Soulja Boy on Braid

By: Derek Yu

On: September 16th, 2008

The rapper behind the Grammy-nominated, #1 hit single Crank That (Soulja Boy) gives us his thoughts on the IGF award-winning Xbox 360 masterpiece Braid.

(Courtesy of Alec.)

  • Mark Johns

    This is hilarious. Indie games crossover into the mainstream.

    But Is Souja Boy missing Jon Blow’s deeper artistic intentions for the game? Perhaps the work is strengthened because it can be appreciated at a wide gradient of depth.

  • Seth

    that was a pretty good analysis

  • Imaginarythomas

    How articulate.

  • Teknogames

    ooooohhhh~ check that shiit out!!

    Ima go back in time

  • undertech

    And with this, Braid’s sales double.

  • http://brasshats.com/ jkd

    If anyone knows braids, it’s black people.

  • http://brasshats.com/ jkd

    If I was Jon, this would blow my mind. Seriously!

  • http://attractmo.de adamrobo

    >If anyone knows braids, it’s black people.

    Fo’ reals.

  • johnny-blow

    My next game is sponsored by Soulja BoyYAAH BITCH YAAAAAAH

  • Pyabo

    Soulja Boy is the next Yahtzee.

  • http://www.nfopocalypse.com Dragonmaw

    Now watch me you
    (Crank that Soulja Boy)
    Now watch me you
    (Crank that Soulja Boy)
    Now watch me you
    (Crank that Soulja Boy)
    Now watch me you
    (Crank that Soulja Boy)
    Now watch me you
    (Crank that Soulja Boy)
    Now watch me you
    (Crank that Soulja Boy)
    Now watch me you
    (Crank that Soulja Boy)
    Now watch me you
    (Crank that Soulja Boy)
    Now watch me you
    (Crank that Soulja Boy)

    Every Soulja Boy song.

  • Codemonkey

    I hate that guy. x_x

  • Reaver77

    HAHAHAH

    But see here’s the thing, you can go WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP

  • A certain lawyer

    Family Fun or Digital Dealer?

    A prominent performing artist today stated that the game Braid is for drug users and drunks. With lighthearted graphics designed to appeal to younger audiences, is this gateway game taking aim at your children?

  • Troy RULES

    I saw this last night. Betcha he really likes the game, but fucks around in the video to keep his MTVcore cred.

  • Paul Eres

    It’s kinda depressing seeing all the racist comments on youtube.com’s comment section there.

  • Julius

    Some people might say this video is shit, or that Soulja Boy is a dumbass. But one thing I will tell you, he is having more fun with Braid then anyone I could even imagine.

  • muku

    “It’s like Mario inna future” :D

  • JacobG

    Now Superman that Blow.

  • toastie

    what???

  • falsion

    Note to self: Make next game have some kind of feature or gimmick that is appealing to people with short attention spans and limited vocabulary.

  • Quetz

    This is the best thing posted on Tigersauce ever. EVER.

  • Lorne Whiting

    I’m with Quetz here.

  • namefag

    wow, now I can’t wait till it is on steam. if soulja boy approves than i has gots to gets it.

  • undertech

    You think Blow’s going to have soulja boy in the testimonials sections?

    This is the shit yo!

    -Soulja Boy

  • http://www.daintyrhino.com Dave

    Now watch me you (Crank that Soulja Boy) Now watch me you (Crank that Soulja Boy) Now watch me you (Crank that Soulja Boy)

    Heh, his songs sound like he found his own “goin’ back in time potion”.

  • m

    hilarious. the comments right here on TIGS make it even better.

  • ohgod

    Well, that’s it guys. Indie gaming is over.

  • cigarettes

    ah yes,this really speaks to the intelligence level of Souja Boy. He is quite the observant one.

  • toastie

    “Tags: JonathanBlow, SouljaBoy”

  • beetlemania

    Wow, Braid is considered “indie” now?

  • Valkyrie

    You KNOW someone is going to hack Soulja Boy’s voice into the PC version:

    *Tim dies, hit time key*

    “Ye-oooop!”

  • yuj

    you guys are crazy. this be funny as shit

  • Biggerfish

    I now have the uncontrollable urge to buy Braid.

    Whoooooooooooooop.

    *Side note: I always get pissed off when people say “The game has no point”. Like, really mad.*

  • alspal

    I can’t believe I wasted my time watching him.

  • Troy RULES

    I’ve got this whole routine planned out for the Soulja Troy.

  • gulo gulo

    im so happy about this

  • Adam & Tommy

    This is all just a PIGScene stunt

  • !CE-9

    “It IS Mario inna business suit, with his hair died orange”.

    now it was a spolier, I’m gonna be one grumpy mothafucka, yo. hear me?

    when’s the windows version coming already?

  • Bezzy

    To be fair, there’s no point to any game.

    Very insightful, in a fatalistic way.

  • Jay

    soulja who? :p

  • permanent

    I’m disappointed with every one of you on TIGsource that was offended by this.

  • loopholezero

    loved the video. i wish there’d be more games that elicit that sort of reaction from the players.

    yeah, and stoners are just like little kids. when watching a friend play the cell stage of spore there was a similar vibe(and probably smell) in the room.

  • Raza Black

    They are like five year old children. Who swear.
    A lot.

  • bateleur

    Did he just describe the protagonist of Braid as a “nigger”?

  • http://sophiehoulden.com GirlFlash

    meh, art is open to interpertation, and ‘mario inna future’ is a pretty awesome

  • Scott

    Well it’s on Xbox live, what did you expect?

    Though I’m curious how far into the game he was in that video.

  • Bezzy

    That’s about the fourth screen, I think?

  • Adrian

    What an fucking idiot, I wish he would die.

  • http://www.0xdeadc0de.org/ Eclipse

    Who’s this guy?
    I’m so happy to live in Europe now…
    that sort of american stuff is The Suck (TM)