EDGE - The Binding Of Isaac tricked me, its opening cinematic (well, sketches with a voiceover) hinting at a straightforward anti-religious fable, the kind of smug deconstruction that the equally smug atheist in me could easily enjoy. As the young, terrified Isaac flees into a secret basement to escape his kitchen-knife wielding mother, it can only be madness, and not the voice of God, whispering in her ear.
The online multiplayer beta for The Binding of Isaac is offline until further notice after someone data-mined the latest build.
Nathan Lynch for SG: "On the 10th anniversary of The Binding of Isaac's release, I look back on what the game has meant to my life."
Happy 10th Birthday Isaac! The Binding of Isaac really is one heck of a rabbit hole of a game, and even more of a time sink.
At the end of Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, ABG's editors open up about their own experiences, and look back at the Video Game industry's sordid past, and the advances made in recent years in tackling this most sensitive of subjects