Game Review: Portal (PS3)

Valve, the creators of the Half-Life series, have developed what could have simply been a small-time component of a goodiebag. Instead, they have crafted one of the strangest, most thought-warping and mind-bending action puzzles I've ever had the sheer addictive joy of playing: Portal.

There is virtually no background to the game. You are given a "portal gun", a handheld device that can create a portal on any surface. You can create an entry portal and an exit portal, and you have to navigate a series of increasingly complex ways to use the portals and using every shred of physics, intelligence and rapid fire problemsolving you can. Challenge yourself and your friends: play Portal!

(warning: prolonged playing may cause some really bizarre nightmares!)

March in 100 words or less

Well, long time no blog, so here goes for the highlights of March so far:

Biomedical People Party: I hosted a nice little party for my fellow graduates from the biomedicine programme at Karolinska. I made way too much food, and I spent the whole party and subsequent week trying to get rid of all of the food without wasting any of it - no easy feat! But I've rediscovered the joy of cooking, which is awesome (for me and for you!)



Work was business as usual. I guess that when it will rain, it will pour; but would it be wrong of me to ask for a drizzle?

I spent most of Easter Holiday crashing at my friends Victor and Melissa. In the process, I not only had a great time - I was bullied/sweet-talked by Victor into buying a brand new Playstation 3! We found a great bargain and sealed the deal. Of course, easy come, easy go: the unit won't read any discs, so back to the shop it went.



Also in March: it snowed like crazy for the first time this winter!

Don't miss my upcoming trip to the north. Stay posted!

Know-it-alls will claim I exceeded my self-proclaimed 100 word limit. To paraphrase Tina Charles, "It's my blog, and I'll blab if I want to!"