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