Brian
08-14-2008, 10:42 AM
Tom Chick Doesn't Like Braid (http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/13117/Tom+Chick+Doesnt+Like+Braid/)
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Braid is an absolutely brilliant game and quite possibly a work of genius. I don't like it one bit.
First, a disclaimer: I haven't finished Braid, and I have no intention of doing so. I ambled through to the end of the fifth world, and along the way, I grabbed some of the puzzle pieces you need to finish the game. I've gone back and worked through a few more of the puzzle pieces, and I've talked to others about the solutions to even more. Perhaps most importantly, I've heard developer Jonathan Blow give a talk in which he explained the ending, which is one of the most brilliant computer game endings I've ever seen. I guess you could say I've experienced most of Braid's content, just not the way Braid intended.
I want to like Braid. I really do. I envy the people who like it. Partly because I think people who like Braid enough to finish it are pretty smart (this isn't necessarily true of people who finished Portal, a similarly brilliant and economic work of genius, but one that so leads its players by the nose that any retard can finish it and think he's pretty smart and then go online to make "the cake is a lie" references).
This means... this means that <em>I</em> won't like <em>Braid</em>! I can't help it, everything Chick says is right!
OK, OK, OK, OK. I just have to buy it, then convince someone else to play it <em>for me</em>. Wait, I have to move furniture around to Ethernet up my Xbox again. Guess that means I won't be playing this one for a while, anyway. Maybe if it comes out on Steam."
Read full story here (http://fidgit.com/archives/2008/08/braid-is-an-absolutely-brillia.php)
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Braid is an absolutely brilliant game and quite possibly a work of genius. I don't like it one bit.
First, a disclaimer: I haven't finished Braid, and I have no intention of doing so. I ambled through to the end of the fifth world, and along the way, I grabbed some of the puzzle pieces you need to finish the game. I've gone back and worked through a few more of the puzzle pieces, and I've talked to others about the solutions to even more. Perhaps most importantly, I've heard developer Jonathan Blow give a talk in which he explained the ending, which is one of the most brilliant computer game endings I've ever seen. I guess you could say I've experienced most of Braid's content, just not the way Braid intended.
I want to like Braid. I really do. I envy the people who like it. Partly because I think people who like Braid enough to finish it are pretty smart (this isn't necessarily true of people who finished Portal, a similarly brilliant and economic work of genius, but one that so leads its players by the nose that any retard can finish it and think he's pretty smart and then go online to make "the cake is a lie" references).
This means... this means that <em>I</em> won't like <em>Braid</em>! I can't help it, everything Chick says is right!
OK, OK, OK, OK. I just have to buy it, then convince someone else to play it <em>for me</em>. Wait, I have to move furniture around to Ethernet up my Xbox again. Guess that means I won't be playing this one for a while, anyway. Maybe if it comes out on Steam."
Read full story here (http://fidgit.com/archives/2008/08/braid-is-an-absolutely-brillia.php)