Blow considers rewinding time, removing Braid bugs

by Justin McElroy on Aug 13th 2008 2:40PM

Whether or not we think Braid is brilliant (and we do) no game is too angelic to escape our probing eye. We dig deep to find the real dirt that the big boys don't want you to know about, like bugs. We've used our investigative skills to find out about two from a secret source who ... oh, who are we kidding? They came from Jonathan Blow, the guy who created the game.

The bugs are a bit too specific to fully explain here, suffice it to say that if they hit you it's going to mean a fair amount of backtracking. They don't seem to be especially common, but they're serious for those who've been afflicted. The good news? While Jonathan Blow is spilling the beans he's also working with Microsoft on solutions.

Update: Blow's posted a few temporary fixes for one of the bugs.

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Tags: braid, bugs, jonathan-blow, microsoft, xbla, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (56)

Or, you know, rent/food/bills. Honestly I couldn't figure out how to complete the demo which turned me off from buying it.

If you don't have the cash to buy an XBLA game, then who am I to criticize. Tough times out there for a lot of people.

So my criticism isn't towards you. It's towards the stubborn gamer who thinks this is another Mario clone.

"One of the most important games of our time"? We just discovered Blow's online persona, folks - quit hyping your own bullshit game.

@Leobebes: Hmm, you remind me of someone. Wasn't it 4myfriends that hated everyone hating on Nintendo for having a shitty E3 conference and would complain when people mentioned it, yet HE was the one perpetuating the discussion about the E3 conference? You keep bringing up other peoples' hatred of Braid more than they are actually hating on it. Kind of counterproductive, I would think. Most of us have moved on by now. Why haven't you?