David Hellman

Heather Chaplin’s story about Braid ran on NPR today. You can read the article here and also listen to the audio segment. (I didn’t see a way to embed the audio here … if someone knows how, please tell me.)

Heather says, “Braid feels like a game that a grown-up can play, and that a grown-up perhaps ought to play.”

It’s been gratifying to hear Braid talked about in the media since its release, but Robert Segal’s utterance of its title was for some reason way more exciting to me than anything else.

UPDATE: An NPR listener wrote in with praise for the segment.

Yahtzee Croshaw has taken on Braid in his inimitable way.

In response to the great fan creations, we’re making available some graphics from Braid. These are the original images created for the game, so … they should look familiar! Sometimes they are at higher resolution than you have seen. Anyway, please enjoy them however you like!

Click here for the collection!

I have really no idea how much use people will find from these. Please comment if you have some suggestions about what else we could offer.

Following Penny Arcade, a couple more web comics have seen fit to trivialize my work. Great stuff! Please make more.

• Bears of War by Mr. Herring

• Chainsawsuit by Kris Straub

Ryan Davis over at Giant Bomb has recorded a rousing video review of Braid. Over many repeat viewings, I really enjoyed this guy’s delivery.

Here’s the video, although actually I suggest viewing it at full size at Giant Bomb.

We had a party last Thursday to celebrate being done with Braid. Everyone who really cares about us found a way to attend, regardless of distance or hardship. Thanks guys!! (All photos here were taken by Danielle McMillen; some were cropped by me.)

We had the party at Sugar Cafe. I’d been there in the past for a Nokia party and a Hudson Entertainment party, and hey – if it’s good enough for Nokia, it’s good enough for me!

Jonathan Blow showed up. Here he is with Edmund McMillen.

And here’s Edmund with me.

Braid characters by Cubeecraft were present. All of them were stolen by guests.

Not everyone felt like being social. And that’s fine. Luckily we brought an Xbox.

Kyle from 2D Boy (World of Goo) made a grudging appearance.

Thanks to everyone who came! It was a lot of fun, obviously.

Great work by Bill Mudron! Check out his portfolio at Excelsior Studios!

Chris Beaumont of Cubeecraft.com has made some wonderous 3D paper art inspired by Braid. Download, print, cut, fold, and carry on imaginary conversations with your new friends.

Click for full size:

And check out the rest of Cubeecraft.com!

The Art of Braid has been picked up by Russian gaming magazine Strana Igr … in Russian. Here’s a pdf of the first installment, offered with permission.

Thanks to Chentsov Ilya!

An0therS0meb0dy has shared this interesting video on YouTube. Great work!