The Witness review – Picturesque, provoking puzzles
Jonathan Blow's The Witness offers challenging, if somewhat repetitive puzzles in a world soaked with unique artistic style.
Games are terrible for telling stories, says Jonathan Blow
Games probably aren't the best way for creators to tell compelling stories - but are they "terrible" as Braid creator Jonathan Blow asserts?
Jonathan Blow blows at Microsoft again
The developer behind Braid starts raging at Microsoft on twitter and then realises he is wrong
Microsoft’s appstore a clone haven?
Microsoft's appstore seems to be rife with illegally cloned games.
Braid developer turning his back on Xbox 360
Jonathan Blow has decided to not release his next game on any consoles after previously securing success on the Xbox 360
God of War’s David Jaffe rants about pretentious video games. Again
Outspoken god of War designer David Jaffe on how gamers and journalists need to stop emphasing games as art.
Braid is coming to the PSN – PS3 Fans must rejoice
It looks like the PSN may be becoming the destination of choice for all top rated downloadable titles. What with Castle Crashers already announcing it’s arrival and now the German censorship bureau has leaked that Hothead are currently developing the PSN version of the title and it has already been rated (and thankfully not banned). For all you PS3 fans …
Braids budget was not as small as we expected
Jonathon Blow, the developer of the smash hit Braid has been chatting at GDC about many things, one of them being the size of the budget required to make a game like Braid. Well it’s not the little budget game we thought it was, it actually required a budget of around $200 000 which is just a little more than …
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