The Unbearable Now: An Interpretation of The Witness

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SPOILERS FOR THE WITNESS
Twitter: / electrondance
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FEATURED GAMES
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The Witness, Thelka - the-witness.net
Braid, Number None - braid-game.com
Sokobond, Hazelden & Lee - www.sokobond.com
* The Talos Principle, Croteam - www.croteam.com...
* Full Bore, Whole Hog Games - www.wholehog-ga...
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FOOTAGE
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The Last Mimzy
The Karate Kid
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Matrix
The Witness Consciousness - Vashishta Cave Talk With Anand [ • Go Beyond the Analysis... ]
MBSR Widening the Circle Video [ • MBSR Widening the Ci... ]
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MUSIC
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Worakls "Toi" - www.beatport.c...
N'To "Trauma" (Worakls Remix) - / nto-trauma-worakls-remix
Fauré Requiem Op.48, Angus Dei (perf. by The Sixteen) - www.amazon.co....
Worakls "Salzburg" - www.beatport.c...
Edvard Greig, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op 46, Anitra's Dance (perf. by Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra)
Edvard Greig, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op 46, In the Hall of the Mountain King (perf. by Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra)
b.lakes "Cemetary Walk" - nowdefuncrecor...
The.madpix.project "Bad Chick" - www.jamendo.co...
Edvard Greig, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op 46, Death of Åse (perf. by Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra) - www.amazon.com...
Howlround "A Viewless Sea" - thefogsignals.c...
Mikael Fyrek "Bathing in a River of Discordant Music" - www.kahvi.org/r...
Push-Pull "Liquid Mountain" - www.jamendo.co...
Lecyr "Luminautore" - www.jamendo.co...
Teho "Ade" - www.beatport.c...
Rémy Bourgeois "Nostalgic Memories" - remybourgeois....
* Rémy Bourgeois "Few Minutes of Us" - www.jamendo.co...
* Boris Brejcha "Lost Memory" - www.beatport.c...
Note: This video was monetized by the copyright holders of Toi & Requiem
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FURTHER READING
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Taming the Inexplicable, Liz Ryerson - thenewinquiry.c...
The Meaning of the Witness, Sean Han-Tani-Chen-Hogan - www.destructoid...
The Witness: What It Means, Jeff Grubb - venturebeat.com...
The Witness - A Great Game That You Shouldn't Play, Joseph Anderson (RU-vid) - • The Witness - A Great ...

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@InskayDanork 2 года назад

I remembered this video a few weeks ago and finally got around to watching it again. The sequence following 23:15 strongly reminded me of a Cioran quote and since I don't remember it being in the game I wanted to share it. "A zoologist who observed gorillas in their native habitat was amazed by the uniformity of their life and their vast idleness. Hours and hours without doing anything. Was boredom unknown to them? This is indeed a question raised by a human, a busy ape. Far from fleeing monotony, animals crave it, and what they most dread is to see it end. For it ends, only to be replaced by fear, the cause of all activity. Inaction is divine; yet it is against inaction that man has rebelled. Man alone, in nature, is incapable of enduring monotony, man alone wants something to happen at all costs - something, anything.... Thereby he shows himself unworthy of his ancestor: the need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla." - Emil Cioran, The Trouble with Being Born

@Electrondance 2 года назад

What a beautiful quote, thank you for sharing.

@not_herobrine3752 Год назад

returning to monke may have its benefits

@angellool9713 Год назад

Ψγηψψφ

@CJBooks4 7 месяцев назад

@@not_herobrine3752Agreed

@TheM8 10 часов назад

I read this in the voice of the witness woman.

@surrealentertainment 5 лет назад

Nothing short of astounding. Incredibly well put together video!

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@babbisp1 3 года назад

I can't believe that the absolute channel that is surreal entertainment could string together such a sentence and be a fan of The Witness. Pleasant surprise.

@rodrigosebastiancastilloac1156 3 года назад

OMG, ITS SURREAL ENTERTAINMENT. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.SURPRISED TO SEE YOU HERE, though

@shakewell42 3 года назад

Tf you doin, being a fan of the best game ever made?

@JosephAndersonChannel 8 лет назад

Wonderful video. Thank you for taking what must have been an extraordinary amount of time to make it. I know how much work must have gone into all the careful jumps and timing in clips, especially when flipping from puzzle panel to puzzle panel. I think the payoff was worth it. It's going to be invisible to most. They'll enjoy it without realizing it. I don't have much to say about the content itself because I already stated my case months ago. It's a great game that I am remembering more fondly as time goes by. Especially after playing the recent Inside. I hope this does well. It's one of the best produced videos I've ever seen on youtube.

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Joseph, the panel flipping was *the* very first scene I edited. It seemed like it would be "hard work" so wanted to get it out the way. But that kind of scene is always fun compared to the endless war with sound levels and transitions. "Oh no I have 0.5s less footage than I need for this bit, what do I do now?" I'm glad there a select few who recognise all that pain in the process :)

@jcrise827 7 лет назад

I have watched this video three times, I believe, and this video, philosophically speaking, is perfect. I felt a sense of clarity and content from beginning to end. I'm glad you included your sense of humor in this video. You did a great job into giving the content of the game a deeper meaning for the rest of us, deep thinkers.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

J Crise - as you replying to Mr. Anderson I never saw this comment. UNTIL TODAY. Grateful for your kind words. When I released the video I was a little nervous whether anyone would enjoy this or simply call it pretentious rubbish. (Of course, a small minority did, but I can live with that!) Always good to hear it reached people.

@IuliusPsicofactum 7 лет назад

You watched the video only three times? Oh that was 4 months ago. I have watched this videos so many times it is the perfect company while I work. It fills me. I feel I am going to cry. ;-;

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

IuliusPsicofactum, I used to think I held the record for "number of views" simply because I had to watch it during editing so many times! Honestly humbled that people such as yourself have got so much out of it.

@thoughtupquick 7 лет назад

This is the importance of critics. There is an art to appreciating art. And this kind of communication has to come from the audience, not the author. So I very much appreciate that you put this together!

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you! Glad that people are still discovering this film!

@dannyboi7877 4 года назад

It takes mastery to recognize mastery. This world would be a much different place if this was not the case.

@V_y-r_e 4 года назад

It takes a commenter to understand a commenter, therefore I do not understand this comment.

@everygameapainting772 7 лет назад

Oh, so that's how the goddamn triangles work

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

At least that's how I act on them now... but yep the number of triangles indicates the number of sides of that square you *must* draw through to solve the puzzle.

