It's a game by Blow. (Gaming)
by Kermit 
, Raleigh, NC, Monday, February 01, 2016, 15:59 (3014 days ago) @ someotherguy
It's definitely pretentious. But so was Braid, and Braid was great.
Pretentious =/= Bad
Well, no. Pretentiousness isn't a good thing. No one sets out to make art that is pretentious.
I didn't finish Braid, but I like what I played and I also like what I know about The Witness. I haven't read any interviews with Blow, and maybe he comes across as pretentious, but interviews aren't games. I like what I like.
I just watched 13 Hours. There's a Joseph Campbell line that gets repeated a few times, and it comes across as a little pretentious because there is nothing else in the movie like that. In a different movie, it would not have been pretentious at all.
Pretentiousness isn't good.
Complete thread:
- The Witness -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-28, 02:56
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- 105 puzzles solved, so far. -
CyberKN,
2016-01-28, 03:05
- 105 puzzles solved, so far. -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-28, 03:51
- How do you get your puzzle count? (And an endorsement) -
Beorn,
2016-01-28, 04:26
- on ps4, check your save file name
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CyberKN,
2016-01-28, 06:43
- How do you get your puzzle count? (And an endorsement) -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-28, 13:05
- 173 Solved, +19 -
Beorn,
2016-01-28, 13:58
- 173 Solved, +19 - cheapLEY, 2016-01-28, 18:07
- 93 Solved, +11. I feel dumb. - cheapLEY, 2016-01-29, 02:08
- 173 Solved, +19 -
Beorn,
2016-01-28, 13:58
- How do you get your puzzle count? (And an endorsement) - Kermit, 2016-01-28, 13:55
- on ps4, check your save file name
- How do you get your puzzle count? (And an endorsement) -
Beorn,
2016-01-28, 04:26
- 105 puzzles solved, so far. -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-28, 03:51
- Alex, What Is The Found Verdict? -
Morpheus,
2016-01-28, 05:46
- The Witness -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-28, 13:42
- I find it particularly pretty -
ZackDark,
2016-01-28, 13:45
- I find it particularly pretty -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-28, 13:46
- I find it particularly pretty - Speedracer513, 2016-01-28, 13:52
- I find it particularly pretty - Speedracer513, 2016-01-28, 14:04
- I find it particularly pretty -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-28, 18:10
- I find it particularly pretty - Cody Miller, 2016-01-28, 18:29
- People dislike Jonathan Blow -
someotherguy,
2016-01-31, 14:17
- They ignore it for Neil DeGrasse Tyson. -
Funkmon,
2016-01-31, 15:31
- They ignore it for Neil DeGrasse Tyson. - Kermit, 2016-02-01, 11:20
- pretentious: -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-31, 21:51
- pretentious: -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-31, 21:57
- pretentious: - marmot 1333, 2016-02-01, 15:42
- pretentious: - someotherguy, 2016-02-02, 18:42
- pretentious: -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-31, 21:57
- They ignore it for Neil DeGrasse Tyson. -
Funkmon,
2016-01-31, 15:31
- I find it particularly pretty -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-28, 13:46
- The Witness -
Speedracer513,
2016-01-28, 13:47
- The Witness - Cody Miller, 2016-01-28, 13:48
- You're nuts, Cody -
Beorn,
2016-01-28, 13:59
- +1 - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-01-31, 22:04
- Photorealism does not a pretty game make. - CyberKN, 2016-01-28, 15:18
- It looks better when you play it. -
Funkmon,
2016-01-29, 01:23
- It looks better when you play it. -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-29, 02:10
- I don't like the puzzles. World is boring. -
Funkmon,
2016-01-29, 02:13
- Fair enough. -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-29, 02:43
- Fair enough.
- I don't like the puzzles. World is boring.
- It looks better when you play it. -
cheapLEY,
2016-01-29, 02:10
- I find it particularly pretty -
ZackDark,
2016-01-28, 13:45
- Without spoilers. -
Vortech,
2016-01-28, 22:42
- Plot seems tertiary to puzzle solving and exploration. -
CyberKN,
2016-01-28, 22:48
- Definitely Buy - Beorn, 2016-01-28, 23:34
- Plot seems tertiary to puzzle solving and exploration. -
Cody Miller,
2016-01-29, 02:19
- I just cannot wait for your review... -
Ragashingo,
2016-01-29, 02:56
- Plot seems tertiary to puzzle solving and exploration. -
CyberKN,
2016-01-29, 02:59
- One of the VOs is Ellie from TLOU -
kidtsunami,
2016-01-29, 12:30
- Yeah she voices quite a few of them actually -
Xenos,
2016-01-29, 14:27
- Ashley Johnson is the awesome -
Beorn,
2016-02-01, 04:40
- I was on a chat room once. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 05:40
- Well, that's something I didn't know I was into. -
ProbablyLast,
2016-02-01, 18:37
- +1 - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-02-01, 18:43
- Well, that's something I didn't know I was into.
- I was on a chat room once. -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 05:40
- Ashley Johnson is the awesome
- I'm in! -
Kermit,
2016-01-29, 14:43
- Yeah she voices quite a few of them actually -
Xenos,
2016-01-29, 14:27
- One of the VOs is Ellie from TLOU -
kidtsunami,
2016-01-29, 12:30
- It's a game by Blow. -
someotherguy,
2016-01-31, 14:20
- It's a game by Blow. -
Kermit,
2016-02-01, 15:59
- It's a game by Blow. -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-01, 16:58
- It's a game by Blow. - Kermit, 2016-02-01, 18:28
- It's a game by Blow. - someotherguy, 2016-02-02, 18:46
- It's a game by Blow. -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-01, 16:58
- It's a game by Blow. -
Kermit,
2016-02-01, 15:59
- I just cannot wait for your review...
- Plot seems tertiary to puzzle solving and exploration. -
CyberKN,
2016-01-28, 22:48
- I don't want to oversell it, but . . . - cheapLEY, 2016-01-30, 22:37
- For those who find the game to be pretentious... -
Beorn,
2016-02-01, 05:20
- For those who find the game to be pretentious... -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 05:42
- No idea, but I guess it can't hurt, right? -
ZackDark,
2016-02-01, 10:04
- Start with The Character of Physical Law -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 12:08
- Way ahead of you - ZackDark, 2016-02-01, 13:59
- Start with The Character of Physical Law -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 12:08
- No idea, but I guess it can't hurt, right?
- For those who find the game to be pretentious... -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-01, 06:14
- For those who find Cody to be pretentious... -
Beorn,
2016-02-01, 15:02
- For those who find Cody to be pretentious... - Cody Miller, 2016-02-01, 15:43
- Vanquish sucked. -
CyberKN,
2016-02-01, 15:17
- Vanquish sucked. - Cody Miller, 2016-02-01, 15:47
- +1 -
someotherguy,
2016-02-02, 18:53
- For those who find Cody to be pretentious... -
Beorn,
2016-02-01, 15:02
- For those who find the game to be pretentious... -
Funkmon,
2016-02-01, 05:42
- The Witness -
Cody Miller,
2016-02-10, 23:07
- The Witness - CyberKN, 2016-02-11, 00:51
- 105 puzzles solved, so far. -
CyberKN,
2016-01-28, 03:05