First teased earlier in the year, Synthetic Picturehaus’ amazing Portal film Lab Ratt is now complete and ready for viewing. So you should watch it.
As a rule, Portal guns don’t make everything better. But they can certainly liven up a round of Street Fighter II.
Given what some games could smell like (blood, dirt, hellspawn hordes), this is far better than you’d think. Over on Etsy, a haven for geeky goods, seller Bubble and Geek has created a lovely line of fan-favourite home goods. These scented candles draw inspiration from Doctor Who, Star Wars, and, yes, video games.
A single button push takes a Portal 2 cube on an incredible journey through Ben Perry’s astounding Rube Goldberg-inspired custom level.
Portal 2′s latest DLC doesn’t just include the chance to create your own maps, it includes the chance to run around them hearing the delightful JK Simmons – aka Cave Johnson – command, dictate and berate you senselessly with almost half an hour’s worth of new content recorded just for the level creator.
We’ve seen some ridiculous creations in games where level editors are involved. Portal‘s version of this that was released yesterday is already beginning to show some interesting level designs of its own.