@Fickji 7 лет назад

A bunch of walkthroughs on steam and you're the one who gives the best explanation. Thanks. Oh and I hate those sound and color puzzles. Especially when the internet goes out. Now wheres my graph paper....

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you! And on my bucket list: "to hear the sound puzzles properly". Probably will happen on my deathbed. "I get it, Blow, I get---akkkk"

@Geophaser 5 лет назад

@@Electrondance It's the pitch of the sound! It's really simple!

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

Hello L E I W Δ Δ N! I get that, the only problem is that particular one I had a problem with - which I highlighted at the start of Act III - just didn't seem to match up for me. The number of notes never seemed to match the number of steps in the puzzle.

@EzraKnickelbine 7 лет назад

I think this is the perfect companion piece to The Witness. I never finished the game myself but I don't feel "spoiled" by this video given its thoughtfulness and depth. Also... what an ending!

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Ezra Knickelbine Thanks Ezra! It might seem strange after all this time but I was not sure the ending was going to work at all. Sometimes you're working so much in the dark you don't know whether you've actually disappeared up your own butt. My fave review some months ago was "sometime has actually managed to create a video about The Witness more pretentious than the game"

@EzraKnickelbine 7 лет назад

I gasped when I saw the rest of the link at the first frame, so I think it worked quite well! And now I've gone and looked at a bunch of your back catalog, and dang, you've got some compelling stuff. You might work on a slow schedule but I guarantee it will be a thrill when a new video of yours shows up in the ol' subscription box.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Ezra Knickelbine I switched to working on my book for the last few months and that's all but exhausted me! I'm probably switch back to working on A Field of Flowers (the next film) soon...

@christindbk6580 5 лет назад

This is one of the "hidden" gems on youtube. Incredible that probably one of the greatest interpretations of the game sits at 50,000 views. I am new to your videos, and find it amazing the amount of work you put into these, in order to create a great commentary on various games. Thank you, so much. :)

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

Thanks Chris. We can never understand the Mighty Algorithm of RU-vid. We can only pray to it and hope it delivers us more views next time around.

@RiccardoCasula 5 лет назад

- Sakshi bhava, "the witness consciousness", where you become the natural observer of your own mind. The Witness. This sums up the whole meaning of this game.

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

Thank you for watching, Riccardo.

@RonMadYTP 8 лет назад

Take a look at the volume bar...

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Yes, that's actually where I got the idea for what happens in the very final seconds of the film...

@RonMadYTP 8 лет назад

Fantastic video man, I love this game and this was enjoyable all the way

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Awesome! Thank you.

@stephenkamenar 7 лет назад

jon blow wants us to mute all videos... interesting

@DeathnoteBB 4 года назад

The progress bar too, though....

@franciscofarias6385 7 лет назад

Holy fuck I can't remember the last time I saw a video on RU-vid that was THAT good.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thanks Francisco! I've seen some pretty good cat videos, though!

@faresalmia5131 5 лет назад

OMG... I'm one of the players that started playing this game by their own at first and then eventually got stuck and relied too much on RU-vid videos later on until "finishing" the game and being disappointed (like most of the others) that it didn't have any deeper meaning or story.... but when I came across your video I had my mind completely blown away !!! I realize now how brilliant the developers of this game actually are.... I'm speechless !!! Thank you so much for this video !

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

You're welcome! I daresay I haven't figured everything out and I should have probably made more of the implication of "Western tech adopting and packaging Eastern mysticism for its own ends" (thus it fails). But it's good enough!

@thefullestcircle 7 лет назад

Fun fact: it's faster to walk from the Quarry dock to the Symmetry dock than it is to take the boat on its default speed setting.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Yes I think I only used the boat for certain journeys. Just high tailing by foot was sometimes faster.

@philc494 4 года назад

There are so many small choices of quotations, narration, music in this video that I can't begin to list all of them and how brilliant they were. You have produced your own work of art, and it is a beautiful tribute to what this game was and what the game tried to be. Please keep doing similar things, it's great to know there are similar souls out there! Thank you

@Electrondance 4 года назад

Thank you Phil. I've been working on a brand new thing since December and I've already missed all my deadlines for the new one. I'd like to say "it'll be done when it's done" but that just encourages me to sit in front of Netflix and take a break all the time!

@philc494 4 года назад

@@Electrondance I know the feeling - have you ever heard of the book The War of Art? It talks about "Resistance," a sort of shadow cast by the light of our creativity / desire to create great things that holds us back. As a creator you might find it quite interesting! Either way, I look forward to watching it when it comes out. “Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work. It will perjure, fabricate, falsify; seduce, bully, cajole. Resistance is protean. It will assume any form, if that’s what it takes to deceive you. It will reason with you like a lawyer or jam a nine-millimeter in your face like a stickup man. Resistance has no conscience. It will pledge anything to get a deal, then double-cross you as soon as your back is turned. If you take Resistance at its word, you deserve everything you get. Resistance is always lying and always full of shit.”

@Electrondance 3 года назад

@@philc494 Ha ha, I've not read the book - but I know this feeling! Progress is horribly slow. I spent several precious hours on a 30 second sequence yesterday and I'm still unhappy with it. I guess it did move forward, but it's dispiriting. Then again, it's not like I haven't seen this movie before...

@lachlanstill4813 8 лет назад

As someone who watches ungodly amounts of "highbrow" (and has even started making some analytical videos myself) let me tell you that this is one of the very best that I've seen. Truly remarkable in so many regards. You nailed the basics of analyzing the game and explaining its appeal, and most impressively you displayed a real understanding of and knack for utilizing the medium of RU-vid to the fullest. Hats off to you.

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you, Lachlan. I've been doing the odd video for years but it's only recently I've found my groove. But every time I finish one I need to rest for 1,000 years. ;)

@lachlanstill4813 8 лет назад

Electron Dance Trust me, as someone whose own content has not approached this level of ambition I completely understand that. :]

@carloscbl3 8 лет назад

Man! Your music timing, and mood, is extremely good

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you, it takes a lot of time getting all of that right. (Oh and I am still not happy, even after publishing.)

@yayflorida 8 лет назад

If the Witness was a gift, this was like the bow on top. Thank you for this!

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

You're welcome. I'm happy that so many people are really getting something out of the film.

@ArsenalAdamAce 6 лет назад

Amazing film. My brother and I just finished this game and were in awe. We had so many questions and no answer and this took care of it for sure. Thank you

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

No, thank you for watching this half-hour beast! And I'm pretty sure I don't have all the answers - nice to leave a little room for mystery. Take care.

