Jonathan Blow
American game designer and programmer
Summary
Jonathan David Blow is an American video game designer and programmer. He is best known for his work on the independent video games Braid (2008) and The Witness (2016). Blow became interested in game programming while at middle school. He studied computer science and English at the University of California, Berkeley, but dropped out to start a game company. After the company closed following the dot-com crash, Blow worked as a game development contractor. He co-founded the Experimental Gameplay Workshop and wrote a monthly technical column for Game Developer magazine.
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/* 2017–present: Jai programming language, Order of the Sinking Star, and Braid, Anniversary Edition */
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The previously known "Sokoban game" has had its final name defined as "Order of the Sinking Star", now properly renamed in the section "Long-term project".
Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/Dickpropeller|Dickpropeller]] ([[User talk:Dickpropeller|talk]]): These comments aren't repeated - this gives context for his social media activity. It is notable and well sourced.
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C/e. [[WP:CITELEAD]].
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/* Public image */The article already states this info twice (lead and Personal life), citing the same Bloomberg and TheGamer sources. The Hazelden paragraph repeats the same list of views (Trump, DEI, COVID) a third time, just attributed to one specific developer’s social media post, that’s unde/disproportionate weight on a single reaction that’s already covered by the general statements.
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the sections documenting political views and response are relevant and well sourced
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/* Personal life */neutral language waits for BLP guidelines, and consolidated citations
Duplicate info, also not neutral phrasing for a BLP. May be more relevant to the game’s entry.
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Restoring stable version during pending RfC. Suspected sock puppet behavior. Refrain from further defacement to maintain disputed editorializing content. Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1344645815|1344645815]] by [[Special:Contributions/Pyrrho the Skipper|Pyrrho the Skipper]] ([[User talk:Pyrrho the Skipper|talk]])
