{"id":1288,"date":"2011-08-08T10:08:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T17:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2011-08-31T08:19:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T15:19:14","slug":"previews-of-the-witness-are-now-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-witness.net\/news\/2011\/08\/previews-of-the-witness-are-now-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Previews of The Witness are now out there."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past couple of weeks I've been showing a preview version of <em>The Witness<\/em> to various folks in the press who were interested.  Typically I just have them sit down and play for a couple of hours, from the beginning, with no guidance from me; afterward, we talk about what they just played.<\/p>\n<p>Previews of the game are now being published, and readers of this blog have been asking for gameplay details for a while.  So it seems like a good idea to list the previews here.  I'll keep updating this post as I find more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5828705\/two-hours-with-jonathan-blows-the-witness-an-abbreviated-wonder\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5828705\/two-hours-with-jonathan-blows-the-witness-an-abbreviated-wonder', 'on Kotaku, by Stephen Totilo']);\" >on Kotaku, by Stephen Totilo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2011\/08\/08\/the-witness-preview\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2011\/08\/08\/the-witness-preview\/', 'on Joystiq, by Ben Gilbert']);\" >on Joystiq, by Ben Gilbert<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/pc\/puzzle\/thewitnessnextgen\/news\/6327782\/the-witness-preview?sid=6327782&mode=previews\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/pc\/puzzle\/thewitnessnextgen\/news\/6327782\/the-witness-preview?sid=6327782&amp;mode=previews', 'on Gamespot, by Sophia Tong']);\" >on Gamespot, by Sophia Tong<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pc.ign.com\/articles\/118\/1186713p1.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/pc.ign.com\/articles\/118\/1186713p1.html', 'on IGN, by Anthony Gallegos']);\" >on IGN, by Anthony Gallegos<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/feature\/6451\/bearing_witness.php\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/feature\/6451\/bearing_witness.php', 'on Gamasutra, by Christian Nutt']);\" >on Gamasutra, by Christian Nutt<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.1up.com\/previews\/witness-longform-game-from-guy-made-braid\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.1up.com\/previews\/witness-longform-game-from-guy-made-braid', 'on 1UP, by Matt Leone']);\" >on 1UP, by Matt Leone<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/xbox360\/the-witness\/preview\/the-witness-hands-on-preview-braid-creators-new-game-is-myst-mensa-and-a-whole-lot-of-meta\/a-201108081005106031\/g-20100907104014643091\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/xbox360\/the-witness\/preview\/the-witness-hands-on-preview-braid-creators-new-game-is-myst-mensa-and-a-whole-lot-of-meta\/a-201108081005106031\/g-20100907104014643091', 'on GamesRadar, by Charlie Barratt']);\" >on GamesRadar, by Charlie Barratt<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/news\/a-rough-sketch-the-witness\/3569\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/news\/a-rough-sketch-the-witness\/3569\/', 'on Giant Bomb, by Ryan Davis']);\" >on Giant Bomb, by Ryan Davis<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/news\/unraveling-the-witness-with-jonathan-blow\/3572\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.giantbomb.com\/news\/unraveling-the-witness-with-jonathan-blow\/3572\/', 'on Giant Bomb, by Patrick Klepek (interview-ish)']);\" >on Giant Bomb, by Patrick Klepek (interview-ish)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/techland.time.com\/2011\/08\/11\/playing-the-witness-hands-on-with-the-next-game-from-the-creator-of-braid\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/techland.time.com\/2011\/08\/11\/playing-the-witness-hands-on-with-the-next-game-from-the-creator-of-braid\/', 'on Time Techland, by Evan Narcisse']);\" >on Time Techland, by Evan Narcisse<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifc.com\/news\/2011\/08\/jonathan-blow-and-the-witness-1.php\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ifc.com\/news\/2011\/08\/jonathan-blow-and-the-witness-1.php', 'on IFC, by Evan Narcisse (interview)']);\" >on IFC, by Evan Narcisse (interview)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/2011\/08\/12\/the-witness-hands-on\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/2011\/08\/12\/the-witness-hands-on\/', 'by Dan Griliopoulos on Rock, Paper, Shotgun']);\" >by Dan Griliopoulos on Rock, Paper, Shotgun<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/f\/jonathan-blow-interview-how-to-fix-the-adventure-innovate-mainstream-games-and-do-a-sequel-right\/a-20110809142133844060\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/f\/jonathan-blow-interview-how-to-fix-the-adventure-innovate-mainstream-games-and-do-a-sequel-right\/a-20110809142133844060', 'interview with GamesRadar']);\" >interview with GamesRadar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oxmonline.com\/article\/features\/-presses\/braid-creator-speaks?page=0%2C0\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/oxmonline.com\/article\/features\/-presses\/braid-creator-speaks?page=0%2C0', 'interview with Cory Cohen of OXM']);\" >interview with Cory Cohen of OXM<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/2011\/08\/15\/jonathan-blow-interview\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/2011\/08\/15\/jonathan-blow-interview\/', 'long interview with Dan Griliopoulos of Rock, Paper, Shotgun (contains a bunch of stuff not elsewhere)\\n']);\" >long interview with Dan Griliopoulos of Rock, Paper, Shotgun (contains a bunch of stuff not elsewhere)<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2011-08-30-jonathan-blow-interview\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2011-08-30-jonathan-blow-interview', 'interview with Christian Donlan of Eurogamer']);\" >interview with Christian Donlan of Eurogamer<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(Sometimes these previews, from the way they are worded, make it seem like I made the entire game with my own bare hands.  That is not the case; it's just how this kind of article tends to sound.  There are a number of people working on this game, who have creative input in various ways; see the About page for a partial list!)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past couple of weeks I&#8217;ve been showing a preview version of The Witness to various folks in the press who were interested. 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