Portal (on a Mac)

I found out that you can play Portal on a Mac without installing Windows using CrossOver Mac. Yay.

(2010 update: Of course, these days we can run Portal (and Steam, TF2, ...) on Mac. And the visual glitches mentioned have all been fixed in newer versions of Portal and CrossOver, too.)

( Glitch and workaround... )

Portal is great.

I especially liked the moments of stare at layout baffled ... OH! ... portal-portal-portal-ding!

A bit of advice: Don't go on YouTube and watch a bunch of videos. There are only 19 levels (25 if you count the advanced maps, which are modifications of 6 of the regular ones), and having several of them spoiled was a bit disappointing.

I haven't tried any third-party maps. (Got recommendations?)

Oh, and one tip: when bouncing through a pair of floor portals and trying to aim at something, be looking straight up or down when you pass through the portal — that way, the game won't reorient you while you're trying to aim.