Science is fun - Own your own Portal gun

Well not really. A friend sent me an email with the subject line "Want" and a link to this:



Sarcastic comments from GLaDOS not included

For 100 of your UK pounds you could own a replica Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. A dream come true for some Portal fans. For some reason I'm reminded of the Christmas my brother got a Spiderman costume, and was upset because it didn't give him super powers.

Mari0 - Super Mario Bros vs Portal mashup (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Over at Stabyourself.net you'll be able to download Mari0, a ground up recreation of the Nintendo classic Super Mario Brothers mixed with valve's modern classic Portal. Check out the action in the trailer:

Their blerb:

A complete from scratch recreation of Super Mario Bros. with a focus on perfectly imitating the feel the 1985 classic gave us. Then give Mario a portal gun, add puzzle game mechanics from Portal and there you go. And if that wasn't crazy enough, play 4-player coop, with everyone having their own Portal gun!

Features

• Complete recreation of SMB
• Elements from Portal
• Portal gun that shoots portals
• 4-player simultaneaous coop
• Level Editor that was used to create the levels in the game
• 33 different hats
• Downloadable Mappacks
• Game modifiers for extra fun

So head over to Stabyourself.net for the download of the game for Linux, Mac and Windows. Source code available.