Zero Punctuation: Splinter Cell: Conviction
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How toolish of you. If there was some sort of rule about showing scenes of violence in the White House no doubt there would be some fuss. As it stands the White House getting pillaged, burned, the president being targeted, hung, overthrown, ect. are all a part of Americana. And no, it's not because we are "in love with ourselves"WolfmanNougat said:
It's down to two reasons:
First, America is a system based entirely on faith and respect for a constitution. The stability of our system relies entirely on people's willingness not to stop adhering to a piece of paper. Hence our way of life seems fragile. It's fragility makes it easy for pop-culture to jolt a scare or two by suggesting that rogue citizens, PMCs, foreign powers, terrorists, or invaders from Canada are all it would take to bring the whole thing down.
Second, Americans are naturally suspicious of their government, so there is a dichotomy involved in what constitutes "America". A nation whose people are in charge of the government where the government itself may one day come to threaten its people is the ultimate balance behind every bill in Washington. Different mediums of storytelling have displayed this phenomenon in the form of Washington D.C. getting nuked to high-heaven or terrorists storming the White House dozens of times. Every time there is a new law in Congress, about half of us are on board and the other half entertain wild fantasies like these.
Which brings me to my next point.
Yahtzee, England has the highest obesity rate now. America may eat money but it makes more than you. And Obamacare isn't free, it's a mandatory invoice every week for people that are already paying for their own families and struggling make their bills.
Another very sharp review. I've been on the fence on whether or not to get this game, and this helps push it back onto the "rent or wait four months until it's cheap" pile, where it can keep company with "Dante's Inferno" and "BioShock 2."
An interesting note as well - after a few offhand references in reviews like "Velvet Assassin," this is the first confirmation that Yahtzee likes the Hitman series, a favorite of mine in years past but one I've always thought had some flaws as a game. Any chance we could see a retrospective review as the summer games drought begins?
An interesting note as well - after a few offhand references in reviews like "Velvet Assassin," this is the first confirmation that Yahtzee likes the Hitman series, a favorite of mine in years past but one I've always thought had some flaws as a game. Any chance we could see a retrospective review as the summer games drought begins?
oh jesus this one had me laughing! Your taking over the US analogy was brilliant. Savages you every time you try to give it health care... hahahaha
Shaved Bear! that was fantastic.
Although you must admit, Agent 47 sticks out like a sore thumb too.
Steamed professor of pigshit... lol
oh man
Montreal does totally explain it
haha
and yes. the last drop of urine down your leg, that happened to me like 20 mins ago
Shaved Bear! that was fantastic.
Although you must admit, Agent 47 sticks out like a sore thumb too.
Steamed professor of pigshit... lol
oh man
Montreal does totally explain it
haha
and yes. the last drop of urine down your leg, that happened to me like 20 mins ago
i like sam fisher, i loved when he got it on with paris hilton....
wait... that wasn't sam fisher? but the green.. the nightlig... not sam fisher... oh.. well then...
damn.
lol@americans whining about someone mocking their country... relax hey you live in a country where you're convinced you have 50 states, even though it's 46 states and 6 commonwealths. Americans have managed to count the same guy twice as president, so while obama is the 44th president, he's actually only the 43rd person TO be president.
hehe.. got to love yanks
so glad the health care reform went through though, i mean jeez... some of the media were reacting like it was the black plague.
I wouldn't feel so bad, the only country that can't take a joke as much as americans IS england... i mean that's an even easier target for jokes. Me i'm Scottish, you can mock me until the walls in your house fall down, i'd still buy you a drink.. it's what we do, we've heard them all
if you wanna wind up the english, though... just talk about the year they won the world cup.. when they were no 1.. and ask them how much Scotland beat their world cup winning team the year after... man that gets them everytime
italians are pretty bad at not taking a joke too, but they're corrupt.. you can pay them off to like it. The french well they just surrender, hell they even surrendered at Afganistan a few years ago when they heard the germans were on their way...
wait... that wasn't sam fisher? but the green.. the nightlig... not sam fisher... oh.. well then...
damn.
lol@americans whining about someone mocking their country... relax hey you live in a country where you're convinced you have 50 states, even though it's 46 states and 6 commonwealths. Americans have managed to count the same guy twice as president, so while obama is the 44th president, he's actually only the 43rd person TO be president.
hehe.. got to love yanks
so glad the health care reform went through though, i mean jeez... some of the media were reacting like it was the black plague.
I wouldn't feel so bad, the only country that can't take a joke as much as americans IS england... i mean that's an even easier target for jokes. Me i'm Scottish, you can mock me until the walls in your house fall down, i'd still buy you a drink.. it's what we do, we've heard them all
if you wanna wind up the english, though... just talk about the year they won the world cup.. when they were no 1.. and ask them how much Scotland beat their world cup winning team the year after... man that gets them everytime
italians are pretty bad at not taking a joke too, but they're corrupt.. you can pay them off to like it. The french well they just surrender, hell they even surrendered at Afganistan a few years ago when they heard the germans were on their way...
