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Braid Finally Makes It To The PlayStation Network

4:20AM Mike Fahey | After charming the pants off of players on Xbox Live Arcade and the PC, Jonathan Blow’s Braid is finally heading for the PlayStation Network later this month. More »
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Braid Dev Seeks “Full Body Motion Tracking” Programmer

9:20AM Michael McWhertor | Number None, the developer behind swell time-manipulating platformer Braid, is getting into the motion control business, actively seeking a developer to do “very interesting work with full-body motion tracking,” according to a new job listing. More »
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Indie Games Go Dirt Cheap On Steam, Direct2Drive

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Digital distribution services Steam and Direct2Drive are battling it out this weekend, attempting to see which PC gaming platform can offer the best indie bundle. The clear winner in this price slashing bloodbath? YOU!! More »
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Braid Creator Names, Details Next Game ‘The Witness’

5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Independent developer Number None’s follow up to Braid, the time-shifting puzzle adventure game, will be The Witness, an exploration-puzzle game on an uninhabited island. Hold onto that knowledge, for it will be a long wait before you get The Witness. More »
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Yeah, Braid Is Coming To The PS3

12:20PM Luke Plunkett | Those Germans know a thing or two about upcoming game releases, because no sooner do the USK display a listing for a PSN version of Braid than we get official confirmation of the game’s PS3 debut. More »
Rumours

Braid Coming To PlayStation 3, Says German Ratings Board

4:30AM Michael McWhertor | A PlayStation 3 version of Xbox Live Arcade hit Braid appears to be in the works, with Germany’s Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) rating the latest port as of yesterday. That’s excellent news for PS3 owners. More »
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Braid Developer Hiring For “Quiet, Philosophical Puzzle Exploration Game”

7:40AM Michael McWhertor | The official Braid news blog offers some helpful hints about developer Number None’s follow-up to the time-bending puzzle-platformer. Just don’t expect that particular game any time soon. More »
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Braid Comes To The Mac

6:40AM Michael McWhertor | The list of excuses for not having played Number None’s Braid gets shorter today with the release of the Mac OS X version of the time-shifting puzzle platformer. More »
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Blow: Less Focus On Innovation, More On Interesting-ness, Please

11:40AM Stephen Totilo | Braid co-creator Jonathan Blow argues that the pursuit of innovation is a prerequisite for making a great game. More »
Features

The Path For Art Games

1:00AM Leigh Alexander | Audiences constantly demand video games fight familiar boundaries. We’re sick of the same old, same old. We want creativity, artistic integrity, elegance and depth–or do we? Do players know what they’re asking for when they look for “more” from games? And if this is really what we want, then what’s with the mixed reception–both cultural and economic–when we get it? More »