The Binding of Isaac // It's Time!

Yay! In a few hours The Binding of Isaac will be live and for sale on Steam! This is Ed's first game since Super Meat Boy, it was a small project that turned into 3 months of development. I've said it before but I have to say it again, I feel so lucky to get to see these games come to life from scribbles on a page. I remember Ed asking my opinion on 3 different looks for Isaac, thinking maybe he didn't want to continue working on it, to my playing it for hours a day and beating it! It's like having your significant other make a toy just for you and you cant get enough of it. I know some people wont get it but SO many people are gonna love it!

I've been working on limited edition plush that will be listed in Ed's shop soon. I'm planning on including random familiars and items with them, like "brother bobby" and "sister maggie" that you see above :) I love this game! 

Check out the awesome/creepy trailer our friend JamesID made

and the gameplay trailer,but really just play it!

P.S. I just reached 200 google readers!! and will be celebrating with a giveaway very soon!

Exclusive Hands On Play Through //The Binding of Isaac (Beta)

 *spoilers*

  Hey guys, this is Ed's latest project The Binding of Isaac. I've watched him work on it from it's very inception on paper, I feel very lucky to be a part of his projects and give him feedback. This is the first game that he's told me about that I thought maybe he was messing with me or testing me to see if I was listening because it was so bizarre... I started playing it 3 days ago and have spent many many hours since.

  For awhile I couldn't get past the first boss, I haven't used key controls since Quake Arena maybe 10 years ago? I would get frantic and lose where my fingers were and die, but it's so fun that I just kept at it. Every time you play there are new items and as you can see below they stack and you can become a crazy powerful monster. My favorite incarnation was a combo of The Crown of Thorns, Max's Head, and The Devil Card...I had huge bloody tears that annihilated guys, it was awesome! and then I got cocky and frantic... and died.

  So after many hours spent during the past three days, tonight I got to The Depths, just one level away from Mom! Ugh! I gave 3 cents to a baby legless bum and he gave me some dog food and flew away. I was such a monster but there were just too many guys and I only had 1.5 hearts and no one was dropping them also the damn shopkeeper attacked me...not cool.

Highlights from some of my play throughs:

• Killing all 4 basic bosses in the basement and unlocking Monstro's Tooth
• Learning how to find the secret room and getting mad pennies.
• Finding a nickle in some poo.
• Finding a liver in a secret room, which gave me a total of seven container hearts, unlocking Magdalene (Isaac in a blonde wig)
• Having 5 full hearts and then getting a Rosary which gave me 3 soul hearts, then finding a pill which gave me balls of steel (another 2 soul hearts).
• "Firing my laser" straight into Larry 1 hit killing him.

I hope you enjoyed my little peek of the game. If you have any questions ask away and yes I plan on making Isaac plush very very soon :D

^The Depths^

Ed's interview in animation magazine

Once again Ed is being featured in Animation Magazine, the November 2006 issue.
1.Read it
2. Go to Blastminer.com
3. Play the demo
4. Buy the full version!

Feel free to bypass step 3 and go straight to 4.

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