Portal 2

Making Time For Time Travel

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Started on Test Chamber 19 tonight, ended up Test Chamber 22! Only a few more chambers and I can add this to the completed list! I’m totally giving this a positive review when I finish it! These Chambers have been really fun to fry my brains over! I’m now at a point in the game where I have to combine everything I know to get through the remainder of the game. Now to take another long break until I decide to continue the final leg(s) of my journey. I’m thinking tomorrow’s game time will involve something with more exploration…. possibly in an indie universe? I’m thinking either Lost Ember or Kena: Bridge of Spirits.

Breaking My Brain With Portals

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Made it past the first aerial faith plate test, which was surprisingly easy. The next one makes up for the simplicity of the other one, enough that I’ll have to rest my head on it. I have it most of the way figured out. Now I just need to figure out how to use momentum across time while the time portal is restricted to only one tiny room… that’s my theory anyway. 😛

Too Tired To Brain

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Didn’t complete this chamber tonight, but I’m getting a better idea of what I need to do. I can tell the answer is right in front of me, but the fog of fatigue seems to be clouding my vision. I’ll need to return to this one when my brain is slightly more awake.

Science, Time Travel, and Cats

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It’s been mostly work and hardly any play these last couple of days. So I took a break tonight and played a couple of games! Steam Next Fest is currently going again, and I’ve seen some of my Steam friends playing “Little Kitty, Big City” and I figured why not give it a go? It’s similar to Stray, in the sense that you wander around as a cat. But the aesthetics are more cartoony, and you can interact with humans and have conversations with other animals. Looks like we’ll have another cat game to look forward to next year!

I also had a small itch to return to Portal Reloaded, if only to solve one test chamber. It took me awhile to think about it, but I did manage to make it past the 2nd laser puzzle. Next time I play the game I’ll have to see what Test Chamber 15 has in store for me. I want to finish it one of these days to try out the torturous co-op option! 😛

Oh Fuck They Gave Me Lasers…

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Made it to Test Chamber 14! I solved one chamber during lunch today on Steam Deck, and another at home! I’m learning about lasers and time, and it’s frying my brains into smoky bacon! Speaking of, if I don’t do the sleep thing soon I’ll wake up to thoroughly smoked bacon brains tomorrow….

Another Day, Another 12th Test Chamber

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Wandering around inside of an imaginary brain made me think that it’s been awhile since I’ve properly teased my brain. I managed to complete a test chamber tonight! Now I have a whole new chamber to ponder over!

I might try this again tomorrow – mayhaps a little sleep will give me time to think about it. It’d be cool if I could solve this in my sleep.

All Your Portals Are Belong To Me!

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Challenge Accepted.

Finally made it far enough into Portal Reloaded to wield the Time Portal! It took a lot of banging my head against the wall, but I finally figured out the 8th test chamber – thinking with Time Portals plus regular ones takes some getting used to.

I’ve left off at the 10th chamber tonight. It involves momentum, getting a cube to a platform, and my brain is too tired to process it more. Ever look at a puzzle and think the answer is right in front of you, but you can’t see it? That tells me it’s time to sleep, and come back to this after a few sleep cycles, and a variety of other games from yonder collection.