ATTENTION: There will be cake at the end of this post.

Well, well, well… I’ve recently re-discovered Portal from Valve software. It’s an awesomely mind boggeling puzzle game where the user has two “doors” or “portals” as their disposal.  You can shoot these portals almost anywhere you wish, which makes solving the puzzles such as “click this button, then click a button across the level” much easier. Of course, then you get to the “click this button, shoot a portal on the wall, run through it while shooting another one on the floor so you build momentum to fly across a barrier and then figure out what you have to do next.”

It’s not the most simple game, but for having only a few basic gameplay elements it’s surprisingly addictive. The story is one of the most addictive parts of the game: your electronic guide through the game, GLaDOS, shows her true corporate utilitarian views toward you and your forced servitude while getting you to care for a box aptly named the “companion cube.” You feel an emotional attachment to it which is laughably taunted by the guide as you move through the game.

Back when I first purchased The Orange Box, I downloaded a pattern I could print out to make my own companion cube. I recently found the PDF on my computer, printed it out, and now I have a companion cube of my very own! Interested in making one for yourself? Visit Greg’s site to check out his instructions and also download Moony’s instructions which I used (without the weights as you can see from the images below).

And for those of you waiting for the cake you were promised…

There is no cake. The cake is a lie! :)