It's time to get on the Edmund McMillen bus

by Justin McElroy { Nov 11th 2008 at 8:15AM }

Like most of you, we were thrilled to see an indie like Jonathan Blow get his big break with Braid. But unlike most of you, we had the added benefit of smug satisfaction from having been "totally into him" before he had his break. It's like those people who say they liked The Strokes before they hit it big, except we're not lying.

Now, we're offering you a chance at that kind of cred for the low, low price of $10. That's how much it'll cost you to pick up This Is A Cry for Help, a disc full of the complete works of Edmund McMillen. You'll get the delightful Aether of course, along with more than 16 other games, as well as some animations and comics. We've put a trailer after the break, take a look and see if you're not convinced that he'll be the next big thing. Get there before the rest of the world and don't say we never did anything for you.

Tags: aether, edmund-mcmillen, indie

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Alex @ Nov 11th 2008 8:28AM

Ummm....no thank you. $10 is a lot of Wendy's or rock band tracks.

TomCo @ Nov 11th 2008 8:56AM

ugh!

The Fatass of Kickassness @ Nov 11th 2008 9:06AM

Yeah, who needs to support a good indie dev who puts out creative shit when you could buy nasty fast food or get a few more songs for a game we've already played under ten different names?

Erluti @ Nov 11th 2008 9:51AM

Is he good because Joystiq said he was, or because you've played them?

That trailer features a lot of sperms.
I think I'm going to have Wendy's for lunch today instead of playing with sperms.

Habiib @ Nov 11th 2008 9:53AM

A lot of Wendy's?

You're lucky to get 2 combo meals for $10. I suppose you could buy about 8 or 9 things off the 99 cent menu though.

Chase @ Nov 11th 2008 2:20PM

I'm with Erluti. Well, aside from the fast food. Fast food is gross. Sperm has more nutritional value than fast food.*

*don't worry, I'm a girl; it's koo

The Fatass of Kickassness @ Nov 11th 2008 3:05PM

"Is he good because Joystiq said he was, or because you've played them?"

I played Aether when Joystiq posted about it, then looked up some more of this guy's shit.

Courtney @ Nov 11th 2008 8:37AM

That looks awesome. The style is gorgeous. I don't know that I have time to play any of them right now, but I might pick up the CD just to have later (and support indie games).

Evan @ Nov 11th 2008 8:38AM

I was surprised by how many of the games I recognized but did not know who created.

jquadman @ Nov 11th 2008 9:04AM

Sold out! Is it the "Joystiq effect"?

sicsided @ Nov 11th 2008 9:23AM

Would buy simply for the art, but the games eh. I liked Blast Miner and Gish.

Ihavepants @ Nov 11th 2008 9:38AM

I loves me some Gish, the sequel should be awesome whenever it does get released.

Levi @ Nov 11th 2008 9:54AM

I played Meat Boy briefly, and it was good. One of those make-you-shit-your-pants tough platformers. You can find a link over at www.tigsource.com if anybody wants to try out one of his games before buying.

Weezer @ Nov 11th 2008 10:12AM

Hey awesome I was chic and I didn't even know it. I've played the first game they showed with all the clouds and whiteness. Good times...

Graham Wellington (formerly tyrone washington, or marsha goldberg) @ Nov 11th 2008 10:21AM

i bought this for soldier boy, tell'em. he LOVES it, you should hear all of his colorful commentary on the games.

Megadanxzero @ Nov 11th 2008 10:51AM

Is it just me or have I already played half of these games before? On web pages... For free...

Levi @ Nov 11th 2008 11:17AM

I totally bought this three days ago which makes the rest of you a bunch of posers.

Roto13 @ Nov 11th 2008 12:03PM

He made The C Word?

No.

Alex @ Nov 11th 2008 12:05PM

Yeah, I think I'll enjoy my Wendy's, it sounds much more appetizing then all of the game snobs lurking around.

Oh how I love to piss people off.

Levi @ Nov 11th 2008 1:18PM

I think this calls for a Wendy's Double Stack chant. When I say double, you say stack. Double...

Levi @ Nov 11th 2008 1:20PM

Double...

Levi @ Nov 11th 2008 1:20PM

Double...

Alex @ Nov 11th 2008 1:30PM

stack

Alex @ Nov 11th 2008 1:33PM

stack

J @ Nov 11th 2008 12:36PM

I liked the Strokes before they sucked. Well, I did see them open up for the Moldy Peaches, anyway.

Oh man... I'm that guy!

FSK405K @ Nov 11th 2008 5:15PM

Oh, Joystiq bloggers, naming this name no one's ever heard of. Then I watch the movie and see that he's the guy behind Gish. We already know about Gish. It's great.

aj @ Nov 11th 2008 6:12PM

Please, please don't let games be ruined by the joyless snobbery that has already claimed music and film. I like playing games. I don't want to have to wear a scarf and a bowler every time I go into EB.

Arf @ Nov 11th 2008 7:25PM

Honestly, I'm a bit driven away from the looks of some of these games, the guy seems too much "lol dicks, lol sperm, lol poop, lol gore, lol blood".
The animation is good, fluid, character expressions are good (the expression on some of the planets in Aether prove this), and some of those games look like fun.
I've played meat boy and really hated the character movement (I still got that impossible badge in Kongregate, which makes me a hypocritical bitch).
I found nothing too special about Aether, either.
It was different, but I didn't catch on it.