![]() Some enemies harken back to arcade classics like Asteroids and Centipede. Isaac, who cannot stop crying, shoots his tears in a manner reminscent of Robotron and Smash TV. To reinvent one of the oldest stories in Western theology (Abraham almost killing his son Isaac at God’s behest) as a videogame, McMillen drew inspiration from venerable entries in gaming canon. After his fall, Isaac awakes, ready to seek revenge. To prove that she loves her deity above all else, she attempts to kill Isaac, who escapes into a cavernous basement of hideous monsters and terrible trials. Developer Edmund McMillen ( Super Meat Boy) has combined biblical monsters, scatological humor, and tense twin-stick shooting into a thrilling and, at times, disturbing game about a boy and his troubled relationship with his mother.Ī pregame Flash animation shows Isaac’s mother, who likes to watch Christian television programming, being told by God that Isaac is a creature of immense sin. There is some special alchemy at the heart of The Binding of Isaac.
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