Last year the video gaming community was abuzz over Braid, an Xbox title that has been described as “Super Mario set in the future.” It wasn’t like most popular games: it was short (it could be beat ...

I’ve thought about Braid a lot since its original release in 2008 on the Xbox 360. At least for me, it signaled the beginning of indie games going mainstream. This humble, short 2D platformer was ...

One of the highest-rated Xbox 360 games of all times isn't some shooting game from some fancy-pants company that makes games by dipping programming code in giant vats filled with hundred dollar bills.

One of the indie world's first superstar developers made millions from one game. He's spent it all to make his next. "Braid still sells well on platforms that are thriving, but two of Braid's big ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When it was first released in 2008, Braid promised that the gaming medium could do things differently. The ...

For those who haven’t noticed, the reviews of the recently released Xbox LIVE Arcade title, Braid, have really been quite high. In fact, it is the top highest-rated Xbox LIVE Arcade game of all time, ...

In the 25 years or so I’ve been playing games, never once have I encountered an earnest conversation about what a game means. You see every other sort of discussion—people talking about how a game ...