20 Things You Didn’t Know About Alien: Isolation

10. Why The Working Joes Jog

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The Xenomorph isn't the only enemy players will come across in this game. Another obstacle that will frequently get between you and your objective are the perpetually-creepy androids known as Working Joes.

Like the alien, these things will relentlessly hunt you down if they spot you, meaning you'll be spending most of your encounters with them hiding. While hiding from one, though, you might catch a glimpse of it stopping its search momentarily to jog on the spot before continuing.

No, this isn't some weird glitch; it's an Easter Egg that references a moment in the original film where android Ash (Ian Holm) does some light jogging on the spot, too. In his director's commentary for the film, Ridley Scott eludes to this being a maintenance protocol that keeps the androids in working order.

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