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[LowSignal]

how far is the bathroom from his desk?

 

[More Fun To Compute]

i don't

 

[McLovin]

Not hardcore enough Blow, get adult diapers. You can't say your dedicated until you've shat yourself and sat in it to finish the code.

 

[RadixNegative2]

But what did Brad really see?

WHAT DID HE SEEEE

 

[EviLore]

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

Bro, Jonathan, peeing through a makeshift catheter as you code instead of walking a few steps to the bathroom doesn't ensure the celebration of your level design, just the level of your celibacy

 

[Skux]

Is he trying to pull a DiCaprio?

 

[twopenny]

these flint michigan tweets are getting really cerebral

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

how far is the bathroom from his desk?

Probably somewhere between 3 to 6 inches maybe.

 

[petethepanda]

Best.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

I am confuse.

 

[Nickle]

I usually pee in a Pringles can instead

 

[Cartman86]

Oh and didn't mention this, but I really hope it's some sort of drink he created with a ton of nutrients you would need without having to eat a ton or maybe just something to get shit faced.

 

[13randO]

Make sure you think twice before shaking hands with Jonathan Blow.

 

[morpix]

I mean, really? Is the bathroom a 15 minute walk outside his studio? Also, that looks like a straw... It's not piss.

 

[sgjackson]

i vaguely remember a bombcast from a year or two ago saying one of the reasons the witness was taking so long was because blow was actively making an effort to work his team less insane hours than most game devs, which makes this even weirder. does anyone else remember this or did i conjure it out of nothing?

 

[VeryGooster]

"I pee in a plastic bottle! Do you?"
"I pee in a big bed with my wife."

 

[LiK]

I mean, really? Is the bathroom a 15 minute walk outside his studio? Also, that looks like a straw... It's not piss.

he lives in a mansion. takes him a whole day to get to the bathroom.

 

[13randO]

"I pee in a plastic bottle! Do you?"
"I pee in a big bed with my wife."

I laughed.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

 

[mdubs]

I mean, really? Is the bathroom a 15 minute walk outside his studio? Also, that looks like a straw... It's not piss.

look at the red part at the end though

 

[Ansatz]

It's a clue.

 

[MassiveNights]

I hope he doesn't drive.

 

[Mahonay]

This makes all of this better.

 

[Blizzard]

Oh and didn't mention this, but I really hope it's some sort of drink he created with a ton of nutrients you would need without having to eat a ton or maybe just something to get shit faced.

I was thinking fluid-puzzle-solving test, but that's another possibility.

Note the sides of the bottle are indented, like someone was squeezing it. Or am I just insane? I mean, you can all combine the idea and imagine he's peeing in a tiny jar AND THEN DRINKING IT, but I doubt it.

 

[RionaaM]

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.

I see what you did there.

 

[Kodaman]

The Wetness

 

[Firehead]

That's sounding like a problem!

Spoiler

Needs more appreciation.

 

[Das-J]

Bro, Jonathan, peeing through a makeshift catheter as you code instead of walking a few steps to the bathroom doesn't ensure the celebration of your level design, just the level of your celibacy

SMH... indie dev is grueling and I'm so burnt out that I struggle to get out of bed many mornings, but taking 1 minute to go to the bathroom is not a challenge!

 

[irfaanator]

I feel like that was unnecessary when it probably takes like 3 minutes to go take a piss in a bathroom and come back

 

[Mass Effect]

Bro, Jonathan, peeing through a makeshift catheter as you code instead of walking a few steps to the bathroom doesn't ensure the celebration of your level design, just the level of your celibacy

yooo

also, you're still alive!

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.

Because he would go to Blow's apartment to test the game. He talks about this several times in the Giant Bombcasts over the years.

 

[maxcriden]

Pyst

 

[striferser]

You sure this wasn't about him stressed out that he can't no longer control his bladder?

Edit:after seeing Brad twitter, i'm not so sure.

 

[Corto]

That's his own homemade moonshine. He's a redneck.

 

[Blizzard]

Because he would go to Blow's apartment to test the game. He talks about this several times in the Giant Bombcasts over the years.

Thanks, I didn't know this. I'm going to try to stay in the "denial" phase for at least 24 hours. I'm imagining future me, unable to ever play The Witness, because I break down in sobbing horror imagining someone peeing in a jar whenever I start it.

 

[Ferrio]

You sure this wasn't about him stressed out that he can't no longer control his bladder?

Is he a chihuahua or something?

 

[Gbraga]

Oh, he's giving us the game? That's awesome. Why were people complaining about the price if it's free?

 

[RionaaM]

Thanks, I didn't know this. I'm going to try to stay in the "denial" phase for at least 24 hours. I'm imagining future me, unable to ever play The Witness, because I break down in sobbing horror imagining someone peeing in a jar whenever I start it.

Dude, don't let the game piss you off!

 

[Trojan]

I'm bailing on this thread, that bottle of piss could be a Witness spoiler.

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

I see what you did there.

It was an accident!

 

[FloatOn]

Fucking gross man

 

[YianGaruga]

whatever it is, its pretty good marketing

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

I'd think I'd misalign something and end up pissing all over the floor.

 

[Duxxy3]

He didn't cath himself... did he?

 

[nckillthegrimace]

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.

Blow doesn't own a couch. What else isn't the media telling us?

 

[John Wick]

That's just fucking disgusting. What was he locked in a cell without a toilet???
It just beggars belief the stupidity of some people. Is that supposed to impress us?

 

[SouSouRocket]

Bro, Jonathan, peeing through a makeshift catheter as you code instead of walking a few steps to the bathroom doesn't ensure the celebration of your level design, just the level of your celibacy

In all seriousness though, are we meant to be impressed? I'm struggling to think of any work situation dire enough that you can't be bothered to take a two minute pee break. The quality of your work is going to suffer pretty badly if you're A) chained to your desk to the point where you can't take A FUCKING PEE BREAK and B) your team is forced to endure the sight and smell of your pee bottles.

 

[striferser]

Is he a chihuahua or something?

I don't know, but now i'm having an image of chihuahua programming a game...

 

[JetBlackPanda]

That's just fucking disgusting. What was he locked in a cell without a toilet???
It just beggars belief the stupidity of some people. Is that supposed to impress us?

Would you ask Beethoven to get up to pee while writing his magnum opus?

Does Blow jack into the matrix while coding and his eyes roll back in his head and he pisses himself while lines of code fly out his wrists?

 

[Daingurse]

That's ridiculous. Having no time to piss sounds absurd. Being a developer has always sounded really fucking hard to me, and I can imagine being an indie developer is even harder, but this feels like too much. Blow needs to take some damn R&R after this project, and reevaluate some shit.

 

[Trojan]