Some Punctuation: The Art of Theft

[parkourDrew4745619]

That's so thoughtful to make one for him ^.^

[beawulf9]

I thought this review was a knock off piece of crap, and I'm annoyed that it someone got more views than one of Yahtzees.

[TheAutisticGuitarist]

My verdict? "Nothing special, wait for God of War III HAIRY BUM!!!"

[DanielAvelan]

Man,that was fucking awesome,do you know if Yahtzee actually knows about this?

[TheKarcentric]

@DanielAvelan He does.

[beawulf9]

@DanielAvelan Yes he knows, at the end of his F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate video he mentions this video. It's what brought me here.

[TheRockyMotion]

@DanielAvelan On the credits joke of one of his reviews he said something like "Whoever made the ZP-style Art of Theft review please report to The Escapist office so I can strangle him." Can't remember in which review it was though.

[Venatius]

Huh. That was actually a pretty decent, fair review. Does overlook the reason for the sneak toggle (sidling), but otherwise, not bad. It's just a shame the narrative sounded more like a swarm of bees than human speech a quarter of the time.

[voodooeconomiCks]

A lot better than all the other ZP Parodies.

[RiikoRed]

day of my birthday!!

[pikupz]

pretty well done

[jmar4life]

this was actually better than expected. even though its super old

[Xayver1082]

eh yatzee is funnier lol

[Cloud7177]

What? Did? He? Say?

[DafyddCymraeg]

I don't understand why this has so many dislikes, it's pretty amusing.

[FutureMillennium]

I can't understand half of what you're saying

[xguitarworksx]

i say as good or just a little worse than yahtzee, seriously. make MORE

[Tcr810XP]

You should probably finish the game before review it. You can move with the wall hug once you get sidle

[ReadySteadyDESTROY]

To be fair, this is a good parody, consistent styling, and keeps faithfully to the original format.

The only critiscism is that you do need a better mic is you want to do this more seriously, and try and improve the gags. Either make them more shocking, more pun based, and more frequent. It was an interesting review... but not a funny one. Keep with it! It's still good!

[zMustyz]

You're voice is too loud, annoying and american

[duckpk10]

so fucking original.........

[Mavarik]

i cant understand what you are saying!!!

[TheSquiggleface]

Yahtzee wants to burn your house down

[ImortalZeus13]

4:33 ah, hello... heelllllooo.... cooe... i know someones there i can hear your nose whistli'n

[penfoldini]

Dear all, HE IS BRITISH!!!!! He actually refers to this in a variety of reviews, Drakes Deception 3 being on of them. I also remember a graphic of him moving to australia (from the UK) because he hates his parents, apparently! The fact that I have to explain this is rather concerning considering the OZ accent and the British one are quite different and his is blatantly that of Southerner - someone from southern England! Are all you guys American or just hearing impaired?

[FlyingSquidwolf]

This is terrible.

[Jakkinator45]

FUCK

Yahtzee isnt british either!

[FlyingSquidwolf]

@Jakkinator45 he is.

[Jakkinator45]

@FlyingSquidwolf He's Australian

[hawaiidispenser]

I understood about 85% of the words... just like with Zero Punctuation.

[XDmarcsyoXD]

I can't tell what he is saying. Too fast. And doesn't use british pronounciation.

[princess435010]

In short no in long Nooooooooooooooooooooo

[LewisAM37]

this is great, and the voice was fine to understand, people are just deaf or something i guess

[ChristopherT218]

*facepalm*

[rewinder2008]

you are burning my ears!!!

[TheKiyokoTek]

i enjoy watching turn signals go in and out of phase :( but i do like doing very menial tasks... Either way, please do more of these!! I really liked it! :D

[Ekit357]

I have a hard time hearing what you are saying.

[ryanconner360]

I won that game when i was 10 how can you find it difficult

[justforthelulzzz]

Yahtzee punks fuck off!

No but seriously, butthurt fanboys are butthurt.

[RedEggsCereal]

this was actually done really well

[SUMD123]

Looks like Yahtzee's fanboys got butthurt.

[TrebleXRed]

This game is free but. I would still rather play this then fork out 100 benjamins for any Halo game.

