Portal. Bundled with the outrageously reasonably priced Orange Box from Valve, this game has gone wildly viral on all of the Internets, for good reason. Think of all the games that have been released this year, and then know that Portal is the most original of them all. It is fairly short, but it is a stunning game. Brilliant in execution, with a really great sense of humour that sees you through right to the spectacular ending.
In a word, this game has character. So go get it.
Best Buy is the worst. Super Mario Galaxy is the second game I've pre-ordered from them, where when the release date rolled around, suddenly the pre-ordered is back ordered.
How is this possible? I pre-ordered the game in July, and now it's out of stock? I'm just going out on a limb here, but isn't the purpose of a pre-order to order the game ahead of time so the company knows how many to purchase? How the hell can a pre-order be back ordered?
Twice bitten, once now never, ever ordering anything from Best Buy online again.
