Off the Canvas: A Tale of Two Brothers

He found his wife near the river washing off the black and blue dye with which she had painted herself. Filled with great anger, Anpu killed his wife and cast her to the dogs. Then he sat down, poured ashes on his head, and mourned for his younger brother. Bata reached the Valley of the Acacia. There was no one with him; he slew wild animals of the desert for his food and built himself a house under the sacred acacia tree, the tree sacred to the gods, which bore his soul upon the topmost flower.

And after this he built himself a tower with his own hands, in the valley of the acacia; it was full of all good things, that he might provide for himself a home. One day as he walked out of his house, he met the Nine Gods who knew of his innocence and goodness. Ra said to the god Khunumu, "Look, make a woman for Bata that he may not remain alone. And Khunumu made for Bata a wife to dwell with him. She was indeed more beautiful than any other woman in the whole land. She was like a goddess as the essence of every god was in her and Bata loved her very much.

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The seven Hathors came to see her: And Bata loved her very exceedingly, and she dwelt in his house; he passed his time in hunting the beasts of the desert, and brought and laid them before her. He said, "Go not outside, lest the sea seize you; for I cannot rescue you from it, for I am a person like you; my soul is placed on the head of the flower of the acacia; and if another find it, I must fight with him. Now after saying these things Bata went to hunt in his daily manner. And the young girl went to walk under the acacia which was by the side of her house.

Then the sea saw her, and cast its waves up after her. She ran from before it. She entered her house.

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And the sea called unto the acacia, saying, "Oh, would that I could seize her! The smell of the lock of hair entered into the clothes of Pharaoh; and they were angry with the fullers of Pharaoh, saying, "The smell of ointment is in the clothes of Pharaoh. And the chief fuller of Pharaoh walked by the bank, and his heart was very evil within him after the daily quarrel with him. He stood still, he stood upon the sand opposite to the lock of hair, which was in the water, and he made a servant go into the water and bring it to him; and there was found in it a smell, exceedingly sweet.

He took it to Pharaoh; and they brought the scribes and the wise men, and they said unto Pharaoh, "This lock of hair belongs to a daughter of Ra Harakhti: Let messengers go to every strange land to seek her: And many days after these things the people who were sent to strange lands came to report to the king: His majesty sent many men and soldiers, as well as horsemen to hold Bata, and to bring her back.



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And there was a woman amongst them, and to her had been given in her hand beautiful ornaments of a woman. And this time the girl came back with her, and they rejoiced over her in the whole land. And his majesty loved her exceedingly, and raised her to high estate; and he spoke to her saying that she should tell him concerning her husband. And she said, "Let the acacia be cut down, and let one chop it up. And when the next day came, and the earth was lightened, the acacia was cut down. And Anpu, the elder brother of Bata, entered his house, and washed his hands; and a person gave him a cup of beer, and it became troubled; and another one gave him another of wine, and the smell of it was evil.

Then he took his staff, and his sandals, and likewise his clothes, with his weapons of war; and he went forth to the valley of the acacia. He entered the tower of his younger brother, and he found him lying upon his mat; he was dead. And he wept when he saw his younger brother truly was lying dead.

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And he went out to seek the soul of his younger brother under the acacia tree, under which his younger brother lay in the evening. He spent three years in seeking for it, but found it not. And when he began looking in the fourth year, he desired in his heart to return into Egypt; he said in his heart, "I will go tomorrow morning". Now when the land lightened, and the next day appeared, he was walking under the acacia; he was spending his time in seeking the flower.

And he returned in the evening, and laboured at seeking it again. Then he at last found a seed. He returned with it. Look, this was the soul of his younger brother. He brought a cup of cold water, and he threw the seed into it: Now when the night came his soul of his brother sucked up the water; Bata then shuddered in all his limbs, and he looked on his elder brother; his soul was in the cup. Then Anpu took the cup of cold water, in which the soul of his younger brother was; Bata drank it, his soul stood again in its proper place, and he became as he had been.

They embraced each other, and they spoke together. And Bata said to his elder brother, "Behold I am to become as a great bull, which bears every good mark; no one knows its history, and you must sit upon my back. When the sun arises I shall be in the place where my wife is, that I may return answer to her; and you must take me to the place where the king is. For all good things shall be done for you; for one shall load you with silver and gold, because you bring me to Pharaoh, for I become a great marvel, and they shall rejoice for me in all the land.

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And you shalt go to your village. And when the land was lightened, and the next day appeared, Bata took the form of the bull, like he had told his elder brother. And Anpu sat upon his back until the dawn. Together they came to the place where the king was, and they made his majesty to know of him; he saw him, and he was exceeding joyful with him. The king made for him great offerings, saying, "This is a great wonder which has come to pass.

They presented unto him silver and gold for his elder brother, who went and stayed in his village. They gave to the bull many men and many things, and Pharaoh loved him exceedingly above all that is in this land. And after many days after these things, the bull entered the purlfied place; he stood in the place where the princess was; he began to speak with her, saying, "Behold, I am alive again. I perceived when you told them that they should destroy the acacia of Pharaoh, which was my abode, that I would die. I am alive again, I am as an ox. And he went out from the purlfied place.