[amoliski]

@TrebleXRed 100...benjamins. Where on Earth did you buy Halo for $10,000? By the way, I'll sell you a copy of Skyrim OR MW3 for only 40 benjamins!

[IPunchWithMyFists]

Uh-huh.

I'm not hating, but I fail to see the point.

It's free, I'll review it myself.

[TheMauso88]

All I heard was buh-buh-buh-buh, no coherent lanuage whatsoever.

[maiwork6666666]

I actually thought the jokes were funny and the animations faithful to the zp style, and like others the problem i had was the unintelligible voice

[VladBlok28]

watching turn signals go in and out of phase is FRUSTRATING!

[ara9ond]

Alright, let's get something straight, OP: Yahtzee may be SUPREMELY ready for parody, he may even be a fast-talking, game-reviewing stereotype, and it may in-fact very much be time for his own work to be mauled by his own acerbic wit, but he is AT LEAST one thing you are not: AUDIBLY INTELLIGIBLE. He doesn't speak at 1,000mph all the time, slowing down to be understood, while half your sentences are utterly impenetrable, thus, by comparison, only heightening the brilliance he is.

[YorkJonhson]

I enjoyed this and Yahtzee. ^^

*gets gunned down by fanboys*

[RoboVT102]

Crap

[toastiest1]

british?ummmmm, nooooooo i think its called australian. anyway good review :D

[MCKT2806]

@toastiest1 he's british...

[toastiest1]

@MCKT2806 mmmmmmmmmmmnnnnno. he talks about his australian nationality in many, many videos. specifically when he references the fact that he pays twice as much for games. he called it the "best beaches in the world tax."

[whobajube]

@toastiest1

He lives in Australia, but he is British. It's clearly a British accent. Check the Wikipedia page.

[MCKT2806]

@toastiest1 yet by simply google'ing, you'll find out that he's actually british...

[zacoid]

@toastiest1 Yeah he is defo british

[Srelio66]

Please die.

[Ragedhard]

Lol @ people getting mad at him.

It's okay, you can dry your tears and put away the pacifiers. Yahtzee liked the damn thing.

[LucidEyes17]

It's puzzling to me that these videos have been on youtube for some months and garnered only five thousand views a piece at the most but have suddenly blown up.

[Xholdton89]

@LucidEyes17 Because people have finally discovered Yahtzee puts things at the end of his videos. Either that or people finally discovered his reviews, neither would surprise me.

[EZGxShAdOwzZ]

Yep Yahtzee wants to burn your house down

[WorkForYourMoney]

@EZGxShAdOwzZ WITH THE LEMONS!

[Malkohut]

This is a great piece of parody, fuck all the haters.

[SirAroace]

2:20 "wrong sir the upgrade right above the dollar signs dose just that"

[AvengedRuleTheWorld]

You fucking suck! If you're gonna take the piss out of someone at least do it well! Dick.

[hippymonkmon]

I'm ok with this... :)

[JayLPsShiz]

Fair dos, friend. Fair parody, intelligent commentary, and, let's face it, Yahtzee himself would prefer to forget some of his forays into reviewing. You are, it is true, not british, but your cynicism is just as refreshing coming from across the pond.

[techman987]

fairly good have a cookie

[GT4Lb0T]

dude you speak LOADS faster than yahtzee

[lordxeras]

@GT4Lb0T yet a lot less comprehensible...

[viking977]

actually there is a skill that allows you to creep slowly along the wall

[chriskatie96]

it just doesn't wourk out in my opinion. Maybe its the accent

[YoshiMaster32]

I actually loved this review. Despite what anyone says.

[786Puffy]

Guys, Yahtzee didn't mean it when he says he wants to burn this guys house down. Even gsmp2k took it seriously. If you google "Fullyramblomatic Some Punctuation" Yahtzee mentions that he liked the review.

[FOXGEAR92]

Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw: Also could the person who made a ZP-style review of Art of Theft while I was away please forward his name and address to the Escapist so that I can burn his house down

[PsionCreed]

This sucks. End of story.

