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Here's what Jonathan Blow put himself through to give you The Witness

Nabs

Member
If you only knew what I know about that bottle of pee.Brad Shoemaker (@bradshoemaker)

From twitter.

Brad Shoemaker ‏@bradshoemaker 2 minutes ago
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Bottles of pee at the foot of Jon Blow's couch
 
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hey_it's_that_dog

benevolent sexism
This kinda sums up how I feel about Blow. Real talented guy, but certainly loves to let you know how much he sacrifices for his work. I remember Jontron mentioning an interview Blow did where he made note to mentioned that he had to rent furniture for the interview because he didn't have any in his house because he just puts everything into his game, or something like that. Could tone it down a few notches. That being said, looking forward to The Witness.

Blow doesn't say those things for pity. They're just true. He's a bit eccentric but I've never heard anything in any audio interview that sounded like he was trying to elicit pity for his sacrifices. He just lives his life in a focused way.
 

Demoskinos

Member
Dude is fucking mad weird. If you can't get up to properly go to the bathroom and take care of yourself you have issues.
 

Pie and Beans

Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
that blue tube is connected to another fucking line puzzle.
 

Blizzard

Banned
I immediately assumed it was some sort of test thing for a water puzzle, like the glasses with square holes he previously posted.

I refuse to accept pee until it's confirmed!
 

mattiewheels

And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
It takes what - 30 seconds to get to the toilet, 30 seconds to pee, 20 seconds to wash hands, 30 seconds to get back

You probably pee about 8 times a day.

So you're probably spending 14 minutes a day peeing, or roughly 1% of your entire day.

Worth keeping a bottle of pee beside your workstation? No.
8 times a day? You must have a really small bladder, or I have some kind of problem.
 

nbnt

is responsible for the well-being of this island.
Seeing him in videos, Blow doesn't strike me as someone who would do this. I think it's a joke.
 
Man, I can't imagine why anyone would do this or even share an image like that of twitter. Even if it was efficient, the smell itself must be revolting.
 
I'm not joking I was gonna come in here and make a joke about him not working hard enough because he wasn't peeing in bottles like howard huges....
 

Apoc29

Member
Jonathan Blow uses a standing desk, at least that's what I learned from Indie Game: The Movie. So he's not exactly sitting all day, although that doesn't really excuse him from not going to the bathroom for a few seconds.
 

Blizzard

Banned
So he just surrounds himself with bottles of his own piss? No wonder The Witness took so long, he must have spent half that time trying to clean it out of the carpet.
Someone please educate me -- Brad Shoemaker works at Giant Bomb. Jonathan Blow works somewhere completely different. Brad Shoemaker is TESTING The Witness but not developing it, correct?

Why would Brad Shoemaker have actually seen Jonathan Blow's couch? Just seems like Brad is making a joke Blade Runner reference.
 
I immediately assumed it was some sort of test thing for a water puzzle, like the glasses with square holes he previously posted.

I refuse to accept pee until it's confirmed!
yeah this is what I though at first
Didn't even think about pee until this thread

I don't think people know what kind of person Blow is

unless he went completely mad in the last week
 

hey_it's_that_dog

benevolent sexism
Seeing him in videos, Blow doesn't strike me as someone who would do this. I think it's a joke.

It's either a joke, or he is very serious about not interrupting his flow state when he gets going. Everyone saying "it only takes 30 seconds to pee" isn't accounting for the interruption of thought. I wouldn't be surprised if that was Blow's attitude towards coding when under time pressure.
 
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