braid

this is the first game i played through with no help (from the web, friends or elsewhere) in a long long time; trial and error paid off. Fuck some secret stars tho'.

You found the secret stars without help?

Soulja Boy loves Braid!

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/21446

oh man i love that video more than anything ever

two weeks later, though, i must say: this game was one of VERY few that were actually ruined for me by the fans

haha otm*

*w/the exception of soulja boy obv

two weeks later, though, i must say: this game was one of VERY few that were actually ruined for me by the fans interviews with the creator.

That too. But for me it was the people who hang on his every word and can't even jsutify their positions as well as blow (And that's saying something).

I'm so glad I barely ever read about video games. I don't think I could handle it.

what's the creator's deal, is he a nazi or something?

That Soulja Boy video is unbeLIEVable

what's the creator's deal, is he a nazi or something?

He's just really pretentious in that 14-year-old film 101 "hidden meaning" and "not intended to be understood" fuck-you-david-lynch kinda way

Man, don't compare that jerk to David Lynch, please! Besides being much more of a pleasant man, Lynch has actually done a lot of good work, far more than can be said for this sputtering developer who has the need to make of an ass of himself on the internet.

I haven't even played the game, but just from what I've read from Blow, I'm not sure I even want to bother anymore.

It's a great game.

Lynch is great, but most young film geeks who get obsessed with Lynch/Cronenberg can be pretty insufferable.

link please

I meant that in that he's the kind of guy who might just yell "Fuck you! David Lynch!"

Here's one link of many, I'm sure: http://savetherobot.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/jonathan-blow-talks-braid-nobodys-figured-it-out-yet/

I was amused. In any case, it's on par with the quality of videogame journalism anyway.

Posted by: sp0rsk | Sep 17, 2008 1:18:46 PM

sp0rsk OTM!!!

I agree

joystiq thinks its "retared" tho
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/17/soulja-boy-tells-em-about-braid/#comments

This made me convinced more than anything that Soulja Boy is the Jonathan Swift of our generation. When it comes out that he has a double masters in English and Anthropology at Columbia or something I'll be here to say I told you so. I'm so not joking.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDzc_7Crs4&feature=user

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=Souljaboytellem

http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Souljaboytellem

souljaboy only got 1 achievement on braid; lame

so i recently played this through. great game. got every piece without cheating but i will admit the second piece on "elevator action" made me swear, scream and stare blankly at the screen for a long time before i got it. in the long run the game was probably more frustrating than truly rewarding.

anyone else have the immediate after-effect of feeling like you can hit rewind in other games?

the rewind really should become praxis instead of reload, like in TOCA.

on steam today
http://store.steampowered.com/app/26800/

Video Card: tbd
^^^ kind of worried about this since i only have a shitty pci one

they just pushed it to tomorrow

have we talked about the Tim Rogers review of Braid yet?

http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=499

a mountain of untenably self-absorbed doodoo IMO (by which I mean the review, the game, Rogers, and Blow)

nooo don't mention Tim Rogers!

(i'm waiting on the mac port, probably)

I think the Mac version came out and nobody even noticed (at least I didn't hear about it on any of a kazillion RSS feeds, surprisingly). That's another game on the "eventually will buy, someday" queue...

This game seems a lot more pretentious and Donnie Darko-ish in hindsight than it did while I was playing it. I think that without the benefit of the puzzles, the narrative is pretty weaksauce.

At some point I just started skipping all the story stuff, because f that.

the story is offensively bad. or, well, maybe it's just bad, and its fans are offensive. i have a hard time differentiating.

demo keeps crashing after about 10 seconds :(

mac version

never got the controversy about the angsty sexist tripe in the story. it's the definition of tl;dr.

if there were braid like puzzles for the ipod/iphone, my work productivity would plummet.

The writing is... worse than I anticipated. It's still a gorgeous game, visually and musically. Glad they included some of the trippy World 4 levels in the demo. I'll probably pick it up someday.

this game is a testament to how quickly puzzle games get me frustrated and headed for the walkthrough. probably will not complete, but hey, it was cheap, so whatever.

ugh, this piece of shit is coming to pollute the PSN

Why don't you just pretend the little dude's name is Jeff and skip all the story parts? It's one of the best puzzle games of all time.

because hating on Braid is exponentially more fun than actually playing it

You must be having a lot of fun, because the game was a fucking blast.

jamescobo u kno I like ur style but c'mon man!

Great of that news to come less than a week after I get a 360 mostly to play this (and Monkey Island). Oh well, still worth it.

if, if you are going to play this soon and care about 200'ing it I suggest u look up spoilers for the secret stars beforehand cos there's no way you'll work them out without a guide

don't look up spoilers for any of the main stars tho else u r a noob

I'm most of the way through! About 5 left on world 6. I looked up one though, I am a noob :( Related to what I assume Will was complaining about upthread, I figured out the extra mechanic in World 2 but then come the same stage in the next world I bcame so certain there was something similar that I looked up to see why it wasn't working and saw the real answer.

(and Monkey Island).

Wait. What?

monkey island is on xbla now, mordy

The new episodic Telltale one??

um I thought it was an HD remake of the old one w/new art but iunno, haven't heard of this telltale one

I might be wrong

Yeah just the remake, although seems like it might get the new one eventually. Hope so as the Wii one is almost unplayable.