Zero Punctuation: Awards for 2009

[BlueInkAlchemist]

More disturbing analogies, a few surprises and further indication that Yahtzee is doing well in his job where he does nothing at all but input games and produce snark, what with his new iPhone and all.

[sub]The bastard.[/sub]

Who cares?

You do. You cared enough to comment.

 

[MGlBlaze]

The gigantic, repeated and merciless swings at Michael Atkinson were made up one part 'pure awesome' and one part 'crowning moment of funny'. Nicely done!

I have to agree with motion controls lacking force-feedback causing problems, though. It was a nice experiment, and it's a good way to reach out to new audiences, but I'd like to just get back to normal controllers in the next console generation.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Ha. Atkinson get the genuinely needs to die award. Nice

 

[persona J]

trudat, yatzee knows his stuff.

 

[Zephirius]

Is it only me that find the music playing while the award-pictures are shown strangely loud?

It was not just you the voice to music ratio was absurd

Hasn't it always been like that? You might not've noticed because it used to only be at the beginning and end. I always skip past the music because it is so obnoxiously loud (and not even good to begin with).

 

[GamingAwesome1]

I thought non-starter award would've gone to DJ Hero because it tried to soar high and the wax wings fell off and he came plummeting down harder than any other game this year. I mean Brutal Legends sales figures were better.

I'm not talking shit about Brutal Legend, I'm just saying original games tend to sell shit *coughPyschonautscough* and yet DJ Hero found a way to do worse.

 

[KingKamor]

Happy New Year to you, too, Yahtzee.

 

[Necator15]

Great episode, I've been meaning to play the Batman game for a while now, just haven't got around to it yet.

 

[Insideout Ink Demon]

very happy about the game of the year golden biscuit choice

 

[SloLynx]

Aww.. I like DJ hero :S.. Anyway, I'm not saying it's the best game to come out this year, but at least it started something new, unlike rockband or guitar hero (how many sins do you have now GH, 5 and counting?)

Otherwise, it was a great end to 2009. Good work Yahtzee, it's only a pitty that you crushed your own "new ideas thing"

 

[dubious_wolf]

ok ok I have to make one comment on Arkham Asylem. I bought the game and thought it was one small defect shy of radiantly flawless. The one flaw was the killer croc level, not the sprint button. The whole level seemed so horibly unchallenging and, The Sprint button only made that boss fight easier. Besides batman is a bad ass and only runs WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, so it makes sense to have a game play mechanic that demonstrates that.

 

[naughtydoggus]

WHY does everyone on Escapist think it's cool to rag on Uncharted 2? Oh right... because Yatzee did it! Just because "some greesy foreighner who's never worked and honest day in his life" said so, everyone else decides to jump off a bridge with him too, and before you say I'm insulting him, keep in mind that those are his OWN WORDS.
People grow up. Uncharted 2 won everybody elses Game of the Year for a reason: "Because it's good." (And it was good without Will Smith being in it.)

Honestly, how often does an action game have that level of polish. The Train scene in that game was the most incredible display of animation and intesity I have ever seen. In addition to that, how often do we get a video game that has dominant female characters that are more than 2 dimensional and don't need ungodly breast sizes to be likable.

 

[SextusMaximus]

Absolutely hysterical as always. Well done Yahtzee.

 

[awatkins]

HA!
iphones suck. When they can condense alcohol out of normal air I'll buy one.
Yeah, I also agree that the King of Austrailia needs to get a better job, maybe walmart greeter?

 

[Rickmanguy]

I loved the Atkinson bit, if only for the sheer hatred in Yahtzee's voice.

The way he said "Happy New Year" at the end was wonderful, too.

 

[ObsessiveSketch]

Epic win for mention the disproving of Back to the Future 2 in only 5 years.

 

[SwampCandle]

Not a bad video, nice work! Wasn't expecting Yahtzee to give an award to a game he liked

Also, coincidence time: the Angry Video Game Nerd also mentioned Back to the Future 2 in his video today. I found it funny, made me think of how huge nerds we all are for the exact same things.

Michael Bloody Atkison!? WHY!? What about that old faithful Jack Thompson!? At the very least he should get a lifetime achievement award! Although, Atkinson is a moron, and thats coming from a Brit!

Well, at least Thompson was disbarred before he could do much damage. I don't think he would ever have been able to get any games banned or anything, he was never in such a high position of power. Also, he was constantly acting like a dick.

Touché, that phone call he made to the mother of the CEO of Take Two was just a MASSIVE step too far...So it's a good thing he never had any real power...

 

[Taxicab Samurai]

Unskippable comes out on Mondays. Ever consider watching that? It's pretty cool.

I do, but I dunno if it's great enough to consider Monday worth getting up for.

 

[kuzaro]

Don't understand the problem with Michael Atkinson. Is preventing some games involving extreme violence being available to kids wrong? Also these games tend to be crappy anyway.

 

[VMerken]

Deserved awards, deserved winners. Well done Yahtzee.