By Jamaal Ryan
“Seriously, shut the fuck up about Fez 2. never going to
happen. you don’t deserve it.”
These are some of the words we’ll remember Phil Fish for in
quite some time, an un-ceremonial nail in the coffin that encases Fez 2. I get
it Phil, internets are jerks, they’re mean, they’re unrelenting and out of
control. But there are nice fans of Fez who’d like to see the sequel. Telling them
to STFU and that they don’t deserve it is a slap in the face.
But those aren’t the final words, not after he went on a crusade on Twitter coming to the
defense of Depression Quest’s Zoe Quinn. But after his incessant outbursts on
Twitter, Fish and his dev company Polytron suffered one of the most devastating
attacks that the internet can commit to an individual: the breaching and
releasing of their personal information to the public.
Passwords, email accounts, financial records, social
security information, all violated and exposed. Zoe Quinn also suffered from
the collateral damage, having her Drop Box account compromised as well.
This is unacceptable. This is criminal. This is immoral.
A big mouth and a hot temper don’t warrant internet
terrorism, especially when the attacks cause a number of casualties. The
internet is so quick to issue death threats, commit sexual harassment, SWAT
fellow players, and in this case, hack personal accounts.
If we’re seeing developers give speeches specifically
discussing how to deal with hostile communities, consider establishing support
groups for abused developers, and createspecial interests groups to investigate their mental health, you know it’s
fucking bad.
Image courtesy of Gamezone
Image courtesy of Gamezone
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