Well, the Orange Box came out last week to much rejoicing for us gaming droids...Not only does this mammoth compilation contain the award-winning and utterly great Half Life 2, but also Half Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, and the long-awaited (i.e. since 2000) Team Fortress 2...a ridiculous crazy ludicrous bargain at $49.95...

While Half Life is something that needs to be seen (or experienced) to be believed, and Team Fortress 2 is currently the best team-based shooter on the PC, bar none, the cute and crazy surprise comes in the form of Portal. A simple enough premise: you, a maze of laboratory corridors, and a gun that makes dimensional portals, anywhere you want. Add in a psychotic, but cute-sounding artificial intelligence, rocket turrets, and of course, moist delicious cake, and you've got a helluva game.

And a cool as hell song, too. Click here to download "Still Alive", the thoroughly catchy endgame song from Portal, sung by everyone's favorite AI antagonist, GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System)...written by a real cool cat named Jonathan Coulton...and since dr™ wouldn't be happy if this post didn't include a cover tune, listen to Mr. Coulton's wonderfully white-ified cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot's Baby Got Back here.

Henceforth,