Former Gears of War designer and outspoken man-on-Twitter Cliff Bleszinski has written an open letter to Fez creator Phil Fish calling for his return to the games industry after a weekend of Twitter fights between Fish and GameTrailers' Marcus Beer. Citing abuse from both the games press and the gaming public at large, the argument caused Fish to leave the games industry and cancel his upcoming game, Fez 2.
Here's what Cliff "CliffyB" Bleszinski wrote:
The industry needs people like you to speak with their hearts before their brains because I’m tired of hearing the PR approved appropriate response. I’m tired of games that feel like they’ve been developed by focus groups or clueless executives going “Hey that Call of Duty is big, we need one of those!"
Besides, at the end of the day, that cycle of community feedback and crafting that big fireball is entirely too addictive.
Come back, Phil. We miss you already. Maybe I’ll be right behind you, returning with Adamantium skin.
Read the rest of it here. I can't help but voice my agreement with Bleszinski on the matter.
via Kotaku.
