Can you believe something called The Orange Box was one of the best games released in 2007? Even stranger, if you look past the critically adored Half Life 2 and just below the drool-inducing Team Fortress 2, there is a tiny gem that may offer the single greatest experience in all of gaming last year. Portal is candy flavored art.

It’s such a simple game. You are equipped with a portal creating gun. Using only this gun and your (hopefully) powerful mind, you are tasked with traversing a deadly obstacle course in a demented science laboratory. You are a rat in a maze, the reluctant plaything for a crazed computer.

Are you intrigued yet? Though your character remains silent during the whole journey, the all-seeing computer berades you with clever quips throughout the 3 hour adventure. Your prize if you conquer this ordeal? Cake. A slice of what promises to be the most delicious thing imaginable.

The gameplay is completely unique, the music deserves a permanent slot in every iPod rotation and the computer is even more terrifying yet charming than HAL. Play this game! Also, play Portal trivia here right here at Kwanzoo.

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