Precisely. I am not a psychologist, but my mother is and has been for all my life so I like to pretend that I at least sort of know what I'm talking about. ;P

Anyway, I agree on all points. He should definitely not be the face of a company or the face of any PR. By publicizing himself the way he has for the past 5…

I have to say, if you had responded this way about 4 posts back we would not even be having this conversation. You gave me a calm, non-antagonistic reply and I respect that. I can understand your reasoning behind not wanting to give Phil Fish money ( I never really questioned it to begin with, but it's fine), and now…

You know, I didn't want to get in an internet tough-guy fight with you. I really didn't. All I said was that for some people, including me (and obviously two other people who recommended my post), you're coming off as an asshole. That's literally it. I don't understand what is so "disturbing" about my posts, but I'll…

Those are all valid and true points, but notice that I said many of them referring to the list I provided. The Garriott scenario falls within the same confines as the examples I provided: they are from a different time or they were all pioneers in their own right. I don't find it fair at all to compare Fish to the…

Okay, so you didn't explicitly use the word "hate". But saying "people like Phil Fish" and "shining example of what an asshole he is" are pretty hateful things to say. Notice how I'm not saying that he hasn't done the same, but that's not what I was even referring to.

I was referring to how you're demanding an answer…

I never said that he's a special developer, I was just trying to make sure you didn't liken an indie to a major player.

Realistically, Fish needs to take a break from the industry. That much is a fact. He should probably also get some help emotionally because he clearly doesn't know how to act in front of the public…

No... many of them started their work for Atari or similar companies. They had resources and backers who would help release their games.

So, no, it's not accurate at all. In those days, you literally handed people floppy disks of your games and that was how you sold copies. Now it's jumping through 100 differently…

That's a horrendously inaccurate comparison because you're comparing a man who is worth millions and owns his own company and has thousands of people working on his game ideas with a guy who made a game with one other guy in his apartment.

You know, for someone who hates "people like Phil Fish", you certainly are acting similarly:

I actually think that Phil Fish could learn a few things from Jonathan Blow.

The Witness, Blow's new game, is being released simultaneously on PC and PS4 and is going to be one of the PS4's flagship indie titles. I think Blow has looked at how Fish is handling all the negative press and realizing that just because…

I don't think that much of that is his direct, conscious fault though.

If you watch Indie Game: The Movie, you can see some severely out-of-wack qualities that Phil emanates. The shaking, the extremely casual manner in which he explained that he would probably kill himself if he couldn't complete Fez and the fact that…

Call of Duty is a lot like high school. You get older, the people there don't.

If you buy CoD: Ghosts for the new systems, enjoy your small window of vulgarity-free playtime before the kiddies get them for Christmas.

I suppose saying that Steam needs to catch up is an incorrect statement. Realistically, they're so far ahead that they're considering console options so I suppose that says something in and of itself.

I think it has a lot to do with the emergence of Green Man Gaming, Amazon, and Humble Bundle as really viable ways of getting absurd deals on video games. Steam has a little catching up to do on that front.

Other than that, the AAA titles have been out for months now so anyone who really wanted to pick them up have…

That's hardly a fair comparison. Are we supposed to just not call them sports because they weren't invented thousands of years ago?

What, are we supposed to just stop making art because the renaissance happened? Can't make music anymore because Beethoven covered all the bases?

What the fuck are you on, man? And where…

But the work they put into their passion is literally a game. They put their entire lives on what we call entertainment. How is it any different for a gamer, who stares at a screen for 12 hours a day, rapidly developing carpal tunnel?

Basically what you're saying is the same as me saying "Okay, so this football team…

Here's the thing all the naysayers seem to be forgetting:

An athlete is someone who performs. Football does not make us a better species or help our fellow man, or assist us in any way besides entertainment. Same as soccer, chess, rugby, League of Legends, etc.

They all have the same historical and capitalistic…

I wouldn't say that GTA has multiple points of continuity between each other. They have some similarities and some cameos, but not continuity. For instance, GTAIV takes place in a completely different universe than GTAIII even though they both take place in Liberty City. Some locations and events are referenced but…

The problem I see with your comparison is that I find the plot complicated, but justifiably so. It's not all about one player or one character. Each character has a very intricate part in the series, no matter what iteration. It's not that Kojima just puts something in because it sounds cool, it's because it actually…

It's not that it's overcomplicated, it's just not your thing.

MGS4 is widely considered one of the best games for the PS3, so even if you and a bunch of other people feel that it was convoluted and had weak gameplay, there are a LOT of other people that disagree.

Also, the story makes complete sense if you pay attention…