Would you be excited for a Jonathan Blow game, despite his views?

[Chairmanchuck (另一个我)]

So we all know what kind of views Jonathan Blow has. The typical right-wing looney with Gamergate views, against "cancel culture" and whatnot.

But he made 2 really good games.
Braid, one of the first bigger indiegames, with a cool twist at the end.

And The Witness, a really really well made puzzle game with some sort of special atmosphere and artstyle:

So I wonder how many people are excited for a new game by Jonathan Blow, despite knowing the developer himself is an asshat.
I can only talk for me but I am still really excited for his next game.

 

[Rei no Otaku]

I think both those game suck. So knowing he's an ass makes it even easier for me!

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Didn't like either of his games regardless.

 

[Roytheone]

The witness is one of my all time favorite games, a masterpiece of games design. So yes I would still be very curious about what he would do next

 

[L Thammy]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWqnz-7iQbY

 

[r_rose]

Unfortunately yes, I would be excited. The Witness is one of my favorite games.

 

[kyle mechlachlan]

I have no interest in art directly crafted by racist blowhards.

 

[cyba89]

The Witness is in my all time Top 5 games, so yes.

 

[AuthenticM]

I don't know that I would be excited, but if I played it, I'm sure I'd like it. The Witness is a masterpiece.

such a shame that he's a piece of shit.

 

[OnanieBomb]

The witness was good, braid sucked. Sure I'll take a gander even if I don't share his ideology.

 

[Temperance]

As far as anyone knows he peaked with The Witness, anything he ever makes might not ever surpass it. Excitement be tempered.

 

[Pargon]

I would have very conflicted feelings about it, because I really enjoyed the time I spent with The Witness.
I'd probably wait until it showed up in a bundle where you could set the split, or was given away on Amazon/EGS.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

No. I don't care how talented people think he is, I don't need to fund that idiot.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Nope.

 

[Mirage]

No. I don't care how talented people think he is, I don't need to fund that idiot.

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There's enough games out there that I don't have to support someone like that.

 

[kamineko]

yeah, they're running out of games, what choice would I have, there just aren't any games out there

 

[MadLaughter]

1. The world is too rich with interesting art by actual thoughtful and well-meaning creators to waste my limited minutes on this earth playing games by known dickheads.

2. As much as we all wish it wasn't this way, giving people money helps to maintain or build a platform for them, so if I paid for anything he worked on, I would be complicit in the reach of his harmful and moronic views.

 

[srtrestre]

This person isn't seeing a cent from me.

 

[Paladyn]

Nope. Not a fan of his games to begin with.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Nope. I'm not going to directly support dipshit anti-science misogynists like him. Plenty of other talented indie devs out there more deserving of my money.

 

[Exist 2 Inspire]

His games are pretty mid and he is a huge jackass so no, not at all.

 

[Bjorn]

This person isn't seeing a cent from me.

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Easy decision really

 

[Lobster Roll]

Don't like Jonathan Blow one bit and The Witness was one of most overrated games I've ever played so I don't exactly have a soft spot for his products either.

 

[Daniagatha]

I love the witness but after discovering he is a pos I prefer to invest my money in other games :D

 

[senj]

No. His games are fully up his own ass to begin with, so it's extremely hard to separate his views from his games and I expect they'd be intrinsically linked in whatever he does release in the future.

 

[Atolm]

Of course, one of the best creators out there.

 

[PennyPasta]

i don't like his games and i don't like him so... no

 

[SledGod]

I would be excited to see Soulja Boy play a new Jonathan Blow game.

 

[Kyuuji]

Nope lol.

 

[UraMallas]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWqnz-7iQbY

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I have never seen this but JEEEESUS what an insufferable twat.

 

[Kalor]

The Witness is one of my favourite games but I have no interest in financially supporting him. There's plenty of other media that isn't created by known pieces of shit.

 

[Plague-Doctor]

Braid was interesting but I thought the Witness was very overrated and honestly kind of annoying to play. His name being attached to a game wouldn't really sway me in either direction, would all depend on how the game itself looks

 

[chandlerbing55]

i think of it like an rpg where you allocate stat points. his was max on game design and min on intelligence. it is what it is. im still gonna play his games

life is easier when you just assume the ppl with the very wrong politics are dumb ppl. i guess thats me being a bigot but...true i am a bigot

 

[Woodswood]

Nah

 

[Triggerhappytel]

If you have some free time and fancy a laugh, watch him failing to play Breath of the Wild and blaming the game at every stage:


View: https://youtu.be/PCdx9Sd1JxI?si=Qsp3UfMQcxCqRm3V

 

[JasoNsider]

The Witness was one of the most interesting and well designed games I've ever played. But I'm out, unless he openly walks back some of his views/statements.

 

[julia crawford]

I can skip it.

 

[Minthara]

Nope. My time and money are precious and he doesn't deserve either.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

i think of it like an rpg where you allocate stat points. his was max on game design and min on intelligence. it is what it is. im still gonna play his games

life is easier when you just assume the ppl with the very wrong politics are dumb ppl. i guess thats me being a bigot but...true i am a bigot

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And negative points on Charisma

 

[Lord Vatek]

There are too many talented people who aren't pieces of shit out there to waste time on those who are.

 

[ShroudOfFate]

Nah. He's a shithead, Braid is just ok and the Witness almost ruined my TV from burn in.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Of course, one of the best creators out there.

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Here's a topic about how he thinks women are biologically less interested in coding than men: https://www.resetera.com/threads/jo...cally-less-interested-in-tech-than-men.11742/

 

[DinkyDev]

Well he's making a Sokoban game at the moment, so you'd at least need to like those first.

(and personally, not a fan of his)

 

[Kazhar]

I loved the gameplay of The Witness but the game itself was a tad pretentious.
I'm not that surprised its creator was revealed to be an idiot.

 

[z1ggy]

Not really interested in his work regardless of his views.

 

[Perzeval]

Sure, dude makes great games.

 

[Mivey]

I loved Braid, and I really enjoyed the Witness, one of the best puzzles games of all times. So yeah, sure. His views are dumb as fuck, but I don't need to like him to like his games.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

And here's Blow complaining about Cancel Culture after some dude was uninvited to a conference for basically saying black people taking the knee during the national anthem "disgust me"

Jonathan Blow threatens to boycott conferences that "disinvite speaker[s] due to "cancel culture"-style pressure" [UPDATE: He's a COVID truther too]

https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/1304892415744995329 https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/1304897455163469825 This is in response to Robert C Martin (also known as Uncle Bob) being disinvited to a conference (who then made a whiny blog post about it here) because of his political...

www.resetera.com

Blow is a real stand-up guy. I'm sure he has some other hits too.

 

[Bengraven]

He's a racist dick and anti-vax, so no. It's very easy - giving him money makes me uncomfortable.

 

[Pancracio17]

Eh... maybe not. I would struggle to view anything be makes as 'smart' if the dude has those views. Being smart is the whole appeal of puzzle games.