Recent content by listlurker

The closer this game gets to completion, the more it sounds like yet another online PvP shooter, with less and less of the spy RPG elements which made me want to play in the first place. Don't get me wrong; I'm not hating on shooters or PvP shooters -- but, dammit, good new shooters come out...

Isn't having Rebecca Mayes write funny, quirky cool songs about less-impressive video games kind of like hiring Leonardo da Vinci to paint your garage? Love the songs and videos; not sure the games necessarily deserve what they're inspiring.

Eddie Izzard

Because hating on things most people like gets your posts noticed and discussed, and you can pretend that you're smarter than everyone else.

Thanks for this. A well-considered, articulate piece which was more concerned with examining a phenomenon than with pointing fingers or laying easy, simplistic blame. Of course, this being the internet, people will no doubt twist your points as an excuse to sound off on their own particular...

As others have suggested, it's the wrong question, I suspect. Zero Punctuation is about comedy more than actual reviewing. Yahtzee's trying to be funny, first and foremost -- the reviewing is just the format. It's kinda like asking why Jon Stewart isn't a legitimate news anchor, y'know?