Zero Punctuation

[TheOnlyGamefreak110]

what song is used in this video?

thx, i appreciate it

[MrDanielRosamilia]

@TheOnlyGamefreak110 It's 'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder.

[sparkie1j]

SOMBODY MAKE THIS INTO A GAME ITS BRILLIANT!!!

[Meepmaster1234]

For the love of God, I hope he complains as much as hell about Skyrim. I am freaking sick and tired of those stupid jokes and I hope this halrious man puts them in their place! Try Skyrim and hate it, PLEASE!!!

[ryuuproductions]

@Meepmaster1234 He already made a Skyrim review, brah. He also kind of liked it, brah.

[MisterHeroman]

@ryuuproductions Damn shame. I mean I like it, but the dungeons in the game kinda suck.

[Meepmaster1234]

@ryuuproductions I can't find it.

[ryuuproductions]

@Meepmaster1234 Go to escapistmagazine com and look for zero punctuation. It has all his videos.

[TheBarns95]

@Meepmaster1234 He has and he thought it was buggy and broken but overall good

[MacabreMilkman]

They always end with a zinger.

[pwnslayerss]

This video was released in 2007. So which means at 0:28 , League of Legends was inspired by this video to create Katarina.

[MultiTrackyBoyz]

He sounds so different in this one than is later ones...

[MrMartin6312]

the ss seout lool

[MajorBoothroyd007]

The video that started it all...you Yahtzee, are a genius.

[DELTAMAN9000]

why dosent his videos get this many views on the Escapist

[powerhousejp]

@DELTAMAN9000 I believe he said he has an audience of roughly four million...so I'd instead be asking why his videos don't get as many views on youtube.

[Ssilevos1917]

This brightens up my day every wednesday. I think to myself "Fuck I still got more classes and homework ans clubs and other stuff" But then I lay on my bed once a week and lose all my troubles in a video about a guy who hates the games he reviews

[LOTO202]

It would take an IGN employee 2 minutes to say all of this.

[frznbxy]

And so it began.

[gamerxavier8]

@frznbxy comment theif

[sladikk]

Hmm...I could either watch minute long ads only part of the time on YouTube, or 3 minute long ads on The Escapist...which to choose, which to choose...

[Darth311Vader]

Is this real...?

[mysterykcad]

@Darth311Vader What do you mean "Is it real?" Of course it is.

[0x28]

People who can't understand what he's saying, should exercise their brain a little more, because right now they are being dumb hicks. Rawfl.

[0x28]

92 people disliked this? WHO ARE YOU? I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!! Rofl.

[coppersly7]

@0x28 so your saying that you prefer this hick wanna be to the real yahtzee?

shame.

for shame.

[0x28]

@coppersly7 This IS the real Yahtzee, you noobshit. It was his first video.

[0x28]

@coppersly7 Or do you have hearing problems in your ear drums? Did you go to a lot of parties so you can't hear the difference between a slightly tired relaxed Yahtzee and the later, excited Yahtzee? For shame.

[Necroskull388]

The amount of people that outright tried to make their own ZP is insulting.I've considered using the format myself and starting a video series,but in the way Extra Credits does it,that is,not really taking the format itself,but taking a lesson from it.

[Skydance1110]

oh wow. this, makes... whoa.... his voice is completely different now.

[AdmiralMemo]

@Skydance1110 He had a cold while doing these videos and the first one on the Escapist.

[Dangit2019]

@Einstreit redlettermedia is famous for picking apart the star wars prequels. The reviews are long, but they are so worth it.

[Einstreit]

I love this show.

Anyone know if someone has done the same for movie reviews??

[An0maly96]

Yahtzee, you charismatic stallion.

[lolita19711]

i didnt understand a thing

[lotro4ever4000]

If yatzee ever made a book, game, movie or series of dvds I would buy them all

[JLP228]

@lotro4ever4000 He did write a book, assface.

[lotro4ever4000]

@JLP228 ha I bought that book fool

[KarmaSpaz12]

OMG the VIEWS :D

[PatricksLaw]

Lulz sec hacked the escapist

[trema12345]

Hey guys what happend to the escapisit website it does not seem to be loading are they doing some kind of maintenance or they are down for good?

[Silentchap]

@trema12345 Probably a system error or your ISP catching fire or something equivalently unpredictable. The Escapist is still running strong.

