Phil Fish takes his ball and goes home

june gloom on 1/8/2013 at 10:05

I hope you guys enjoyed yourselves.

SubJeff on 1/8/2013 at 12:19

Are you even capable of admitting you're wrong?

PigLick on 1/8/2013 at 12:51

no, and once you get over that hurdle, it all gets so much easier.

faetal on 1/8/2013 at 12:55

If this teaches us anything, it's not to default to implying someone has been racist without knowing the full context. It's just generally not wise. It's like that wikipedia guideline: always assume good faith.

Renault on 1/8/2013 at 13:57

Back to Fish - never seems to end with this guy, apparently he tried to post a bunch of shit on 4chan anonymously and (http://www.lazygamer.net/general-news/did-phil-fish-just-pose-as-a-fez-2-fan-on-4chan/) failed. What an idiot.

I think his problem is pretty simple - he's just an immature child that doesn't know how to communicate with the rest of the world.

Yakoob on 1/8/2013 at 16:20

Whoa this thread exploded....

Quote Posted by dethtoll

Yakoob refused to actually answer my questions and instead gave me copouts about how "putting in black people is being political" with zero context or explanation why. Take by itself his comments are very much emblematic of a known problem in game development re: portrayals of non-whites. If he had just stopped being fucking coy about it and said "it's essentially a white European setting" this wouldn't even have fucking happened.

I never said it would be political but that it might be seen as perpetuating a very certain black stereotype because of the nature of the given character, and our setting/design perfectly explained a homogeneous cast. I did not want to reveal any more spoilers. Frankly, if I came off as "coy" it's because I dont have to justify myself to you. Not in a "har har my game is AHT" but in SubjEff's "don't pre-emotively assume people are racist" way. I stated the design worked and the setting + references justified a homogeneous cast. Why does it matter if I explicitly say what the setting is or not? Can't you take my word for it? I've posted here long enough.

* And if you want to get really anal I linked to my devblog which tells you of the North Irish Troubles inspiration within the first two sentences.

DDL on 1/8/2013 at 16:48

Plus if you DID put in a black guy you'd take all the choice out of the game: death is a free entity, and all, but....black dude always dies first. :p

Well, unless he's Cuba Gooding Jr, I guess.

Sulphur on 1/8/2013 at 20:30

On topic: (http://www.p4rgaming.com/phil-fish-wants-everyone-to-ignore-him-in-order-to-cure-his-personality-disorder/) http://www.p4rgaming.com/phil-fish-wants-everyone-to-ignore-him-in-order-to-cure-his-personality-disorder/

Phil Fish is really Alchy?

*joking, don't leave again, Alchmeister :/

Angel Dust on 1/8/2013 at 21:45

Quote Posted by DDL

Well, unless he's LL Cool J, I guess.

Fixed.

DDL on 1/8/2013 at 23:00

Shit yes, you're right. Well don't I look the racist now. :(

(mind you, I had to watch LA confidential twice before I could distinguish between Spacey and Crowe, so maybe I'm just crap at all faces in general)