[exactomacto]

I thought this was a really good parody. It probably helped that I didn't have a problem understanding everything you were saying. I say you did good, despite the 2000 or so thumbs down, one of the only instances I don't violently click the back button the moment I see a video with more than a millimeter of dislike.

[MrBeumel]

i didnt understand a thing.. sorry m8

[HunterMordor]

I can understand him easily....Don't know what you guys are bitching about.

[heinzie5]

what the actual fuck?

[apex2000]

yes please just leave ya voice at normal speed, if your not yahtzee or the micromachines guy (go blurr!) warping ya voice digitally is pointless, and anoyin

[paulspydar]

just speak clearly & slower then use some software to speed it up a bit & change the pitch accordingly, shame as I'm sure a lot of work was put into this? but is" a wasted opportunity" to echo a previous comment..

[catalyst8]

Unintelligible: If the narrator in the video wants to speak quickly then he should enunciate clearly; unfortunately whatever's been scripted here is a shambolic mess.

[zupergozer]

what does he say?

[mistaTHIRTEEN]

@CastEyesUK but then nobody would see it. What with your pants and all.

[KaiyaSea]

@CastEyesUK oh wow, you are a dick aren't you, well all I'm gunna say is that first off I'm not gay and second I was only stating my opinion, if you don't agree with it that's fine but there is no need to say something like that, next time Id shut up and mind my own business if I were you. Oh and I'm pretty sure mistaTHIRTEEN would not like to see your dick, unless of course you're gay?

[mistaTHIRTEEN]

@CastEyesUK You wanna just slap "hey look at me" across your face?

[OscarApollo]

@CastEyesUK That's his microphone.

[KaiyaSea]

XD ahaaaaaaaah! That made me giggle, and in a way, it was faster than yahtzee, so you lieeeedd!!! But no it was good i lulled

[Patcherson]

This is shit hahaha

[MrZoider]

This was good

[TheSquidma]

Yahtzee's is Australian.

[moeloehoe]

@TheSquidma he is born british but lives in australia.

[TheMasterDiasaster]

It's supposed to be a taste of his own review style you twats.

[XzoahX]

Yahtzee says he want's to burn you house down.

(At the end of the FEAR review. I'm here because of that.)

[ZenofireX]

@XzoahX OMG he DOES. I am now also here for that reason.

[Valikdu]

@XzoahX

With the lemons!

[Endaviour]

@XzoahX what did he say then? I couldn't find it.

[DarrelHerring]

@Endaviour "Also Could the person who made a ZP-Style review of Art of Theft while I was away please forward his name and address to the Excapist so that I can burn his house down"

[runrundave]

@XzoahX im here as well, where is the rendezvous?

[ara9ond]

@XzoahX PRECISELY the same reason I came looking for this, too! LOL. You so toast, gsmp2k! :-p

[D3w10n]

@XzoahX Well fuck Yahtzee! I like ZP show, sarcasm and cynical pitch-black humor, but this review is fairly decant, only thing that pisses me of is annoying and incomprehensible voice of uploader/creator that I needed to listen it with a stethoscope :(

BTW, don't know anything about this game, and also I don't want to...

And shame on you Benjamin Richard Yahtzee Croshaw for suggesting arson! Even if it is fun!!

[XzoahX]

@D3w10n Lighten up.

[IanZG42]

@XzoahX FEAR? I watched all the FEAR reviews because of this post and I must've missed it :(

[XzoahX]

@IanZG42 Very, very end. During the credits. You know, that part of everything that no one ever watches.

[IanZG42]

@XzoahX Cheers, seems I'm amongst the people that skip that :D Will check it out now :)

[TcpfMs]

@XzoahX fear perseus mandate isnt it?

[gohan2390]

jesus get laid already :)



[Galen27]

OMG i totez found dis guy wot wuz copying u, callz hisself yazzee or sumthin. wat a n00b. u shud sue him 4 steelin ur idea!!!!!1one

[onebadgs400]

At least TRY to come up with something new. Damn! Where is Yahtzee he should sue.

[SingularSuperNinja]

I remember playing this game. I love Yahtzee, but my god this game was the biggest load of shit I ever played... made me wonder how he gets away with insulting far better games. I guess it's cos he does it in an amusing fashion.

