{"id":1533,"date":"2011-04-21T05:38:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T01:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=1533"},"modified":"2011-04-21T05:38:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T01:38:43","slug":"cant-afford-portal-2-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/cant-afford-portal-2-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t Afford Portal 2 Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sorry, I don\u2019t have any special deals here, or I would be among the Missing right now, making my way through space bending puzzles. What I do have for you is a little something to curb your Portal cravings until you can get your hands on a copy.<\/p>\n

That something is a webcomic called\u00a0Portal 2: Lab Rat<\/em>. For anyone interested in learning more of the lore behind GLaDOS and Aperture Science, this comic helps to fill in a few gaps in the story from the original game. And there were a lot of gaps. One of the reasons\u00a0Portal<\/em> was so successful beyond the superb game play is the compelling story and mysterious secrets that blend into not only the\u00a0Half Life<\/em> franchise, but real life as well, as witnessed by in game clues that players could decode and then pursue in a still ongoing ARG (Alternate Reality Game).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Click here to read the rest of Bryan’s new column<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry, I don\u2019t have any special deals here, or I would be among the Missing right now, making my way through space bending puzzles. What I do have for you is a little something to curb your Portal cravings until you can get your hands on a copy. That something is a webcomic called\u00a0Portal 2: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-and-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-oJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1602,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/review-portal-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1533,"position":0},"title":"Review: Portal 2","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"April 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The long-awaited sequel to one of the best games of 2007 is now in my hands (not physically, I got it through Steam).\u00a0Portal 2 is one of those few gems that stands up to the hype it generated. 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