‘Braid’ and its creator, Jonathon Blow
An indie Xbox Live Arcade game called ‘Braid’, is getting rave reviews for its innovation. Here are a couple of articles about ‘Braid’ and its creator, Jonathon Blow.
“I wanted to explore very difficult ideas about existing in the world that we live in,” Blow says, “like what are these laws of physics people are discovering with quantum mechanics, and time potentially being illusionary, and how can that be illustrated in gameplay?”
- msnbc
“Braid is about setting a mood and a feeling, and you can’t do it while there’s like, a Burger King ad there, flashing… I just felt that juxtaposition would have been bad for the game.”
- gamasutra
I played the demo and its a great game! I think I’m going to buy it. the game has a painted veil look to it with great music. Combines Donkey Kong, Mario brothers, and other puzzle games! Probably one of the innovative, fun games I’ve ever played.