The Zeropunctuation thread

[Equis]

one of them says he’s going to give ZP a try and demonstrate how easy it is.

Apparently, not very easy, since he was pretty terrible at it.

[wonderpug]

Apparently, not very easy, since he was pretty terrible at it.

Him being terrible was part of the funny.

[Jarmo]

Him being terrible was part of the funny.

He substituted profanity for wit and insight, which to me feels like admitting defeat right out of the gate. Croshaw was probably happy to include it as it very ably demonstrated why he’s head and shoulders above the other raging hobbyists. Genuinely good writing is, as ever, exceedingly rare.

[Dreamshadow]

Interestingly enough, I think Yahtzee nailed all the mechanical faults of Halo Wars. I personally think it’s a good game, but I can’t complain about any of the things he disliked about the game. Sure, the story wasn’t all that amazing, but still.

[merryprankster]

Not quite as good as the others, but still some laughs. I think weekly might be a tad too much. Although he’ll have a nice backlog soon enough.

Agreed.

[Rock8man]

Wow, you just quoted Charles from August 2007.

I think he’s done a lot better at weekly episodes than I personally thought he would. He talks a lot faster now than when he started, but his comedy level has stayed about the same, I’d say.

[foogla]

yatzee can’t do unskippable and the unskippable dude can’t do zeropunctuation

I like them both with their own cast

[Andrew_Mayer]

Wow, you just quoted Charles from August 2007.

I think he’s done a lot better at weekly episodes than I personally thought he would. He talks a lot faster now than when he started, but his comedy level has stayed about the same, I’d say.

So is that an equal amount of comedy per episode (CPE) or is his improved vocal speed increasing the amount of comedy per second (CPS)?

[Scrax]

Zero Punctuation : Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

[Jazar]

“All of its faults are balanced by all of its other faults.”

Awesome.

[Rimbo]

At least I don’t think it’s a good ida. No wait, hold that thought…

pause

end credits roll

another pause

…no, it really wasn’t.

[Jarmo]

This week’s attraction is MadWorld on Wii.

Zero Punctuation : MadWorld

[Not_One_Of_Us]

I demand this restart both the “kids and violence” and “the Wii sucks” debates, as Yahtzee states them simply and perfectly - which, as we all know, doesn’t end arguments, but amplifies them.

[Rimbo]

I love the “Please stop developing for the Wii, you don’t need all the money from its gigantic marketshare, you can feed your kids dog food” plea at the end.

[Lizard_King]

Good review, but Godhand has little in common with a game where the enemies are patsies. I can see the superficial comparison he was going for, in that you do ridiculous things to hordes of enemies, but the bad guys in GH were of an entirely different caliber, especially when you factor in the myriad of character builds you could create.

[MattKeil]

I wouldn’t put Devil May Cry in the “enemies are there for your amusement” category, either.

[JonRowe]

He was speaking in general terms about games similar to the style. Stylish action games.

I think a more apt comparision would be any game from the Dynasty Warriors series.

[MattKeil]

Except the DW guys don’t do anything cool. Devil May Cry would be one of the games he’s talking about except that it’s mercilessly difficult much of the time.

[Brian_Seiler]

Except the DW guys don’t do anything cool. Devil May Cry would be one of the games he’s talking about except that it’s mercilessly difficult much of the time.

What are you talking about, man? The DW guys just stand around. That’s LOITERING. That is hard core.

[JonRowe]

What are you talking about, man? The DW guys just stand around. That’s LOITERING. That is hard core.

You can get hasseled by the cops for doing that!!