@LB767 8 лет назад

Sir, this is one of the best video I have ever watched on RU-vid. I've played the game, watched many videos about it, speeches from Jonathan Blow, read articles etc. and this just made everything come together so well. I think I finally "got" what the game was all about. Thank you for making this, a like and a sub is the least I can do!

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you for appreciating my short film! Well, not that short really. I hope to have something new out in the next month...

@bradleywalker8642 2 года назад

If you plot the locations of the 6 Black Obelisks, you can draw lines between them that intersect near the lake. If you then connect Obelisks 1,3,5 via the intersection, and Obelisks 2,4,6 via the intersection, they form "inverted triangles" or "Y" shapes. Well, after solving all environmental puzzles for an Obelisk, it turns white. Do you remember what the white "Y" symbols do in a puzzle? They cancel out puzzle rules and thereby solve the puzzle. So if you find all the environmental puzzles on the island, and turn all 6 Black Obelisks into White Obelisks, then you form 2 giant white "Y" symbols on the island, which cancels out all the island's puzzle rules, and means you've solved the final puzzle - the island itself. Understand?

@mlodikk 5 лет назад

Ive entered bamboo forest. Ha, easy puzzles, maby this guy have no musical skills. And then I proceded to the forth puzzle... You son of a... Im now crying and laughing at the same time.

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

It's nice to know I am not alone!

@onthespiral4054 3 года назад

Sound puzzles were garbage. Much like the sound puzzle in Myst. Glad they paid homage

@ngwoo 4 года назад

Every now and then I look for a new let's play of this game since I can't experience it from the start blind again myself. When I can't find one or I find one where the person is clearly just using a guide, I come back and watch this video instead. It's maybe the best video essay about a video game I've ever seen.

@Electrondance 4 года назад

Gosh, thank you, ngwoo! There's been another surge of interest in the video again this week and I made the mistake of watching a little bit again and OH NO I CAN'T STOP

@niallsb 4 года назад

"This video is unavailable." Why do I feel that the link has always been an unavailable video and that this is a deliberate point you're making. I may never know.

@Electrondance 4 года назад

I fear you do not have the full link. There is something on the other side of the rainbow.

@niallsb 4 года назад

@@Electrondance I did see both sides of the rainbow, but perhaps it is the lens with which I view it that's leading me astray. One second...

@niallsb 4 года назад

Haha, it was neither. I had all the information but a cross became a zigzig in my fatigue-blurred mind. Thanks for the response. I enjoyed the videos and you've got another subscriber.

@Electrondance 4 года назад

@@niallsb Wonderful. I thought for a moment I had to direct you to the other half of the link! I should learn my lesson. RU-vid links are notoriously difficult to scribble down intact...

@ethanheadrick7027 4 года назад

Just found these!!! I had hmfound the first part!!! Now to find out he second!

@zydeas 8 лет назад

One of the best produced analysis videos I've seen on this site. Marvelous. Keep doing what you're doing, and I will surely watch.

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you, Zargy. Have a couple of ideas for the next film, but I won't start work on it for a little while. I have a lot of writing on hold and my brain needs a reboot after a recent intensive work on the film!

@TheEliteJohan 6 лет назад

I've kept some videos on hold until I played The Witness and just finished it earlier. To my surprise, this random video that popped up besides them was the one that struck me the hardest. I don't know what specific praise I could give that wouldn't take away from the other aspects of the video, absolutely brilliant work.

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

Hello Johan! Thank you for saying so. People still finding this video two years on is really gratifying. Each film pushes me close to madness, because they feel like impossible to finish, that there is always one more thing to do, one more thing to change, one more thing that feels out of place. And then it's out and you're all "imposter syndrome" about it. Positive reaction to this has been far bigger than I expected. (I still wish I could change the intro sequence though!!)

@OldWorldFanatic 3 года назад

I saw this not long after it debuted. In the years since and the now dozens of times I've seen it, this remains one of the most impactful things I've ever witnessed. As a game developer, this, along with your video essay on video game exploration, has shaped my view of the medium. Thank you.

@Electrondance 3 года назад

It's lovely to know, CCCD, that the rather-a-lot-of-hours I spent on the making the film has had such an effect on others and still does! Keeps nudging me on with the current project :)

@Xetaas 3 года назад

When playing The Witness for the first time, I never got to experience the “epiphany” of solving my first environmental puzzle. I noticed them from time to time, but I never thought to solve them until learning about them online after finishing the game. I really love this game, and I would do anything to be able to experience the game blindly again but with the addition of “that moment.”

@Electrondance 3 года назад

I watched my family played and they, sadly, couldn't reach that epiphany without help either. I have a long Twitter thread on this tale over here: twitter.com/ElectronDance/status/1228362576322613250

@XeenimChoorch-nx8wx 2 месяца назад

Don’t feel bad- I watched Terminator 2 already knowing Arnie was the good guy. Apparently it was a “holy sht” moment in the theatre when he shoot’s T1000 in the hallway instead of John Connor

@MondSemmel 8 лет назад

Wow, that was pretty phenomenal in terms of production value, depth of criticism, etc. I even encountered stuff hadn't seen even on forums hotly discussing the game's secrets, e.g. the source of the final lines before the game resets. Thanks a lot for making this!

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you, that's great! I was hoping I could have surprises for even the most battle-hardened veteran of The Witness.

@FrancoBegby 7 лет назад

I even sat through your credits... what have you done to me? Great video

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Oh no, you're going to sit through every Let's Play without skipping forward *forever*!!

@limousinfabien625 4 года назад

Hi! I recently "uncompleted" The Witness (about one week ago) and I currently am in the "now that it's done and my mind is blown, let's watch every video about it and see what the other players thought" phase. Your video is AMAZING. It made me feel this sense of epiphany the game conveys again. Your video enlights me in many ways. Incredible job. I feel smart again after having uncompleted the game and felt very dumb and impatient (these words might be synonyms in the game's universe). Thanks a lot, really.

@Electrondance 4 года назад

Thanks for dropping by and writing some nice things about my little RU-vid adventure. Much appreciated, all of it.

@arbitrayer 8 лет назад

Wow, I am so impressed by this video. Seriously, I felt like it captured all of the most valuable knowledge I learned about the subjects presented in this game and conveyed them in such a clear and concise, yet extremely thorough way. Truly a great video, keep up the great work man. I'd love to see you're interpretation of a game like Inside as well.

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thanks! I tend to write/make films about subjects I find interesting. They don't even need to be *great*. I've a few ideas for the next film but nothing decided yet...

