The GameOn Magazine Issue 52 | Page 8

Moments In Gaming 2014: Part 2 - The Serious & The Story Moments In Gaming 2014: Part 2 - The Serious & The Story I n part two, we’ll take a serious look at how the industry changed and progressed, by looking at the growth of narrative within games and what happens on the the darker side of the internet. Phil Fish Exits Games Cancelling FEZ 2 The words of a man on the edge, the edge of what is something that is yet to be decided by most people. Phil Fish was thrown into stardom as a popular indie developer after his starring role in the documentary ‘Indie Game: The Movie’’, as the creator of the critically acclaimed indie puzzle game, FEZ. Phil always made his opinions on the industry very public and his hatred for anyone who acted like he owed them anything; although to most it may have seemed as if he was fishing for trolls, if you’ll forgive the pun. To everyone’s dismay, Fish’s flagrant disregard for the unwritten rules of the internet played straight into the hands of the waiting trolls, time and time again. As hilarious as this could sometimes be, Fish decided he’d had enough on July 27th when he had a row with a ‘journalist’, and felt it was time Issue 52 • February 2014 8 • GameOn Magazine