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Fish also stole much of his stuff, so you can't expect him to steal twice as he has eyes on him this time. http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/evidence-that-phil-fish-st...

I actually paid for Fez, apart from its little gimmick and art work, it wasn't really much. Never finished it even, and I finished Assassins Creed 1 ;-)

Blow just seems genuinely good at writing games/software and creating puzzles, but even better at finishing.

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Your assertion that he "stole" Fez is really not supported by the purported evidence you linked. And you totally missed the point of Fez if you think it only has the 2.5D and artwork going for it.

I as a consumer missed the point of the game by not being enticing enough for me to finish it so I could get it, apart from its special 3D and artwork, yes.

I am not saying he Stole Fez, I am saying he seems to have mistreated people who worked on it with him. In the end, Blow is a force of nature, Fish was lucky to have someone code the engine for him, period. Look through the videos on Jai, there is some good stuff there that's not related to games in general.

"Fish also stole most of his stuff" was a direct quote from your comment, so yeah you kind of did say he stole it.

I feel like I could pop into that forum, ask "what is code, exactly?" and get 25 different, incorrect answers.

Yes, IGN message boards are hardly a place to cite as evidence of anything.

Since when is it possible to steal ideas?

Edit: Sure, it's perfectly valid to extend the meaning of "steal" to include "be inspired by" or "copy", but that does nothing but devalue its original meaning.

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