@darkgiggsxx 6 лет назад

As many others have said, this is the best video I've seen. It's only fitting that it's about one of the best games I've ever played. I've watched it "a few" times already and will probably continue doing so. Not only did you nail what the game was about, but the presentation and pacing is flawless. Thank you for what you did.

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

Thank you :) Keeps me energised to work on the next film! On watching more than once: I try not to start watching any of my films - particularly this one - because I have a horrible tendency to just watch them through when I was supposed to be doing something else! You know, like the next film...

@trollbreeder2534 5 лет назад

...and a dream.

@martimpintopaiva3628 3 года назад

The chills...

@gestiondeproyectosmaster6618 16 дней назад

Playing this game was the best gaming experience of my life, yet I still missed some of the deep thoughts hidden in it. With this video you took me back to when I first played the witness a couple of years ago. Honestly, I can’t praise enough the quality of the music, video cutting, voiceover, script and even comedy in this video. Thanks so much and all the best!

@Electrondance 12 дней назад

@@gestiondeproyectosmaster6618 Thank you! There are still things I'd like to change, if I were of unsound mind, but nothing will ever be perfect.

@karllenasson 5 лет назад

Fantastic video, probably one of the best pieces of art I've seen on RU-vid ever.

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

Thank you Karl. Still a bit unreal to me to have so many people turn up and stay for the full half hour!

@MasDouc 11 месяцев назад

This is one of my favorite youtube videos of all time. Criminally underrated.

@oscarloria 10 месяцев назад

Agree, even Dayo loves this video.

@StevenJosephLee 6 лет назад

I really enjoyed this video. The Witness has endured with me a long time since I first played it and I find myself thinking about it a lot. This is one of the best analyses of the game I've seen. Thank you very much for your work.

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

Thank you Steven. I, too, still reflect positively on the time I spent with the game.

@StevenJosephLee 6 лет назад

Electron Dance I find myself thinking perhaps too much on how the game should be perceived. Obviously there is the construct idea, but I cannot help but be drawn to the notion that it is in a decayed state, but that state is too intentional to be true.

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

Some of the unanswered questions keep me up at night, too :) e.g. full meaning of the figures inside of the castle

@StevenJosephLee 6 лет назад

When I was first playing the game I was tempted to go through and document all of the statues. I love their style and wonder what each of them means, or why they are where they are. I feel like there is so much more to pick through in The Witness, even if that's not the point.

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

And that's the thing, right? The Witness warns you to stop searching, that beyond a certain point you're grasping at truth straws: you're not actually achieving anything and constructing meaning from phantoms. That's why I don't do any more digging into The Witness, even though I haven't understood some parts of it. There are still players who think there might be another ending to the game and making "clues" out of the noise. I don't want to fall into that trap here, even though that can be fun at times - during my videogame childhood I could draw labyrinthine mysteries out of the smallest game glitches!

@ChestersonJack 7 лет назад

This video... something about it.... the editing, the narration style. It feels like it touches my soul. How dare you...? Truly, how?

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

I wish I knew! This one seemed to affect people more deeply than I had expected. I anticipated a lot more negative comments along the lines of vapid pretentiousness :) I was terribly let down by the RU-vid community: seems the comments are mainly positive!

@rodrigopacheco12 8 лет назад

you just won a new subscriber! Wow, I didnt expect this much talent and effort in this video, but im glad I made the leap to watch it. Fantastic stuff.

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! It really wasn't supposed to be half an hour long, meant to be something like 10-15 minutes...

@autumnaxiom 3 года назад

5:56 The image in the stereogram is the circle and line... Well done, sir.

@Electrondance 3 года назад

Thank you Axiom - I know not every viewer would have the patience to seek out the hidden truth. :)

@Subcide 7 лет назад

Really great. What's sad is that by half way through the video, I'd actually got a new email, FB message, and twitter mention... :/

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

After the Waypoint article, I can't ignore my phone which is buzzing with notifications...!

@Losty316 5 лет назад

I think this is the closure that I needed after finishing The Witness. The 20 seconds of emptiness bit at the end was perfect. Thank you so much for this amazing work.

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

Thank you for being so kind.

@mjmalkin 8 лет назад

This video is incredible. Why it has only 4K views I will never understand. I went through your whole back catalog of videos and they are all thought-provoking.

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you Michael! It's always great for people to discover and, moreover, LIKE the previous films. Why does it only have 4,000 views? I do not know. The mysteries of the internet. Perhaps I do not appeal enough to people to share or retweet. But each new film I do seems to do better than the last. If I recall correctly, Into the Black got around 1,500 views in its first week - whereas The Unbearable Now got 3,000. Maybe the next film will do 6,000 during opening week...

@NikolasRex 6 лет назад

I'm not quite sure what to make of this. I stumbled upon it quite by accident while watching The Witness playthroughs, and I loved it. I love the music you used and the somewhat cheeky but also overall introspective nature of your critique.

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

Thank you! I have an automatic reflex to undermine myself if I get too serious, it's an built-in safety feature in my writing to protect me from going full-frontal pretentious. I like to think even if viewers didn't learn anything, at least they were entertained.

@Sabbz22 7 лет назад

just wanted to let you know how much your work is appreciated with this video. after watching a few others with millions of views, all of which dissed the game and sadly must have deterred people from playing it, it was great to see someone "get it" as much as you. and you have the video chops to back it up and make an entertaining video. keep up the good work!

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you! I was hoping the film would be interesting even for those who didn't/wouldn't play the game.

@voytxt Год назад

Best sound design I have ever seen on RU-vid, I love your use of music and sync!

@Electrondance Год назад

Thank you so much Vojta. I think I'm more interested in making music videos than videogame essays! 🤔

@Oldstalk 3 года назад

I watched this video 3 or 4 times now, and this is still the best content I've ever seen on RU-vid.

@Electrondance 3 года назад

Thank you! Still amazed that this one gets replayed a lot.

@notaaroniswear 2 года назад

Watched this video some years ago. At least once a year I come back and watch it again, it's too good.

@Electrondance 2 года назад

Thanks, Not Aaron. Hopefully they'll be something new on the channel within the next month... hopefully...

@brentjohnson9593 8 лет назад

This is a phenomenal video. The Witness was my favorite game of this year so far and watching theories and all of the content produced surrounding it has really nailed it home for me.Keep up the great great work!

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thanks! I'm trying out No Man's Sky right now and I wondered if I should make a film about it but... it just doesn't excite me very much so far.

