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Learn More About The Witness From Game Designer Jonathan Blow

Like many PC games, The Witness sits in my Steam backlog begging to be played. It's a beautiful exploration based puzzle game that was one of the top rated indie games of 2016. One downside to the documentary is that it contains a ton of game spoilers. That said, if spoilers don't matter to you or you've already played the game you really should watch this documentary. It's a great focus piece on the game and Jonathan Blow is a game designer I respect and is always fun to listen to.

The Witness Comes To Mac on Steam And The Apple Store!

Jonathan Blow released his follow up to Braid last year called The Witness. The Witness is a Myst like puzzle game that blends incredible visuals, a compelling story and deep puzzle mechanics that garnered rave reviews from gamers and the press. The game initially shipped on PC and PS4 and today released on Mac on Steam and the Apple Store. Recently The Witness was featured in the Humble Freedom Bundle and if you picked it up there on Steam you can now install it on your Mac like I did today.

The Humble Freedom Bundle Is An Amazing Cause And Pack of Games

The Humble Freedom Bundle launched today bringing one of the most insane game bundle values i've seen in quite some time. At the top of the Bundle it comes packed with The Witness, Stardew Valley, Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Subnautica, Nuclear Throne, Super Meat Boy & The Stanley Parable. This bundle also comes with some Audiobook love in the form of Cory Doctorow's "Information Doesn't Want To be Free" and "Walkaway" plus a ton of more indie games you might not have had a chance yet to play. Since I wanted to pick up The Witness and Stardew Valley I pulled the trigger on this immediately and then chipped in a bit more because it's a great cause.

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Travis Admin wrote on 02/15/2017 at 03:07am

Did you get a key for The Witness? I just bought it and I don't have one. It doesn't say they're sold out...

Travis Admin wrote on 02/15/2017 at 03:08am

NEVER MIND I'M A MORON.

For anyone buying this, you have to pick EITHER the Steam key OR DRM-free. You don't get both.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/15/2017 at 07:31pm

Right, I picked the key before they were sold out.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/16/2017 at 03:37am

They still aren't sold out. I just didn't see the switch at the top.

Also, they just added SIXTEEN more games! The gift that keeps on giving. Time to unlock a bunch more games.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/16/2017 at 05:34am

SO MANY !!

Travis Admin wrote on 02/16/2017 at 02:29pm

Also one of the games, Monster Loves You, was sold out but now it's back, and that key popped into my account with the other sixteen. SO even if you bought this while they were sold out of a game, keep checking because it looks like you'll still get it if they add more keys.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/17/2017 at 03:44am

More games keep trickling in. Keep checking it!

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/21/2017 at 02:20pm

The addition of Hand of Fate! Very cool. That's one that's been on my list for a long time. What a great bundle!

scrypt Supporter wrote on 02/21/2017 at 02:20pm

I realize I'm responding late, but I've been out of town and just now getting caught up on things ;)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/23/2017 at 01:48pm

Heh. No problem.

I've wanted to try Hand of Fate for some time so it was a really cool thing to see it added.

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Jonathan Blow's "The Witness" Will Launch January 26

This might be a day one purchase for me, if I had a PS4. Jonathan has mentioned it will come to PC but it seems it will be exclusive to the PS4 for a time. The Witness is a very beautiful game and I hope all the hard work has made it incredible. Are you interested to head into The Witness an explore an abandoned island?

"Hi everyone! We finally know the release date for The Witness: it’s 26th January 2016. That’s about four months from now, and it will be a very busy four months as we work hard to make the game the absolute best we can.

We’ll be very happy to get the game out into the world, because we’ve been working on it a long time! We originally thought The Witness... Read All