David Hellman

Today’s 1UP FM podcast is an extended conversation between Nick Suttner and Shawn Elliott of 1UP, Rod Humble of The Sims and The Marriage, and Jonathan Blow and me of Braid. It’s quite long and I haven’t listened to the whole thing yet, but what I did review seemed pretty good!

The conversation covers Braid’s story (and various efforts to make sense of it), then broadens to consider how games in general convey meaning. (If you’re not familiar with Rod’s independent projects, I suggest you check them out, especially The Marriage.)

Download the MP3 (59 MB, 2 hours long)

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UPDATE: An outline with time signatures has been written by Ben Zeigler at his blog, Double Buffered. It’s a nice reference. At the end, Ben falls asleep.

This has been up for a little while, but it was just brought to my attention last night when I met Matt Keil, Wade Beckett and Adam Sessler. Happy birthday to Adam!

Behind the help desk at PAX I spotted this Braid-inspired painting. Apparently it will be in some auction somewhere? Um, yep, that’s all the info I have.

I’m trying to get in touch with the painter… Haven’t heard back yet. Would have been fun to meet at the show!