@fandegw 8 лет назад

This is beyond any quality video I could find on RU-vid. This video is fantastic. Always perfect moment for each joke, the video is less about the game than your perception and analysis of it, and at this level of analysis, presented in a comprehensive and meaningful way, this is just brilliant. The end with the little meta-joke is also brilliant. Even the little secret challenge make a reference to the game. I could not handle your video without feeling overwhelmed emotionally, and your 20s of silence just finished me.

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you so much! The silence & boat was sketched out very early on and I wasn't sure it would work until it was in place. (You can't really tell unless you've got all that weight of content before it.) The original pause was actually meant to be a countdown with some dramatic music but I realised that silence was probably way more effective/appropriate. I'm really pleased you got something out of the ending; for me, it's the most important part of the film.

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

I had a little browse of the video! I tried out RU-vid's unreliable English subtitles and it was pretty horrible :) But I get the point. Silence is, indeed, powerful in many films. My memory of watching Trois couleurs is lots of silences. That's not true, but strangely that's what I recall.

@BrunoB78 8 лет назад

best videogame youtube video ever

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Damn it I knew I should've monetized :)

@limme2001 3 года назад

Found this video now and the witness has since it came out been my favorite game. I didn’t necessarily reflect on everything in such a deep manner but I sought truth and played the game for hours on repeat. The effort put into this video matched the effort put into the game. One of the best videos I’ve seen on RU-vid! Thank you

@Electrondance 3 года назад

Thanks Linus. I can confirm that this video was responsible for many late nights but I can also confirm I didn't take 7 years to make it!

@kyriakoszarifis833 7 лет назад

Thank you for creating this. Watching it brought some more of those amazing feelings and thoughts that came while playing the game. I, like most people, consider anything on RU-vid longer than a few minutes "too long", and yet at the end of this video I found myself wanting more. Just like with those 20 seconds, which I had to go back later and check they weren't 10, because you managed to make them feel precious, although I like most people, can't normally sit still for just a few. I think you really hit the nail on the head. Among everything I have seen, your analysis is by far the best - and closest to what I too got out of the game. Everyone who played the Witness needs to watch this; and everyone needs to play the Witness.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

I'm glad others have managed to "feel" the game like I did and be able to experience it again through this film. I deliberately included that I didn't "get" Braid to clarify that I fully expected to bounce off any messages in The Witness. It won me over, as opposed to being some sort of Braid fanboy. What I love about those 20 seconds - without any countdown which I'd considered in the early draft script - is how long they really feel. Just 20 seconds! I don't know if everyone needs to play The Witness. Some people are absolutely terrible at logic puzzles and making them play the game would probably be a special kind of hell for them. Actually, if they led a bad life, I imagine Hell would involve being forced to play logic puzzles forever.

@DeltaForce1522 5 месяцев назад

I watched this video long ago but didn't comment, and I wanted to come back here and let you know that it's one of the best videos I've ever seen. Thank you for making it. It expanded my thoughts about this beautiful game and is an absolute pleasure to watch as well.

@Electrondance 5 месяцев назад

Thank you. I still dream of posting something new to this channel. It is not abandoned...

@ab14g22 7 лет назад

This video is the best documentary so far, about the amazing feeling we feel when playing The WItness.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you! Currently trying to add full English subtitles...

@CreeperOnYourHouse Год назад

So it has been many years since I first watched this video, but whenever I've seen any content on the Witness it's been on my mind, and now that it's crawled back into my RU-vid feed, I'm gonna comment on it again; On a now long-gone VOD of Aliensrock playing this game like 2-3 years ago, he actually did that puzzle on the ship, the one you commented on that has no logical solution. He was able to take the clues from the surrounding audio, and also somehow come to the conclusion that there was an invisible line, and complete it. It took him 10 tries or so, but he did it without looking anything up on stream.

@Electrondance Год назад

I'm not sure I actually said there was no logical solution but I didn't figure out the audio cues (the *secret video* make this point). But I can easily imagine some people cracking it. Anecdotally, I heard the ship puzzle caused the most anguish, with players finding it too obtuse.

@rjnye 7 лет назад

What a fantastic breakdown of the themes in The Witness. Super well-produced!

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you RJ!

@thisisayoutubeaccount.4356 7 лет назад

This interpretation is a bit beyond me. However this video is amazing in execution in my opinion. The last ten seconds, the audiolog thing you did at the beginning, the karate kid comparison and many more good ideas which are so well executed.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you, RU-vid account :) Thinking back, I was lucky with the Karate Kid bit because I've seen many critics make "wax on, wax off" comparisons with other games. Conceptually, it's not new, and I was probably just the first to make it visual!

@RekenberGlastenheim 5 лет назад

25:56 "How long does 25 seconds feel?" I dunno, I read through some of the comments while waiting… hurrdydurr… In all seriousness, I clapped for like 7 seconds after that. I think that the art of taking a pause is something we as a species is slowly unlearning. "Life is like a flash in a pan, and every moment counts", they said. But really, with the inevitability of "busy-ness" invading our lives, there's no guarantee of being able to make the most out of "mindfulness" or "meditation", unless you have all the time in the world. Heck, some even warp those activities, transforming them into "focus-finders", claiming increased productivity at work, the very thing that "a pause" is trying to detach you from. By putting this into a game, the hidden truth is lost to the achievements, the collectibles, and the fame of walkthroughs, speedruns, and let's plays. But alas, having this as an audiobook would bore me too… Welp. Excuse my rambling, just want to vent it out…

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

No, no, I think that's fair. One of the messages of The Witness which I missed initially - and I would have added it had I done the film later - was about the urge to distill Eastern spirituality into a Western-friendly package. That while machine of The Witness is attempting to better life, it is a reflection of how mindfulness is used to manage the stress of existence rather than ask questions about why that existence is so stressful. And the way we are driven to ultra-productivity and FOMO, to eliminate daydreaming in favour of purpose and action, is not a positive development. The machines were meant to help us, but all they do is tell us where we are failing and how we could get better - by someone else's definition of better. Haven't you done your 10,000 steps? Did you achieve your personal targets today? How are your calorie levels? How are your anxiety levels? You should be worried about your anxiety levels, they are too high. Incidentally - this is one of the reasons I did not 100% The Witness. I had learnt the lesson. I got from The Witness exactly what I needed and did not feel the importance of demonstrating my faith to a particular software.

