The Zeropunctuation thread

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2010-12-08T12:38:09.000Z

Blowjobs are apparently really, really cheap in Australia.

frank_austin · 2010-12-08T12:47:28.000Z

MattKeil:

He’s the best character in the future segments.

A bit like winning a race at the special olympics, wouldn’t you say?

Audiosprite · 2010-12-08T13:49:48.000Z

surprised he didn’t do an american football joke

MattKeil · 2010-12-08T14:32:20.000Z

frank austin:

A bit like winning a race at the special olympics, wouldn’t you say?

True, but I do think he’s a legitimately good character.

Wade42 · 2010-12-15T10:15:17.000Z

This week: Splatterhouse

Thomas_Wilde · 2010-12-15T10:53:02.000Z

Yeah, that sounds about right to me. It’s actually a pretty fun brawler, but some of the mechanics are pure bullshit.

Quitch · 2010-12-22T13:34:44.000Z

Wow, and the enthusiasm has died I guess.

Epic Mickey

Drastic · 2010-12-22T13:45:55.000Z

The simile of how third-person game cameras are like the working class is the sound of truth being said.

I never did grasp why there was ever enthusiasm about Epic Mickey in the first place, but there was enough of it that I figured it was probably alien pod related, so I kept my head down and stayed quiet lest I be pointed and screeched at.

Scrax · 2010-12-22T13:54:16.000Z

People wanted American McGee’s Mickey*.

*The concept art was pretty sweet.

Jason_McCullough · 2010-12-22T14:00:31.000Z

But no, it’s got to be blob monsters!

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2010-12-22T14:13:42.000Z

From the advance materials, I thought Epic Mickey was supposed to be dark. Not sure exactly how, but I was getting a sort of ICO-esque vibe from the few bits of concept art. You know, dark shadow demons and whatnot. What I found very puzzling was that I knew what Disney was like, how terribly uptight they were about their image, and I was having a hard time reconciling the two. Obviously (B) was correct and (A) was nonexistent.

Lizard_King · 2010-12-22T15:49:17.000Z

The camera is like the working class.

Lizard_King · 2010-12-22T15:51:36.000Z

And how. I hoped it would at least achieve the heights of Kingdom Hearts 2, but operating on inferior technology to the PS2 really hamstrung the game, it seems. I liked the cutscenes for a while, but had no interest in playing a bog standard platformer with Wii controls with no compelling novelties to draw me in.

MattKeil · 2010-12-22T22:55:50.000Z

While I naturally disagree with Epic Mickey slamming, “Edgy as a spherical cake in the middle of something” is a fantastic line.

ZekeDMS · 2010-12-23T02:04:40.000Z

I still feel a punch in the face is needed for whoever decided every jump was worthy of vibration.

Wade42 · 2011-01-05T12:24:07.000Z

Last week was the Holiday 2010 filler episode.
This week, the far more substantial Top (and Bottom) 5 of 2010.

BrianRubin · 2011-01-05T12:33:54.000Z

I’ve only played one game on that those lists, and I totally agree with its placement at the top game of 2010.

Marcus · 2011-01-05T12:57:14.000Z

I agree with his top 5 and I am going to have to say that I also agree with his top pick.

MattKeil · 2011-01-05T13:01:47.000Z

I would like to know how many people who list Just Cause 2 as their top game of the year completed it 100%. I ran out of ideas on how to keep it interesting around the 50% mark.

sinnick · 2011-01-05T13:24:11.000Z

It wasn’t my top game of the year, and I only got to about 33%, but that amounted to about 30h of game time, if I remember correctly, every moment fun. So even though I didn’t technically “complete” it, I still think it was a great game.