>"I'm sorry, but that is incredibly shortsighted, and I wonder if you have ever been on the receiving end of bullying if you believe that. I'm not the parent,

>"I'm sorry, but that is incredibly shortsighted, and I wonder if you have ever been on the receiving end of bullying if you believe that. I'm not the parent, but I certainly have been subject to intense bullying. I agree that "sticks and stones" is often a gross-oversimplification of actual bullying, but I also think it's a stretch to call this bullying. >"If you are a passionate creator of games, I'm pretty sure that you care about what the games industry says about you." His game was pretty unanimously well-received [0]. That's overwhelming validation as a "creator of games", there's little/no contention on that count. All the disdain stems from his hypocritical persona. I expect a little honest self-reflection about this or even just a less itchy twitter finger could have a gone a long way toward helping that. 0: http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/fez http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/fez