Braid Creator Making 3D 'Puzzle-Exploration Game'

It sounds here like Blow stepped on a lot of shackers' toes by this job posting.

I don't think he comes off as a douche by saying what he said - what he wants is someone that has proven that he/she is able to think beyond the traditional perimeters of modern day gaming. Braid was IMO a fantastic game not creatable from a traditional mindset - hence you need to prove that you are able to work outside it.

I doubt that experience from traditional gaming design is a disqualifying, rather just that it won't count for much when he makes his decision.

I honestly don't know that I've ever really 'boycotted' a product because of a person or company, but I never bought Braid for reasons many have already mentioned here. This guy is so beyond egotistical and every single time he opens his mouth to the gaming 'media' he seems to find a way to reinforce this. He makes John Romero look tame.

As to why someone would care how this guy acts if his game is good? Well, how about, I don't generally like giving my money to a$$holes... There's plenty of other great games out there these days, so much so, that I have numerous games I've purchased on my steam list I've never so much as played for one minute (bought them on weekend sales).

While Braid may be a fantastic, innovative puzzle/platformer....it's still a $15 downloadable 2d game, with an art style I don't personally like (not saying it's bad at all, just saying it's not my taste) and it's a very short game. While I may be missing out...in the end I'd much rather spend my money elsewhere given this guy's attitude.

Hell, I've been reading this site for something like 10 years, and I almost never post a comment, but seeing people defend this guy while not understanding why he gets flamed...just amazes me.

Didn't really follow the media hype or Blow-ist jackassery before playing Braid. I think Soulja Boy's video was the only "review" I actually paid attention to.

Judging the game by itself regardless of the creator (because, let's face it, game designers are generally weird motherfuckers), I thought it was a fun game. Having to come up with solutions in another dimension reminded me of Portal at times and I liked the art style which reminded me of Perry Bible Fellowship's art.

This guy just seems like he's frustrated at the me-too, catering to the LCD, money-grab schlock that the industry constantly pumps out. Braid was good enough (for me) and successful enough that he can be in a position to talk shit all he likes. No more free rides if his next game sucks though.

"and is being made for reasons other than crass profit motive."

Honestly, I never really sympathised with the JOHN BLOW IS A PRETENTIOUS JACKASS reputation he seems to have, but that's just silly. Who cares? Why even say this? What a pretentious jackass.

Pretty sure that job listing his at least partly in jest, though.

This guy is such a douchebag; I really hate douchebags.

Just because an artist has any of that stuff on their portfolio does not mean they can't do other stuff. 90% of the time the artists have absolutely no say as far as what they work on in a game. He comes off like 'oh, well, you are low brow if you have that stuff on your portfolio, i'm obviously better than you'

Cool, I will be glad to watch a playthrough of that on youtube as well.

Blow's job

I, for one, think this guy is cool. Braid was awesome. Just because he is atypical doesn't make him a douche and/or pretentious. He's trying to do things differently than others. That usually leads to innovation and it certainly worked with Braid.

Is it going to be titled "Pretentious: An Interactive Experience With Blow"?

Woah, woah woah. NO giant robots? Let's not say things we can't take back.

Ms. Sponge, I do like your humor.

My portfolio has none of those things. In fact, my portfolio has nothing at all! HIRE ME!

Wait, that list sounds like the feature list of the BEST GAME EVER

Braid was fun, but the guy's an asshole.

Agreed with the other comments in here - this guy's middle name should be Captain Pretentious. I'll avoid this game just like I avoided Braid (which did NOTHING for me).

I like that the job posting has a list of things your portfolio shouldn't have. :)

Excited to see how this turns out!

A 3D puzzle/exploration game sounds right up my street. I wish there were more games being made in that direction.

Please never stop writing for the Shack, Alice :) Bless your socks as well.