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I'll probably still get it, but I'm in no rush. A year ago I would have snapped this up no question - now I'm drowning in good stuff for the PS3, so this will have to wait for a dry spell. #braid
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Show me a sophomore (even one in college), that can spin those words and I'll show you one that is probably too developed to be stuck in such a grade.
The narcissism point can be debated back and forth though, I'll grant you that one. #braid
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sophomoric:
1 : conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immatur #braid
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That said, I am not glad to the point of buying it again on PS3 (got it on Steam)... Yet... it could be an investment to ensure that their next project does not take 87243 years to reach Sony's console. Mmmmmmh...
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@fulldamage: I'm male. You mention that you want to here 'more' women give their interpretation of the story, so I thought I should make sure to cover my bases. #braid
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That game is SO worth $15. #braid
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Uh, you mean, like how the Penny Arcade game came out weeks before it and cost 1600msp as opposed to Braids (extremely well valued) 1200? #braid
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Xbox owner:
Dude you need a box, the s**tstation has no games, why do you want a console with no games.
PS3 owner:
Lolol, atleast it doesn't get RROD like sexbox3s**tty! Oh yahh, we got games, we just took braid. Wewt.
Wii owner/non-fanboy:
Lolwtfbbq, you are both newbz.
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My reason: Out of all the XBLA titles, this game is the only one I was sure would stay exclusive forever on 360. It's award winning, critically accalimed, I thought Microsoft bought this franchise outright just like they did with the Halo franchise, just to make sure it doesn't escape to their competitors.
Let's see if we can get 'Splosion Man to PSN now.... #braid
11/04/09
Yeah, but in no way am i a fanboy, i'd like an xbox, not got the money right now.
I own Braid on steam anywho, doubt i'll rebuy it. #braid
11/04/09
Anyway, I'm happy that the people who didn't get the chance to play this before get to now. While I wasn't one of those people who piled praise on the game as if it was one of the best things forged by the hand of man, it always seemed to me like the PSN got more niche, and sometimes 'artistic' than XBL does. If the PSN userbase appreciate this release even half as much as the XBL/PC crowds do, you have to wonder how much money Blow is making from all this. And that's not even mentioning the price tags Braid had. #braid
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it was actually confirmed then? #braid
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[kotaku.com] #braid
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You probably will need a guide at some point.
The "backstory", honestly, I could take or leave. Maybe I'm diverging from the common opinion here, but reading a bunch of high-fallutin' expository sentences before every level broke the "show-not-tell" rule my teachers hammered into me every day at school. Even cut-scenes would have been better. #braid
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I cannot wait to see what Blow will make next. #braid
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[kotaku.com] #braid
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Not that I'm really angry about it since I play all valve games on the system they were meant to be played on. #braid
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Oh by the way Looking forward to this game hitting PSN. Or maybe il just buy it right now from Steam.. =S #braid
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Spoiler: The princess is also an ex girlfriend #braid
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Spoiler: The princess is also every goal that seems clear at first but increasingly becomes apparent that no matter how hard you try, you will never get it #braid
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Spoiler: The princess never existed in the first place and Tim was really just trying to sort out his mind the entire time #braid
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Spoiler: The princess represents Tim's family whom he pulled away from and could never get back to, ever again #braid
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Spoiler: The princess is Jonathan Blow going crazy with metaphors and sly interpretations to the point where nobody has any real clear definition on what the fuck Tim was doing, besides going 'backwards', and thus, she can be whatever the hell you want her to be #braid
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Well Played Comrade,
Well played.... #braid
11/04/09
@BallPtPenTheif: I mean, some of the levels are hard, but not so hard that you can't beat it without a walkthrough... #braid
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Spoiler: The Princess is in another Castle. #braid
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@Others: Please don't post spoilers like that. Let the people who want to play the game, play it and make of everything what they will. It's not fair to put in big points like that. #braid
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Everybody on the internet thinks that the princess represents an atomic bomb, even though Jonathan Blow said in an interview with Destructoid that that is not true. (Podtoid 66, around the 30 minute mark). Komrade Kayce is right, the game's story represents many things. Think about it, a braid is a single strand of something made of a bunch of smaller, but individual, strands intertwined. #braid
08/05/09
If you sit down, be pretentious and nod your head, you'll be best friends with him in no time.
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