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Joystiq asks the question "Do you want a Portal 2?"

It's a good question, because I really don't think that a sequel can do the original justice. By killing the title off with its sole offering as an inclusion in The Orange Box, Valve would retain a 1.000 batting average on this novel idea of creating an engrossing puzzle-solver based solely on the idea of making doors.

The best thing you can do is get the team together to make another, different game. People will always clamor for more Portal, but trying to appease them will always, always, dilute the title and detract from the original, exactly like The Omen II did. Fans will continue to bray, so let them build their own fansites and Flash-based versions, but leave the story of GLaDOS and Chell alone and intact. It does not require improvement or elaboration, so leave it be.