Phil Fish Disappears off Twitter… Again

Phil Fish, developer of Fez  and angry social media person, has deleted his Twitter account… again. The last time was because of video game journalists apparently not respecting him enough, and this latest is probably linked to the Zoe Quinn incident, of which he placed himself right slap bang in the centre. Whether it’s an attempt to deprive us all of access to his greatness, or if he’d just genuinely had enough of being pulled through the wringer, is unknown at this point.

All that can be said for certain is that he’s gone. Last time, after dramatically cancelling Fez 2, he made his whole account private for quite some time. The latest “event” seems to have had a bigger effect, with him actually deleting it entirely. Looking for him nets you no more than an error message: “Sorry, this page doesn’t exist.”

Fish defended Quinn and even went as far as too insult and badger people who disagreed with her conduct. In return, he was right at the epicentre of a number of attacks himself. Whatever your opinion on what went down over the last few days, it’s hard not to say that it got out of hand, and Fish’s disappearance is just the latest piece of drama.