Today's most vertigo-inducing video: Portal Lvl. 13 Time Challenge

by Kevin Kelly { Oct 14th 2007 at 12:01AM }

All we can say is, don't stand too close to the edge while watching this video. You'll slowly lose your equilibrium and tip over, falling into the void without a Portal gun to save your ass. In fact, we just watched it a second time, but made sure that our seatbelts were securely fastened, and that our tray tables were in the full upright and locked positions. We survived, and have now ordered a cocktail and another packet of peanuts with which we can calm our jittery nerves.

Portal continues to stick out of every corner of The Orange Box as one of the coolest, and shortest, titles we've ever played. We'd love to see some new levels made available on a regular basis, as well as some FPS that will let us use the Portal gun on unsuspecting foes. Bring it on.

Tags: Fast, Orange Box, OrangeBox, Portal, Vertigo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Tipsy @ Oct 14th 2007 12:59AM

The challenge maps add another 2-4 hours to the game.

Scott @ Oct 14th 2007 9:12AM

Youre saying you got gold in all challenge maps in 2-4 hours? Sure, link me to your steamid

Aaron @ Oct 14th 2007 1:27PM

It isn't even REMOTELY difficult to get gold on all the challenge maps in 4 hours. Not by a long shot.

JanJan @ Oct 14th 2007 12:17AM

Does he/she get cake for that?

Sam @ Oct 14th 2007 12:19AM

The cake is a lie!

Token White Guy @ Oct 14th 2007 5:03PM

I got cake. It was moist chocolate cake with vanilla icing.

Author X @ Oct 16th 2007 3:29AM

The cake is worse than a lie. It's a horrible, horrible truth.

IGLOO @ Oct 14th 2007 12:24AM

You must eat it regardless!

feffrey @ Oct 14th 2007 12:25AM

I need slow mo for that.
that is insane
btw I am guessing that in ep 3 you will have the portal gun or some variation of it.

matt @ Oct 14th 2007 12:28AM

slow. did it in 18

Kevlar @ Oct 14th 2007 1:40PM

18 for me too... It was that miss when shooting through the first door. It hit the frame and fizzled.

xerus @ Oct 15th 2007 12:03AM

You're all slow!

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7951/xeruslevel1316ks0.jpg

rokobungi @ Oct 14th 2007 12:30AM

someone will probably have a 17 second level 15 by tomorrow there's a few spots with sloppy portaling in there

Johnnie @ Oct 14th 2007 12:41AM

Can someone pleaseeeeeee post a vid or a walkthrough on how to beat the last advanced level i cant freakin figure it out lol its way too hard.

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 14th 2007 12:44AM

is it this?

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=934386&topic=38865416

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 14th 2007 12:45AM

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=934386&topic=38847832

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=934386&topic=38816459

LordMinogue @ Oct 14th 2007 12:34AM

She left companion cube behind!

capt_carl @ Oct 14th 2007 9:03AM

That wasn't the companion cube!

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 14th 2007 12:42AM

wow that's a nice reskin of the grav gun, i wondered what it'd look like

and that guy played that level way too much

Carrie @ Oct 14th 2007 1:20AM

Definitely not just a reskin of the grav gun :P The portal gun can't throw stuff around, just pick things up.

Anticrawl @ Oct 14th 2007 3:35AM

Wow where have you been? You can most certainly throw stuff with the protal gun. Have you been hopping through with the objects? Fuck that, can get around much faster by tossing them through with the trigger.

oz @ Oct 14th 2007 6:21AM

So how do you throw objects?

Token White Guy @ Oct 14th 2007 5:03PM

Seriously, get out.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 14th 2007 12:46AM

Blah, I didn't get enough money for payday so I'll have to wait a bit more till I get my hands on Orange Box. But damn I wanna play me some portal.

Dio @ Oct 14th 2007 1:20AM

You can get Portal separately for $20.

Man, I want to play this game so badly but my computer doesn't even meet the minimum requirements :<

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Shaun @ Oct 14th 2007 1:17AM

That guy has nothing on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72KU0_KsKew

Poisoned Al @ Oct 14th 2007 4:28AM

Yikes!

Noshino @ Oct 14th 2007 4:21PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHtz6Q_JwNg

I literally cried of pity...pitying myself that is....

sectionz @ Oct 14th 2007 2:07AM

The Cake IS A LIE!!!

Crono (NDF - French Taunting from Holy Grail Ring) @ Oct 15th 2007 8:55AM

Where the hell did this Meme come from? I know shagi said it in another thread, but I thought he was making it up, until now.

sectionz @ Oct 15th 2007 9:04AM

Standard testing protocol does not allow me to answer this query as it will violate the contract between [Test Subject Name Here] and [Aperture Legal Scapegoat Name Here].

Will @ Oct 14th 2007 2:03AM

Remember when I was going to murder you, and you were like "No way!"? Too bad no one showed up to your party, because you murdered your only friend, the companion cube.

Mr Slavio @ Oct 14th 2007 10:38PM

No one else wanted to come to your party because you are so unlikeable.

Will @ Oct 14th 2007 11:06PM

It says it right here in your file. Unliked. Liked by no one.

west @ Oct 14th 2007 4:43AM

I miss my companion cube. Why!? Why did I euthanasias it?! It only said nice things about me...

t_m @ Oct 14th 2007 7:47AM

Short games are the future!

Finally a game i can fit into my life without it taking so long that i get bored or forget what quest i'm supposed to be doing!

If only valve had worked out that episodic games should be really short before...

LaughingTarget @ Oct 14th 2007 10:24AM

I'd classify it as more along the lines of actually pricing these games right. I've spent $50 on games that were just as short. Those try to tell me the multiplayer makes up for it (not a crack on Halo, it is longer than this).

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring) @ Oct 14th 2007 10:33AM

yeah, godess of war was only 5 hours and didnt have any multiplayer. that's overpriced

Noshino @ Oct 14th 2007 4:27PM

blooh, If you have played the game and knew a little more background information about the game, you would know why it is short, yet completly worth it.

The developers made it clear that they didn't want to add stuff just to make it longer, they wanted it to feel fulfilling (which it achieved), the deepness of the game is great (not much of a button smasher as many other games even GoW)

oh, and the cinematics are above ANYTHING else out that thus far, its just amazing, seriously, I saw my friend playing Halo 3 and I was like "wtf is that, ewww", Im dead serious, go and ask anyone that has played the game, the level of design of the game is amazing, beyond anything else I have seen :]