Oh look, someone else missing the point.sazzrah said:
As a few others have stated before, the America jokes are getting old. We understand it is a joke. I've been watching Yahtzee since he started with these reviews and this is the first time I felt I needed to say something. It's kind of annoying to get fed up with jokes about your country when you always have the constant HUR WHY YOU SO INSECURE? The joke wasn't even posed in a way that would make an American laugh. I always find it funny when Yahtzee will show Americans in cowboy hats in all that, but this was just harsh. Also, I just really don't see why he has to constantly make fun of America in every other video, as the people from it are paying him to complain into a microphone for five minutes every week.
Was mostly pretty funny. Does seem like a lot of games are so dumbed down these days. That's the thing though Stealth games are for people who WANT a game that isn't just dumb shooting an requires some thought an tactics. Apparently that was lost on Ubisoft.
As for the America joke I don't really get it who is trying to give us free Health Care? If your talking about Obama's plans I think that's going to cost a whole hell of a lot. In fact last I checked if I don't want Health Care i'll be fined 1000 dollars just for not being a team player lol.
As for the America joke I don't really get it who is trying to give us free Health Care? If your talking about Obama's plans I think that's going to cost a whole hell of a lot. In fact last I checked if I don't want Health Care i'll be fined 1000 dollars just for not being a team player lol.
Funny review, as usual. I don't care if he jokes about America. As most people not living here, if all they know is our government and the press, those two ARE a big joke.
I think the reason why it's so easy to take out enemies is because you are controlling a highly-experienced agent who's dealt with these kind of guards before.
In contrast, the Silent Hill series has terrible tank controls and sluggish combat because you are controlling normal human beings who can barely fend for themselves.
Granted, the function where he automatically shoots out several enemies still feels like cheating.
In contrast, the Silent Hill series has terrible tank controls and sluggish combat because you are controlling normal human beings who can barely fend for themselves.
Granted, the function where he automatically shoots out several enemies still feels like cheating.
What president was double counted? I don't get it. What makes those "commonwealths" not states?deplorable said:relax hey you live in a country where you're convinced you have 50 states, even though it's 46 states and 6 commonwealths. Americans have managed to count the same guy twice as president, so while obama is the 44th president, he's actually only the 43rd person TO be president.
hehe.. got to love yanks
so glad the health care reform went through though, i mean jeez... some of the media were reacting like it was the black plague.
Assuming that the health care bill was good entails belief in a linear view of health care policy with a "free market" system at one end and a "socialized" system at the other. The truth is that there are more than two specific directions to go on health care, which is obvious when you look at the many differences between the so called "socialized" systems. The obama care bill was hammered together by special interests and is pretty close to being the worst bill that could have come about.
NOt to mention that we could have had several states experiment with different policies, but Obama wanted none of that. Instead he would rather foist a top down plan on 300 million people, more than half of whom didn't want it in the first place. Proponents of the health care bill pretend that the alternative involved raping babies.
Hey 5' 8'' (that's 173cm for me) is pretty reasonable. Sam could not be as tall and heavy as Brock Lesnar. Now the part of the pistol is sooo true. I never user the secondary one. Infinite ammo for the pistol and 4 mark and execute for the five-seven commom guys!
Oh look, someone else just proving my point. It's only his opinion, and he is a video game critic on a website on the internet, why do you care so much? People will of course think you are insecure about your nation because you felt the need to defend it when a single person out of the billions on this Earth made a joke at it's expense.DurianBlink said:
Look, I get it ok - Americans often get a big laugh out of mocking the Brits too; if it isn't some cheap giggle about our teeth, then it'll be some hoot about how our previous Prime Minister ran around after Bush like a lap dog. You know why these jokes don't bother me though? Because they're usually not true and based on stereotypes and misinformation.
Most Brits, and I suspect Yahzee included will concede the world view of Americans is very coloured by media and sensationalist journalism; and in moments of seriousness and clarity we'd probably say "sure, we know this stuff probably isn't true" but newsflash - the British national past-time is mocking/making fun of everyone and everything - ourselves included, and I suspect that's half of where Yahzee's colourful flair for sarcasm originates. I sort of think of Yahzee as a sarcasm Superman - here in the UK biting sarcasm and wit is commonplace, but add his particular brand of Britishness to the world of gaming and here we are - Zero Punctuation.
Yahzee probably won't make any apologies nor even comment on these jokes poking fun at America, because why should he? If you don't like it, you don't have to watch it - it's free, he doesn't owe you or any other complaining naysayer anything.
TL;DR version: Respectfully, get over it.