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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEh7VBJa-jo

 

[Archurro]

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Oh my god... this is the best one yet.

 

[striferser]

Jonathan Blow's pee just saved me $40.

lol, bravo Jonathan Blow. Bravo!

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

You know, I am all about giving developers the credit they deserve and respecting the incredible amount of work that goes into making games. I'm not a programmer but I have been on crazy deadlines to deliver localized scripts, etc.

This is a little ridiculous and just seems like a way to get attention. Unless his bathroom is REALLY far.

I'm here. I mean, I gave blood to fund my game, but that's probably as far as I'd go. This just reeks of doing something 100% unnecessary to convince the public that you care.

 

[Mdk7]

Pyst

XD

 

[dreamcastmaster]

I'm here. I mean, I gave blood to fund my game, but that's probably as far as I'd go. This just reeks of doing something 100% unnecessary to convince the public that you care.

Read OP and it just looked like a social media stunt, then I remembered I's seen him in that indie gamer documentary and only the super meat boy dev came off as a decent person.

It's a marketing stunt, move on nothing to see here.

 

[TatteredHat]

Nonsense.

 

[Lys Skygge]

I'm here. I mean, I gave blood to fund my game, but that's probably as far as I'd go. This just reeks of doing something 100% unnecessary to convince the public that you care.

Eh, it's not much different than the shit Leonardo Decaprio and crew went through to get The Revenant made. Some artists like to pour their blood, sweat, tears, and sometimes piss into their work.

 

[SJRB]

So is his toilet, like, in an outhouse in the backyard or something? And it's freezing outside?

 

[Movalpolos]

Piss.

 

[KZObsessed]

Just another example of lazy devs

 

[Ampersands]

Jonathan Blow's pee just saved me $40.

I wonder how many people will actually believe he had to piss in a jar to make this game.

 

[Remembrance]

I mean, I can buy that he has personal friends who would find this hilarious and not overly elaborate.

 

[thebloo]

Jonathan Blow's pee just saved me $40.

They should put this on the box.

 

[Orniletter]

That reminds me of one of those "medicine student didn't even have time to shower/ had to study so hard they didn't have 15 minutes to spare"-stories.

Just fucking no.

 

[juicyb]

His Magnum Oh Piss

 

[JaseC]

I wonder how many people will actually believe he had to piss in a jar to make this game.

Well, if this thread is any indication...

 

[dragonelite]

So is his toilet, like, in an outhouse in the backyard or something? And it's freezing outside?

If you can minimize the time you aren't focussing on the code, its easier
to rebuild the mental model of the code in your head.

 

[BudokaiMR2]

Eh, it's not much different than the shit Leonardo Decaprio and crew went through to get The Revenant made. Some artists like to pour their blood, sweat, tears, and sometimes piss into their work.

I am pretty convinced its just a marketing stunt and actually apple juice at this point.

But, yes it is different. If he showed us some sort of image showing the shit he went through while traveling out in the country-side of New Zealand to get location shots for research or whatever then yeah it would be similar.

However, the idea that he is in his own air-conditioned house or office and somehow thought going to the bathroom was going to kill his schedule is just silly.

Pretty sure this is working out exactly as he calculated though.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

So he drinks that while he make the witness

That's what I'm getting out of that tweet, yes

 

[Palculator]

lmao

 

[Acrylic7]

but why?

 

[OléGunner]

The hell is going on here?

Blow's been pissing in a bottle all through development?
That looks like Apple juice.

 

[NastyBook]

That skit ALWAYS made me sick to my stomach watching. Nobody does "get away from me, you filthy hobo" better than Damon Wayans.

 

[User 479360]

This is too crazy to believe, but it's a unique marketing ploy. I highly doubt he inserted a catether and didn't just take bathroom breaks.

But at least it's getting the game some more publicity.

 

[Zekes!]

I'm banking this being used to develop a puzzle in the game and that he needed a real world reference

 

[Already Torn]

why is everyone assuming it's piss?
That straw or whatever isn't even big enough to pee through

maybe I just don't want it to be real

Could be a catheter.

But this just seems like he's too lazy to go the bathroom.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

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[Roshin]

If you work with other people, they usually appreciate it if you take the time to go to the bathroom and don't piss in a bottle at your desk.

 

[User 479360]

Could be a catheter.

But this just seems like he's too lazy to go the bathroom.

The straw would be the catheter.

 

[Lord Azrael]

It's time to drink your own piss.

 

[Alienous]

I don't get it.

So is he doubling back now, or...?

 

[Gentuu]

hahahaha brilliant.

 

[Azure Dream]

I am pretty convinced its just a marketing stunt and actually apple juice at this point.

But, yes it is different. If he showed us some sort of image showing the shit he went through while traveling out in the country-side of New Zealand to get location shots for research or whatever then yeah it would be similar.

However, the idea that he is in his own air-conditioned house or office and somehow thought going to the bathroom was going to kill his schedule is just silly.

Pretty sure this is working out exactly as he calculated though.

I mean, is his goal to associate The Witness with urine, and cause jokes about it to follow the game that's been his focus for years now? If so... mission accomplished?

Spoiler

The Wetness... see what you've done, Blow?

 

[mckmas8808]

Yuck!

 

[mckmas8808]

Jonathan Blow's pee just saved me $40.

Wow awesome

 

[hobblygobbly]

Anyone got an inside scoop of the poop situation?

 

[zeioIIDX]

That skit ALWAYS made me sick to my stomach watching. Nobody does "get away from me, you filthy hobo" better than Damon Wayans.

I agree. Always pickin' his damn nose and spiting on stuff or revealing that disgusting jar of piss and shit lol. (I mean I guess it was supposed to be pickles and pickle juice but as a kid, I always assumed it really was his toilet and so there would be piss/shit inside)

 

[Nzyme32]

https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/690327260109283328

#ThankyouJonathan

He also made these:

One of the things I did today to help finish The Witness was making this pair of glasses:

 

[Haunted]

true heroes of game development

;_;7

 

[iNvid02]

he is 1 for 1 so far with braid, and remains jonathan blow

i hope this game is good and he doesnt become jonathan blew

Spoiler

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[mckmas8808]

he is 1 for 1 so far with braid, and remains jonathan blow

i hope this game is good and he doesnt become jonathan blew

Spoiler

it

BA-BUM-PISH!

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Now on Wii U!

 

[mattp]

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[Neverforget]

10/10 marketing right tere! Behold the new indiedevs' trend and stayed tuned for the upcoming poop.

 

[JORMBO]

Hopefully his new game sells enough so he can upgrade to a toilet.

 

[xenist]

Jonathan Blow died for our sins.

 

[Megawarrior]

This just makes me want to drink more water tbh

 

[iMax]

He also made these:

One of the things I did today to help finish The Witness was making this pair of glasses:

Blow VR?

 

[PapaEmeritus]

This seems excessive. No matter how busy i ever am at work 45 secs to take a piss isnt out of the question.