@Hailinel: Not really, since the "suck my dick" Tweet was a reply to a specific internet stranger who was being a colossal dick to him, as internet strangers are wont to do. Like, dude had just won the highest honor anyone in indie games can win, and then he checks his phone and sees awful people - people who do not know him - continuing to be awful towards him? Yeah, in my book, he gets to tell them to fuck off any way he feels is best. He didn't, as I think you're implying, tweet "I won the award, suck my dick, etc" - he tweeted it just to this one dude, and the only people who saw it were the people trollishly scrutinizing his Twitter feed looking for stuff to harangue him for. That's where that quote comes from.
Just like the "Japanese games suck" thing, this is another awesome example of what's dangerous about relying on internet hearsay: you end up having zero context. Ignoring everything but the specific words themselves makes it way easier to dehumanize him and reinforce positions they made up their minds about forever ago.
In short: Phil Fish isn't evil. Also, you should see Indie Game: The Movie. It's good!
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