And the award for best gameplay goes to...

...Portal.

I'm a bit drunk, but listen...

The cake is a lie. The game is sweet, though.

Really, I've not played (or deemed playable) anything this good for quite a while. I'm not exactly a seasoned gamer, but this game just seems to have something that so many games these days don't have.

It's not particularly large, or even that difficult. It's a bit contrived in places, but the sense of humour more than makes up for that. What's the fuss about?

Well, imagine being able to make a hole in a wall and then make another hole in the floor. So you jump into the hole in the floor and pop out of the hole in the wall. Imagine now having to puzzle your way through 19 levels full of traps, laser-sighted gun turrets, rocket launchers and other surprises armed with nothing more than a gun which makes these holes, or Portals.

It's pretty good and visually it's a bit like Being Maurits Escher. The physics of the game are stunning and will take a while to master but the result, once you complete the last level, is absolutely worth it.

Remember, the cake is a lie...