itprobablysucks

Is that the 6 word description? ;)

Many of us were chasing shadows about this windmill, thinking there had to be more to it. And there was: previous game iterations. The shadows were real after all, just not "in-game" real. I guess this is what happens when you cut certain things but leave some of the supporting machinery behind. I can't help feeling disappointed, but at least now I can lay my windmill-as-time-machine theory to rest :D

Ah, I see what you're saying - it's the vases that control the time-machine.

But, how about speaking particularly to gameplay? After 523+135+6, can the player interact with the world in any way to affect the game state in a new way?

In an interview, you once said that you read a description of Braid on a gaming forum "in eight words" that pretty much captured what it meant to you. Care to share what those were? (Or tell us which forum so we can go on a hunt? ;) I know there is value in interpreting a work from our own personal perspective, but many years have passed, and I know many people are interested in an author's interpretation of his own work. Thank you.