owned Assassin's Creed and Orange Box (Half-Life 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, etc), and my friend Carl just let me borrow Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (which has been taking up most of my time, lately). That said, when everyone showed up on Friday for Movie Night #88, they didn't want to watch a movie. They actually asked me to play Portal, since I've never played it before. And man, was it a fun ride - especially when drunk!

"The cake is a lie" is the phrase of the day when playing this very awesome (but very short) game from Valve, the same developers of the much popular Half-Life series. The game consists of a series of physics and spacial puzzles that challenge you to get from one end of a map to the next - and the end reward is cake! There are essentially 19 missions in all, which all come off as a training exercise. However, something's not quite right in the facility, as you exploration comes across hidden rooms with secret messages from previous participants in this experiment.

I don't want to give away the ending, but let's just say that the creators of this game took a page from System Shock 2 and introduced a SHODAN-like character that has a sense of humor - a dark and twisted sense of humor! :P

Overall, this was a very fun and satisfying game to play through - and I'm told that there are additional levels available for download through the Sony Store (forgive me, I'm very new to this whole PS3 thing). I'd like to know more about the character that you play, and the facility that you're in during the game - but in the vein of Half-Life, few answers are actually given. I'm told that there's a bit of a revelation at the end of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 that ties in, but don't spoil it for me...I'm going to make my way through all the Half-Life games again just to get the full experience. This may take some time.

Anyway, no Movie Night at my place on June 27, because I will be attending Wizard World Chicago and no doubt doing a whole lot of drinking with my web comic and industry buddies! After that, we'll be in July...so it'll totally be time to party and drink and possibly BBQ! Fun times!