@RekenberGlastenheim 5 лет назад

@@Electrondance Thank you for taking the time to read my reply, and letting me ramble. I honestly gave up halfway and used some walkthroughs to progress - only to lose interest afterwards. That could be why my mind is so disturbed by this game: it tries to give you a way to "take things slowly" but not exactly providing the right atmosphere to it. You need to keep your mind running and not allowing it to "rest through the maze"; solve puzzles, think, clear gauntlets of zones, think, analyze the theme of an area, think, use the theme to beat the area, think, clear more puzzles, think, think, think… I agree with your perspective of "the game is trying to translate Eatern philosophies for a Western audience"; we were taught that "there's joy in the mundane", and while that's not necessarily true all of the time, it kept us working. A "pause" won't easily break that.

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

Totally fine to get bugged by the game. I'm having a long discussion with someone else who is working through The Witness for the first time and finding it annoying to have to go "find puzzles" and is getting lost. Whereas for me, this was one of the best things about the game, that enforced pause, the potential to get lost and not be directed at all times. But it doesn't matter at the end of the day. If it clicks for you, it clicks, if it don't - it don't.

@maxvenker736 5 лет назад

@@Electrondance This is a fascinating thing to discover so recently. I may not directly reply to your comment or Reken's, but it relates to either. I recently decided to watch videos and such on the ending as I felt it was time to move on to new games. I totally enjoyed the mystery, yet sometimes despised it. It is something beautiful that can be portrayed from something so simple. I feel after this video, I feel content. I feel able to move on and potentially come back to this game to rediscover it and contemplate its magnificence again. I hope to make games like this someday, ones that leave a long lasting change in perception of the world. I love how Jonathan Blow describes that exact thing in an interview he has with another channel. Those are all the thoughts I have. A great video, one that allows to contemplate, wait, and....dream

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

My little asides about "pretentiousness" are based in my feelings when I spun up The Witness initially. I didn't like all those little clips. Nothing seemed to add up to anything. It was just a jumble with no coherent theme coming through. But I could dig the puzzles. The puzzles were great. Somehow, through the process of the working through the game, I really fell in love with the thing. It all started with realising the journey up the mountain instantly resulted in a rapid vertical descent - you can't have one part of the mountain climb metaphor without the other half - and I was hooked. I still thought the audio clips didn't quite do the game justice - there is something pompous about their delivery, like listening to earnest poetry on open mic night - but I could better appreciate them as part of the whole. Thanks for watching the film and hanging out.

@VideoG101 4 года назад

Just recently went on the witness journey, and saw a few vids on youtube talking about it (including this one, of course). This is the best one, because it blends your own style and love with the game. You express ideas so well that i think others on this platform may have missed. I think you get it right. I like this a lot.

@Electrondance 4 года назад

Thank you! Still happy to be wrong about anything, really, although I do think I missed out on covering the McMindfulness critique.

@dafurious6457 3 года назад

This is a really beautiful interpretation of this amazing game! There are so many people who don't like the game for a lot of reasons, but I absolutely love it.

@Electrondance 3 года назад

Thanks, DaFuriouS. Glad you enjoyed the video.

@DensetsuVII 8 лет назад

This is the first video of yours I've seen - (came from RPS) - I gotta say, you've taken a large amount of the poignancy of the Witness and made it far more palatable, and for that I'm quite ingratiated. Keep up the good work. *subscribed

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thanks so much! I wanted to make as transparent as possible the link between playing The Witness and some of the high falutin' ideas inside it. Maybe I should've called this The Witness Unboxing Vid.

@AlecPrice 5 лет назад

Criminally underrated video, I love this

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

Thanks Alec, much appreciated.

@skooore 2 года назад

I was curious how many times I have watched this video by now, so I checked my YT logs. I first watched it in January of this year (2021). I've since watched it at least once a month for a total of at least 20 times (it does not count immediate rewatches, I think). Sometimes in every-day-for-a-few-days spurts. I've recommended it to many people over these months and consider it to be part of the The Witness Canon. I've just watched it again. Like The Witness, it is an Oasis of Calm and Thorough Contemplation that you want to return to in order to fire up those neurons once again. In these days, watching somebody just make sense for half an hour is an absolute treat. One thing I have started to wonder in the past few rewatches - is that jump cut at 21:10 a transition that bugged out? (I mean the one from circle-and-line to zen circle.) And thank you. (also: Hey! I was the guy who got you hooked on Simons LP! ;-) Sorry!)

@Electrondance 2 года назад

I've lost count of how many times I've watched the source mp4 on my PC :) I'm sure you're not the only person to have noticed but you are the first to have mentioned it. The circle to zen motif switch is an entirely deliberate jump cut. :) Can you refresh my memory - the Simons LP...?

@Electrondance 2 года назад

Sorry I got it now! Cracking the Cryptic! I thought you were talking about music (LP)!!

@skooore 2 года назад

@@Electrondance Hah! Did you see he recently moved on to The Challenge? As for the jump cut: And I thought I had uncovered a flaw! Of course not!

@Electrondance 2 года назад

@@skooore I checked out Cracking the Cryptic running through The Challenge after you mentioned it (while I was on holiday!). It was pretty fun, was amazed that he did figured out the puzzle=map aspect so quickly. I never worked that out! One of those things the internet told me while I was working on The Challenge.

@skooore 2 года назад

@@Electrondance I'm only halfway through that video, but casually scrubbed over the timeline to see that he got through the whole thing. Just amazing. And a lot of the extra puzzles that took me many, many approaches - he just blazed through them... I think partly why I don't watch the rest is because I don't want to know whether it's the last video or whether he makes a commitment to explore further. Still - always a marvel to watch him play and his LP got me thinking a lot about the nature of spoilers on many levels and meta levels in the game. It's quite something.

@galic249 8 лет назад

this video is pure brilliance. thank you very much for making it!

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you! It makes the months of grind putting this film together worth it :)

@boredishfish2717 3 месяца назад

9:00 my heart still jumps when the music starts

@Electrondance 2 месяца назад

This piece is forever ruined for me. The Witness is wot did it.

@Dropdeaddonuts 4 года назад

I played this game for hours and didn’t understand what I was experiencing or why. This video was incredibly well made and gave me the answers I sought

@Electrondance 4 года назад

Thank you N W.

@rickwoods5274 2 года назад

I keep coming back to this video, and rewatching it. I've typed up several comments here only to delete them because the words on the screen are always insufficient to express my appreciation for it. So here's just a comment to simply say: Thanks, once again :)

@Electrondance 2 года назад

Much thanks for watching and commenting. More fuel to keep going with the next one which is taking far too long. I'll be dead at this rate before it gets finished...

