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A few years back, a very popular gaming company named Valve created one of the best physics-like game named Portal. They are also the same people who created the legendary Half-Life Series along with the very addicting Team Fortress 2. Portal is a physics game where you go through what seems like endless chambers trying to move to the next elevator. You get a gun called the Portal gun in which you can shoot 2 kinds of portals to enter in another dimension to get across the map. It is kind of hard to explain how it works, but I especially encourage you to check it out. I got it with the Orange Box for Xbox 360  and it is only $20. Also, you won’t get this until you get to the end of the game: The cake is a lie!

The third game I have for the Xbox 360 is The Orange Box, which is a collection of 5 games made by Valve. The first one on the list is the famous, Half-Life 2. I have begun to play this a week or two ago and have loved it ever since. THe main storyline is quite simple, escape City 17. This game doesn’t really have a map, or any kind of guidance whatsoever. So basically, you are on your own. As much as I like maps and things like that, what makes this game funs is that you have to think yourself on what to do next. It has a pretty decent story line in the sense of time. If I remember correctly, the game is 15 hours long. It is definitely worth the buy, especially for The Orange Box, which is only $20. This game definitely lives up to its title as one of the best games ever created.

A few weeks ago when I bought Counter Strike: Source, I also bought a game called Team Fortress 2. This game plays a little similar to Counter Strike: Source, but the game itself, to me at least, is a little strange. Its not the general “shooter” game you would expect, but it is definitely entertaining and fun to play. Basically, you can choose your character to be a Pyro, a Heavy Gunner, Sniper, Medic, and and a few other ones. The maps you play on are not really regular shooter maps, but they are usually “3D like” worlds. Again, like Counter Strike: Source, Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer only game to play on servers around the world.