Zero Punctuation

[Tryptomine]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation

Zero Punctuation is a relatively new series of videos where each week a misanthropic british prick reviews a new video game by talking as fast as he can and making little stick figure animations. Each video is hilarious, with valid (if exagerrated for comedic effect) criticisms for each game. Plus he wins points just for describing his XBox 360 as "Schrödinger's Console."

Check 'em out as long as you're not afraid of him constantly cursing. MOH: Airborne review is the best one I think.

 

[Cashed]

I've become addicted to these reviews in recent weeks. I don't take them seriously at all, but they are hysterical.

 

[ChRed2AKrisp]

They're very funny. I love this guy. You can search around and find his old stuff which was written, but equally hysterical. His Animal Crossing review had me gasping on the floor.

 

[plasman]

This is an excellent find! Thanks for the link.

 

[ALB247]

I think the guy knows exactly what he's talking about. He, however, is coming from the perspective that console games are horrible and that the entire gaming community should be based around the PC, which is a valid opinion. However, he pretty much nails everything on the head when it comes to his reviews.

 

[drengist]

I've been watching his reviews as well. Good stuff. The Angry Video Game Nerd started to get boring a while ago. Yahtzee is funnier. Doesn't he live in Australia? He won't be reviewing Brawl for a long time...

You guys should check his games too, particulary the Trilby series. They are old-fashioned point & click adventure games with nice amount of horror in them. The games are free, created with Adventure Game Studio. I liked them very much.

 

[Brawlmatt202]

Oh I watch that guy ALL THE TIME! I just saw his Phantom Hourglass review, and it made me realize how right he is about the series.

 

[Tryptomine]

After watching the Zelda review, I would have to say that it is not one of the funnier ones, but he is absolutely dead on with his complaints with the game. While I still enjoy the series and even that specific game (I've been playing it the past week), I found my criticisms mirroring his exactly.

 

[Jammer]

I've watched them all a while ago. I try to keep up with them.

They're pretty much extremely funny.

Not really laugh-out-loud funny, but they keep you chuckling inside for 4 minutes straight each.

Wait, did someone say he created the Trilby series? As in 5 Days a Stranger, 7 Days a Skeptic, Trilby's Notes, and 6 Days a Sacrifice? Those games were awesome!

Man, that guy is great!

 

[ChronosMagnum]

The guy, who I assume to be Ben Croshaw, is also the same guy who made
5 days a stranger

 

[Brawlmatt202]

The guy, who I assume to be Ben Croshaw, is also the same guy who made
5 days a stranger

Yep, that's him alright, but he also goes by "Yahtzee".

 

[Brawlmatt202]

*BUMP*

New review:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art.../2633-Zero-Punctuation-Clive-Barker-s-Jericho

 

[RoyalRook]

Oh geez, now you are going to make his segment part of the mainstream for the kids. He has granted all the kids to hell, oh noz not again.

 

[Jammer]

Thanks for posting that link, Brawlmatt. I totally forgot about Zero Punctuation.

It was about Clive Barker's Jericho, a game which I pretty much have only the faintest idea about, so I didn't have that great of a time watching it.

But he did talk about tying emo kids to a chair, forcing them to watch a Rambo marathon, and repeatedly hitting them over the head with a bat made of frozen stupid.

That was enough to make it all better.

 

[Brawlmatt202]

Thanks for posting that link, Brawlmatt. I totally forgot about Zero Punctuation.

It was about Clive Barker's Jericho, a game which I pretty much have only the faintest idea about, so I didn't have that great of a time watching it.

But he did talk about tying emo kids to a chair, forcing them to watch a Rambo marathon, and repeatedly hitting them over the head with a bat made of frozen stupid.

That was enough to make it all better.

No prob!

I usually have no clue about most of the games he talks about until he reviews them; it doesn't bother me too much, because I love how he complains about them!

 

[The Halloween Captain]

I can't get his latest video for some reason.

The escapist site looks kind of weird all of a sudden; it's in a strange format, and I can't get the videos to play.

Suggestions?

 

[Crazy_mofo213]

I've been watching his reviews as well. Good stuff. The Angry Video Game Nerd started to get boring a while ago. Yahtzee is funnier. Doesn't he live in Australia? He won't be reviewing Brawl for a long time...

He already reviewed Brawl. All that he said about was so true lol

 

[Bowser King]

He already reviewed Brawl. All that he said about was so true lol

That was a post from 07

-Bowser King

 

[The Halloween Captain]

The escapist site is running properly now.

 

[kr3wman]

Each video get me a chuckle or two.

 

[Witchking_of_Angmar]

His 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand review is his funniest one in my opinion, primarily because he goes hilariously off tangent. Anyway, Yahtzee is awesome and almost always right and definitely always funny.

 

[DCLXVI]

He already reviewed Brawl. All that he said about was so true lol

Hmm, maybe. But I think he would have said the exact same thing about melee. He doesn't play any fighting games and can not determine if a game really is a button masher (I'm not saying that brawl is or isn't.) He also just ranted about nintendo fanboys for a while, I'm not sure if that is relevent

 

[The Halloween Captain]

Hmm, maybe. But I think he would have said the exact same thing about melee. He doesn't play any fighting games and can not determine if a game really is a button masher (I'm not saying that brawl is or isn't.) He also just ranted about nintendo fanboys for a while, I'm not sure if that is relevent

In his Soul Calibur review he did mention that hitting the throw button repeatedly works on every level of computer AI, which would be a problem for any reviewer.

You may want to consider that Yahtzee likes to find the flaws in games and manipulate those flaws for the easiest victories possible, then complain those flaws being in the game because they make the game too easy. Most other reviewers and people don't do that.

For example, in his Fallout 3 review he noted that he could steal everything while the AI stared at walls and do a few good missions to maximize his Karma levels to explain the inherent flaws in the Karma system. Most people would appreciate the fact that they can steal everything and still be on good terms with the citizens of a town, or would simply not steal everything in the first place, but the mix of stealing everything and doing good Karma missions only isn't all that common. Or maybe it is. Hard to say without any polls or anything.

 

[DCLXVI]

Some of his points are legitimate, but I don't think he can classify brawl as a button masher in multiplayer (don't care about 1plyr) from one drunken night with equally clueless friends, half of the stages and characters, and virtually no prior experience with fighting games to compare to. And he could try getting the data from other people's memory cards if he hates the single player so much...

 

[Crazy_mofo213]

That was a post from 07

-Bowser King

Woah. Didn't notice.