@hotdog782 7 лет назад

Amazing video. I'm working on my own interpretation video about The Witness and it's nice to find someone who agrees with a lot of the things I thought. And thank you for those 20 seconds of silence. I'm a teenager with ADHD and a total wuss when it comes to even thinking about jumpscares, so both of those made me twitch my hand towards the mouse, but I sat through it nonetheless. Again, great video, thank you for making it!

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Oh man, jumpscares would be totally inappropriate! (Although saying that there was something sudden at the end of the preview video which I did receive a complaint about.) Thanks for the kind thoughts and good luck with your own piece! I'm sure there's plenty more to be excavated! I didn't talk very much about individual statues or some of the landscape features, for example.

@hotdog782 7 лет назад

Also I wanted to ask: what's the creepy audio at the beginning?

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Uh that would be my daughter's night terrors slowed down and played over itself a few times. And there's another sound effect on (rising to climax) which I cannot remember offhand.

@kntautsos 7 лет назад

After watching the video and the reactions of the viewers I got to feel one of the topics in the game: Aw. Awesome to see such fine videomaking and at the same time explaining things so well informed and clear to everyone. Awesome to see that pretty much everyone who commented in the video had a similar reaction (on the side: 1300 likes also >>>>>> 13 dislikes :OO). Not only that, noticing that you replied to almost all the comments feels awesome as well. Thank you, really

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you, kntautsos. I think it was hardest keeping up with the comments when I was shared by top Spanish RU-vidr DayoScript. Wow, the comments came in thick and fast that day, and it was exhausting trying to keep up. There's always the possibility that the comments will eventually go south - if you reach a certain popularity threshold, you can end up with a comment avalanche which is difficult to respond to and maintain. Right now, I can still manage :) Fun facts: This is not my most popular video (and actual top video is just game footage that has been embedded in many sites) but secondmost. And my most disliked video is the Bioshock Infinite one with some comments to match. I actually deleted one of its comments recently, which was not something I ever expected to do. I can't believe it is August and I haven't released a proper new film yet! (Blame buying a house, which blew my life up for months.) I just have to keep plugging away at the new production...

@evangel57 3 месяца назад

oooh, that moment with the car in the forest got me. Well said. I was wondering what those icons were throughout the video. Well done.

@Electrondance 3 месяца назад

Thanks, I actually get quite a few complaints about the icons!

@Hi-sk3kc 6 лет назад

The greatest video on RU-vid for the greatest game I have played. Thank you so much for this and good job

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

I am humbled that you think so!

@jesusserrano6847 7 лет назад

One of the best videos i seen in youtube, the academic tone, the investigation, the style, the references, the patience of a zen master to playing these demanding game, but the funny side too. If you can talk about games like Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian, Bioshock, etc, i think much of the guys playing these games really understand the serious conections of his hobby with the rest of the art produce by the human being, and his importance. These video is ilumination for me, no less, thank you, find your channel make my day.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you! I would only do a film about a game if I felt like I could add something new! The trouble with popular games is that they have been talked out and it might not be possible to say something interesting and fresh... With The Witness, I didn't feel like I'd read/heard something that pulled it all together. It takes a long time to make these videos so I only find the time to do 2-3 a year. The next one will look at No Man's Sky and the one after that *probably* about some... videogame theory.

@jesusserrano6847 7 лет назад

I´m your new fan mister, and look forward to read your book, (when it comes) thank you!

@franzpattison 6 лет назад

I played the game for hours and I didn't complete a single pezzle

@propername4830 3 года назад

Awesome

@ForeverMasterless 3 года назад

Amazing. The Witness is one of the best games I've played. I felt like I had a spiritual experience, and none of the story interpretations or theories I saw floating around at the time felt right to me at all. Especially many who dismissed the game as being about "perspectives, mannn." Yours feels true, like you actually found the intent Blow had, and explained why a game induced such a still presence and peace in me in a way a game hadn't before. Obviously it's because it was meant to be an expression of zen concepts in video game form. Seems obvious now, but it took true insight to see that. You have a gift, imo.

@Electrondance 3 года назад

I was there too, at the beginning, thinking it was all about different perspectives. IIRC, my "conversion" began with noting the climb/descent motif as climbing towards enlightenment and then a crash when that enlightenment doesn't really answer any questions at all. And, of course, that's *literally* true of the standard ending. Thank you for spending the time here.

@gregoriocalleri1567 5 лет назад

The Witness is the best game ive ever played and this video

@phantasos12 8 лет назад

This video is incredibly thoughtful and the time and effort you must have put into it really shows. I really enjoyed the personal style. It's truly a short film with creative edits and good film-making skills on display. There are no shortage of video creators out there simply typing out a review or essay, reading it aloud, and showing random footage of the game and it's refreshing to find someone taking time to create something unique with a personal style. What you do takes much more effort and it doesn't go unnoticed. Subscribed for sure and I'm about to watch your previous videos right now. edit: edited wording slightly

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you phantasos12, it's nice to hear. The particular structure/style is also why I cannot possibly match the output of others simply because each one takes so... many... hours. But rest assured something new is coming this month!

@veryn8058 7 лет назад

I finally fucking understand, welcome to my subscription box, my friend.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

This definitely rates as one of the most awesome responses to being told to watch a dead space for twenty seconds ;)

@sevilzook9199 Год назад

this. this is it. this is what I've been waiting for. Someone to put together my thoughts on this masterpiece of a game and filled in with spiritual context I was lacking and put it all together beautifully. I love you.

@Electrondance Год назад

Thank you Sevil. Your comment is most kind.

@jmarvins 3 года назад

I wish 3.4 million impressionable minds had seen this rather than first heard Joseph Anderson's (so far as I can tell) somewhat undercooked complaints about this game's themes and meaning. It seems Joseph's opinions have shifted somewhat and he appreciates this interpretation, from his comment, but unfortunately the video remains as it was. I don't believe that Blow was trying to troll or trick the audience at all with this one (at least, not past the way that a koan trolls you) - the whole thing about 'valuing your time' and 'no filler' is completely unironic, and it's a sad state of affairs that I see thousands of comments on Anderson's video complaining that the animations are too slow and the game lacking in variety as if either of those contradicted the idea that the game values your time. This game values their time more than they value their own, clearly!

@Electrondance 3 года назад

Thanks John. It is what it is! I'd forgotten all about the charge that The Witness wastes your time. So much of this, of course, is a feature of our current condition. We are told that time is money, our time is valuable - so the only relaxation that is beneficial is one that is quantified: badges on your fitbit, virtual spaces that can be combed for collectibles, getting through your infinite list of films and more. Everyone has that spirit of procrastinative rebellion, though, we can't always be productive in every element of our leisure time. It is so sad, however, to see applications of genuine time destruction lauded over something that tells you to use that time. It is what it is.