[gawmovies]

you failed to notice the upgrade that needed x to be a toggle key? it's like, the fourth one.

[lemmab1]

Your an asshole

[StrataPa]

@lemmab1

You're*

Also he is not sir, you are.

[UnknownFable]

I liked it.

[llovka]

Yahtzee own's you :))

[izzynobre]

This is brilliant.

[joeltopgun]

I'm going to do a Yahtzee style review on this Yahtzee style review

[Triforce9426]

I'm telling Yahtzee on you

[ALongUsernameW00tYah]

@TheTokyoExpress that's the point, to talk so fast without break that you can barely understand, but I still understood, so XD

[DarkMobias]

Yahtzee is British born and LIVES in aussieland so fuck everyone who says he's an Aussie is a faggot.

[avidly298k]

That was awesome. Good job dude. Not that I dislike Yahtzee. It just the irony of using his style to review a game he designed that's just awesome seriously. Bravo.

[khalialex]

He's actually Australian, not British, i would know :)

[someguywhocanfly]

@khalialex

For one, I don't know how you would know, but also, it specifically says on the website that he is British-born. If you mean that he is of Australian heritage, that would make sense, but if not, why would they lie?

[TheTokyoExpress]

Talking too fast to even understand what you're saying half the time = new trend. Nice job moron, you failed at youtube

[TheHazamukara]

What is the song at the end?

[Electroboy1983]

I noticed a lot of times when you say "toggle" a Troggle from Word Munchers replaces something on screen.

[jamreaper]

im sorry mate, but you need to pronunciate better, i can understand one in what i assume is every three words

[skellious]

@jamreaper lol, "pronounciate" (versus enunciate) - I avoid picking people up normally, but if you're doing it first, you're fair game. This applies to me as well.

[jamreaper]

@skellious i knew as soon as i thought of the comment i was going to get that word wrong :(

and i know i deserve what i get, but i still cant understand at least half of what he says

[skellious]

@jamreaper Sorry, I don't like to be mean like that normally, but it's hard to not-correct people on the internet when Google is your friend... But yes, no aggression meant.

[jamreaper]

@skellious hahaha, i dont blame you mate, i totally deserved it, and im almost glad someone did it

feel free to pick at my grammar and spelling as much as you want, starting with capital letters :P

[Jader7777]

Oh wow, I can't believe how many dislikes this has now.

[Dualhammers]

e·nun·ci·ate

[damageYT]

This review would be fine if I could make out more than half the words actually being said. There are the odd hints of humour and intelligent writing in there, but the delivery is so garbled and mangled that it's virtually impossible to understand. It would've been a better parody if done at a deliberately sloooow (and therefore audible) pace so the audience could actually follow it. Wasted opportunity.

[LucidEyes17]

@damageYT That's his thing though there's no wasted space. I can understand him fine I don't know what your issue is.

[damageYT]

@LucidEyes17 Ah, maybe it's just me. Ultimately, Yahtzee does have a knack for speaking clearly but quickly, a technique which some people can definitely do better than others. Better to parody the style than try and reproduce the skill, in my view, otherwise you run the risk of being indecipherable, at least to some.

[lethraxin]

@mygaffer I know it's really retarded, but it won't change. Just ignore it; trolls savor angry comments like yours.

[TheFallenFace]

good job, man. sorry so many people are too busy missing the point of this video to realize how clever it really is.

[sorta1990girl]

I thought Yahtzee was australian... not british....

[AccidentalProphecy]

@sorta1990girl Yahtzee was born in England, but he currently lives in Australia. He has a British accent and doesn't use Australian slang, which is the point the reviewer was making. Honestly, I've never heard anyone use the word "crikey," apart from television stereotypes, and I live in Australia. "Bollocks" sounds much better to me.

[eldospinks]

That was like watching a horror movie on TV with all the nasty bits cut out.

Good stuff.

[jds2002000]

he a bellend

[21526001270528]

this isnt too bad. id watch more reviews. just wish he used more clever metaphores.

[screaminghellion]

You're like Yahtzee's nicer american cousin or something. I dug it. Good job.

[MrLabMan]

Stupid comments are stupid

[TamaThePeck]

0:51 err...there's only 7 levels...Why don't you finish the game before reviewing it?