[trema12345]

@Silentchap i just tried it today and it seems to work but for the past 3 weeks or so i constantly tried and it would never load and even went to other websites that check if a site is down and it was:S Thanks anyway

[TimeForRave]

@trema12345 It got hacked, it's good now

[u3190]

If anyone wants to kill Yahtzee, just stick around the Mana Bar in Brisbane, he owns the place, but when you do, you will be beaten to death by 50 girls in pikachu costumes so beware

[albertjester]

@u3190 .......whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?....­.....

[jpheitman]

My two favorite channels on the internet are Zero Punctuation and CollegeHumor. The top recommended vid after this one is CH's punctuation recession.

EPIC WIN!

[Lucitaur]

'As enjoyed by Peter Molyneux.'

Cracks me up every time I hear it! XD

[RoyalSorceress]

@Lucitaur As do I.

Remember that in his Fable 2 review he says that Peter Molyneux contacted him about his Fable 1 video, saying that he hoped Fable 2 would meet Yahtzee's high standards.

[Lucitaur]

@RoyalSorceress True, I remember that.

Still, I think that that's because Peter actually cares how his games will look like and if they are actually good instead of just being a money machine.

[AltairEzio]

does anyone know the program he uses for drawing/animating?

[taka3000000o]

i love this guy!!!!!

[adamflyshotmail]

Is there anyway to view this on iPod touch?

[yoshi041992]

he's britsh you retards, ...

[bray610]

@yoshi041992 but he lives in Australia which confuses people

[spongeaang98]

Little does he know he can be paid and sponsored on Youtube nowadays. He'd more likely than not be very popular. Still though, love this show to death. :)

[coppersly7]

u should rlly have gotten a government pact so these n00bs that r copying u woulkdnt make the internet more of a illegitimate journalism piece of bull shit -.- or a copyright

[0x28]

@coppersly7 This video was released on YouTube. That means that no one is allowed to violate copyright of material that they do not own. They just do because they SUCK. The owner can complain about this and the offending videos will be removed of course. Or, us as a community can report their videos as well. YouTube isn't a free paradize of comments. It is controlled. It is owned by Google. It has Terms of Use. It has a contract. Some people just don't realize this or never read it.

[weredeader]

getting paid to bash on videogames... lucky

zero punctuation is epic

[DaFleegsta]

escapist is pretty awesome..

[SinfulTyrant]

His channel is yahtzee19

[offstride]

The longest 38 seconds in my entire life.

[TheWolfiePaw]

Yahtzee, keep doing what you're doing, man. Your critiques of games is positively refreshing. I don't know how I never knew of your existence until now.

[dethklok472]

Yahtzee is the shit

[TheGaffa99]

COOL STORY BRO!

[MoRgUe27]

so which channel is the orginal for this series? theres like 20 different channels with a few episodes

[fishfishfish912]

@MoRgUe27 yahtzee19 is the original 

[ElPandaDeLaAccion]

What's the episode where he makes fun of console gamers and calls PC gamers: Glorious PC gaming master race?

[fishfishfish912]

@ElPandaDeLaAccion i think its the crisis episode

[northmetalguy]

@ElPandaDeLaAccion I belive that's the Crysis review. If you havent figured that out by now :)

[CodeLimit]

Woah, woah, woah. Wait. So. This guy. Yahtzee Croshaw. Wrote a book. Put a YouTube URL in it. It led me to teabagging mutants. Which led me to silly towers. Which led me to here. To Zero Punctuation. Which I've been watching a long time. Without knowing. That it. Was. The. Same. Guy.

MIND. BLOWN.

[Vextroid]

@CodeLimit I was a big fan oh his point and click adventure games 5/7 days etc. The yers later someone pointed me to his Assassins creed review and became a big fan of him. Whne i soon found out they were both the same guy my mind was truly blown!

[Nekhanimal]

@CodeLimit You should try playing one of his games!

[QuadfishTym]

@CodeLimit Equal mind blown:

About 5 years ago I downloaded a freeware game called 5 Days a Stranger. I never finished it because it actually scared me quite a bit. A few years later a friend showed me ZP. From that day I watched literally every one. And when I had nearly finished watching all of them, I noticed that he referenced one of 'his' games in it. IT WAS 5 DAYS A STRANGER. HOLY SHIT!

[RandomKiwiBird]

@CodeLimit he also makes vidio games like 1213, check it out.

[RandomKiwiBird]

@CodeLimit he also makes vidio games like 1213, check it out.

[coolmzn226]

@RandomKiwiBird Don't forget the Chzo Mythos, NEVER forget the Chzo Mythos.

[boomfale]

@RandomKiwiBird I don't want to be a grammar Nazi, but you posted the same comment twice and misspelled video in both of them. Sorry, just thought I'd point that out.

