Game music worth putting on your iPod

Portal [The Orange Box](PS3, Xbox 360, PC, 2007)
OK, so the cake was a lie. But as if Portal wasn't already awesome enough, completion yeilded a superb song sung by GLaDOS - the sinister computer system that... well, play the game and find out. We've stopped the song short here so as not to give away a plot spoiler. But what an awesome and funnyoffering it is - just listen to the words.

Portal_StillAlive.mp3

Above:There's no use cryingover every mistake - just keep ontrying till you run out of cake

Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

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