Source: DualShockers.com
This past weekend has been an odd place for games. While I’m sitting down enjoying my cup of vidyagaemz — one of which involves a “4″ in the title — all hell seem to have broken loose as Phil Fish, creator of the game Fez and founder of Polytron, announced that development for Fez II has halted and he will be leaving the industry. This bit of news came soon after Marcus Beer of GameTrailers and Fish butted heads into each other on Twitter due to Beer’s words on a video (inaccessible at the moment) regarding Fish and Johnathan Blow’s decision to decline comment on the recent news about Xbox One’s self-publishing. This has lead to Fish closing off his Twitter account to private. Soon after, he made the announcement and commented on the Polytron website:
“FEZ II is cancelled. i am done. i take the money and i run. this is as much as i can stomach. this is isn’t the result of any one thing, but the end of a long, bloody campaign. you win.”
I’m not a huge fan of Fez, but I’m sure the many fans out there that want more who are devastated by this. While Fish’s reasoning for leaving the industry are fair — including the numerous backlash comments he has received for so many things — it’s always a sad thing to see potential disappear like that.
Talking about potential, Square Enix seems to want to drive the point home that Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII is some sort of sex object. DualShockers originally reported that Lightning has be given a larger bust size for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII at E3, but this is further emphasized by an interview reported by Famitsu. Game Director Motomu Toriyama stated that Lightning’s breasts have increased by one cup size to bring out more uh… detail with some of the costumes. With the Mi’qote costume from Final Fantasy XIV added into Lightning Returns, maybe this direction is… I don’t know. I just don’t know. Oh and they jiggle… now.
But hey, I mean if people are asking about Lightning’s armpit, I’m sure that…
This is Monday’s Gaming Shenanigans and I’m outta here. Peace.