[DMWGames]

@boomfale Actually its just a glitch where your comment is, for some reason, submitted twice. Usually if the page is refreshed or if your internet cuts out momentarily.

[boomfale]

@DMWGames Ok, I figured it might be something like that.

[0x28]

@DMWGames Or it was a dirty read in the underlying Oracle database instance of Youtube.

[MasterSpartan13666]

Congrats Yahtzee, for 3 years of quickfire foul-mouthed blithering behind a facade of legitimate journalism.

Keep it up, you insane, charming, weird, profanity-spewing Brit than hasn't worked honestly for a day in his life.

[KayRHCP]

@MasterSpartan13666 try harder, i dare you.

[cmo121314]

@MasterSpartan13666

I don't know wether to thumb up or down...

[DanielRosamilia]

@MasterSpartan13666

HORY SHET!

Why is my comment the highest-rated comment on here?!?!

BTW, was my old account, deleted it after shit hit the fan.

[0x28]

@DanielRosamilia How about you use your brain for two seconds to realize that it's 'Top comment', meaning 'top in a logical order'? How about READING what's written there? Top just means '1' is top towards '9'. Top means 'most recent'.

[jonting91]

@MasterSpartan13666 ...

isint he an australian

[zeekyboogydoog826]

@jonting91 He's British. He just lives in Australia.

[bray610]

@MasterSpartan13666 Australian, not brit

[SingularNinjular]

@bray610 Brit. Not Australian

[SingularNinjular]

@bray610 No shit, genius

[bray610]

@SingularNinjular sorry super sexy genius supreme superior of everything on earth, the entirety of the population of earth pales in comparison to your awesome power. i apologize immensely for the unforgivable mistake i made in your presence and for that i am going to kill myself for it is the only way to show how sorry i am

[SingularNinjular]

@bray610 Apology accepted. Thank you.

[bray610]

@SingularNinjular didn't see that he is a brit in australia

[DanielRosamilia]

@bray610 Actually, he's British, but he moved to Australia.

THE MORE YOU KNOW

[PrototypeClex]

@DanielRosamilia So... doesn't that mean he's a Brit?

[DanielRosamilia]

@PrototypeClex Yes, it does, but people think that either:

1. He's British, living in Britain.

2. He's Australian, living in Australia.

Not sure why they mix it up.

[mpkiller456]

@MasterSpartan13666 he worked an honest day in his life, when he basically said video games give u free bj's and pudding

[ArsonistInUrFirewall]

@MasterSpartan13666 Waiit... I thought he was Australian, I mean he does own a bar there?

[jpheitman]

@MasterSpartan13666 He's an Aussie. XD

[nobodypersonsomeone]

@jpheitman He's British (born in UK) but moved to Australia.

[jpheitman]

@nobodypersonsomeone I stand corrected.

[BlackoutOmega]

@nobodypersonsomeone Why would someone move to Australia.

[nobodypersonsomeone]

@BlackoutOmega No idea

[ThePandemic101]

@nobodypersonsomeone And he makes fun of British people.

[IAmCaptainMarvel]

@ThePandemic101

Well he's Australian now, really. I mean nobody considers Mel Gibson American anymore.

But he makes fun of the English. I've never once seen him mock the Welsh or the Scottish.

[ThePandemic101]

@IAmCaptainMarvel And he also hates America for some reason, in ever other video he makes, he rips on America, and it's starting to get really old.

[kea919306]

@ThePandemic101 lol aint like he doesnt have a point :P

[ThePandemic101]

@kea919306 Yes, but I am sick of all the America haters, it's really tiring... and ignorant.

[Banzay27]

@ThePandemic101

I imagine it is tiring, and indeed it itself is ignorant, although that's an ironic word to use when the americans have just blindly allowed a bill to pass (AKA a law to be approved) that reinforces another law in which they now not only may be arrested and imprisoned at their government's pleasure by the police (and the assorted agencies) but also by the armed forces.

But damn me for making a political comment reply on this video. I will leave at that, at least.

[MultiTrackyBoyz]

@ThePandemic101 I am really sorry for the late reply, but...

He only "hates" on America for comedy. Even then its not that serious.

[ThePandemic101]

@MultiTrackyBoyz Yeah, but it is every other episode that he hates on America, which is really getting old.

[MultiTrackyBoyz]

@ThePandemic101 I know, I know. I have been watching him on The Escapist Website for a few years. He does kid with America, but I don't think he has any hate on it.

[ThePandemic101]

@MultiTrackyBoyz Yeah, you might be right, but it is still getting old.

