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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 9:37:01 GMT -8
Phil Fish is the creator of a very popular and much loved video game called Fez. He's also the target of a lot of internet hatred. The latest hate burst has been so intense that he's calling it quits, canceling the second part of his original masterwork. Fish is not only scrapping Fez II, but abandoning game development—his life passion, as shown in the movie Indie Game—altogether: I'm not canceling FEZ II because some boorish fuck said something stupid, I'm doing it to get out of games ... and I'm getting out of games because I choose not to put up with this abuse anymore. The last drop has been the intense rant by self-proclaimed "annoyed gamer" and game critic Marcus Beer, a person who—according to Kotaku readers—has made a living out of tearing apart the work of others with particular vileness. Polytron, the studio behind the indie hit Fez, announced over its official Twitter that development on Fez II has been canceled. It appears to be related to a very heated Twitter argument between Polytron founder Phil Fish and an Internet personality who sharply criticized him today. Marcus Beer, who editorializes under the "Annoyed Gamer" brand on GameTrailers, tore into Fish on that site's most recent "Invisible Walls" panel discussion. Beer's complaint with Fish centered, in his view, around Fish's unwillingness to comment on Microsoft's newest policies regarding independent development on Xbox One. Beer, in a three minute rant at the beginning of this broadcast, called Fish and indie developer Jonathan Blow "self-styled kings of the indie genre," and said the pair—whom he called "Blowfish"—were "bitching and moaning" about a reasonable media request for their reaction to a significant industry development. Beer in essence accused them of seeking publicity when it presented them in a favorable light but dismissing the press if it didn't serve their promotional needs. "Don't get fucking snicky about it," Beer said. "Me, I think the both of you are a pair of tosspots." He went further: "Have you seen these wankers bitch and moan—Phil Fish in particular," Beer said. When a panelist offered that Fish seemed "whiny," Beer interrupted, "Whiny? He's a fucking asshole most of the time." Early this afternoon over Twitter, Fish raged at Beer, demanding an on-camera apology and explaining that the reason he gave no comment on indie publishing on Xbox One is because he was "waiting for actual info to drop before commenting." As the argument progressed, Fish at one point told Beer to compare his life with Fish's and then "kill yourself," a Tweet referenced by Beer in this reply.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 9:43:26 GMT -8
Marcus Beer @annoyedgamer
. @phil_FISH Thanks for telling me to go kill myself. I will be at PAX if you want to talk on cam?(Fish's Twitter account has since been set to a protected status, locking out any who weren't previously following him.) "I fucking hate this industry," Fish later Tweeted, saying the ugliness of facing nonstop criticism and nastiness had caused him to think, repeatedly, about leaving the business for good. Finally, an hour ago, Fish tweeted "im done, FEZ II is canceled. goodbye." Polytron repeated the same statement moments later. Fez was released last spring on Xbox 360 after more than five years in development. It was widely acclaimed by reviewers upon release. Fish and his work in progress were featured prominently in the 2012 documentary Indie Game: The Movie, to which Beer referred in his video rant. Kotaku reached out to Fish to inquire if he was serious about the cancellation of Fez II. "yup. it's just not worth it anymore." He replied. Fez II, announced last month, was in development for PC but not for Xbox consoles; Fish alluded to unhappy experiences with Microsoft over the publishing and patching of Fez as a reason why. kotaku.com/twitter-blowup-leads-to-sudden-cancellation-of-fez-ii-934548588/936301088
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2013 9:54:30 GMT -8
The "Annoyed gamer is like many political pundents... Shock tube, no serious gamer takes him serious but he has a following of fanboys, wanna-bes that find his fame intoxicating. As a gamer he is the worst kind of butthead, picking apart the life work of people when I seriously doubt he could code a single line. As you all know Microsoft is a major fan of non-disclosure agreements and Fish was most likely operating under one or Beer would have had his info from another source. So instead of getting mad at business as usual he takes on the independent because its easy to mess with the little guy.
If Fish is actually leaving gaming this is a sad day as he games are innovative and exciting. I for one believe independents are who the gaming community keeps itself real and new ways to game are brought about by those willing to experiment and not just repackage the same old story cause it made money last time.
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