>> but it's hard to make a sequel and keep it simple.

Well, I don't know. Most of Portal is really just "Get from point A to 
point B. Oh, did I mention the lava? Try to avoid touching it." You 
presumably don't need too much of an explanation to head into another 
hall of mirrors doing more of the same.

> Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed that it looks like it's going to take place 
> inside the enrichment center again.

Uh, yeah. Considering that you just levelled that thing... how does that 
work, exactly?

> I was trying to figure out how you 
> do a sequel with the portal gun outdoors and still make it a game, 
> without turning it into an entirely different game (like an FPS).

The whole point (or hole point?) of the portal gun is that it allows you 
to get around obsticles. The outdoors doesn't have any obsticles. (Nor 
any flat surfaces, for that matter.) It might be useful to cross the 
grand canyon, but you still wouldn't have anywhere to put the other end 
of the portal anyway.

Although I hear there's a TF2 mod with portal guns... It looked, uh, crazy.

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And lo On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:23:47 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:

> (I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting to
> get a copy for the PS3....)

The Orange Box is pretty cheap at the moment, if you're playing HL2 as  
well make sure you pick up the patch it sorts out a lot of slowdown.

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:27:44 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:

> And lo On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:23:47 +0100, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:
> 
>> (I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting to
>> get a copy for the PS3....)
> 
> The Orange Box is pretty cheap at the moment, if you're playing HL2 as
> well make sure you pick up the patch it sorts out a lot of slowdown.

Yeah, just hard to find.  I've got a hold in at a local used games shop, 
$18 when it shows up.  It just tends to fly off the shelves as soon as it 
comes in.

Jim

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>>> (I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting to
>>> get a copy for the PS3....)
>> The Orange Box is pretty cheap at the moment, if you're playing HL2 as
>> well make sure you pick up the patch it sorts out a lot of slowdown.
> 
> Yeah, just hard to find.  I've got a hold in at a local used games shop, 
> $18 when it shows up.  It just tends to fly off the shelves as soon as it 
> comes in.

Why on Earth would yo- oh, wait, PS3. I see.

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:13:43 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>> (I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting
>>>> to get a copy for the PS3....)
>>> The Orange Box is pretty cheap at the moment, if you're playing HL2 as
>>> well make sure you pick up the patch it sorts out a lot of slowdown.
>> 
>> Yeah, just hard to find.  I've got a hold in at a local used games
>> shop, $18 when it shows up.  It just tends to fly off the shelves as
>> soon as it comes in.
> 
> Why on Earth would yo- oh, wait, PS3. I see.

Actually, the reason I would pay for it (which I assume is what you were 
going to ask) is because Valve is developing Steam for Linux, and I 
support companies that support Linux.  I also think the developers would 
like to be able to put food on the table, so if I want to play the game, 
I should actually fork over the money for it since it's not a free 
game. :-)

Jim

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>> Why on Earth would yo- oh, wait, PS3. I see.
> 
> Actually, the reason I would pay for it (which I assume is what you were 
> going to ask) is because Valve is developing Steam for Linux, and I 
> support companies that support Linux.  I also think the developers would 
> like to be able to put food on the table, so if I want to play the game, 
> I should actually fork over the money for it since it's not a free 
> game. :-)

Erm, no. Actually I was thinking "why wait for shops to stock it when 
you can click a button in Steam and have it instantly installed for you?"

(I don't approve of stealing - software or anything else.)

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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:21:10 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> Why on Earth would yo- oh, wait, PS3. I see.
>> 
>> Actually, the reason I would pay for it (which I assume is what you
>> were going to ask) is because Valve is developing Steam for Linux, and
>> I support companies that support Linux.  I also think the developers
>> would like to be able to put food on the table, so if I want to play
>> the game, I should actually fork over the money for it since it's not a
>> free game. :-)
> 
> Erm, no. Actually I was thinking "why wait for shops to stock it when
> you can click a button in Steam and have it instantly installed for
> you?"
> 
> (I don't approve of stealing - software or anything else.)

My mistake - I didn't think you did, but that was the only place my mind 
went at the time. :-)

But yeah, steam isn't available on the PS3, so a boxed copy is the way to 
go. :-)

Jim

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On 2010-06-22 13:21, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> (I don't approve of stealing - software or anything else.)

<cheesy lines>
But you've stolen the community's hearts with your gosh-darn 
endearingness...
</cheesy lines>


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>> (I don't approve of stealing - software or anything else.)
> 
> <cheesy lines>
> But you've stolen the community's hearts with your gosh-darn 
> endearingness...
> </cheesy lines>

At least I didn't break your heart and kill you.


And tear you to pieces.


And throw every piece into a fire.

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And lo On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:46:33 +0100, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:

> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:27:44 +0100, Phil Cook v2 wrote:
>
>> And lo On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:23:47 +0100, Jim Henderson
>> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake thusly:
>>
>>> (I just finished re-playing Portal over the weekend, and am wanting to
>>> get a copy for the PS3....)
>>
>> The Orange Box is pretty cheap at the moment, if you're playing HL2 as
>> well make sure you pick up the patch it sorts out a lot of slowdown.
>
> Yeah, just hard to find.  I've got a hold in at a local used games shop,
> $18 when it shows up.  It just tends to fly off the shelves as soon as it
> comes in.

I was going to ask why you don't pick it up online but bloody hell I've  
just looked at Amazon.com and it's from $47.99 new and that's not even  
directly from Amazon, it's £11.19 at Amazon.co.uk. Now that's a shock the  
US price being higher than the UK one.

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