@indijohnson 2 года назад

Genuinely a great review. I look forward to watching more, and I appreciate your attempt to communicate more than what you said or showed, and instill a feeling in the viewer. It's taken me about three days of setting aside ten minutes each to watch this, and I really appreciate that you took so much time to put it together and post it.

@Electrondance 2 года назад

Thanks Indijohnson. It's true, I tend to spend much more time in trying to convey a feeling instead rather than just presenting information for consumption. Somewhat the bane of my video work :S

@indijohnson 2 года назад

@@Electrondance I think it's worth it, but that's just, like, my opinion, man.

@airu7342 7 лет назад

Jeez. the messenger popup had me looking edit: typed this as i saw it loving the video so far edit2: just finished the video and I loved it. the 20 seconds silence was impactful great video

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Excellent, actual live commentary! I had no idea if the 20s would "work" for a game playing audience used to, well, Let's Plays and machine-gun commentary. So pleased to find out it was the right move.

@ch10031a 6 лет назад

I just finished the game and watching stuff online about it. This is the first video of yours that I'm watching, and I gotta say, it so impressive that I had to pause to instant fave it and subscribe. I didnt manage to decipher the link in the end (cant make out the last letter is neither S or 8), but anyway, hope you post more in the future. Im off to watch your other vids.

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

The link is not complete. You might need to go back to the beginning. The answer may have been in front of you all along.

@bradleywalker8642 3 года назад

@@Electrondance Ah, the clue I needed.

@bradleywalker8642 3 года назад

28:14 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XKu-UduZ8-c.html

@rr00mm111 7 лет назад

Can't stop watching from 6:25 to 7:45 on a loop, best demonstration of the "aha moment" I've ever seen, thanks for the feels!

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you Romain! That scene had been playing out in my head repeatedly for two months before I finally got around to making it, so glad it has worked some magic on you!

@morganmcgill3169 8 лет назад

Dayoscript brought me here.

@muffinchini 7 лет назад

me too

@speedy7834 6 месяцев назад

I have watched thousands of RU-vid vids on a myriad of topics and never once felt compelled to comment and say ‘genius’. Apart from this video. Absolutely brilliantly done and fascinating. Genius.

@Electrondance 6 месяцев назад

Appreciated, gone to my head and created imposter syndrome :)

@speedy7834 6 месяцев назад

@@Electrondance😂

@YouFightLikeACow 7 лет назад

Amazing video! And that ending is awesome!

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you, Victor!

@bradleywalker8642 3 года назад

28:14 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XKu-UduZ8-c.html

@everydayuntilyoulikeit1501 6 лет назад

I ruined The Witness for myself. On occasion I wish to myself that I had not done so and played it blind. There are other games, books, plays and films I have ruined for myself, but I never think back on them with true regret of having spoiled them. This I think, is the highest compliment I can offer The Witness.

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

Truth be told, I accidentally spoiled The Witness towards the end. It's usually the case I feel more emboldened to seek out chatter about a game as I get close to its ending. But I read an article that spoilt The Other Ending casually... and that was that. It wasn't a fatal blow but some of the mystery was extinguished just like that. Mystery is such a fragile experience.

@galic249 7 лет назад

Thank you for this. You are an amazing person

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you! Although I can think of some people I know IRL who might disagree! :)

@abaddon75 7 лет назад

I thoroughly enjoyed this video, especially the wink at the elevator sequence at the end of your presentation is a nice touch, I am now going to shut my computer off and do something profoundly different. Be mindful.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you! Wait, come back, there'll be more videos, let me send you notifications subscribe subscribe follow follow...

@kenzoutenma 8 лет назад

On my way to overcome anxiety, the game was an important part and thanks to your video I understand much better now how and why. Thank you, and congratulations.

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Anxiety is a difficult beast to shake off, good luck on keeping anxiety under control.

@BerkeHitay 7 лет назад

I'm joining the herd of admirers! Fantastic, fantastic video! It is so detailed and meticulously done that I'm tempted to make an analysis of your analysis masterpiece. In fairness, I should leave it with my utmost praise. Thank you for making this. In my eyes, one of the best on this domain.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thank you, Berke! It... really wasn't supposed to be this long! And I had all this extra material about the design of The Witness I still had lying around so pushed all that into the secret video. I hope to get on with the next project soon.

@BerkeHitay 7 лет назад

I'll be following eagerly :) once again, well done!

@jindrichjochec296 10 месяцев назад

5:59 Dude I'm not kidding, when I saw it, it made me feel EXACTLY like I felt when I opened the gate from the starting area the other way. This video has a special feel to it. Thank you for making it, it means a lot!

@Electrondance 10 месяцев назад

You're very welcome.

@NinaadDas 7 лет назад

The Social Media notifications made a great point. I saw through the brilliance of the point you were making. And a point well established too.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Thanks Ninaad! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope this comment doesn't pop up on your phone and distract you from something more important :)

@Drecon84 5 лет назад

Thank you for putting into words some things that have been bubbling near the top of my mind since playing this game.

@Electrondance 5 лет назад

You're most welcome,.

@dave88866 8 лет назад

Brilliant, in terms of both interpretation and production. Your narration is very easy to listen to. Thank you for putting so much time and attention into this, it greatly enhanced the whole experience.

@Electrondance 8 лет назад

Thank you! I'm glad you got something out of it.

@wkvarochka 2 месяца назад

Why this is not nominated for an Oscar yet? Thank you, this was important for me to see it.

@Electrondance 2 месяца назад

I'm afraid there are no Oscars for short films about games, especially when you haven't sought permission to use anyone's music! But thank you.

@Esquiroz 7 лет назад

Dayo loves you.

@Electrondance 7 лет назад

Well, I love Dayo too.

@orange-vlcybpd2 3 года назад

The only video i found so far, telling of how the game changes you as a player. If you happen to think, that you are playing the game, stop and look closer, and you will see, that it is the game playing you.

@Electrondance 3 года назад

But, I'd add, only if you let it. :)

@Renko_Unchained 6 лет назад

Dont touch that dial?..... mh P.T. fan maybe? ^^ great video, thank you sir

@Electrondance 6 лет назад

Thanks for watching! I'm just familiar with the old phrase "don't touch that dial" to ask you not to change the channel (www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Don%27t%20touch%20that%20dial) on old TVs.