It don't matter if it black or white -- wait, maybe it do.
It begins, as many things do, with an idea. Or, more specifically, 300 ideas.

So a guy named Squidi begins an ambitious project: create 300 game ideas. Sadly, the project is cut a bit short at 60, but it's the thought that counts, right?

Among these ideas is the idea of the use of negative space as a game element, which would require the use of black and white to keep it simple. One character would exist in the white space and use the black space as a solid surface, while another would exist in the black space and use WHITE as the solid surface. He explains it so much better here.

Well, somebody decided to take him up on the idea. Here's Yin Yang, a new game from a developer named Nitrome. Squidi grumbles a bit in his journal about the lack of credit given, but doesn't really make a federal case out of it -- until Nitrome claims he came up with the idea on his own.

The Independent Gaming Source sums this up best, and brings some of the wank right to the comments. Note the accusation of libel from the maintainer of the indie game site Jay Is Games. ONOES! Also fun: the "he put it on the net and said he didn't care about credit, he should stop whining!" group versus the "he should get at least a LITTLE credit out of politeness" group versus the "hey, it's completely theoretically possible Nitrome DID come up with the idea on his own!" group. (To the latter, I say: LOOK AT THAT SCREENSHOT.)

Nothing like creative types to bring wank to the table. (Especially if they're game developers.)