Portal

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jokes

hacks

Narbuncular Drop to Portal

Logic

Physics

Puzzles

level plans

Characters (audio and screen shot) (You, GLaDOS, Cubes, Turrets, Dead Guy)

Diegetic World (Graphics (surface texture), Typography, Ambient noise)

Story (Timeline, Aperture Science)

Platform

controls

outside materials (Orange Box)

trailer

Valve-sanctioned merchandise

Alternate Reality Game ?

fanmade (merchandise, costumes, videos)

reviews

awards

I’d suggest that we should make the exhibit less an exhaustive record of what Portal is, and more an explanation/exploration of why Portal is important.  This way, the exhibit is less of “Portal is cool!” and more of “this is why Portal is cool.”  I think it’s a lot more academic (examining gaming elements), useful (what Portal did well that you can do too), and interesting (this is why you like Portal).  Using this purpose we can narrow our focus (I’d suggest emphasizing how the Puzzels, Story, Graphics, and Marketing are important as shown by the incredible fan response.  Of course these other areas are important, but if they don’t directly relate to why Portal is special, we could refer to them in a couple sentences rather than devoting an entire collection to them.)