would you consider portal 4-D?

[seoulspirit]

because it surely aint 3-D

[Namakan]

I say its 3D with holes in walls?

[AllFoamNoBeer]

3D.. you are talking about Dimensions right?

Because, the 4th dimension is usually considered time. And time .. isn't shown explicitly in Portal..

/phail.

[Oli]

Seoul, do you even play POrtal?

[seoulspirit]

rented orange box...must return on sunday

[jake_]

4th dimension = time.

'nuff said.

[solofowaffles]

unless you had a portal at the end of the universe,then i dont think so.

[seoulspirit]

well lets say you had a portal that went into time
(dr. evil's time machine in EX.)
then?

[TheEn|gma]

My spidey sense epic fail and an imminent banzor.

[jake_]

My spidey sense epic fail and an imminent banzor.

Your spidey sense is a bit slow.

[Salad Snake]

3D.. you are talking about Dimensions right?

Because, the 4th dimension is usually considered time. And time .. isn't shown explicitly in Portal..

/phail.

Actually, since that's the case, then all 3D games are actually 4D, with 2D games being 3D.

You're always moving through time, the only thing is you can't control it.

But if you're talking about being controllable in 4D, then.....

well lets say you had a portal that went into time
(dr. evil's time machine in EX.)
then?

....you need this, a portal that you can also set to diffrent times.

[=98=]

4d is time. So, no.

[Webs961]

Actually, the 4th dimension isn't necessarily time, and you shouldn't bar Portal as a 4D game just by the simple fact that you've heard "Time is the 4th dimension." Think of time as the n+1 dimension where n is the number of dimensions, not counting time itself. If there were another 4th dimension, time would then be the 5th dimension. But, for realistic purposes, the 4th dimension is time.

And no, I would not say the Portals qualify as a 4th dimension. Essentially, you're still moving within the 3D plane at all times, as the travel between the two portal points is instantaneous. Essentially, think of the Portals as a device for controlling your location in the main three dimensions.


(Oh snap science supernerd attack).

[jesus]

What about timeshift? you can pause, rewind and slow down time, and you use this to solve puzzles and kill people

[Salad Snake]

Actually, the 4th dimension isn't necessarily time, and you shouldn't bar Portal as a 4D game just by the simple fact that you've heard "Time is the 4th dimension." Think of time as the n+1 dimension where n is the number of dimensions, not counting time itself. If there were another 4th dimension, time would then be the 5th dimension. But, for realistic purposes, the 4th dimension is time.

Where did you hear this anyway? So time would be considered the "last" dimension?

And no, I would not say the Portals qualify as a 4th dimension. Essentially, you're still moving within the 3D plane at all times, as the travel between the two portal points is instantaneous. Essentially, think of the Portals as a device for controlling your location in the main three dimensions.

That's what I was thinking as well.