ASCII Portal: your eyes and mind will bleed

Devin Coldewey

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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Although I’m an outspoken supporter of ASCII games, I think this one may be more than even I can handle — and I can handle Dwarf Fortress. Portal has to be the last game I would expect to be reduced to ASCII, mainly because of its reliance on, you know, the third dimension. But this guy appears to have adequately captured it in all its mind-bending glory.

Update: It’s alive!!!

[via Offworld]

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