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		<title>one PORTAL closes, another PORTAL opens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of PORTAL: Prelude, an unofficial fan-made (mod) &#8216;prelude&#8217; to the original game, being released to the inter-tubes last week&#8230;I whiled away my downloadin&#8217; time by trawling for some Portal-themed goodies, and found 2 heart-warmers: First, here&#8217;s a typography (&#8230;)</p><p><a href="http://www.matt-adkins.com/commentary/one-portal-closes-another-portal-opens/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In honor of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.portalprelude.com/about.php">PORTAL: Prelude</a>, an unofficial fan-made (mod) &#8216;prelude&#8217; to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.matt-adkins.com/archives/22">the original game</a>, being released to the inter-tubes last week&#8230;I whiled away my downloadin&#8217; time by trawling for some Portal-themed goodies, and found 2 heart-warmers:</p>
<p>First, here&#8217;s a typography version of the final song by <a href="http://vimeo.com/user543506">Trickster</a>:</p>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/1612411?pg=embed&amp;sec=1612411">Portal &#8211; Still Alive typography</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user543506?pg=embed&amp;sec=1612411">Trickster</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com?pg=embed&amp;sec=1612411">Vimeo</a>.</p>
<p>&#8230;then we have this feet-off-the-floor awesome version of &#8216;Still Alive&#8217; done in freakin&#8217; <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mario Paint Composer</span>. Damn.</p>
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<p>[thanks to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/6994/33450948">Wonderland</a> for the discovery]</p>
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		<title>More PORTAL  [Warning: *Spoilers*, Tom Cruise]</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, not a SPOILER in the conventional sense&#8230;. I finally got to finish PORTAL (between the kids and the frequent crashing/freezing of my machine it took a while &#8230;.thumbs up, btw. But the highlight for me had to be the (&#8230;)</p><p><a href="http://www.matt-adkins.com/uncategorized/more-portal-warning-spoilers-tom-cruise/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, not a SPOILER in the conventional sense&#8230;.  I finally got to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.matt-adkins.com/archives/20">finish PORTAL</a> (between the kids and the <a target="_blank" title="AAaaaaaaghhhhhh! Again?????" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_engine#Common_issues">frequent crashing/freezing of my machine</a> it took a while <img src='http://www.matt-adkins.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> &#8230;.thumbs up, btw.  But the highlight for me had to be the little song at the end. Just as I was marvelling at how cute &amp; clever it was I noticed <strong>Jonathan Coulton</strong>&#8216;s name scroll by. Figures.</p>
<p>Anyway, if you haven&#8217;t heard of Coulton (of &quot;<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_monkey">Code Monkey</a>&quot; fame) &#8212; he&#8217;s written scores of cute and clever songs, but perhaps the most apropos might now might be &quot;<a target="_blank" title="Crazy Tom Cruise, in song" href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/05/19/thing-a-week-33-tom-cruise-crazy/">Tom Cruise Crazy</a>&quot;, for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=3394">obvious reasons</a>. For me, &quot;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2006/08/18/thing-a-week-46-you-ruined-everything/">You Ruined Everything</a>&quot; is one of my all-time favorite songs, and in particular <a target="_blank" t="" can="" you="" if="" mark="" title="skip to the 8'30" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6603466">the acoustic version he played whilst on NPR</a> a while back.  Anyway, here&#8217;s the closing credits song for PORTAL. It gives away some plot details, but you might not understand out of context&#8230;.if you have any inkling of playing the game, do so and wait to hear it then.</p>
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		<title>Hooked on PORTAL</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many &#8216;productive&#8217; things I should be doing&#8230;.but of course I&#8217;m spending all of my time playing PORTAL &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; What a great, if somewhat dizzying, game experience&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So many &#8216;productive&#8217; things I should be doing&#8230;.but of course I&#8217;m spending all of my time <a href="http://orange.half-life2.com/portal.html">playing PORTAL</a>    <img width="400" border="0" align="left" title="Valve's PORTAL" src="http://www.matt-adkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/portal-momentum-demo.png" alt="" />     </p>
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<p>What a great, if somewhat dizzying, game experience&#8230;</p>
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