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BREAKING: Jon Blow wearing maroon colored T-shirt right now! photo

Indie darling Jonathan Blow has been in the press almost non-stop since the launch of his critically acclaimed Braid, and Destructoid.com continues the coverage with this exclusive breaking news. We can confirm that at this very moment, Jon Blow is wearing a maroon-colored Dresden Dolls T-shirt. 

We emailed Blow moments ago for this outrageous story, where we had the brass balls to ask him what color shirt he had on. This was his sensational revelation:

What color shirt I am wearing *right now*?  It's a Dresden Dolls concert t-shirt.  It's...  maroon, I guess.  With an image on it in silver, black, green, and tan.  Strange colors.

There you have it, up-to-the-minute coverage of Jonathan Blow's apparel. But this raises even more burning questions: What Dresden Dolls song does Blow like best? How has the wearing of maroon-colored T-shirts influenced the creation of Braid, and can we expect to see more musical duos emblazoned on this mastermind's chest during the development of his next game? Would wearing a Simon & Garfunkel shirt have helped Blow make an even better game? We may never know these answers, but the games press is poised to find out. 

Jonathan Blow will be speaking with us on Podtoid, our weekly podcast, tomorrow night (make sure to submit your listener questions when the pre-show post hits), where we promise that, come Hell or high water, we will also find out what he may have watched on television that morning! In the opinion of this reporter, it HAS to have been Thundercats!








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MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:26
MrSadistic
omg my life is complete
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:30
HarassmentPanda
This reminds me of all the horrible television "news" coverage of what Michael Phelps eats on a daily basis. I must have seen that story played 4 times on different stations.
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:36
Excel-2011
For some reason I was always under the impression that Braid was some ultra-violent neo-retro platformer and not a modern puzzle-oriented one, and that Johnathan Blow was a critic of it. The above picture made me look more into it.
Fusiontr's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:37
Fusiontr
Hard hitting journalism from Jim Sterling
Hitting you right in the baby maker then running away squealing

I love you Jim Sterling
UglyDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:39
UglyDuck
Clearly this is a conspiracy. Pix or it didn't happen.
Zcdrike's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:49
Zcdrike
I played Braid and tried really hard to like it, but although the music and background art is lovely, the character designs I thought were really awful and *to me* the controls felt a bit mushy. I'm not saying Braid is bad, is still better then everything else on XBLA but I'd rather play Lost Winds.
kaciesaurus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:51
kaciesaurus
fuck that puzzle piece.
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:51
F Whipple
And I pictured him as wearing a green shirt...
ghets's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 12:57
ghets
The Dresden Dolls suck.

Braid blows my mind though.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:06
king3vbo
Wait, what?
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:09
KamikazeTutor
Stop copying Kotaku, Jim.
geekjutsu's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:12
geekjutsu
@ HarassmentPanda
You wouldn't happen to live in Baltimore would you?
Saying the name Phelps here makes everyone burst into a giant wankfest.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:28
falinter
JUST IN:
J. Blow eats diamonds so his dookie will twinkles.

Phantom Spaceman's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:28
Phantom Spaceman
Maroon WHOOP!
Coonskin05's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:31
Coonskin05
DIGG FOR GREAT JUSTICE!

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Jonathan_Blow_Wearing_Maroon_T_shirt_At_This_Very_Moment
DigitalD562's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:31
DigitalD562
"Enquiring minds want to know!"

And knowing is half the battle.
Electro Lemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:47
Electro Lemon
I heard he wears that shirt so he can murder people, rewind time, and blame his shadow for it. The bastard.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:51
TrailerParkJesus
lol agree with kacie, that was the last one I solved.

Accidentally!!
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 13:53
HarassmentPanda
@geekjutsu

Nope, DC. So I'm darn close.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:18
Sharpless
Strange colors, indeed.
Logo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:30
Logo
As much as I enjoy the tongue and cheek nature of this article I can't fault the man's taste in music. By the way we Bostonians are rather supportive of our local musicians, see the Dropkick Murphy's and Sheila Devine for more information.
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:31
Syn
But what color is his underwear?
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 14:34
AgentMOO
Controversial! I thought he wore a suit everywhere - what a knave!
Danmartigan's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 15:48
Danmartigan
Hey, I'm wearing one too! What the fuck?!?!
AwesomeToph's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 15:54
AwesomeToph
Hmmm... the Dresden Doll's first mainstream single was a song called "Girl Anachronism". Braid was a highly anachronistic game.

I'm predicting that Blow's next game will be about a Coin Operated Boy.
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 19:54
Spartacus
This post about "Johnblowmaroonshirtgate" is the most hard-hitting journalism I have ever read.
MatCD's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 20:47
MatCD
Relevant to my interests?
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 20:47
Tubatic
I don't know what's funnier.

This article or that the fact that it has 21 diggs
Vitamin Awesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2008 22:22
Vitamin Awesome
Any stains? What about perspiration? is it washed, what is the scent like? what kind of detergent does he use? Inquiring minds HAVE to know!!!
hpv's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/20/2008 01:44
hpv
Jim, you are a true hero. Even if your Wikipedia page kind of blows.
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