And his majesty was sitting, making a good day with her: And she said to his majesty, " Swear to me by God, saying, 'What ever you shalt say, I will obey it for your sake. And the king was exceeding sad at her words, the heart of Pharaoh grieved greatly. And after the land was lightened, and the next day appeared, they proclaimed a great feast with offerings to the ox.

And the king sent one of the chief butchers of his majesty, to cause the ox to be sacrificed.



And when he was sacrificed, as he was upon the shoulders of the people, he shook his neck, and he threw two drops of blood over against the two doors of his majesty. The one fell upon the one side, on the great door of Pharaoh, and the other upon the other door. They grew as two great Persea trees, and each of them was excellent.

And one went to tell unto his majesty, " Two great Persea trees have grown, as a great marvel of his majesty, in the night by the side of the great gate of his majesty. And when the days were multiplied after these things, his majesty was adorned with the blue crown, with garlands of flowers on his neck, and he was upon the chariot of pale gold, and he went out from the palace to behold the Persea trees: And as his majesty sat beneath one of the Persea trees, it spoke to his wife: I knew who caused the acacia to be cut down by Pharaoh at my dwelling.

I then became an ox, and you caused me to be killed. And many days after these things the princess stood at the table of Pharaoh, and the king was pleased with her. And she said to his majesty, "Swear to me by God, saying, 'That which the princess shall say to me I will obey it for her. And she commanded, " Let these two Persea trees be cut down, and let them be made into goodly planks. But a chip flew up, and it entered into the mouth of the princess; she swallowed it, and after many days she bore a son.

And one went to tell his majesty, "There is born to you a son. And the king sat making a merry day, as they were about the naming of him, and his majesty loved him exceedingly at that moment, and the king raised him to be the royal son of Kush. Now after the days had multiplied after these things, his majesty made him heir of all the land. The older brother is the stronger of the two and can pull levers or boost his younger brother to higher spaces, while the younger one can pass between narrow bars.

The player progresses by manipulating the two brothers at the same time to complete various puzzles, often requiring the player to manipulate both brothers to perform differing functions such as one distracting a hostile non-player character while the other makes their way around. Should either brother fall from a great height or get injured, the game restarts at a recent checkpoint. All of the in-game dialogue is spoken in a fictional language based on Lebanese Arabic, thus the story is conveyed through actions, gestures and expressions. The story begins with a boy named Naiee paying his respects at the tombstone of his dead mother, who drowned at sea while he remained unable to save her.

His elder brother, Naia, calls him to help their ill father reach the village's doctor, who in turn tells them the only way to save him is by collecting the waters from the Tree of Life. The brothers embark on their journey through the village, hills and mountains, while facing challenges like the local bully, a farmer's aggressive dog, and deadly wolves. The brothers eventually save a girl from being sacrificed by tribesmen. The girl in turn assists them on their journey, and begins seducing Naia, tricking the brothers to enter a cave, much to Naiee's dismay.

Nearing the end of their journey, the brothers at last reach the Tree of Life; Naia insists that Naiee venture on to reach the top of the tree. He collects the Water of Life, but as he returns to the bottom, he finds that Naia has already died from his injury.

Unable to revive him using the water, Naiee buries and grieves for his older brother before returning to the village aided once again by a griffin. Upon reaching the shoreline, Naiee must face his inability to swim in order to get the waters to his dying father. His mother's spirit appears to comfort and motivate him, and with Naia's spiritual guidance, Naiee is able to force himself to swim to the village. He is finally able to give the doctor the water, and the father recovers from his illness overnight.

A short time afterwards, Naiee and his father mourn at the tombstones of both the mother and Naia while the griffin flies on into the mountains. The game was released for iOS devices on 22 October The PC version of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons received "universal acclaim", while the rest of the console versions received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

IGN said that Brothers "might be the best downloadable title since Journey ". I knew it had something to do with Starbreeze, a studio that Matt Leone deconstructed in one of last year's phenomenal cover stories. But film directors transitioning into video games have had a less-than stellar record. Look at the Wachowskis, Spielberg, John Woo So what could a film director possibly show me in a video game that would impress me during the busiest season in our medium?

Well, it turns out that Fares was prepared to debut a downloadable title called Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and that it was about to command my utmost attention.

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It praised the visual style, pace and story, as well as the controls, saying that the control scheme "understands what it means to communicate meaning through interaction"; but it criticized Starbreeze's lack of confidence in making an art game. Joystiq's Ludwig Kietzmann says: IGN states this with "It's no secret that we love Journey. It was our Game of the Year for , after all.

And we quite love Fable too [ And after we saw the game, we knew: A Tale of Two Sons is his favourite video game ever, stating in his video review of the game "Now I'd like to tell you why I believe that this is not only my game of the year, but in twenty-five years of gaming, I don't think I've ever had an experience that has matched up to Brothers.

Which would, as you might imagine, mean that after playing this, I think that this is my favourite game of all time.