{"id":47731,"date":"2025-05-07T17:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T08:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=47731"},"modified":"2025-05-07T17:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T08:43:43","slug":"outer-wilds-bug-causes-mobius-digital-founder-masi-okas-face-to-appear-in-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/outer-wilds-bug-causes-mobius-digital-founder-masi-okas-face-to-appear-in-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Outer Wilds bug causes Mobius Digital founder Masi Oka\u2019s face to appear in-game\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mobius_Games\/status\/1919893156436361469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the release of patch 16<\/a> for <strong>Outer Wilds<\/strong>, one player discovered a face smiling back at them from inside the protagonist\u2019s spaceship. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that the face belonged to one of the game\u2019s developers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Was him always there? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sEUTPNNRqV\">https:\/\/t.co\/sEUTPNNRqV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/itr9zfBkSi\">pic.twitter.com\/itr9zfBkSi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nova (@NovaMoonstarr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NovaMoonstarr\/status\/1919939465386070398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The face in question belongs to none other than Outer Wilds producer and Mobius Digital founder Masi Oka. Many will recognize Oka for his acting roles as Hiro Nakamura in NBC\u2019s Heroes, Doctor Max Bergman in CBS\u2019s Hawaii Five-0, and as a Japanese pedestrian in Austin Powers in Goldmember. Despite his prolific acting career, Oka finds time to work on video games and films as a digital artist, voice actor, and producer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"244\" height=\"262\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250507-47731-001.jpg\" alt=\"Masi Oka\" class=\"wp-image-47734\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The full version of the photo that made an accidental appearance in Outer Wilds can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobiusdigitalgames.com\/team.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Mobius Digital team webpage<\/a>. Mobius Digital has already acknowledged that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mobius_Games\/status\/1919945582786846962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oka\u2019s face appearing in the spaceship is a bug<\/a> and that he is \u201cnot where he is supposed to be.\u201d While this might be a humorous remark, there could still be a chance that Oka\u2019s face will show up in a more intended location in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outer Wilds is available for PC (Windows), Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of Masi Oka&#8217;s face accidentally made its way into Outer Wilds. 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