[Massivecarcrash]

Has it really been 3 years all ready?

Remember the day someone on some forum sent me a link to the Darkness demo review.

[TheMasterTelevision]

I wish i had a boat called the SS sellout

[KojakFG]

wow he knows how to talk slowly...

[Neutral1]

testing post.

[fragman08]

thumbs up phoar superstition.

[kekon3]

Feels like it was yesterday watching you start...

[soggywedge]

@theargueingretards

stfu

[doobtribe]

Im surprise he hasn't done a review of Kane and Lynch 2: dog days

[XANA520]

@doobtribe Correction. He did.

[doobtribe]

@XANA520 When i made that post, his review wasn't online yet. But you and the other fool suffering from capslockitis syndrome didn't had the IQ to understand that.

[XANA520]

@doobtribe Settle. No need to throw insults around.

[BlackandBlueMage]

@doobtribe BUT HE HAS hahahahaha

[imnotparanoid68]

@doobtribe he has now

[kingkobra1978]

Why does he always have several references of penis in his every review?

[george77772moons]

Black ppl with fros and drumsticks... it's the fucking habbo hotel raid all over again.

[StaleMilk5]

Nobody should take any of Yahtzee's reviews seriously, sure they're funny at times but in reality none of his critiques should be taken seriously.

[ASubHumanOfSociety]

@StaleMilk5 Perhaps you take too seriously the obvious exaggerations he uses to describe the bad parts of the games he reviews. He wouldn't have a contract to make reviews for the Escapist had they not seen that he's serious despite the sense of humor he puts in his reviews.

[Elosization]

@StaleMilk5

Implying that what he says isn't true. Someone's probably butthurt that he criticized their little pet game into the dust (IE: Borderlands, Modern Warfare 2, so on and so forth)

[StaleMilk5]

@Elosization

>Implying that I like Borderlands and MW2

Oh and by criticizing you probably mean showing cheap animation and lame pop cultural jokes I can get from Family Guy and pointing out flaws in the game that doesn't even effect gameplay then sure sure..criticizing...right.

I'll tell you, if Yahtzee himself isn't stupid enough, his red-faced butthurt little fan base is.

[MadHaTTe1992]

@StaleMilk5 Awww looks like someone got butthurt cause Yahtzee made fun of a game you like. Want a tissue? Hes a game critic, that means he criticizes everything in a game, not just gameplay mechanics, story, characters, immersion.

And honestly what you said yourself was borderline retarded, you "by criticizing you mean, pointing out flaws in the game..." HE IS A GAME CRITIC. If he didnt point out flaws in a game he wouldnt be a critic would he? Thats common sense, this isnt rocket science.

[StaleMilk5]

@MadHaTTe1992

Man, you aren't very smart are you ?

Go look at the games he reviewed and check out how some of them get awards for being so spectacular.

Face it kid, you like him because everybody else does. You probably play the games he ripped apart until you saw his videos.

The man is basically a moron. He talks fast and uses the lame jokes that not even my 12 year old nephew would fine remotely funny.

So stop being red-faced and butthurt that your favorite game critic is a moron.

[MadHaTTe1992]

@StaleMilk5 Very skilled dodging of every single point I made.

Who cares if he's funny or not? Its plenty obvious your just trolling anyway, and to counter the claim that i stoppedp laying games after he ripped them apart its false.

He gave a negative to mixed review of Fable: The Lost Chapters and Fable 2

He gave a mixed review to Bioshock 2.

I happen to love all three of those games, and the little "point" you made about games getting awards so they MUST be good. You do know not everyone has

[MadHaTTe1992]

@StaleMilk5 To like the same thing right? People can have diffrent opinions, for instance Yahtzee gave a positive review for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, while I fucking hated the damn game.

Its called taste, Yahtzee has his taste, i have my taste, you have your taste, some fuckwit at IGN have their taste.

Everyone has different likings in a videogame, you can't criticize a critic because he is doing his job, thats criticizing, every part of a game they find fault with.

[StaleMilk5]

@MadHaTTe1992

tl;dr I'm honestly done with Yahztees silly fanbase.

[MadHaTTe1992]

@StaleMilk5 Great reply there friend, you proved your points validly, next time don't go criticizing people for doing their job, you wouldnt call out a book store clerk because they sold you a book now would you? Don't criticize a game critic for criticizing games.

[StaleMilk5]

@MadHaTTe1992

Right, so just because he's a terrible game critic means I should respect him because he is a game critic.

So if a book store clerk does a terrible job at being a clerk..I should still praise her and respect her for doing her job.

