# Tim Schafer on Reddit (u/TimOfLegend)

Part of Creators on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/creators-on-reddit/tim-schafer

Tim Schafer: Game designer, Psychonauts and Double Fine.

- Reddit account: [u/TimOfLegend](https://www.reddit.com/user/TimOfLegend/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [Their 2012 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qhk98/i_am_a_tim_schafer_ask_me_about_loom_or_anything/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (507), r/gaming (3), r/todayilearned (3), r/ouya (1), r/vita (1), r/PS4 (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2012 to 2017
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Schafer

## Moments

### u/TimOfLegend in r/IAmA, Jun 1, 2012 · Behind the scenes

In the thread "We're Humble Indie Bundle V: creators of Psychonauts, LIMBO, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Bastion, and Humble Bundle. Ask us anything!".

> I remember trying to think of a name for the company that summed up everything that we were about, but that didn't work because that's impossible. Then I thought of how Rare didn't really mean anything (except it sounded vaguely positive) and so I reset my standards to "something that doesn't really mean anything but sounded vaguely positive." And there was a sign on the Golden Gate bridge that said, "Slow to 45 mph - Double Fine Zone."

Context: a redditor asked how the studios chose their names (https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ufxcg/)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ufxcg/comment/c4v1yyy/ · 338 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/TimOfLegend in r/IAmA, Mar 4, 2012 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> Can you expand on what the "three-headed-monkey rule" is?

> I put that line in as a joke and was about to cut it but Ron Gilbert said no, leave it in, and he was right. And that's when I learned that the normal human tendency is to over-censor yourself. Sometimes you think, no, that joke is TOO silly, to weird, but in fact it's not.
>
> (Except when it is.)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qhk98/comment/c3xoqa9/ · 228 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/TimOfLegend in r/IAmA, Jan 11, 2016 · Cut idea

Replying to a redditor:

> What gave you the idea to make Meat Circus? All of the levels in Psychonauts are so inspired and interesting, so I could ask the same thing about any of them, but Meat Circus seems so different from the rest in terms of its concept.

> Originally, the game had two final levels. One in Raz's mind that was his memories of the circus. One was in Oleander's mind, in his father's butcher shop. Our publisher was pushing us to cut one level, so we combined the last two! :)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/40i8ej/comment/cyue5pr/ · 192 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/TimOfLegend in r/IAmA, Mar 4, 2012 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> You fight like a dairy farmer!

> How appropriate, as I do raise cows and milk them and sell the milk for a living! I take pride in my work as a dairy farmer, and appreciate you noticing that it carries into everything that I do!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qhk98/comment/c3xonio/ · 763 points as of Nov 7, 2026