As i see it's just another walking simulator .

"The general tactic of any game publisher is that they offer you a contract full of stuff you have to argue with them for a long time to take out -- IF you even have the bargaining power to push them, which most indies don't. At this point my tactic is to go meta and say look, fuck you, this process is insulting and wastes my time, you know which terms I am going to argue about, so just change those before you send me anything."

Okay, I don't get it. If all publishers do it, why does he suddenly get his panties in a bunch over GOG doing the exact same thing as everybody else?

And if it's so insulting and time wasting, why doesn't he cut to the chase and open negotiations with HIS terms and take it from there? I mean from how he goes on about it he is apparently big enough to do that, isn't he?

Apart from that I only have to say, complaining about publishers' egos? I think there is plenty of ego going around on BOTH sides.

Looks more like a puzzle game to me. But I have to say that it doesn't look like a very interesting one to me. I've watched the trailer and that I'm not excited about the game. And I really like puzzle games.

Jonathan Blow on the 13th of December 2012:

"Braid is not signed with GoG because they were dicks during contract negotiation."

Have you checked these ?

Well that humble, well detailed statement has completely changed my mind.

I would really like to hear the other side of the story.

I'm just the messenger. He tweeted it. The point is, what did GOG do to elicit that response?

Or perhaps he felt so special that he wanted a contract that was unaccaptable for GOG. It's all speculation and a little pointless, because we'll never know.

Wait, so did he wait 3 years to read the contract, or did he enter negotiations again with people that were dicks before?

Can we please forget Mr.Blow ? I think there are much more talented indie developers besides him .

He tried to negotiate to release Braid here and again for his new game.

So number 2 then, he entered negotiations again with people that were dicks to him before, right? And he is talking about the current contract being like XBLA of 2010, not the one from 2012 that was given for Braid.

I guess I missed this thread originally? Interesting read for sure.

I like the idea, but I'm sure there are problems and most likely that discussion has taken place in this thread already. So a "bender_camera_neat.png" from me. ;-)

GOG is, one might say, "excessively curated". At the very least, they need clear transparency in their rejections. It's not like we don't get shit games (Surgeon Simulator?...) and super-niche (Hatoful Boyfriend?...) [or super-niche shit, if you're talking Redshirt] despite the curation.