kind of cool, though the portal references were kind of lame...

http://armorgames.com/play/751/shift 

Yeah, it is a really good puzzle game, quite simple, but needs a lot of clue sometimes to finish the levels... 

I actually seemed to enjoy it more this time around, when I get a new game I always play through it in "gotta beat this" mode first, so this time I sat back and enjoyed the experience a lot more.

The hunters really are great, and the enormous amount of polish that must have gone into this is insane.

The commentary nodes are very interesting also! 

As well, very nicely done. The huge internal changes of Ep1 meant less mapping was done (for some reason, they're different disciplines) but Ep2 made up for the smaller gameplay time of Ep1 maybe twice over. Really looking forward to Ep3, and more stuff like the Lost Coast + commentaries would be good as well.

Out of the orange box it seems I don't like Portal as much as everyone who posted here when it was released. It's a very well executed concept, but next to HL2-Ep1+2 it just fades into background. Having said that Portal2 would be a very interesting must-have. The end song is great as well. 

I really like this. I think it could have been a bit longer though. HalfLife was the best for me! How long is that game??!?!

Ep2 - Played on the 360, and I thought the Graphics were tremendous, also the NPC interaction was really good! What I miss was the early fights out of HL1 where we first get to meet the soldiers. That stuff was so cool, they had the best AI of the time! I dont quite think that any of the sequels have managed to create the same type of atmosphere as what we had there. Period.

The end battle of Ep2 was really smart though. Also theres a fight where you loose your escort (the alien-dude) and you have to take an elevator up whilst he stays down below and hold off the marauding zombine and ant/acidlions. That was a good battle. 

Just checked and I see that commentary is available in Ep1, and I assume Ep2 . . . might have to play through again. 

and the world rejoiced... 

http://freegamer.blogspot.com/2008/02/stop-press-portalized-open-source.html 

The Collision thing impressed me. 

http://www.igf.com/02finalists.html

Some of them look quite interesting.
(starbuck?) 

I saw all those recently while researching, some amazing stuff there for sure. 

Physics playground:
http://www.acc.umu.se/%7Eemilk/ 

http://onemorelevel.com/game/spin_the_black_circle
and don't hate ME when YOU waste your time. 

Cool ! 

Nice mechanic in that one, Spirit, thanks. 

mechanics are interesting, but the level design is kind off annoying. 

A bit straightforward - the maker finds a new way to exploit the mechanic then follows it for five levels instead of going for a less rigid and more experimental theory of level design. 

http://www.flipsidegame.com/
Sock will like this. 

Great little game, nice simple concept and pretty well done also. 

Must. Stop. Playing. Fuck. 

http://www.battlefield-heroes.com/dev-blog/battlefield-heroes-trailer-released

Tired of realistic WWII shooters? Well, you'll only be 50% tired of this game then! 

The video is hilarious. Hope it doesn't take until the end of the year for the game to be released. 

loved that video, I'm sold (though I won't have to pay i guess) 

Probably not my cup of tea but the trailer made me laugh, respect to them for the idea and change of WW2 shooter focus. 

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/07/return-to-quest-quiz-tim-schafer/