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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Fez review: Hats off]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/fez-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/fez-review/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/fez-review/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/fez-review/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/fez-owl_530x298.png" style="width: 530px; height: 298px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/fez-review-hats-off/"><img alt="Image" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/fez-front.png" style="display:none; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 530px; height: 293px; " /></a></div>Whenever a game is hyped to stratospheric proportions, many times over a course of years, it enters a volatile realm of public reception.<br /><br />When a game has won numerous awards <em>before</em> its launch, is one half of an <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/indie-game-the-movie">industry documentary</a>, and is developed by an <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/13/fezes-are-cool-an-afternoon-with-phil-fish/">outspoken, opinionated man</a>, it resides in a universe of its own and players are relegated to describe it in one of two ways: with blazing praise or incendiary criticism.<br /><br /><em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/fez">Fez</a> is</em> on fire, and it burns with a brilliant, red-hot, yellow-tasseled flame.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/fez-review/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Fez review: Hats off</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/fez-review/">Fez review: Hats off</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:32:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/fez-review/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20214373/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/12/fez-review/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Fez</category><category>Hat</category><category>microsoft</category><category>phil-fish</category><category>polytron</category><category>Renaud-Bedard</category><category>trixels</category><category>xbla</category><category>xbox</category><category>xbox-live</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Conditt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:32:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>