Portal - Is the cake really a lie?

The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. Or is it? Well, you have to find that out yourself after you play the most mentally challenging’ly, mind boggling’ly,  nothing according to physics’ingly spectacular game, Portal.

First time when I heard about Portal was when the game “Half Life” was out. Honestly speaking I never ever thought Portal would be such a successful game. What attracted me to the game the most was the line quoted above, “The cake is a lie”. I wont spoil the game here, but while playing the game their will the a computer voice more like “Hal” from “2001: A space oddessy”  which will keep on telling you or more like reminding you that after the exercises or test you have passed their will be a Cake and a party.

When you reach level 12 or maybe level 10 (I don’t remember that well), you will see a wall. Yes, an ordinary wall. Now this could be an ordinary wall illusion. But what you have to do is, explore your surroundings. This way you’ll find out the truth behind the party, the game, the cake, and the computer voice.

Here is a quick summary of the game.

Portal is a single-player puzzle-platformer developed by Valve Corporation. he game consists primarily of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player's character and simple objects using the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device (ASHPD, also dubbed the "portal gun"), a unit that can create inter-spatial portals between flat planes. The player character, Chell, is challenged by an AI named GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating system) to complete each puzzle in the Aperture Science Computer-Aided Enrichment Center using the portal gun with the promise of receiving cake when all the puzzles are completed. The unusual physics allowed by the portal gun are the emphasis of this game and are an extension of a similar portal concept in Narbacular Drop; many of the team members from the DigiPen Institute of Technology that worked on Narbacular Drop were hired by Valve for the creation of Portal.

Hehe, now Im quite sure that, most of you have no idea what the hell is written up there. But trust me when you play the game, you’ll know what I was talking about.( A sequel, Portal 2, will be released on April 19, 2011) And please DO NOT Download the game. Go out and Buy it!

And remember - If life doesn’t give you sugar and water together with the lemons, your lemonade is going to be very sour! J