David Hellman

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!

In a sequel of sorts to our previous appearance, Jon and I payed a visit to the 1UP office to chat about Braid on the day of its release. This segment is not just an interview, but a fuller discussion of the game, with various insights and reflections from Matt, Jay and Nick. The guys did a really good job showing what the game is like, which is not so easy. I enjoyed hearing them describe their individual play experiences.

Be prepared: there is a spoiler warning about three-quarters through. If you have not completed the game, I strongly urge you to stop watching at that point. What follows is a really interesting discussion of the end of the game, but it will rob you of its impact forever if you have not already earned it for yourself.

The video is embedded here, but I recommend you view it at full size at 1UP.com.

It’s already old news in internet time, but Penny Arcade has tackled the Braid pricing kerfuffle in a new comic strip. Responding to complaints that Braid costs 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) instead of a more customary 800 ($10), Tycho utters the words, “you give them something like Braid, a game that actually matters, and fifteen bucks becomes some impossible barrier.”

Thanks to a couple of old friends and heroes for the moral support.

Okay guys, I need your help with something. Seriously, it’s not a big thing. Well, to me it is. To you it’s so easy. Never have so many done so little for one guy.

When you are playing Braid on your Xboxes, check the Screen Size. Pause the game by pressing the start button, select Help & Options, select Settings, then select Screen Size.

You’ll see something like this:

There are supposed to be four white dots visible in the corners of the screen. If you can see them, you’re fine! But they don’t show up on my TV. So I need to shrink the whole image, by pressing X.

That took care of it! The white dots are visible. It’s possible to shrink the image further, if it were necessary.

Now I’ll show you why this matters …

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