Braid has Melted My Brain

     Xbox Live has some really cool things to offer including downloadable video games, movies, music, etc.  I recently downloaded this 2D game called "Braid" even though it's already been out for a couple of years.   You have to reverse time to solve puzzles.  Collect all the puzzle pieces in six different worlds, and put the puzzles together to get to the final world and win the game.  Puzzle on top of puzzle.  My brain has melted. 
     Time behaves very strangely in the world of Braid.  As you go forward across the screen time progresses but if you go backwards across the screen, time moves in reverse.  You also have to sometimes use your shadow to solve puzzles or manually reverse time by holding down the X button.  Death is sometimes used to your advantage and the whole thing is just a huge mind bend.  Very awesome and very frustrating at times.  If you want to exercise your brain and use logic like you've never had to use logic before, download this game.  It costs 800 Microsoft points which is around $10.  Last night I think I spent around two hours trying to retrieve a single stupid puzzle piece.  The puzzles can be extremely tough and literally make your brain hurt.  That, my friends, is the sign of a truly brilliant video game.