Once Valve gets around to releasing its magical future goggles, I'm hoping it'll just start constantly beaming clever trailers for its games straight to my eyeballs. Between TF2's "Meet The ___" series and Portal's cavalcade of comedic excellence, I could spend all the rest of my days awkwardly cackling to myself on buses, in restaurants, and while committing the most unforgivable crime of them all: wearing sunglasses at night. Everyone will hate me and take tremendous pleasure every time I stumble blindly into low-hanging signs or taller-than-ordinary children. Which brings us to Valve's latest bit of advertorial brilliance: the story justification for the Perpetual Testing Initiative, as narrated by Aperture founder Cave Johnson.

Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative Watch on YouTube

It's out on May 8. I want to be a giant squid monster. And in the game. So then, does this balance out the immaterial trailer forces of the universe after yesterday's somewhat regrettable showing from Ubisoft?