2:10 Simply because you CAN move while hugging the wall.

4:03 There IS a notification when the objectives are completed, it is only ommitted in levels where you have to obtain a certain amount of loot, because of course you can always grab more before leaving.

[CuzWeWereBored]

Hey not bad, i appreciate you giving it a shot. Ended up pretty nicely!

[pomeroy600287]

Pretty good, but it can be difficult for those of us who ARE british to understand your somewhat slurred speech (I don't know about anyone else)... Maybe you could experiment with recording it marginally slower and then speeding it up, or just pronouncing each word as if you are a primary school teacher. Excellent work, mate.

[BlueNightmare3]

Where can i download this game?

[wlexus909]

this is NOT FUNNY!

[TheEradicator13]

no

[lordfury18]

O.o sorry dude but Yahtzee's better at this i'll admit yours is good but his is alot better

[Ozz04]

Very clever, I love Yahtzee and it's nice to see some one else use is style in a wholly appropriate way...

don't do it again.

[Volf99]

@Ozz04 lol

[masteruber12]

It's too difficult to understand.

[MrAviger]

what?

[xXGreyWolf]

Fuck this shameless imitation why watch this when the real Yahtzee is only a click away?

[89zchris]

Yeap it did man.Em mid 90's I believe.

[89zchris]

Dude this I'm afraid is terrible. It is just so boring and your so Gaytarded its actually not funny! See just like British shows, when America tries to copy them the results are shit. i.e. The Office, Faulty Towers and Red Dwarf!!!!

[dragonforks93]

@89zchris WTF?! America copied RedDwarf?? when did this happen?

[SmashBroDx]

@89zchris

Dude this I'm afraid this comeback is terrible. It is just so nonsensical and reeking of prepubescent asshole its actually not worth taking into consideration!

Congrats though, on getting me to respond to you.

[89zchris]

@SmashBroDx

Im so sorry you seem to have mistaken me for a person who gives a fuck about you.

[UniverseZ3R0]

Hehe, not a bad parody. Made /me/ laugh. ^-^

[FogHorn1911]

Humm... talking real fast to cover that you have no jokes, or witty observations, i award you no points you get nothing, you lose, good day sir

[SmashBroDx]

@FogHorn1911

Oh shit, you hear that, gsmp? Some guy named Foghorn didn't award you any points for talking real fast to cover that you have no jokes, or witty observations! You know, like a standard ZP review!

Seriously, go take your hypocritical standards and shove 'em right up your ass, bbud.

[everythingsk8boardin]

karma chameleon is by Boy George not culture club

[MacFromMCP]

@ScrinCro "Yo dumbass" Yahtzee is British born but lives in australia......

Learn the facts before insulting someone this dudes review was actually pretty decent compared to some rip offs I've seen

[ScrinCro]

Yo dumbass!! Yahtzee is Australian!!!

[overseer06]

Why the hell are so many people upset aabout this guy? If you kindly look to the right, you can see a bunch of people either copy Yahtzee's review (even more serious than this one) and even blatantly steal from Yahtzee by posting his videos. Go bother them. If you choose to remain and continue to bitch at gsmp2k, read the description because I think you've missed the point. Unless you can't read.

E-mail Yahtzee about this guy. E-mail him many times to make sure he gets it.

[bigblue21148]

He is not British he is Australian

[philrox101]

@bigblue21148 He is British but lives in Australia.

[aqua4land]

@bigblue21148 british lad



[SevenHD99]

rip off of zero punctuation!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Minority119]

@SevenHD99 you really did not get the point, did you?

this is not a ripoff, it's a parody since Yahtzee made the game this guy is reviewing

didn't you see at the end the guy straight up talking to him?

[Reiem94]

I wonder if anyone realizes that Yahtzee actually saw this review and mentioned it in the credits of one of his later videos. He said something like "Someone please give me the address of that guy who reviewed Art of Theft in my style so that I may burn his house down."

[smada971]

@Reiem94 Dude, Yahtzee wanted him to do this. Read the description next, OK troll? >:P Plus Yahtzee made the game, so it would be weird if he reviewed his own game. :D