You make absolutely no sense

[MadHaTTe1992]

@StaleMilk5 You don't have to respect him, but a critics job is to play a game, analyze it, critique it, then point it out in a review. Yahtzee does that using rapid fire speech, political and sexual humor and hyperboles.

You dont have to like him, or respect him, but saying a critic is stupid for criticizing a game is moronic. Now criticizing him in the way he does his job is something completely different all together, but you have not made any points on why he is a bad critic. So do explain

[MMBNM]

@MadHaTTe1992 om nom nom nom nom nom

[EaterOfTheSoulsdude]

@StaleMilk5 Hey look, a dumbass!

[Deuling1]

@StaleMilk5 I think you don't truly know what being a critic means. It means they point out the bad parts of it most of the time. It's likely half the games Yahtzee 'hates' he actually quite likes. Most of the people I know watch his videos for his humour as well as the reviews.

[MaestroAlvis]

Is that song, Stay'n Alive? Without the lyric's that's a pretty nice jam. Anyone know where I can get it?

[Machinefoot]

@MaestroAlvis that's superstitious by stevie wonder

[MaestroAlvis]

@Machinefoot Oh my god. Your right. I can't believe I didn't recognize it.

[Neutral1]

Now that bitly link leaked last year before PAX was funny. bEot5c

[Neutral1]

:/ I've seen a video or two in a big group at a party. I gotta say he's not one bit funny. Maybe it has to do with the fact that hardcore gamers give me the creeps.

[MrRDuggs]

@Neutral1 he's hilariously funny to most avid gamers with a sense of humour.

lol hardcore gamers give you the creeps? then go back to playing Wii Fit!

[Neutral1]

See folks? This fellow is a good example of why I find hardcore gamers so creepy. And I'm not alone too: *see bit.ly link => bGp0lY

MrRDuggs assumes that I'm a casual player when I'm not, he assumes that I have a wii when I don't and then tries to follow up with an insult that requires reference because it evokes a negative connotation about the wii fit. This is fail at its finest hour.

[MrRDuggs]

@Neutral1

i'm creepy because i called you a casual gamer? alright champ, whatever makes you happy.

[Neutral1]

@MrRDuggs: the website article (same link as above) is addressing people like you specifically: (*same bit.ly link => bGp0lY ) also, this might be helpful for you too: *another bit.ly link => bdM7jm

Now if you'll excuse me, you're really creeping me out, so I'll just be ignoring you now.

[sulfuricSHAME]

so this is how Yahtzee came to be on YouTube

[AngryLoo]

Help! Zero Punctuation's videos are my bread and butter, but as of a month or so ago I can't watch his videos anymore, anytime I go onto the Escapist website and click on one of his vids, there's just a little X at the top-left of the video screen and they never play anymore! I'm missing out on all his videos!

[jamycrothers]

@AngryLoo sucks to be you. But i believe there are a number of things you can do to make your pc able to watch it again, check around the Escapist a number of people have the same problem.

[AngryLoo]

@jamycrothers Yeah, it's weird the way it just suddenly stopped playing the videos though.

[void735]

whenever im pissed on a game or need to prove a point, yatzees my man!

[AmanoHybrid]

Love the guy, hate The Escapist...

His reviews are hilarious and with the use of foul language and all forms of pessimism, you would think that the site itself is lenient towards others attempting to use the same formula. Alas, the use of one or two 'fuck' words and a slight bit of cynicism results in a ban. Plus the other video's on the site are really a steaming pile of shit.

[ingarsss]

Did i see trilby every second screen?

[Tenkagethewise]

dude, thanks to a friend I got to enjoy your works. Yeah you rock

[TehDDC]

I love this guy.

[SinfulTyrant]

The mans a genius

[retrogamer2007452]

I'll go as far as to call Yahtzee a game critic but a journalist that's kinda a stretch. He's a good critic but he can't go for two seconds without making a prostitute joke. I'm not the type of person the freaks out from swearing but there is a point when he's just cussing for cheap laughs and not actually reviewing the game. Sorry if I sound like a prick.

[viking977]

@retrogamer2007452 i forgive you.

[retrogamer2007452]

@viking977 Thanks man lol

[LozachanFF]

@retrogamer2007452 point taken but he isn't a bad writer in general, I can't wait for his book to come out!

[viking977]

peter molyneux likes this? even though you ripped his opus's throat out? and his second one?? i doubt he does now..

[The95will]

I went to the website and I counld NOT STOP laffing give it try(I know laughing)

[3cho911]

is this made by paint or a program

[SMILEYSTEVIE]

lol the end is fucking awsome