The Binding of Isaac is a hugely successful videogame, and thanks to two extremely lucrative crowdfunding efforts that netted around $8 million, you could argue that its a highly successful card game as well. The videogame fits almost too perfectly into begin turned into cardboard, with its roguelike genetics being suited to the randomness of dungeon crawler, variable bonuses and and player powers sitting well within the tabletop realm. There's around eighty thousand people who have some kind of variation of the tabletop game. So surely its extremely good because well funded games are always amazing, aren't they. I'm approaching this as someone who is away from the hype canoe sailing down the river rapids of marketing and excitement and so this is probably going to be dull in comparison. I'm also someone who is a fan of the game, and has spent many an hour running around randomly generated dungeons of blood and filth. For those unfamiliar with the videogame, you play
Standing at the top of the mountain range while the storm clouds circle overhead and the smell in the air is of potential electricity. The wind rattles around your legs attempting to throw you down and commit you to your doom, while the clouds are screaming at you to fail, as they rub themselves together like two huge woollen sweaters, gathering charge and threatening to rain down static death. You stand defiant, almost winning, holding the jar above your head while your feet encased in rubber slowly begin to slide a couple of inches backwards. There is almost a pause in the sky as the charge gathers itself to roar and your arms lose their feeling and sense that this, after all this time, could be your doom. It is at that point that a hand comes from howling wind and props you up, as the lightning journeys down towards you in one swift and hellish plasma death visit. Sometimes when you are trying to catch lightning in a jar again, it's better to bring along some help,