Tag: Jonathan Blow

State of Play with Brandon Bales: Jonathan Blow, Part Two

Welcome back to the second part of our interview with Jonathan Blow, creator of the indie smash Braid and the upcoming The Witness.

In this episode, we begin the discussion of what it means to spend our time playing games. Paramount to this: our discussion of "achievements" and how they feed into creating structures that presuppose challenging design.

Braid Review

This is What Happens When the Mario Brothers Study Classic Literature.

Braid Screenshot

HIGH Trying to decipher the story's meaning.

LOW Suffering self-inflicted baldness while trying to figure out how to complete World Six.

WTF The mind twister that is the game's ending.