oh wow, that sounds great. honestly, i haven't been paying all that much attention to it other than what i read here, so i guess i wasn't expecting much.
but yeah, that sounds like it'll be a lot of fun, and something you can come back to later. 

I saw this the other day, and am buying it right now because of this line:

The only problem I have with The Binding Of Isaac right now is that I�m still discovering things and I don�t want that to end. 

Is pretty nice, very weird, and hard. Soundtrack is great. 

http://imgur.com/r/gaming/SgZkf 

Looks totally awesome. 

I wish I could do art like that. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EOlzCrVFvs&feature=player_embedded#!

You know what would make this video a lot better? If Randy Pitchford would shut the fuck up. 

.. the demo is great... 

Looks pretty awesome, but definitely nowhere near as good as that last Rage gameplay vid. I hope they're going to do something about the blood splatter, it looks 2D. 

But looking at Gearbox' track record with pc releases, this will be some locked at 55 fov, console ported mess :(

Which makes me really sad because I've been itching for this game for a long time. 

Looks repulsively consolized but that might be the ghastly uber-slow controlling of a console controller. Mmmm look left and right OR up and down but not both at once. 

Bloody great and addictive. Have started way too many games, my god is it hard. 

Yes, it is. I played it for a few hours whilst in a null state and din't get bored.

Then I thought afterwards 'meh I just paid for a flash game with a stupid difficulty spike in the middle' then I played it again and realised the randomisation had been working against me and got a lot of ranged attack powerups like triple shot, multi shot and so on.

In any case, stock piling for the later levels is very difficult (and have you learned the tarot yet?) but I notice steam just updated the game...

Well worth the price.

And if you missed this then you should play it as well:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/511754

Yes, I know I linked it before. But coming across little Steven confirmed my suspicion. 

The update has new configurations of items.

So if the orginal randomisation base was 100x100 I don't want to know what it is now. Because that's probably the time in seconds I'll lose to it. 

and I always take the mystery pills.

Definitely so much luck involved in how difficult your game ends up... I've had some crazy fortunate draws - maxing out damage and speed by the 2nd level, or getting the cat head that gives you 9 lives. I balance that out by not knowing what the fuck i'm doing though - i didn't understand the room where you exchange HP for items for a while, and ended up with one heart (one!) but 9 lives in the bank. How useful.

Only fought mom once so far, and lost with her at 5% health or something. Stupid mom. 

I thought it was great, until I realised I was stripping myself of health for picking it up - it makes peeps and that big pile of meat boss very difficult.

Peeps is the most annoying though.

And cupids arrow has to be the best upgrade, especially against the worm boss.

What's your new email, your uni one is down - congratulations in order :) ? 

I don't think I ever got Cupid's Arrow! What does that do?

Haha, well it's a over a year since I graduated, so maybe keep the cork in the champagne for now! A back-dated thank-you for the congratulations though!

Email is now:
jonmiles1 AT gmail.com 

It makes you fall in love. It is a most wondrous precious feeling that makes you feel alive. Every living day will be a blessing. Warm sunshine in the early morning will be but a imitation of her glistening hair. A tweeting nightingale just outside your window will remind you of her luscious voice. Her eyes like twinkling stars, her sunspots like the milkyway in the beautiful dark night sky in the desert. You will feel like you could lift the whole earth with your massive raging boner. 

Pretty hard indeed. I've yet to figure out what the items do and how to switch them (no rtfm). Seems like a fun game, but then again, could've been cheaper.

Anyone played Trauma? 

Does the game save the progress after completing each level (basement, caves...) or not at all? 

thanks Spirit, that clears everything up!

negke: If it goes in your inventory then it has some always-on effect, some affect stats, one poisons enemies that touch you, and at least a couple summon little flying dudes that shoot things for you. If it's in the action slot then you have to press space, but it's usually easy to see what that does. Tarot cards are mysterious and you have to remember what they do, pills are always random. No RTFM required, I think you're supposed to not know what the fuck is going on most of the time. 

not at all. If you die at a high level the best recourse I've found has been to cry myself to sleep. 

But how to switch the items in the action slot if you have more than one? 

The action item can only be swapped by finding a new one on the floor, there's no inventory management. 

Hierophant - 2 blue hearts
Hermit - warp to shop
Death - kill everything or do damage to bosses
Devil - power up shot damage for single room
Moon - teleport to the hidden room in the dungeon
Magician - Make shots homing for one room
Lovers - 2 red hearts
Fool - random teleport
Tower - spam bombs (that explode) everywhere in the room
Judgement - spawn a key, bomb and a heart
Temperance - Spawn a blood bank (hearts for cash)
Chariot - teleport...
Wheel of fortune - spawn a gambling machine
Hanged man - fly for one room
Strength - +1 heart, bump stats

I'm missing a load that I can't remember.

Also, bomb the machines - makes them drop a random amount of stuff.

For the little kid who wants money, you should always pay up, since he tends to give you stuff that'd be very expensive otherwise like the compass and map.

If an item's price in the shop is red then thats a special low price.

Cupid's arrow goes through enemies to hit those behind.

To kill mom I think the best strategy is stay next to the door and fire sideways, moving when the foot comes down.

If you kill a boss without taking damage then a devil room will open, where you can trade heart containers for very strong powerups. It is possible to kill yourself by trading in all your hearts.

Every dungeon has a single hidden room which is accessed by bombs, usually. It tends to contain cash.

Arcades are great, but only waste your health or cash if you've got a surplus. The best is just to bomb all three machines (including the guy) and collect all the stuff that's dropped.