what's the creator's deal, is he a nazi or something?
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
That Soulja Boy video is unbeLIEVable
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:51 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Spock, are you out of your Vulcan mind? (Will M.), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 16:56 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a great game.
Lynch is great, but most young film geeks who get obsessed with Lynch/Cronenberg can be pretty insufferable.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
link please
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 17 September 2008 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
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/
― THERE IS NO VULCAN DEATH GRIP (Will M.), Wednesday, 17 September 2008 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 18 September 2008 10:27 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― TOMBOT, Thursday, 18 September 2008 10:28 (fifteen years ago) link
sp0rsk OTM!!!
I agree
joystiq thinks its "retared" thohttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/17/soulja-boy-tells-em-about-braid/#comments
― cozen (cozwn), Thursday, 18 September 2008 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― THERE IS NO VULCAN DEATH GRIP (Will M.), Thursday, 18 September 2008 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― logged in (cozwn), Sunday, 21 September 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
souljaboy only got 1 achievement on braid; lame
― logged in (cozwn), Sunday, 21 September 2008 23:04 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 00:47 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone else have the immediate after-effect of feeling like you can hit rewind in other games?
― bnw, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 03:50 (fifteen years ago) link
the rewind really should become praxis instead of reload, like in TOCA.
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
on steam todayhttp://store.steampowered.com/app/26800/
Video Card: tbd^^^ kind of worried about this since i only have a shitty pci one
― abanana, Friday, 10 April 2009 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
they just pushed it to tomorrow
― abanana, Friday, 10 April 2009 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
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)
― jamescobo, Friday, 10 April 2009 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
nooo don't mention Tim Rogers!
(i'm waiting on the mac port, probably)
― Nhex, Saturday, 11 April 2009 02:09 (fifteen years ago) link
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...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 08:30 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 19 May 2009 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
At some point I just started skipping all the story stuff, because f that.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
the story is offensively bad. or, well, maybe it's just bad, and its fans are offensive. i have a hard time differentiating.
― Qrottytzoppe (Will M.), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
demo keeps crashing after about 10 seconds :(
mac version
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― bnw, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 23:20 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― moved to the Home of Rest For Horses at Speen (jjjusten), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh, this piece of shit is coming to pollute the PSN
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Saturday, 1 August 2009 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Saturday, 1 August 2009 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
because hating on Braid is exponentially more fun than actually playing it
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Saturday, 1 August 2009 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link
You must be having a lot of fun, because the game was a fucking blast.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Saturday, 1 August 2009 05:40 (fourteen years ago) link
jamescobo u kno I like ur style but c'mon man!
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Saturday, 1 August 2009 09:21 (fourteen years ago) link
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, Saturday, 1 August 2009 09:35 (fourteen years ago) link
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 h8 meatheads (cozwn), Saturday, 1 August 2009 10:28 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― if, Saturday, 1 August 2009 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link
(and Monkey Island).
Wait. What?
― Mordy, Saturday, 1 August 2009 12:59 (fourteen years ago) link
monkey island is on xbla now, mordy
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Saturday, 1 August 2009 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
The new episodic Telltale one??
― Mordy, Saturday, 1 August 2009 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Saturday, 1 August 2009 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah just the remake, although seems like it might get the new one eventually. Hope so as the Wii one is almost unplayable.
― if, Saturday, 1 August 2009 13:45 (fourteen years ago) link
i should see if i can get keith or stet to code an autofill button that just enters "the Wii one is almost unplayable", might save a lot of time.
― MOAR HUMOR THAN A HUMAN(E) (jjjusten), Saturday, 1 August 2009 14:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Im too stupid to get these puzzles right and too proud to look up answers, hence I havent played this game in what seems like a year
― mayor jingleberries, Saturday, 1 August 2009 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
morelike brAIDS amirite
― and so Lord Koverren came to this place, his shadow behind him (Lamp), Saturday, 1 August 2009 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
BRAid
― ledge, Saturday, 1 August 2009 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
sadly my final take on this is kind of meh tbf
― MOAR HUMOR THAN A HUMAN(E) (jjjusten), Saturday, 1 August 2009 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
would play BRA ID btw
this game was fun but the design is like so purposefully obscure that its not fun to just "play" its only fun to "solve" and the story is like mindrape
― and so Lord Koverren came to this place, his shadow behind him (Lamp), Saturday, 1 August 2009 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I only like puzzle games when they're completely abstract and self-contained; story-based puzzle games like Braid and The Lost Vikings just strike me as tarted-up and stupid for whatever reason. I mean, I don't need a reason to keep playing Pic Pic, y'know?
for obvious reasons I am avoiding Professor Layton as if it were a jar of mayonnaise left in the sun. really, the biggest exception to the rule I can think of is Puzzle Quest, and even then it was the combination of Puzzles + Stat Management that hooked me, not Puzzles + Story.
― passed on the lead in "all i can do is crossups cuz ihave no skills" (jamescobo), Sunday, 2 August 2009 06:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I just started playing the full version of this, having (minimally) read about it in a few places. Just as aggravating as any other puzzle game I've played, although the added gimmicks on each world throw things into the mix. I'm fairly easy to please with games, so it's definitely some fun. I realized that the character does a little head-bobbing motion if you try to activate something and there's nothing there, so I wasted about thirty seconds by doing it repeatedly and then rewinding to make it look like he was headbanging. I hope I'm not the only one.
― mh, Monday, 10 August 2009 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link