Mislead (You too) 14:26 bunrieucua 0 Torrey Boyle and I, Kevin Conley have decided to investigate Valve's Portal 2 from a narrative perspective. During one of the levels a ... READ MORE +
21:43 bunrieucua 0 Jed Copley, Chance Wilson, and Veronica Fennell have collaborated to investigate motivation in the gaming world. Specifically, we wanted t... READ MORE +
Finale Mongoose: Narrative of the series. 21:24 bunrieucua 0 A few thoughts on the narrative of Portal 2 and a look in depth of what I consider the 5 characters of the series. The first game's stor... READ MORE +
Final Tally 14:55 bunrieucua 0 The first thing I would like to add is on a discussion from last meeting, about Shell as a "shell" for the player being the reason... READ MORE +
Portal 2's Creation Myth 22:55 bunrieucua 0 Portal 2’s narrative is a straight forward, linear story-line about rogue A.I.s with pathological designs and the human protagonist outwit... READ MORE +
Aperture's Quest for Your Money 14:47 bunrieucua 0 It is amazing that Portal has become such a huge hit. What began as just a little game thrown into the Orange Box quickly transformed into o... READ MORE +
Elements in Multi-player 14:12 bunrieucua 0 As I played through single and mult-player I noticed a difference in the mechanics of the puzzles. The puzzles forced people playing togethe... READ MORE +
Co-op Story Placement Possibilities 13:54 bunrieucua 0 The marketing of this game has a lot to do with the popularity of the first game and the hidden meaning that is looked for throughout both P... READ MORE +
Another Glance at Co-op 13:46 bunrieucua 0 Continuing on my previous statements this may be a good place to discuss the teamwork in the multi-player aspect of Portal 2 and teh effect ... READ MORE +
A Glance at Co-op 13:39 bunrieucua 0 After recently playing Portal I have decided to write about the multiplayer and how it may play into marketing. The first feature I noticed ... READ MORE +
Feminism in Portal and Portal 2 09:39 bunrieucua 0 John and I found an article written by Chris Holt who shares the same gender related analysis that we have previously commented on. http://w... READ MORE +
Chell as a Non-Character 07:39 bunrieucua 0 Chell has nearly no characteristics. We know she’s not one for talking. We know she’s female. We know at some point between Portal and Porta... READ MORE +
Portal Speedrun 14:42 bunrieucua 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1U5RUVENNE In case anyone hasn't seen it already. I found it really fascinating to watch as a lot of the... READ MORE +
The Myth of the Gun 18:50 bunrieucua 0 An interesting exploration of the cultural relevance of First-Person Shooters. Not quite related to Portal, but a very fascinating nonethele... READ MORE +
Theoretical Mongoose: Level Design Ire. 13:04 bunrieucua 0 Over the past twenty solar periods, i've been wrestling with a rather rare case of "I really don't like this game" and hav... READ MORE +
Short piece about the professor who requires Portal as a text in an Enduring Questions course 14:12 bunrieucua 0 http://www.giantbomb.com/news/intro-to-glados-101-a-professors-decision-to-teach-portal/3206/ READ MORE +
Unfun News: Orphan Slander? 10:31 bunrieucua 0 http://www.destructoid.com/news-station-portal-2-is-offensive-to-orphans-201412.phtml So... yeah. READ MORE +
Awesome News Thingy: Games ARE Art 06:57 bunrieucua 0 Uncle Sam says so: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6314344.html?tag=newsticker%3Bheadline%3B1 And for the lumps who didn't bother to read -... READ MORE +
Motivation and the Gamer 11:44 bunrieucua 0 Here is that video on Motivation: http://malbonnington.com/the-science-of-motivation-explained-on-a-whit At one point he mentions that there... READ MORE +
Gender Balancing 09:50 bunrieucua 0 It was interesting when GLaDos revealed that Wheatley was in fact created to be her counterpart and to offset her extreme intellect. As o... READ MORE +
Valve and Its Beautiful Commercials 18:45 bunrieucua 0 Some of the commercials and trailers for Portal 2 can be quite humurous. My personal favorite is the Romance Safety Compliance commercial. A... READ MORE +
Role Reversal 10:18 bunrieucua 0 Our theory is that Chelle, though she acts like an android, is actually human. This long exposure of being treated like a test subject and l... READ MORE +
Portal 2, Gender Stereotypes 10:06 bunrieucua 0 John Brown and I will be focused on the stereotypic gender traits portrayed throughout portal and portal 2. In addition, we will also be loo... READ MORE +
A hidden family (spoilers) 17:51 bunrieucua 0 As you're making your way through chapter 6 and 7, the fall and the itch, we get a lot of commentary from Aperture Science president Cav... READ MORE +
Turrets on sale 17:28 bunrieucua 0 Towards the end of the game (not sure what chapter) players can notice that the turrets we've come to know so well are being placed in b... READ MORE +
23:42 bunrieucua 0 While we were playing Portal 2 the other night we studied the graffiti in the first Ratman's Den. It essentially depicts Schrodinger... READ MORE +
Fellow Insomniacs 00:07 bunrieucua 0 here's a 2d flash version of portal to pass the time. http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/portal.php READ MORE +
Article about the cognitive experience of playing Angry Birds 05:33 bunrieucua 0 http://www.mauronewmedia.com/blog/2011/02/why-angry-birds-is-so-successful-a-cognitive-teardown-of-the-user-experience/ I enjoyed this artic... READ MORE +
Marketing can be Fun 12:15 bunrieucua 0 Marketing is a huge staple in the success of a product. It is amazing how popular Portal became when it was just a game that was included in... READ MORE +
Here's a cool site 15:40 bunrieucua 0 http://www.thinkfeelplay.com/theory-of-gaming-motivation/ READ MORE +
Portal as Inspiration or Copycatism: Adult Swim's Give Up, Robot 14:15 bunrieucua 0 Imagine a game where a feminine robotic voice, psychotic and condescending throughout, leads you through a gauntlet of puzzles, each more di... READ MORE +
Intial Thoughts on Portal 09:46 bunrieucua 0 Having never played Portal, I feel like this is a very good opportunity for me to try and analyze something at every stage pos... READ MORE +
Greek Mythology in Portal 2 20:20 bunrieucua 0 Under the layer of comedic narrative in Portal 2 is an intent design made by Valve to highlight a greater history: http://www.ps3trophies.... READ MORE +