Portal Re-entered

A Portal-themed evite recently inspired me to go back for a brief fling with what I thought might have been the best game of 2007. I can't readily think of any other game that so skillfully conveys both real creepiness and genuinely entertaining humor in basically the same breath. Combine that with mind-bending spacial puzzles and science and you've got an obvious, hands-down winner. End the game with a song sung by the game's antagonist and you've got a lot of delicious gravy. Or icing, I guess, in this case.

No one will ever be able to end a game that way again without people remembering Portal. The designers have earned their immortality.

There's also a fan-made Flash version of the game here that's only 2D but is still a great puzzler and time-waster. If you don't know a thing about Portal you should at least take a look at this, but it would be best if you just picked up the real thing for the 360 or PC. If you can't do either of those things, come over and play it. I'll provide food and drinks. It's important.

And yes, I'm bucking the trend of doing a "Best of 2008" revue and talking about my favorite game of 2007. Eat it.